`571-272-7822
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`Paper 36
`Entered: October 21, 2016
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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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`FORD MOTOR COMPANY,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`PAICE LLC & THE ABELL FOUNDATION, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2015-00784
`Patent 7,237,634 B2
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`Before SALLY C. MEDLEY, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`DECISION
`Patent Owner’s Motion to Seal
`37 C.F.R. §§ 42.14 and 42.54
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` Patent Owner, Paice LLC & The Abell Foundation, Inc., filed a
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`motion to seal Exhibit 2504 pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.14. Paper 11. Patent
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`Owner represents that Petitioner, Ford Motor Company, does not oppose this
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`motion.
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`Exhibit 2504 is an arbitration agreement between Paice and Ford.
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`Paice certifies that the arbitration agreement contains confidential
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`information that has not been published or otherwise made publicly
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`available. The issue of the arbitration agreement arose in the preliminary
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`proceeding and did not arise again during the course of trial. Exhibit 2504
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`was not relied on in rendering the Final Written Decision. As such,
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`protecting the confidential arbitration agreement from public disclosure
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`only minimally impacts the public’s interest in maintaining a complete file
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`history.
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`Further, Patent Owner requests that an unredacted version of its
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`Preliminary Response (Paper 9) be sealed because it discusses confidential
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`information from the arbitration agreement, and, therefore, should be sealed
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`for the same reasons the arbitration agreement should be sealed.
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`Importantly, Patent Owner filed a public version of its Preliminary Response
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`(Paper 10) that redacts the confidential information.
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`Based on Patent Owner’s unopposed representations and the
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`reasonably limited scope of the protection sought, it is determined that
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`good cause exists to grant the motion to seal. 37 C.F.R. § 42.54.
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`Accordingly, it is
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`ORDERED that Patent Owner’s Motion to Seal is granted; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Paper 9 and Exhibit 2504 shall remain
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`sealed.
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`FOR PETITIONER:
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`Frank A. Angileri
`John E. Nemazi
`John P. Rondini
`Christopher C. Smith
`Andrew B. Turner
`BROOKS KUSHMAN, P.C.
`FPGP0104IPR9@brookskushman.com
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`Lissi Mojica
`Kevin Greenleaf
`DENTONS US LLP
`iptdocketchi@dentons.com
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`FOR PATENT OWNER:
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`Linda Kordziel
`Ruffin Cordell
`Timothy Riffe
`Brian Livedalen
`FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.
`LLK@fr.com
`IPR36351-0015IP5@fr.com
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