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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`I.M.L. SLU
`Petitioner
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`WAG ACQUISITION, LLC
`Patent Owner
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,122,141
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`Inter Partes Review Case No. IPR2016-01656
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`PATENT OWNER’S MOTION FOR ENTRY OF THE
`MODIFIED PROTECTIVE ORDER AND TO
`SEAL MOTION FOR ADDITIONAL DISCOVERY
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.14 and 42.54, Patent Owner, WAG Acquisition, LLC
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`“WAG”) hereby moves for entry of the Modified Protective Order in the form annexed to
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`Petitioner’s Unopposed Motion for Protective Order and to seal Patent Owner’s Motion for
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`Additional Discovery and Exhibits 2005, 2006 and 2008 attached thereto (the “Discovery
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`Motion”), which contain Petitioner’s confidential business information.
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`I.
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`GOOD CAUSE EXISTS FOR SEALING CERTAIN CONFIDENTIAL
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`INFORMATION
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`The Board’s standards for granting motions to seal are discussed in Garmin International
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`v. Cuozzo Speed Technologies, LLC, IPR2012-00001 (Paper 34 at 4- 5) (Mar. 14, 2013). The
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`standard for granting a motion to seal is “good cause.” 37 C.F.R. § 42.54(a). The moving party
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`bears the burden of showing that the relief requested should be granted. 37 C.F.R. § 42.20(c).
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`The Discovery Motion contains confidential information requiring that it be
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`designated as “PROTECTIVE ORDER MATERIAL” under the Modified Protective
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`Order as it contains information Petitioner has characterized as highly confidential and that, in
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`particular, discusses and reveals confidential information regarding “business-sensitive details of
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`the Petitioner’s organizational structure, business processes, financing, and corporate and legal
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`operations,” as described in Petitioner’s Unopposed Motion For Entry Of Protective Order.
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`I.M.L. SLU v. WAG Acquisition, LLC, IPR2016-01656 (Paper 14 at 1) (May 5, 2017). This
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`information is protectable under the Office Trial and Practice Guide, 77 Fed. Reg. 48760 (Aug.
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`14, 2012) (stating that the rules identify confidential matter consistent with Federal Rule of Civil
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`Procedure 26(c)(1)(G), which “provides for protective orders for trade secret or other
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`confidential research, development, or commercial information.”) and should be sealed from the
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`public.
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`The sealing of the foregoing is of particular importance because Petitioner claims that it
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`is “a non-public, foreign company, [and] has a strong interest in maintaining the confidentiality
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`of this information [and that it] will be prejudiced unduly if it were compelled to produce its
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`private, internal documents without protection in order to pursue this petition.” I.M.L. SLU v.
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`WAG Acquisition, LLC, IPR2016-01656 (Paper 14 at 1) (May 5, 2017). Patent Owner respects
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`Petitioner’s position on this matter.
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`Conversely, there is no countervailing interest that would counsel against granting the
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`present motion. Further, granting this motion would not prejudice or impact this underlying
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`proceeding. The public’s interest in accessing the information in the Discovery Motion is
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`outweighed by the prejudicial effect and competitive harm of disclosing the above described
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`confidential business information.
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`II.
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`CERTIFICATION OF NON-PUBLICATION
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`To the best of Patent Owner’s knowledge, and based on statements by Petitioner about its
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`own information, the confidential information contained in the Discovery Motion has not been
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`made publicly available.
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`III. CERTIFICATION OF CONFERENCE WITH OPPOSING PARTY AND
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`PROPOSED PROTECTIVE ORDER PURSUANT TO 37 C.F.R. § 42.54
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.54, counsel for Patent Owner had conferred in good faith with
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`counsel for Petitioner, and the parties previously agreed to entry of the modified version of the
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`Board’s Modified Protective Order in the form annexed to Petitioner’s Unopposed Motion for
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`Protective Order. The Discovery Motion is submitted subject to the Modified Protective Order
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`and Patent Owner moves to file under seal.
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`IV. CONCLUSION AND RELIEF REQUESTED
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`Accordingly, good cause exists to warrant entry of the Modified Protective Order and to
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`seal the Discovery Motion from public disclosure.
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`Dated: June 12, 2017
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Ronald Abramson/
`Ronald Abramson
`(Attorney for Patent Owner)
`Reg. No. 34,762
`212-822-0163
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 CFR § 42.6(e), the undersigned certifies that on June 12, 2017, a complete
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`and entire copy of this Patent Owner’s Motion For Entry Of The Modified Protective Order And
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`To Seal Motion for Additional Discovery was provided to the Petitioner by filing through the
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`PTAB E2E System and via email to David.Yohannan@quarles.com,
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`DCpatentdocket@kelleydrye.com, bjacob@kelleydrye.com, and syovits@kelleydrye.com.
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` Dated: June 12, 2017
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`/Ronald Abramson/
`Ronald Abramson
`(Attorney for Patent Owner)
`Reg. No. 34,762
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