`Filed: October 4, 2019
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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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`THE MANGROVE PARTNERS MASTER FUND, LTD. and APPLE INC.,
`Petitioners,
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`v.
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`VIRNETX INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case No. IPR2015-010461
`U.S. Patent No. 6,502,135
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`PETITIONERS’ MOTION TO SEAL
`EXHIBIT 1051 AND RELATED DOCUMENTS
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`1 Apple Inc., who filed a petition in IPR2016-00062, has been joined as a Petitioner
`in the instant proceeding.
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`IPR2015-01046
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`I.
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`Introduction
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,502,135
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`Petitioners hereby move to seal Exhibit 1051 and the confidential versions of
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`Exhibit 1049 and Petitioners’ Partial Opposition to Patent Owner’s Motion for
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`Additional Discovery (Paper 82) in accordance with the default protective order
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`filed by Petitioner Mangrove on March 3, 2016 (Paper 43). See 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.14,
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`42.54. Good cause exists for granting this motion to seal because Exhibit 1051
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`contains Petitioner Mangrove’s confidential commercial information and Exhibit
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`1049 and Petitioners’ Partial Opposition (Paper 82) quote from Exhibit 1051.
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`Petitioners have also filed redacted versions of Exhibit 1049 (Ex. 1050) and
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`Petitioners’ Partial Opposition (Paper 83).
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`II. Good Cause Exists for Sealing Certain Information Designated as
`Confidential
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`The standard governing the Board’s determination of whether to grant a
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`motion to seal is “good cause.” 37 C.F.R. § 42.54. The Board must “strike a
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`balance between the public’s interest in maintaining a complete and
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`understandable file history and the parties’ interest in protecting truly sensitive
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`information.” Garmin Int’l, Inc. v. Cuozzo Speed Techs. LLC, IPR2012-00001,
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`Paper 36 at 3–4 (PTAB Apr. 5, 2013).
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`Exhibit 1051 is a confidential letter from Mangrove to its investors that,
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`among other things, summarizes Mangrove’s motivations for purchasing RPX’s
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`publicly-traded stock for the period before October 7, 2015. This letter constitutes
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`confidential commercial information under the Board’s rules. See 37 C.F.R.
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`§ 42.54; Office Patent Trial Practice Guide, 77 Fed. Reg. 48,756, 48,760 (Aug. 14,
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`2012). Petitioner Mangrove’s Responses to Patent Owner’s Notice of Deposition
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`(Ex. 1049) and Petitioners’ Partial Opposition (Paper 82) quote from the contents
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`of Exhibit 1051, and those portions have been redacted in the public versions of
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`Mangrove’s Responses (Ex. 1050) and Petitioners’ Partial Opposition (Paper 83).
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`These redactions are appropriate under the same rationale described above. For
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`these reasons, there is good cause for (i) sealing Exhibit 1049, Exhibit 1051, and
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`Paper 82, and (ii) accepting the redactions offered in Exhibit 1050 and Paper 83.
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`III. Proposed Protective Order
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`Petitioner Mangrove filed a Motion for Entry of the Default Protective Order
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`on March 3, 2016. See Paper 39. Pursuant to Section 4(B) of the protective order,
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`Exhibit 1049, Exhibit 1051, and Paper 82 have been clearly marked as
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`“PROTECTIVE ORDER MATERIAL.”
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`IV. Conclusion
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`For the foregoing reasons, Petitioners’ motion to seal should be granted to (i)
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`seal Exhibit 1049, Exhibit 1051, and Paper 82, and (ii) accept the redactions
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`offered in Exhibit 1050 and Paper 83.
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`Dated: October 4, 2019
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`/Jeffrey P. Kushan/
`Jeffrey P. Kushan
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`Respectfully Submitted,
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`/James T. Bailey/
`James T. Bailey
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`Reg. No. 43,401
`Sidley Austin LLP
`1501 K Street, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20005
`T: 202-736-8000
`Attorney for Petitioner Apple Inc.
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`Reg. No. 44,518
`The Law Office of James. T. Bailey
`504 W. 136th St. #1B
`New York, NY 10031
`T: 917-626-1356
`Attorney for Petitioner Mangrove
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e), I hereby certify that on this 4th day of
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`October, 2019, I caused to be served a true and correct copy of the foregoing and
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`any accompanying exhibits by electronic mail on the following counsel:
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`Joseph E. Palys
`josephpalys@paulhastings.com
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`Naveen Modi
`Naveenmodi@paulhastings.com
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`Dated: October 4, 2019
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`/Jeffrey P. Kushan/
`Jeffrey P. Kushan
`Reg. No. 43,401
`Sidley Austin LLP
`1501 K Street, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20005
`T: 202-736-8000
`Attorney for Petitioner Apple Inc.
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`Respectfully Submitted,
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`/James T. Bailey/
`James T. Bailey
`Reg. No. 44,518
`The Law Office of James. T. Bailey
`504 W. 136th St. #1B
`New York, NY 10031
`T: 917-626-1356
`Attorney for Petitioner Mangrove
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