`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`MYLAN PHARMACEUTICALS INC., TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA,
`INC., and AKORN INC., 1
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`ALLERGAN, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2016-01127 (8,685,930 B2)
`Case IPR2016-01128 (8,629,111 B2)
`Case IPR2016-01129 (8,642,556 B2)
`Case IPR2016-01130 (8,633,162 B2)
`Case IPR2016-01131 (8,648,048 B2)
`Case IPR2016-01132 (9,248,191 B2)
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`PATENT OWNER’S MOTION TO SEAL
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`1 Cases IPR2017-00576 and IPR2017-00594, IPR2017-00578 and IPR2017- 00596,
`IPR2017-00579 and IPR2017-00598, IPR2017-00583 and IPR2017- 00599,
`IPR2017-00585 and IPR2017-00600, and IPR2017-00586 and IPR2017-00601 have
`respectively been joined with the captioned proceedings. The word-for-word
`identical paper is filed in each proceeding identified in the caption pursuant to the
`Board’s Scheduling Order (Paper 10).
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`Paper No. 96
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`I. INTRODUCTION
`On November 9, 2017, the Board issued an Order on the Conduct of the
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`Proceedings instructing the parties to confer as to whether any information in
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`Exhibits 2086, 2087, and Paper 86 should be treated as confidential. The Board
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`also ordered that after this conference the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe (“Tribe”)
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`may file a motion to seal with a showing of good cause as to why the information
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`constitutes confidential information. The parties conferred on November 15, 2017
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`and agree that Paper 86 may be unsealed in its entirety.
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`The Tribe files this motion asking that certain confidential portions of Exhibits
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`2086 and 2087 remain under seal. The Tribe has filed redacted versions of Exhibits
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`2086 and 2087 with this motion.
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` Petitioners do not oppose the relief sought in this motion.
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`II. STATEMENT OF PRECISE RELIEF REQUESTED
`Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.14, Patent Owner respectfully submits redacted versions
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`of Exhibits 2086 and 2087 because the redacted portions of these documents
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`contain confidential information that was not relied upon by either party in any of
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`the briefs related to Patent Owner’s Motion to Dismiss.
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`III. GOOD CAUSE EXISTS FOR SEALING THE REDACTED
`CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
`There is a strong public policy that favors making information filed in an inter
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`partes review open to the public. Garmin Int’l, Inc. v. Cuozzo Speed Techs. LLC,
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`IPR2012-00001, slip op. 1-2 (PTAB Mar. 14, 2013) (Paper 34). The standard for
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`granting a motion to seal is good cause. 37 C.F.R. § 42.14.
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`Exhibits 2086 and 2087 are the Long-Form Assignment Agreement and License
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`Agreement between Patent Owner, Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe and Allergan. These
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`agreements contain confidential commercial information pertaining to the business
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`of Patent Owner and Allergan. Both Agreements contain Confidentiality and Non-
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`Disclosure Clauses that prohibit disclosure unless made in response to a valid court
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`order. EX. 2086 at §5(d)(1); EX. 2087 at 6.3.1. Nevertheless, Patent Owner seeks
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`to seal only a few provisions of Exhibits 2086 and 2087, which fall into the three
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`categories discussed below.
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`First, Patent Owner seeks to seal information regarding the resolution of
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`disputes between Patent Owner and Allergan related to the agreements. These
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`provisions are important to Patent Owner’s competitive standing during patent
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`licensing negotiations. Declaration of Dale White at ¶ 5. If made public, this
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`information would provide a third party attempting to negotiate with either Patent
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`Owner or Allergan a road map regarding dispute resolution issues, and therefore,
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`an unfair advantage in future negotiations. Patent Owner thus respectfully requests
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`that paragraph 11.a. of Exhibit 2086 and paragraphs 8.1, 8.2, and 10.7 of Exhibit
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`2087 remain sealed.
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`Second, Patent Owner seeks seal information related to confidential settlement
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`agreements between Allergan and third parties. Those settlement agreements
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`between Allergan and other parties are confidential business information of
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`Allergan and those third parties. Moreover, they are ancillary to the matter at hand
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`and do not relate to the issues of tribal sovereign immunity that are at issue here.
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`Patent Owner thus respectfully requests that paragraphs 3.b. and 3.c., and Schedule
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`3a of Exhibit 2086, and Schedule 1.43 of Exhibit 2087 remain sealed.
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` Finally, Patent Owner respectfully requests that the bank and routing
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`information for the payment under the License Agreement, paragraph 4.1 of
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`exhibit 2087, be sealed. To be clear, Patent Owner is not requesting sealing of the
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`entirety of paragraph 4.1, but instead only requests that the bank account
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`information be kept under seal. That information is not relevant to any claim or
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`issue here, and could be highly damaging if made public.
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`Moreover, the redacted portions do not materially detract from any material
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`understanding of the public record because neither party cited to or quoted from
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`any of the redacted portions in any of the briefs concerning the Tribe’s Motion to
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`Dismiss. Id. at ¶ 9. Additionally, none of the redacted provisions relate to the tribal
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`sovereign immunity at issue before the Board. Thus, the redactions to Exhibits
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`2086 and 2087 are limited only to what is necessary to protect confidential
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`information and do not detract from any material understanding of the public
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`record because neither party quoted the redacted portions. Accordingly, good cause
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`exists for sealing the redacted portions of Exhibits 2086 and 2087.
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`IV. CONCLUSION
`For the foregoing reasons the Board should find that good cause exists to seal
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`the redacted portions of Exhibits 2086 and 2087.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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` /Alfonso Chan /
`Alfonso Chan
`Reg. No. 45,964
`achan@shorechan.com
`Michael Shore*
`mshore@shorechan.com
`Christopher Evans*
`cevans@shorechan.com
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`SHORE CHAN DEPUMPO LLP
`901 Main Street, Suite 3300
`Dallas, TX 75201
`Tel: (214) 593-9110
`Fax: (214) 593-9111
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`Marsha Schmidt*
`Attorney at Law
`14928 Perrywood Drive
`Burtonsville, MD 20866
`marsha@mkschmidtlaw.com
`Tel: (301) 949-5176
`*admitted pro hac vice
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`Attorneys for Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe
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`Dated: November 16, 2017
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 CFR §§ 42.6(e)(4) and 42.205(b), the undersigned certifies that
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`on November 16, 2017, a complete and entire copy of Patent Owner’s Motion to Seal
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`was provided, via electronic service, to the Petitioners by serving the correspondence
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`address of record as follows:
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`Steven W. Parmelee
`Michael T. Rosato
`Jad A. Mills
`WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
`701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 5100
`Seattle, WA 98104-7036
`sparmelee@wsgr.com
`mrosato@wsgr.com
`jmills@wsgr.com
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`Wendy L. Devine
`WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
`One Market Street, Spear Tower Floor 33
`San Francisco, CA 94105-1126
`wdevine@wsgr.com
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`Douglas H. Carsten
`WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
`12235 El Camino Real, Suite 200
`San Diego, CA 92130
`dcarsten@wsgr.com
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`Richard Torczon
`WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
`1700 K Street NW, 5th Floor
`Washington, DC 20006
`rtorczon@wsgr.com
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`Brandon M. White
`Crystal Canterbury
`Charles G. Curtis, Jr.
`Jennifer MacLean
`Benjamin S. Sharp
`Shannon M. Bloodworth
`PERKINS COIE LLP
`700 13th Street NW
`Washington DC 20005
`bmwhite@perkinscoie.com
`ccanterbury@perkinscoie.com
`ccurtis@perkinscoie.com
`jmaclean@perkinscoie.com
`bsharp@perkinscoie.com
`sbloodworth@perkinscoie.com
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`Eric D. Miller
`PERKINS COIE LLP
`1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900
`Seattle, WA 98101-3099
`emiller@perkinscoie.com
`Attorneys for Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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`And upon the remaining Petitioners as follows:
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`Michael R. Dzwonczyk
`Azy S. Kokabi
`Travis B. Ribar
`SUGHRUE MION, PLLC
`2100 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 800
`Washington, DC 20037
`mdzwonczyk@sughrue.com
`akokabi@sughrue.com
`tribar@sughrue.com
`Attorneys for Akorn Inc.
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`/Alfonso G. Chan/
`Alfonso G. Chan
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`SHORE CHAN DEPUMPO LLP
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`901 Main Street, Suite 3300
`Dallas, Texas 75202
`(214) 593-9110
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`Gary J. Speier
`Mark D. Schuman
`CARLSON, CASPERS, VANDENBURGH, LINDQUIST & SCHUMAN, P.A.
`225 South Sixth Street, Suite 4200
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
`gspeier@carlsoncaspers.com
`mschuman@carlsoncaspers.com
`IPRCyclosporine@carlsoncaspers.com
`Attorneys for Teva Pharmaceuticals
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