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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`APPLE INC. and TWITTER, INC.,
`Petitioner
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`SUMMIT 6 LLC
`Patent Owner
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`Case: IPR2015-00688
`Patent No. 7,765,482
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`Title: Web-Based Media Submission Tool
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`PATENT OWNER’S MOTION TO SEAL
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`IPR2015-00688
`U.S. Pat. No. 7,765,482
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`I.
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`Introduction
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`Patent Owner Summit 6 requests permission to seal several exhibits under
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.14, as each exhibit contains confidential business information.
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`Specifically, Summit 6 requests permission to seal the following exhibits:
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`Exhibit 2001: RIM–Summit 6 License and Settlement Agreement
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`(executed October 17, 2012);
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`Exhibit 2002: Facebook–Summit 6 License and Settlement
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`Agreement;
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`3.
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`Exhibit 2020: Confidential Information Memorandum, “AdMission”
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`(Swiftsure Capital LLC, December 13, 2004);
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`4.
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`Exhibit 2021: Amendment No. 3 to the Visual Content Services
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`Agreement Between eBay and iPIX (June 27, 2003); and
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`Exhibit 2033: Visual Content Services Agreement Between eBay and
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`iPIX (April 19, 2000);
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`II. Each Exhibit Contains Confidential Information
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`Exhibit 2001 is a confidential license agreement between Summit 6 and
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`Research in Motion Limited. Section 6.1 specifically notes the confidentiality of
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`the agreement and the terms of its disclosure. The agreement contains confidential
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`business information about both Summit 6 and Research in Motion Limited. Thus,
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`this information is not publicly known, and should remain confidential.
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`Exhibit 2002 is a confidential license agreement between Summit 6 and
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`Facebook, Inc. Section 6.15 specifically notes the confidentiality of the agreement
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`and the terms of its disclosure. The agreement contains confidential business
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`information about both Summit 6 and Facebook, Inc. Thus, this information is not
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`publicly known, and should remain confidential.
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`Exhibit 2020
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`is Swiftsure Capital LLC’s Confidential Information
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`Memorandum for AdMission. It is specifically marked “Confidential” and
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`contains proprietary business information about the AdMission company’s overall
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`business, financial
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`information,
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`intellectual property, and future business
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`opportunities. Thus, this information is not publicly known, and should remain
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`confidential.
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`Exhibit 2021 is Amendment No. 3 to the Visual Content Services
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`Agreement Between eBay and iPIX, dated June 27, 2003. Section 8 of the parties’
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`original Visual Content Services Agreement (Exhibit 2033) specifically notes the
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`confidentiality of the agreement, and that provision governs Amendment No. 3.
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`The Amendment contains confidential business information about both iPIX and
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`eBay. Thus, this information is not publicly known, and should remain
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`confidential.
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`Exhibit 2033 is the Visual Content Services Agreement Between eBay and
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`iPIX, dated April 19, 2000. Section 8 specifically notes the confidentiality of the
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`agreement and the terms of its disclosure. It is specifically marked “Confidential”
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`and contains proprietary business information about both iPIX and eBay. Thus,
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`this information is not publicly known, and should remain confidential.
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`III. Each Exhibit Contains Confidential Business Information
`and Should Be Sealed.
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`A party to an inter partes review proceeding may, concurrently with any
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`filing, also file a motion to seal documents. 37 C.F.R. § 42.14. Only “confidential
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`information” is protected from public disclosure. 35 U.S.C. § 316(a)(7); Office
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`Trial Practice Guide, 77 Fed. Reg. 48756, 48760 (Aug. 14, 2012). The Board will
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`only grant a motion to seal for “good cause.” 37 C.F.R. § 42.54; Garmin Int’l, Inc.
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`v. Cuozzo Speed Technologies, LLC, IPR2012-00001, Paper 34, p. 3 (March 14,
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`2013).
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`Summit 6 has good cause for seeking permission to place the outlined
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`exhibits under seal. As outlined above, each exhibit contains confidential and
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`proprietary business information. Each exhibit is also marked as “confidential” or
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`contains a clause governing its confidentiality. Therefore, Summit 6 respectfully
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`requests permission to seal the selected exhibits.
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`IV. Proposed Protective Order
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`Summit 6 proposes entry of the protective order found in Appendix B of the
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`Trial Practice Guide.
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`V. Certification of Conference with Opposing Party
`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.54.
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`A motion to seal requires a certification that the moving party has in good
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`faith conferred or attempted to confer with the opposing party in an effort to agree
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`as to the scope of the proposed protective order. 37 C.F.R. § 42.54; Garmin,
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`supra, at 3. Counsel for Summit 6 conferred with counsel for Petitioners and the
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`parties agreed to the continued use of the default protective order.
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`VI. Conclusion
`Summit 6 respectfully requests that the Board grant this Motion to Seal
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`because it has good cause to seal the confidential exhibits.
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`Dated: May 19, 2015
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`Respectfully submitted,
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` /Peter J. Ayers/
`Peter J. Ayers, Reg. No. 38,374
`Email: peter@leehayes.com
`John M. Shumaker, No. 52,223
`Email: jshumaker@leehayes.com
`Brian Mangum, Reg. No. 64,224
`Email: brianm@leehayes.com
`LEE & HAYES, PLLC
`11501 Alterra Parkway, Suite 450
`Austin, TX 78758
`Phone: (512) 605-0252
`Facsimile: (512) 605-0252
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`Attorneys for Patent Owner
`Summit 6 LLC
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that on this 19th day of May, 2015, the foregoing PATENT
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`OWNER’S MOTION TO SEAL was served on lead and back-up counsel for
`Petitioner by sending the same by electronic means to the address provided by
`Petitioner:
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`Service E-mail: AppleTwitterIPR@skgf.com
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`Jason D. Eisenberg, Reg. No. 43,447
`Lead Counsel
`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX PLLC
`1100 New York Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20005
`jasone-PTAB@skgf.com
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`Shouvik Biswas, Reg. No. 68,439
`Back-up Counsel
`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX PLLC
`1100 New York Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20005
`sbiswas-PTAB@skgf.com
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` /Peter J. Ayers/
`Peter J. Ayers, Reg. No. 38,374
`Attorney for Patent Owner
`Summit 6 LLC
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