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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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`GOOGLE LLC, ZTE (USA), INC., SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.,
`LG ELECTRONICS INC., HUAWEI DEVICE USA, INC.,
`HUAWEI DEVICE CO. LTD., HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO. LTD.,
`HUAWEI DEVICE (DONGGUAN) CO. LTD.,
`HUAWEI INVESTMENT & HOLDING CO. LTD.,
`HUAWEI TECH. INVESTMENT CO. LTD., and
`HUAWEI DEVICE (HONG KONG) CO. LTD.,
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`Petitioner
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`Cywee Group Ltd.
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`(record) Patent Owner
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`IPR2018-01257
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`Patent No. 8,552,978
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`PETITIONER GOOGLE’S MOTION TO SEAL
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`Petitioner Google LLC (“Google”) requests that the entire content of the
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`exhibits 2049-2056, as well as redacted portions of Patent Owner CyWee’s
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`Supplemental Submission of Information in Light of the Additional Discovery,
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`filed November 7, 2019, be sealed under 37 C.F.R. § 42.55. Good cause to seal
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`exists because the redaction seeks to protect certain sensitive, non-public
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`information that a business would not make public.
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`I.
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`GOVERNING RULES AND PTAB GUIDANCE
`Under 35 U.S.C. § 316(a)(1), the default rule is that all papers filed in an
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`inter partes review are open and available for access by the public, but a party
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`may file a concurrent motion to seal and the information at issue is sealed pending
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`the outcome of the motion.
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`Similarly, 37 C.F.R. § 42.14 provides:
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`The record of a proceeding, including documents and things, shall be
`made available to the public, except as otherwise ordered. A party
`intending a document or thing to be sealed shall file a motion to seal
`concurrent with the filing of the document or thing to be sealed. The
`document or thing shall be provisionally sealed on receipt of the
`motion and remain so pending the outcome of the decision on the
`motion.
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`It is, however, only “confidential information” that is protected from
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`disclosure. 35 U.S.C. § 316(a)(7) (“The Director shall prescribe regulations …
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`providing for protective orders governing the exchange and submission of
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`confidential information”). In that regard, the Office Trial Practice Guide, 77
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`Fed. Reg. 48756, 48760 (Aug. 14, 2012) provides:
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`The rules aim to strike a balance between the public’s interest in
`maintaining a complete and understandable file history and the
`parties’ interest in protecting truly sensitive information.
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`confidential
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`Information: The
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`information in a manner consistent with Federal Rule of Civil
`Procedure 26(c)(1)(G), which provides for protective orders for trade
`secret or other confidential research, development, or commercial
`information. § 42.54.
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`II.
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`IDENTIFICATION OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
`The confidential information that Google moves to seal consists of non-
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`public commercial agreements with a third party obtained from that party,
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`pursuant to an order for additional discovery and under a protective order, in
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`IPR2019-00143. Specifically, the agreemetns in Exhibits 2049-2056 are
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`confidential commercial agreements between parties, and the redacted portions of
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`the CyWee submission refer to, interpret, or quote content from the agreements.
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`Further redactions in CyWee’s submission of citations to Exhibit 2014 are
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`necessary to prevent cross-referencing. Finally, sealing of Ex. 2056 and
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`redactions to the last paragraph are intended to preserve confidential material
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`relating to agreements between defendants in litigation. Petitioner certifies that
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`the full extent of this information has not been published or otherwise been made
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`public.
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`III. GOOD CAUSE EXISTS FOR SEALING THE CONFIDENTIAL
`INFORMATION
`The Board routinely seals confidential, internal and sensitive business
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`information. See, e.g., Tandus Flooring, Inc. v. Interface, Inc., IPR2013-00333,
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`Paper 60 (P.T.A.B. Aug. 8, 2014). Here, the redacted information consists of
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`confidential, internal, and sensitive business information. Good cause exists to
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`seal and keep this information confidential because the extent of the redaction is
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`limited and because the information would be valuable to competitors and
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`harmful to Google if made public. Accordingly, as in Tandus, the Board should
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`seal and keep this information confidential.
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`IV. PROTECTIVE ORDER
`The parties submitted a joint motion for a modified protective order,
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`together with a draft order on August 13, 2019 in this proceeding.
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`Dated: November 7, 2019
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`/Matthew A. Smith/
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`The undersigned hereby certifies that the foregoing Motion to Seal was served
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`by electronic mail on November 7, 2019, on all counsel of record at the USPTO
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`having the following addresses:
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`Counsel for CyWee:
`Jay Kesan
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`jay@jaykesan.com;
`Cecil Key
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`cecil@keyiplaw.com
`Ari Rafilson
`arafilson@shorechan.com;
`Michael Shore
`mshore@ShoreChan.com
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`Counsel for ZTE:
`James R. Sobieraj jsobierah@brinksgilson.com
`Yeuzhong Feng
`yfeng@brinksgilson.com
`Andrea Shoffstall ashoffstall@brinksgilson.com
`ZTE_CyweeIPRs@brinksgilson.com
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`Counsel for Samsung:
`Naveen Modi
`Chetan Bansal
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`PH-Samsung-Cywee-IPR@paulhastings.com
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`Counsel for LG:
`Collin Park
`Andrew Devkar
`Jeremy Peterson
`Adam Brooke
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`collin.park@morganlewis.com
`andrew.devkar@morganlewis.com
`jeremy.peterson@morganlewis.com
`adam.brooke@morganlewis.com
`MLB_CyweevsLGE@morganlewis.com
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`Counsel for Huawei:
`Kristopher L. Reed HuaweiCywee@kilpatricktownsend.com
`Benjamin M. Kleinman
`Norris P. Boothe
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`Dated: November 7, 2019
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