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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. and
`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC.,
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`E-WATCH, INC. and E-WATCH CORPORATION
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2015-00607
`Patent No. 7,643,168
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`JOINT REQUEST TO TREAT THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
`AS BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
`UNDER 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) AND 37 C.F.R. 42.74(c)
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`Mail Stop “PATENT BOARD”
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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`Case IPR2015-00607
`Patent No. 7,643,168
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`Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c), Petitioner Samsung
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`Electronics Co., Ltd. and Samsung Electronics America, Inc. (“Samsung” or
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`“Petitioner”) and Patent Owner e-Watch, Inc. and e-Watch Corporation (“e-Watch”
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`or “Patent Owner”) hereby jointly request that Exhibit 1017, which is a true copy of
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`the written agreement between the parties, as referenced in the parties’ Joint Motion
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`to Terminate filed concurrently herewith, be treated as business confidential
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`information and kept separate from the file of the involved patent pursuant to 35
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`U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c).
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`The parties hereby certify that, to the best of their knowledge, the document
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`sought to be protected has not been made publicly available.
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`Date: September 17, 2015
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Robert C. Curfiss/
`Robert C. Curfiss
`Reg. No. 26,540
`19826 Sundance Drive
`Humble, Texas 77346
`Lead Counsel for Patent Owner
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`Attorney for Patent Owner e-Watch
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`Case IPR2015-00607
`Patent No. 7,643,168
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`/Steven L. Park/
`Paul Hastings, LLP
`1170 Peachtree Street, NE
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`stevenpark@paulhastings.com
`Telephone: (404) 815-2223
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`Attorney for Petitioner Samsung
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`CERTIFICATION OF SERVICE (37 C.F.R. §§ 42.6(e), 42.105(a))
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that the above-captioned JOINT REQUEST
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`TO TREAT THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AS BUSINESS CONFIDEN-
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`TIAL INFORMATION UNDER 35 U.S.C. § 317(B) AND 37 C.F.R. 42.74(C)
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`was served on September 17, 2015 on the following parties via electronic mail:
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`Steven L. Park
`PAUL HASTINGS, LLP
`1170 Peachtree Street, NE
`Suite 100
`Atlanta, GA 30309
`Telephone: (404) 815-2223
`stevenpark@paulhastings.com
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`Naveen Modi
`PAUL HASTINGS, LLP
`875 15th St. N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20005
`Telephone: (202) 551-1700
`naveenmodi@paulhastings.com
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`Elizabeth L. Brann
`PAUL HASTINGS, LLP
`4747 Executive Drive - 12th Floor
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`Telephone: (858) 458-3014
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`/Robert C. Curfiss/
`Robert C. Curfiss
`Reg. No. 26,540
`19826 Sundance Drive
`Humble, Texas 77346
`Lead Counsel for Patent Owner