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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`ACTIVISION BLIZZARD, INC.,
`ELECTRONIC ARTS INC.,
`TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC.,
`2K SPORTS, INC.,
`ROCKSTAR GAMES, INC., and
`BUNGIE, INC.,
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`ACCELERATION BAY, LLC,
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2015-019961
`Patent 6,829,634 B1
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`Before the Honorable SALLY C. MEDLEY, LYNNE E. PETTIGREW, and
`WILLIAM M. FINK, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`PATENT OWNER’S REPLY TO PETITIONERS’ CONSOLIDATED
`OPPOSITION TO PATENT OWNER’S MOTION FOR ENTRY OF THE
`DEFAULT PROTECTIVE ORDER AND TO SEAL PATENT OWNER
`RESPONSE AND CERTAIN EXHIBITS UNDER 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.14 AND
`42.54
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`1 Bungie, Inc., who filed a Petition in IPR2016-00964, has been joined as a
`petitioner in this proceeding.
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`Patent Owner’s Reply to Opposition to Motion to Seal
`IPR2015-01996 (U.S. Patent No. 6,829,634)
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`Acceleration Bay, Inc., (“Patent Owner”) filed its Patent Owner Response
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`(Paper 33) on July 18, 2016 and corresponding Motion for Entry of the Default
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`Protective Order and to Seal Patent Owner Response and Certain Exhibits
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`(collectively, the “Motion to Seal”) on July 19, 2016. Paper 35. As Patent Owner
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`indicated in its Motion to Seal, the Patent Owner Response and certain exhibits
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`cited therein contain highly confidential information of a third party, Boeing
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`Company (“Boeing”). Paper 35. To protect against public disclosure of Boeing’s
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`highly sensitive information relating to (1) licensing practices and (2) the
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`conception and development of the subject patent, Patent Owner filed its Response
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`and confidential exhibits in accordance with the Scheduling Order. Paper 9, A.3.
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`Specifically, Patent Owner followed the guidelines of the Scheduling Order by
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`filing documents containing such confidential information under the appropriate
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`availability indicator in PRPS (i.e., “Board and Parties Only”). Paper 9, A.3.
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`Patent Owner filed all 43 remaining documents that did not concern third party
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`confidential information as public documents.
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`On July 26, 2016, Petitioner contacted Patent Owner regarding the Motion to
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`Seal, requesting that Patent Owner file redacted versions of the confidential
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`documents. The Parties subsequently met and conferred on August 2, 2016, to
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`discuss filing redacted versions of the confidential documents. Contrary to
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`Petitioner’s contention, Patent Owner did not represent that it “was not aware of
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`any authority requiring the filing of redacted versions of these documents.” Paper
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`39. In fact, Patent Owner invited Petitioner to propose a procedure to resolve
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`Petitioner’s concerns regarding the filing of redacted versions of the confidential
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`documents, yet Petitioner never followed up. Instead, Petitioner filed its
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`Consolidated Opposition to Patent Owner’s Motion for Entry of the Default
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`Protective Order and to Seal Certain Exhibits (“Opposition to the Motion to Seal”),
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`generating unnecessary motion practice that could have, at the minimum, been
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`resolved through an instructive call with the Board.
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`Patent Owner understands that the Petitioner does not oppose Patent
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`Owner’s Motion to Seal in its entirety, and instead requests that Patent Owner file
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`redacted versions of the confidential documents at issue. Based on this limited
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`Opposition to the Motion to Seal, and to the extent the Board finds that Patent
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`Owner must file redacted versions of the confidential documents, Patent Owner
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`respectfully requests the Board’s guidance on the proper procedure for filing such
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`redacted documents, particularly with the new PTAB E2E System.
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`Dated: September 16, 2016
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/James Hannah/
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`James Hannah (Reg. No. 56,369)
`jhannah@kramerlevin.com
`Michael Lee (Reg. No. 63,941)
`mhlee@kramerlevin.com
`Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
`990 Marsh Road
`Menlo Park, CA 94025
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`Tel: 650.752.1700
`Fax: 212.715.8000
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`Shannon Hedvat (Reg. No. 68,417)
`shedvat@kramerlevin.com
`Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
`1177 Avenue of the Americas
`New York, NY 10036
`Tel: 212.715.9185
`Fax: 212.715.8385
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`Attorneys for Patent Owner
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e), the undersigned certifies that a true and
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`correct copy of the foregoing Patent Owner’s Reply to Petitioner’s Consolidated
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`Opposition to Patent Owner’s Motion for Entry of the Default Protective Order and
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`to Seal Certain Exhibits under 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.14 and 42.54 was served on
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`September 16, 2016, by filing this document through the Patent Review Processing
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`System as well as delivering via electronic mail upon the following counsel of
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`record for Petitioner and Joinder Petitioner:
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`J. Steven Baughman
`ROPES & GRAY LLP
`2099 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
`Washington, DC 20005-3948
`steven.baughman@ropesgray.com
`Activision_Blizzard_PTAB_Service@ropesgray.com
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`Matthew R. Shapiro
`Joseph E. Van Tassel
`ROPES & GRAY LLP
`1211 Avenue of the Americas
`New York, NY 10036
`matthew.shapiro@ropesgray.com
`joseph.vantassel@ropesgray.com
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`Andrew Thomases
`James Davis, Jr.
`Daniel W. Richards
`ROPES & GRAY LLP
`1900 University Ave., 6th Floor
`East Palo Alto, CA 94303
`andrew.thomases@ropesgray.com
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`james.l.davis@ropesgray.com
`daniel.w.richards@ropesgray.com
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`Michael T. Rosato
`Andrew S. Brown
`WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
`701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 5100
`Seattle, WA 98104-7036
`mrosato@wsgr.com
`asbrown@wsgr.com
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`/James Hannah/
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`James Hannah (Reg. No. 56,369)
`Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
`990 Marsh Road,
`Menlo Park, CA 94025
`(650) 752-1700
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