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`IPR2015-01750, Paper 42
`IPR2015-01751, Paper 42
`IPR2015-01752, Paper 42
`Entered: January 26, 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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`RPX CORPORATION,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`APPLICATIONS IN INTERNET TIME, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2015-01750
`Patent 8,484,111 B2
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`Case IPR2015-01751
`Case IPR2015-01752
`Patent 7,356,482 B21
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`Before LYNNE E. PETTIGREW, MITCHELL G. WEATHERLY, and
`JENNIFER MEYER CHAGNON, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`CHAGNON, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Conduct of the Proceedings
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5
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`1 This order addresses issues common to all cases; therefore, we issue a
`single order to be entered in each case.
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`IPR2015-01750 (Patent 8,484,111 B2)
`IPR2015-01751, IPR2015-01752 (Patent 7,356,482 B2)
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`On January 25, 2016, a conference call was held among counsel for
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`both parties and Judges Pettigrew, Weatherly, and Chagnon. Particular
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`issues discussed during the call are summarized below.
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`Motions to Seal
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`Petitioner requested clarification as to which party is responsible for
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`filing Motions to Seal regarding the information it asserts is confidential
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`(“Petitioner’s confidential information”). Petitioner asserts that Patent
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`Owner, as the proponent of the evidence, is responsible for filing Motions to
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`Seal regarding any papers and exhibits it files. Patent Owner believes that
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`Petitioner should file the Motions to Seal, as it is Petitioner’s confidential
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`information at issue.
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`We instructed the parties that, going forward in these proceedings,
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`Patent Owner shall continue to file any papers and exhibits containing
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`Petitioner’s confidential information with a “Parties and Board Only” status
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`in PRPS. We authorized Petitioner to file, in each proceeding, a Motion to
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`Seal with respect to any papers and exhibits previously filed by Patent
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`Owner. The Motion to Seal shall be filed no later than February 8, 2016,
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`and shall not exceed fifteen (15) pages. We also authorized Patent Owner to
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`file an Opposition to the Motion to Seal. The Opposition shall be filed no
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`later than five (5) business days after the date on which Petitioner files its
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`Motion, and shall not exceed fifteen (15) pages. Both the Motion and the
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`Opposition shall be filed with a “Parties and Board Only” status in PRPS.
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`Protective Order
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`Petitioner also requested clarification be provided to Patent Owner
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`regarding specifically with whom Petitioner’s confidential information may
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`be shared under the protective order. During the call, the parties agreed that,
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`IPR2015-01750 (Patent 8,484,111 B2)
`IPR2015-01751, IPR2015-01752 (Patent 7,356,482 B2)
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`at this stage in the proceedings, Patent Owner’s counsel will not share
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`Petitioner’s confidential information with any persons employed by its
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`client, Applications in Internet Time, LLC, at least until decisions on
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`institution are entered in these proceedings.
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`Allegedly Untrue Assertions in Patent Owner’s Filings
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`Petitioner requested permission to notify the Board of allegedly untrue
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`and unsupported representations in Patent Owner’s papers. We informed the
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`parties that the panel is capable of reviewing the evidence to determine if
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`statements in both parties’ papers are supported by the record. We did not
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`authorize additional briefing on this issue.
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`Requested Requirement to Meet and Confer via Telephone
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`Patent Owner requested an order requiring the parties to meet and
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`confer via telephone prior to either party contacting the Board in these
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`proceedings. We informed the parties we would take the request under
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`consideration, and will address such procedures in our Scheduling Order
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`should a trial be instituted in any of these proceedings.
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`Accordingly, it is:
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`ORDERED that Petitioner is authorized to file in each proceeding a
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`Motion to Seal, addressing any papers and exhibits previously filed by
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`Patent Owner, limited to fifteen (15) pages, by no later than February 8,
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`2016;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner is authorized to file in each
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`proceeding an Opposition to Petitioner’s Motion to Seal, limited to fifteen
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`(15) pages, no later than five (5) business days after the date on which
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`Petitioner files its Motion;
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`IPR2015-01750 (Patent 8,484,111 B2)
`IPR2015-01751, IPR2015-01752 (Patent 7,356,482 B2)
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`FURTHER ORDERED that the Motion and Opposition shall each be
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`filed with a “Parties and Board Only” status in PRPS; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner’s counsel will not share
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`Petitioner’s confidential information with any persons employed by its
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`client, Applications in Internet Time, LLC, at least until decisions on
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`institution are entered in these proceedings.
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`IPR2015-01750 (Patent 8,484,111 B2)
`IPR2015-01751, IPR2015-01752 (Patent 7,356,482 B2)
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`PETITIONER:
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`Richard F. Giunta
`Elisabeth H. Hunt
`Randy J. Pritzker
`WOLF, GREENFIELD & SACKS, P.C.
`RGiunta-PTAB@wolfgreenfield.com
`EHunt-PTAB@wolfgreenfield.com
`RPritzker-PTAB@wolfgreenfield.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Jonathan Pearce
`M. Kala Sarvaiya
`SoCal IP Law Group LLP
`ksarvaiya@socalip.com
`jpearce@socalip.com
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