`571-272-7822
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` Paper 62
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` Entered: June 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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`LUPIN LTD., LUPIN PHARMACEUTICALS INC., INNOPHARMA
`LICENSING, INC., INNOPHARMA LICENSING LLC, INNOPHARMA
`INC., INNOPHARMA LLC, MYLAN PHARMACEUTICALS INC., and
`MYLAN INC.,
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`Petitioners,
`v.
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`SENJU PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.,
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`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2015-01097 (Patent 8,754,131 B2)1
`Case IPR2015-01100 (Patent 8,927,606 B1)2
` Case IPR2015-01105 (Patent 8,871,813 B2)3
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`Before FRANCISCO C. PRATS, ERICA A. FRANKLIN, and
`GRACE KARAFFA OBERMANN, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`FRANKLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`DECISION4
`Denying Patent Owner’s Motion to Seal Exhibit 2323
`37 C.F.R. § 42.14
`INTRODUCTION
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`I.
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` Case IPR2016-00089 has been joined with this proceeding.
`2 Case IPR2016-00091 has been joined with this proceeding.
`3 Case IPR2016-00090 has been joined with this proceeding.
`4 This Decision relates to and shall be filed in each referenced case.
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`IPR2015-01097 (Patent 8,754,131 B2)
`IPR2015-01100 (Patent 8,927,606 B1)
`IPR2015-01105 (Patent 8,871,813 B2)
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`In each of the captioned proceedings, Patent filed a Motion to Seal
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`portions of the “Reply Expert Report of John C. Jarosz” (Exhibit 2323).
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`Paper 425 (“Mot.”). Patent Owner asserts that Petitioners do not oppose the
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`motion. Mot. 1.
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`For the reasons described in the following discussion, we deny Patent
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`Owner’s Motion to Seal Exhibit 2323.
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`II. DISCUSSION
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`“There is a strong public policy for making all information filed in a
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`quasi-judicial administrative proceeding open to the public, especially in an
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`inter partes review which determines the patentability of claims in an issued
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`patent and therefore affects the rights of the public.” Garmin Int’l v. Cuozzo
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`Speed Techs., LLC, IPR2012-00001, slip op. at 1–2 (PTAB Mar. 14, 2013)
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`(Paper 34). A motion to seal may be granted for good cause. 37 C.F.R. §
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`42.54. The moving party bears the burden of showing that there is good
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`cause for the relief requested, including why the information is appropriate
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`to be filed under seal. 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.20, 42.54. The Office Patent Trial
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`Practice Guide notes that 37 C.F.R. § 42.54 identifies confidential
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`information in a manner consistent with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure
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`26(c)(1)(G), which provides for protective orders for trade secret or other
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`confidential research, development, or commercial information. 77 Fed.
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`Reg. at 48,760. Until a motion to seal is decided, documents filed with the
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`motion shall be sealed provisionally. 37 C.F.R. § 42.14.
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` Patent Owner states the “word-for-word” identical paper was filed in each
`captioned proceeding. Paper and Exhibit numbers are the same in each of
`those proceeding.
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`IPR2015-01097 (Patent 8,754,131 B2)
`IPR2015-01100 (Patent 8,927,606 B1)
`IPR2015-01105 (Patent 8,871,813 B2)
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`Patent Owner asserts that to the best of its knowledge, the information
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`in Exhibit 2323 identified as confidential has not been published or
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`otherwise been made public. Id. Specifically, Patent Owner asserts that
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`portions of pages 26 and 29 of Exhibit 2323 contain confidential
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`information. Id. at 3. According to Patent Owner, the exhibit “contains
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`Patent Owner’s commercial embodiment of the Patents-at-Issue,” relied
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`upon to show Patent Owner’s commercial success. Id. Therefore, Patent
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`Owner requests that the indicated portions of Exhibit 2323 be sealed as
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`“PROTECTIVE ORDER MATERIAL,” for the duration of this proceeding.
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`Id. at 4.
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`Patent Owner has sufficiently established that the cited portions of
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`Exhibit 2323 contain confidential information. However, a protective order
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`has not been entered in the captioned proceedings and an acceptable
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`proposed protective order has not been filed. Thus, Patent Owner’s Motion
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`to Seal Exhibit 2323 is denied without prejudice. Under the circumstances,
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`we exercise our discretion to maintain Exhibit 2323 under a provisional seal,
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`in the manner requested, through July 31, 2016, to allow time for Patent
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`Owner to file a renewed motion to seal after a protective order is entered in
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`this proceeding and/or to withdraw the provisionally sealed exhibit.
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`In accordance with the foregoing, it is hereby:
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`ORDER
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`ORDERED that the Patent Owner’s Motion to Seal Exhibit 2323 is
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`denied without prejudice;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Exhibit 2323 shall remain provisionally
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`sealed until further notice by the Board;
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`IPR2015-01097 (Patent 8,754,131 B2)
`IPR2015-01100 (Patent 8,927,606 B1)
`IPR2015-01105 (Patent 8,871,813 B2)
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`FURTHER ORDERED the parties may file a renewed motion to seal
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`and/or withdraw provisionally sealed exhibits on or before July 31, 2016;
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`and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that any opposition to a renewed motion to
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`seal shall be filed within 5 business days after the filing of the motion.
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`IPR2015-01097 (Patent 8,754,131 B2)
`IPR2015-01100 (Patent 8,927,606 B1)
`IPR2015-01105 (Patent 8,871,813 B2)
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`PETITIONERS:
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`Deborah Yellin
`DYellin@crowell.com
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`Jonathan Lindsay
`JLindsay@crowell.com
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`Teresa Rea
`trea@crowell.com
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`Jitendra Malik
`jitty.malik@alston.com
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`Bryan Skelton
`bryan.skelton@alston.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Bryan Diner
`bryan.diner@finnegan.com
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`Justin Hasford
`justin.hasford@finnegan.com
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`Joshua Goldberg
`joshua.goldberg@finnegan.com
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