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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`JDS UNIPHASE CORPORATION
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`CAPELLA PHOTONICS, INC.
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2015-00731
`Patent RE42,368
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`JOINT MOTION TO SEAL AND FOR
`ENTRY OF PROTECTIVE ORDER
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`Mail Stop “PATENT BOARD”
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`Inter Partes Review No. 2015-00731
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`I.
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`RELIEF REQUESTED
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.14 and 42.54, and for the reasons set forth
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`below, Petitioner JDS Uniphase Corporation (“Petitioner”)1 and Patent Owner
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`Capella Photonics, Inc. (“Patent Owner”) (collectively, “Parties”) respectfully and
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`jointly request that the Board seal the unredacted version of Patent Owner’s
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`Exhibit 2032, the Deposition Transcript of Sheldon McLaughlin. Petitioner and
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`Patent Owner further jointly request entry of the Proposed Stipulated Protective
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`Order (Ex. A).2
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`The Parties submit concurrently herewith: (i) Confidential Unredacted
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`Exhibit 2032; (ii) Redacted Exhibit 2032; (iii) Proposed Protective Order (Ex. A);
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`and (iv) Redline reflecting changes from the Default Protective Order (Ex. B.)
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`1 As a result of a reorganization involving original Petitioner JDS Uniphase
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`Corporation, the real parties-in-interest in this proceeding are now Lumentum
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`Holdings Inc., Lumentum Inc., and Lumentum Operations LLC. See IPR2015-
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`00731, Updated Mandatory Notice, Paper 11 (Sept. 15, 2015); IPR2015-00739,
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`Updated Mandatory Notice, Paper 10 (Sept. 15, 2015).
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`2 Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.54, the parties have conferred in good faith and jointly
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`request the relief identified herein.
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`II. MOTION TO SEAL
`Documents filed in an IPR are generally available to the public. 37 C.F.R. §
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`42.14. However, the Board may, for good cause, protect confidential information
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`from public disclosure. 37 C.F.R. § 42.54; see also Garmin Int’l v. Cuozzo Speed
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`Tech., LLC, IPR2012-00001, Paper 36 (Apr. 5, 2013) (“Garmin”), at 3-4.
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`The standard for granting a motion to seal is “for good cause.” 37 C.F.R. §
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`42.54. When determining good cause, the Board balances the public’s interest in a
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`complete and understandable file history with the parties’ interest in protecting
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`sensitive information. See Garmin at 3-4 (citing Office Trial Practice Guide, 77
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`Fed. Reg. at 48760). However, the public’s interest in having access to a party’s
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`confidential business information that is only indirectly related to patent validity is
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`low. Id. at 8-9. Here, the Petitioner’s interests in protecting confidential business
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`information outweighs the public’s interest in viewing that information.
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`The Parties seek to seal portions of Exhibit 2032, the Deposition Transcript
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`of Sheldon McLaughlin, a Senior Principal Optical Development Engineer
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`employed by Petitioner. Petitioner has represented to Patent Owner that the
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`information requested to be sealed contains confidential business information of
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`Petitioner, including technical designs and specifications of Petitioner’s products,
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`activities relating to the development of Petitioner’s products and employment-
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`related matters. Petitioner represents that this information goes to the heart of
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`Petitioner’s business activities and its product lines. Petitioner further represents
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`that disclosure of this sensitive information to persons not directly involved with
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`this IPR proceeding could have a serious negative impact on Petitioner and its
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`business. For the purposes of this motion and proceeding, Patent Owner accepts
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`Petitioner’s representations.
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`To address the balance between Petitioner’s interest in protecting sensitive
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`information with the public’s interest in a complete and understandable file history,
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`the Parties are submitting with this motion a redacted version of Exhibit 2032,
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`rather than seeking to seal the entire document. See Office Trial Practice Guide,
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`77 Fed. Reg. 48756, 48761 (2012). Petitioner further certifies that the information
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`sought to be sealed by this motion has not been published or otherwise made
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`public.
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`In sum, the public’s interest in having access to the limited redacted portions
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`of Exhibit 2032, reflecting Petitioner’s confidential business information, is
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`relatively low, and is outweighed by Petitioner’s interest in maintaining the
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`confidentiality of this information. For these reasons, the Parties respectfully
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`request that this joint motion to seal be granted.
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`III. MOTION FOR ENTRY OF PROTECTIVE ORDER
`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.54, the Parties move for entry of the proposed
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`protective order submitted as Exhibit A with this motion. A red-line of the
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`differences between the proposed order and the Default Protective Order is
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`submitted as Exhibit B with this motion.
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`Good cause exists for entering the proposed Protective Order with the
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`proposed changes, as described more fully below:
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`No. Proposed Change from
`Default Protective Order
`1. Addition of caption and
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`Reason for Proposed Change
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`This change identifies that the Protective Order
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`deletion of first sentence
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`applies to this proceeding, and that it is different
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`from the Standing Protective Order.
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`2. Addition of Section 1.1.
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`Because there have been requests for joinder
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`(“Party” definition)
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`filed, there may be some ambiguity as to
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`whether “party” would include joined
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`parties. This definition clarifies that it does
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`not. Thus, for example, information designated
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`as confidential by the Petitioner/RPI or Patent
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`Owner could not be shared with outside counsel
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`or experts of a joined party. This is important
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`for the reasons discussed in points 4 and 5,
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`below.
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`3. Footnote 1
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`This identifies the Petitioner’s real parties in
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`interest to the proceeding, as a result of a
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`corporate reorganization after the filing of the
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`Petition and as reflected in the updated
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`mandatory notices.
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`4. Section 2: Addition of
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`The confidential information relevant to this
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`“Outside Counsel” and
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`proceeding is highly sensitive in nature, going to
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`deletion of “Parties,”
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`the heart of Petitioner’s business activities and
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`“Party Representatives,”
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`its product lines. Disclosure of this sensitive
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`and “Other Employees of
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`information to persons not directly involved
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`a Party”
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`with this IPR proceeding could have a serious
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`and negative impact on Petitioner and its
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`business. Accordingly, this change is necessary
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`to ensure that confidential information is
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`provided only to outside counsel handling the
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`IPR, and not the parties themselves.
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`5. Section 2(C)
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`Disclosure of this sensitive information to
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`(Modifications to
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`persons not directly involved with this IPR
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`definition of “in-house
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`proceeding could have a serious and negative
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`counsel”)
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`impact on Petitioner and its
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`business. Accordingly, this change is necessary
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`to ensure that confidential information is
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`provided only to up to two in-house counsel for
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`each party, and that the producing party knows
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`the identity of these counsel so that it knows
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`who is receiving its confidential
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`information. Without this provision, there
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`would be uncertainty as to the extent to which
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`confidential information is being disclosed to
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`the receiving party’s in-house counsel.
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`6. Addition of caption on the
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`This change identifies the Acknowledgment as
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`Acknowledgement
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`applying to the present proceeding.
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`IV. CONCLUSION
`For the reasons described above, the Parties respectfully request that this
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`Motion to Seal and Motion for Entry of the Proposed Protective Order submitted as
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C.
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`/Jason D. Eisenberg/
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`Jason D. Eisenberg
`Registration No. 43,447
`Attorney for Patent Owner
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`FAEGRE BAKER DANIELS LLP
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`/Walter C. Linder/
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`Walter C. Linder
`Registration No. 31,707
`Attorney for Petitioner
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`Exhibit A be granted.
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`Date: December 1, 2015
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`1100 NEW YORK AVENUE, NW
`WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005
`(202) 371-2600
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`Date: December 1, 2015
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`2200 WELLS FARGO CENTER
`90 SOUTH SEVENTH STREET
`MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55402-3901
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`Exhibit A
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`Exhibit A
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`JDS UNIPHASE CORPORATION
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`CAPELLA PHOTONICS, INC.
`Patent Owner
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`Inter Partes Review No. 2015-00731
`Patent No. RE42,368
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`Inter Partes Review No. 2015-00739
`Patent No. RE42,678
`__________________
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`PROTECTIVE ORDER
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`This standing protective order governs the treatment and filing of
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`confidential information, including documents and testimony.
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`1. Confidential information shall be clearly marked “PROTECTIVE
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`ORDER MATERIAL.”
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`1.1 “Party” or “party” as used in this Protective Order is limited to
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`Petitioner1 and Patent Owner of record, and does not include any joined
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`entities.
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`1 As a result of a reorganization involving original Petitioner JDS Uniphase
`Corporation, the real parties-in-interest in this proceeding are now Lumentum
`Holdings Inc., Lumentum Inc., and Lumentum Operations LLC (collectively,
`“Lumentum”). See IPR2015-00731, Updated Mandatory Notice, Paper 11 (Sept.
`15, 2015); IPR2015-00739, Updated Mandatory Notice, Paper 10 (Sept. 15, 2015).
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`2. Access to confidential information is limited to the following
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`individuals who have executed the acknowledgment appended to this order:
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`(A) Outside Counsel. Outside Counsel of each party.
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`(B) Experts. Retained experts of a party in the proceeding who
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`further certify in the Acknowledgement that they are not a competitor
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`to any party, or a consultant for, or employed by, such a competitor
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`with respect to the subject matter of the proceeding.
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`(C) In-house counsel. Up to two in-house counsel of each party;
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`provided that such in-house counsel are identified to the other party
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`before access is given.
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`(D) The Office. Employees and representatives of the Office who
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`have a need for access to the confidential information shall have such
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`access without the requirement to sign an Acknowledgement. Such
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`employees and representatives shall include the Director, members of
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`the Board and their clerical staff, other support personnel, court
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`reporters, and other persons acting on behalf of the Office.
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`(E) Support Personnel. Administrative assistants, clerical staff, court
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`reporters and other support personnel of the foregoing persons who
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`Accordingly, “Party” or “party” as used with respect to Petitioner means real
`parties-in-interest Lumentum, collectively.
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`are reasonably necessary to assist those persons in the proceeding
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`shall not be required to sign an Acknowledgement, but shall be
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`informed of the terms and requirements of the Protective Order by the
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`person they are supporting who receives confidential information.
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`3. Persons receiving confidential information shall use reasonable efforts
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`to maintain the confidentiality of the information, including:
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`(A) Maintaining such information in a secure location to which
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`persons not authorized to receive the information shall not have
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`access;
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`(B) Otherwise using reasonable efforts to maintain the confidentiality
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`of the information, which efforts shall be no less rigorous than those
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`the recipient uses to maintain the confidentiality of information not
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`received from the disclosing party;
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`(C) Ensuring that support personnel of the recipient who have access
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`to the confidential information understand and abide by the obligation
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`to maintain the confidentiality of information received that is
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`designated as confidential; and
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`(D) Limiting the copying of confidential information to a reasonable
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`number of copies needed for conduct of the proceeding and
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`maintaining a record of the locations of such copies.
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`4. Persons receiving confidential information shall use the following
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`procedures to maintain the confidentiality of the information:
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`(A) Documents and Information Filed With the Board.
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`(i) A party may file documents or information with the Board under
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`seal, together with a non-confidential description of the nature of the
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`confidential information that is under seal and the reasons why the
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`information is confidential and should not be made available to the
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`public. The submission shall be treated as confidential and remain
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`under seal, unless, upon motion of a party and after a hearing on the
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`issue, or sua sponte, the Board determines that the documents or
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`information do not to qualify for confidential treatment.
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`(ii) Where confidentiality is alleged as to some but not all of the
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`information submitted to the Board, the submitting party shall file
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`confidential and non-confidential versions of its submission, together
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`with a Motion to Seal the confidential version setting forth the reasons
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`why the information redacted from the non-confidential version is
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`confidential and should not be made available to the public. The non-
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`confidential version of the submission shall clearly indicate the
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`locations of information that has been redacted. The confidential
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`version of the submission shall be filed under seal. The redacted
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`information shall remain under seal unless, upon motion of a party
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`and after a hearing on the issue, or sua sponte, the Board determines
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`that some or all of the redacted information does not qualify for
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`confidential treatment.
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`(B) Documents and Information Exchanged Among the Parties.
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`Information designated as confidential that is disclosed to another
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`party during discovery or other proceedings before the Board shall be
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`clearly marked as “PROTECTIVE ORDER MATERIAL” and shall
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`be produced in a manner that maintains its confidentiality.
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`(j) Standard Acknowledgement of Protective Order. The following
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`form may be used to acknowledge a protective order and gain access
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`to information covered by the protective order:
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`JDS UNIPHASE CORPORATION
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`CAPELLA PHOTONICS, INC.
`Patent Owner
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`Inter Partes Review No. 2015-00731
`Patent No. RE42,368
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`Inter Partes Review No. 2015-00739
`Patent No. RE42,678
`__________________
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`Standard Acknowledgment for Access to Protective Order Material
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` __________________________________________, affirm that I have read the
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`Protective Order; that I will abide by its terms; that I will use the confidential
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`information only in connection with this proceeding and for no other purpose; that
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`I will only allow access to support staff who are reasonably necessary to assist me
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`in this proceeding; that prior to any disclosure to such support staff I informed or
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`will inform them of the requirements of the Protective Order; that I am personally
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`responsible for the requirements of the terms of the Protective Order and I agree to
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`submit to the jurisdiction of the Office and the United States District Court for the
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`Eastern District of Virginia for purposes of enforcing the terms of the Protective
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`Order and providing remedies for its breach.
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`____________________________________
`Signature
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`Exhibit B
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`Exhibit B
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`JDS UNIPHASE CORPORATION
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`CAPELLA PHOTONICS, INC.
`Patent Owner
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`Inter Partes Review No. 2015-00731
`Patent No. RE42,368
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`Inter Partes Review No. 2015-00739
`Patent No. RE42,678
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`DEFAULT PROTECTIVE ORDER
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`The following Standing Protective Order will be automatically entered into the
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`proceeding upon the filing of a petition for review or institution of a derivation:
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`Standing Protective Order
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`This standing protective order governs the treatment and filing of
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`confidential information, including documents and testimony.
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`1. Confidential information shall be clearly marked “PROTECTIVE
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`ORDER MATERIAL.”
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`1.1 “Party” or “party” as used in this Protective Order is limited to
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`Petitioner1 and Patent Owner of record, and does not include any joined
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`entities.
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`2. Access to confidential information is limited to the following
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`individuals who have executed the acknowledgment appended to this order:
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`(A) Outside Counsel. Outside Counsel of each party.
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`(A) Parties. Persons who are owners of a patent involved in the proceeding and
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`other persons who are named parties to the proceeding.
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`(B) Party Representatives. Representatives of record for a party in the proceeding.
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`(C) Experts. Retained experts of a party in the proceeding who
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`further certify in the Acknowledgement that they are not a competitor
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`to any party, or a consultant for, or employed by, such a competitor
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`with respect to the subject matter of the proceeding.
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`(CD) In-house counsel. Up to two inIn-house counsel of eacha party;
`provided that such .
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`1 As a result of a reorganization involving original Petitioner JDS Uniphase
`Corporation, the real parties-in-interest in this proceeding are now Lumentum
`Holdings Inc., Lumentum Inc., and Lumentum Operations LLC (collectively,
`“Lumentum”). See IPR2015-00731, Updated Mandatory Notice, Paper 11 (Sept.
`15, 2015); IPR2015-00739, Updated Mandatory Notice, Paper 10 (Sept. 15, 2015).
`Accordingly, “Party” or “party” as used with respect to Petitioner means real
`parties-in-interest Lumentum, collectively.
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`(B)
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`(E) Other Employees of a Party. Employees, consultants or other persons
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`performing work for a party, other than in-house counsel are identified to
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`and
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`in-house counsel’s
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`support
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`staff, who
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`sign
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`the other party
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`beforeAcknowledgement shall be extended access is givento confidential
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`information only upon agreement of the parties or by order of the Board upon a
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`motion brought by the party seeking to disclose confidential information to that
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`person. The party opposing disclosure to that person shall have the burden of
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`proving that such person should be restricted from access to confidential
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`information.
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`(DF) The Office. Employees and representatives of the Office who
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`have a need for access to the confidential information shall have such
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`access without the requirement to sign an Acknowledgement. Such
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`employees and representatives shall include the Director, members of
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`the Board and their clerical staff, other support personnel, court
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`reporters, and other persons acting on behalf of the Office.
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`(EG) Support Personnel. Administrative assistants, clerical staff,
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`court reporters and other support personnel of the foregoing persons
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`who are reasonably necessary to assist those persons in the proceeding
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`shall not be required to sign an Acknowledgement, but shall be
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`informed of the terms and requirements of the Protective Order by the
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`person they are supporting who receives confidential information.
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`3. Persons receiving confidential information shall use reasonable efforts
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`to maintain the confidentiality of the information, including:
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`(A) Maintaining such information in a secure location to which
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`persons not authorized to receive the information shall not have
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`access;
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`(B) Otherwise using reasonable efforts to maintain the confidentiality
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`of the information, which efforts shall be no less rigorous than those
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`the recipient uses to maintain the confidentiality of information not
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`received from the disclosing party;
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`(C) Ensuring that support personnel of the recipient who have access
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`to the confidential information understand and abide by the obligation
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`to maintain the confidentiality of information received that is
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`designated as confidential; and
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`(D) Limiting the copying of confidential information to a reasonable
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`number of copies needed for conduct of the proceeding and
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`maintaining a record of the locations of such copies.
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`4. Persons receiving confidential information shall use the following
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`procedures to maintain the confidentiality of the information:
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`(A) Documents and Information Filed With the Board.
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`(i) A party may file documents or information with the Board under
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`seal, together with a non-confidential description of the nature of the
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`confidential information that is under seal and the reasons why the
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`information is confidential and should not be made available to the
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`public. The submission shall be treated as confidential and remain
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`under seal, unless, upon motion of a party and after a hearing on the
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`issue, or sua sponte, the Board determines that the documents or
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`information do not to qualify for confidential treatment.
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`(ii) Where confidentiality is alleged as to some but not all of the
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`information submitted to the Board, the submitting party shall file
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`confidential and non-confidential versions of its submission, together
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`with a Motion to Seal the confidential version setting forth the reasons
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`why the information redacted from the non-confidential version is
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`confidential and should not be made available to the public. The non-
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`confidential version of the submission shall clearly indicate the
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`locations of information that has been redacted. The confidential
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`version of the submission shall be filed under seal. The redacted
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`information shall remain under seal unless, upon motion of a party
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`and after a hearing on the issue, or sua sponte, the Board determines
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`that some or all of the redacted information does not qualify for
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`confidential treatment.
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`(B) Documents and Information Exchanged Among the Parties.
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`Information designated as confidential that is disclosed to another
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`party during discovery or other proceedings before the Board shall be
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`clearly marked as “PROTECTIVE ORDER MATERIAL” and shall
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`be produced in a manner that maintains its confidentiality.
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`(j) Standard Acknowledgement of Protective Order. The following
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`form may be used to acknowledge a protective order and gain access
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`to information covered by the protective order:
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`JDS UNIPHASE CORPORATION
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`CAPELLA PHOTONICS, INC.
`Patent Owner
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`Inter Partes Review No. 2015-00731
`Patent No. RE42,368
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`Inter Partes Review No. 2015-00739
`Patent No. RE42,678
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`[CAPTION]
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`Standard Acknowledgment for Access to Protective Order Material
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` __________________________________________, affirm that I have read the
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`Protective Order; that I will abide by its terms; that I will use the confidential
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`information only in connection with this proceeding and for no other purpose; that
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`I will only allow access to support staff who are reasonably necessary to assist me
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`in this proceeding; that prior to any disclosure to such support staff I informed or
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`will inform them of the requirements of the Protective Order; that I am personally
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`responsible for the requirements of the terms of the Protective Order and I agree to
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`submit to the jurisdiction of the Office and the United States District Court for the
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`Eastern District of Virginia for purposes of enforcing the terms of the Protective
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`Order and providing remedies for its breach.
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`____________________________________
`Signature
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE (37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e))
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that the foregoing JOINT MOTION TO
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`SEAL AND FOR ENTRY OF PROTECTIVE ORDER was served
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`electronically via e-mail on December 1, 2015 in its entirety on the following:
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`walter.linder@FaegreBD.com
`ken.liebman@FaegreBD.com
`paul.sherburne@FaegreBD.com
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`Walter C. Linder (Lead Counsel)
`Ken Liebman (Back-up Counsel)
`Paul Sherburne (Back-up Counsel)
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`FAEGRE BAKER DANIELS LLP
`90 South Seventh Street
`2200 Wells Fargo Center
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
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`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C.
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`/Jason D. Eisenberg/
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`Jason D. Eisenberg
`Registration No. 43,447
`Attorney for the Patent Owner
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`Date: December 1, 2015
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`1100 New York Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, D.C.20005
`(202) 371-2600