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`Paper No.: 15
`Entered: January 25, 2018
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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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`ALPHONSO, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`FREE STREAM MEDIA COPR. D/B/A SAMBA TV,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case No. IPR2017-01730
`Patent No. 9,386,356 B2
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`Before HUBERT C. LORIN, MICHAEL W. KIM, and
`KALYAN K. DESHPANDE, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`LORIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Motion to Seal
`37 C.F.R § 42.54
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`Patent Owner filed a Motion to Seal “request[ing] the Board to
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`authorize the filing under seal of the confidential versions of Samba’s
`Preliminary Response to the Petition and Exhibits 2006, 2009–2010, 2020–
`2034, 2036, and 2038–2041.” Paper No. 8, 1.
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`Petitioner agreed “to join, and [did] join, Patent Owner’s Motion to
`Seal in full.” Paper No. 9, 1.
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`IPR2017-01730
`Patent 9,386,356 B2
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`The Petition to institute a trial has been denied, and our decision does
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`not rely on information subject to the Motion to Seal. Accordingly, Patent
`Owner’s Motion to Seal is moot.
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`We advise Patent Owner of 37 C.F.R § 42.56.
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`IT IS ORDERED that Patent Owner’s request is denied as moot.
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`PETITIONER:
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`Eric Huang
`Tigran Guledjian
`QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN LLP
`erichuang@quinnemanuel.com
`tigranguledjian@quinnemanuel.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Kenneth Weatherwax
`LOWENSTEIN & WEATHERWAX LLP
`weatherwax@lowensteinweatherwax.com
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