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`571-272-7822
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` Paper 28
`Date: September 15, 2020
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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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`APPLE INC., SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., and
`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC.,
`Petitioner, 1
`v.
`FIRSTFACE CO., LTD.,
`Patent Owner.
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`IPR2019-00612 (Patent 8,831,557 B2)
`IPR2019-00613 and IPR2019-01011 (Patent 9,633,373 B2)
`IPR2019-00614 and IPR2019-01012 (Patent 9,779,419 B2)2
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`Before JUSTIN T. ARBES, MELISSA A. HAAPALA, and
`RUSSELL E. CASS, Administrative Patent Judges.
`ARBES, Administrative Patent Judge.
`ORDER
`Conduct of the Proceedings
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5
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`1 Apple Inc., Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., and Samsung Electronics
`America, Inc. are the petitioners in Case IPR2019-00612. Apple Inc. is the
`petitioner in Cases IPR2019-00613, IPR2016-00614, IPR2019-01011, and
`IPR2019-01012. We refer herein to the petitioner in each respective
`proceeding as “Petitioner.”
`2 Case IPR2019-01011 was consolidated with Case IPR2019-00613 and
`Case IPR2019-01012 was consolidated with Case IPR2019-00614. This
`Order addresses issues pertaining to all of the listed cases. Therefore, we
`exercise our discretion to issue a single Order to be filed in each case. The
`parties are not authorized to use this style heading.
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`IPR2019-00612 (Patent 8,831,557 B2)
`IPR2019-00613 and IPR2019-01011 (Patent 9,633,373 B2)
`IPR2019-00614 and IPR2019-01012 (Patent 9,779,419 B2)
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`In each of the instant proceedings, we granted Petitioner’s motion to
`seal certain exhibits and entered Petitioner’s proposed protective order, and
`did not refer to any sealed material in the Final Written Decision. See
`IPR2019-00612, Papers 10, 26; IPR2019-00613, Papers 9, 27;
`IPR2019-00614, Papers 9, 27; IPR2019-01011, Papers 8, 10;
`IPR2019-01012, Papers 8, 10. The Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`Consolidated Trial Practice Guide (Nov. 2019), 21–22, available at
`https://www.uspto.gov/TrialPracticeGuideConsolidated, provides:
`Confidential information that is subject to a protective order
`ordinarily would become public 45 days after denial of a petition
`to institute a trial or 45 days after final judgment in a trial. There
`is an expectation that information will be made public where the
`existence of the information is referred to in a decision to grant
`or deny a request to institute a review or is identified in a final
`written decision following a trial. A party seeking to maintain
`the confidentiality of information, however, may file a motion to
`expunge the information from the record prior to the information
`becoming public. 37 C.F.R. § 42.56. The rule balances the needs
`of the parties to submit confidential information with the public
`interest in maintaining a complete and understandable file
`history for public notice purposes. The rule encourages parties
`to redact sensitive information, where possible, rather than
`seeking to seal entire documents.
`The record of each of the instant proceedings will be maintained undisturbed
`until 14 days after the conclusion of any appeal taken from the Final Written
`Decision, or if no appeal is taken, the expiration of the time to file a notice
`of appeal. At the conclusion of any appeal proceeding, or if no appeal is
`taken, Petitioner may file a motion to expunge the sealed materials from the
`record pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.56.
`It is so ORDERED.
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`IPR2019-00612 (Patent 8,831,557 B2)
`IPR2019-00613 and IPR2019-01011 (Patent 9,633,373 B2)
`IPR2019-00614 and IPR2019-01012 (Patent 9,779,419 B2)
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`FOR PETITIONER:
`Gabrielle E. Higgins
`Scott A. McKeown
`Christopher M. Bonny
`Victor Cheung
`ROPES & GRAY LLP
`gabrielle.higgins@ropesgray.com
`scott.mckeown@ropesgray.com
`christopher.bonny@ropesgray.com
`victor.cheung@ropesgray.com
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`FOR PATENT OWNER:
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`Thomas C. Cecil
`Matthew C. Juren
`Barry J. Bumgardner
`NELSON BUMGARDNER ALBRITTON P.C.
`tom@nelbum.com
`matthew@nelbum.com
`barry@nelbum.com
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