`Filed: October 31, 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’ UNOPPOSED MOTION TO SEAL THE BOARD’S
`OCTOBER 23, 2019 ORDER AND ACCEPT PROPOSED REDACTIONS
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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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`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 the Board’s October 23, 2019 Order (Paper
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`88, “October 29 Order”) in accordance with the default protective order filed by
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`Petitioner Mangrove on March 3, 2016 (Paper 39). See 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.14, 42.54.
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`Good cause exists for granting this motion to seal because the Board’s October 23
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`Order quotes and characterizes Petitioner Mangrove’s confidential commercial
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`information from Exhibits 1049 and 1051 and Petitioners’ Partial Opposition
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`(Paper 82), which Petitioners moved to seal on October 4, 2019. As instructed by
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`the Board’s October 23 Order, the parties have conferred and jointly filed a
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`proposed redacted public version of the October 23 Order (Paper 90). Patent
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`Owner has indicated that it does not oppose the present motion.
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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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`The Board’s October 23, 2019 Order quotes and characterizes certain
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`confidential commercial information from confidential Exhibits 1049 and 1051 and
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`Petitioners’ Partial Opposition (Paper 82). As explained in Petitioners’ prior
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`motion to seal (Paper 85), Exhibit 1051 is a confidential letter from Mangrove to
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`its investors that, among other things, summarizes Mangrove’s motivations for
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`purchasing RPX’s publicly-traded stock for the period before October 7, 2015.
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`This letter constitutes confidential commercial information under the Board’s
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`rules. See 37 C.F.R. § 42.54; Office Patent Trial Practice Guide, 77 Fed. Reg.
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`48,756, 48,760 (Aug. 14, 2012). Ex. 1049 and Petitioners’ Partial Opposition
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`(Paper 82) quote from the contents of Exhibit 1051, and the Board’s October 23
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`Order quotes from and characterizes confidential portions of the two exhibits and
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`that paper. The proposed redactions (Paper 90) to the Board’s October 23 Order
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`are appropriate under the same rationale described above. For these reasons, there
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`is good cause for (i) sealing the Board’s October 23 Order (Paper 88) and (ii)
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`accepting the redactions offered in the parties’ joint proposed redacted public
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`version of the October 23 Order (Paper 90).
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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 the Board’s October 23 Order (Paper 88) and (ii) accept the redactions offered
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`in the parties’ joint proposed redacted public version of the October 23 Order
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`(Paper 90).
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`Dated: October 31, 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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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e), I hereby certify that on this 31st 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 31, 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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