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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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`DISH NETWORK L.L.C., AT&T SERVICES, INC.,
`and DIRECTV, LLC,1
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`BROADBAND iTV, INC.,
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2020-01267
`U.S. Patent No. 10,028,026 B2
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`PATENT OWNER BROADBAND ITV, INC.’S REVISED MOTION TO
`SEAL UNDER 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.14 AND 42.54
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`Mail Stop “Patent Board”
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`1 AT&T Services, Inc. and DIRECTV, LLC filed a motion for joinder and a
`petition in Case IPR2021-00556, which were granted, and, therefore, have been
`joined as petitioners in this proceeding.
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`TABLE OF CONTENTS
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`I.
`INTRODUCTION ...............................................................................1
`II. GOVERNING RULES AND PTAB GUIDANCE ...................................1
`III.
`IDENTIFICATION OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND
`CERTIFICATION THAT THE CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
`SOUGHT TO BE PROTECTED HAS NOT BEEN MADE PUBLICLY
`AVAILABLE. .....................................................................................2
`IV. GOOD CAUSE EXISTS FOR SEALING THE CONFIDENTIAL
`INFORMATION. ................................................................................3
`RELIEF REQUESTED ........................................................................5
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`V.
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`I.
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`INTRODUCTION
`Pursuant to the Board’s Order of October 7, 2021 (Paper 57), Patent Owner
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`Broadband iTV, Inc. (“Patent Owner”), submits this Revised Motion to Seal to
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`request that the confidential, unredacted versions of the Patent Owner’s Response
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`(Paper 35), Petitioner’s Reply (Paper 45), and Patent Owner’s Sur-Reply (Paper
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`48), and Exhibits 1053-1055, 1068, and 2036 (collectively, “the confidential
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`documents”) be sealed under 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.14 and 42.54. Good cause to seal the
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`confidential documents exists because the confidential documents contain Patent
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`Owner’s sensitive, non-public information that a business would not make public.
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`Patent Owner therefore requests that the Board seal the confidential documents
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`under the Board’s Default Protective Order, previously entered in this case. Paper
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`57, 8.
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.54(a), Patent Owner’s counsel conferred in good
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`faith with Petitioner’s counsel in an attempt to resolve any dispute about this
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`Motion. Petitioner does not oppose this Revised Motion.
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`II. GOVERNING RULES AND PTAB GUIDANCE
`In determining whether to grant a Motion to Seal, the Board must find “good
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`cause,” 37 C.F.R. § 42.54(a), and “strike a balance between the public’s interest in
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`maintaining a complete and understandable file history and the parties’ interest in
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`protecting truly sensitive information,” Consolidated Trial Practice Guide,
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`November 2019 (“TPG”), 19. The Board identifies confidential information in a
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`manner “consistent with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c)(1)(G), which
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`provides for protective orders for … confidential research, development, or
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`commercial information.” TPG, 19.
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`Based on the procedure provided in the TPG, Patent Owner seeks to prevent
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`the disclosure of sensitive information that is contained in the confidential
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`documents.
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`III.
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`IDENTIFICATION OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND
`CERTIFICATION THAT THE CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
`SOUGHT TO BE PROTECTED HAS NOT BEEN MADE PUBLICLY
`AVAILABLE.
`Certain information in the confidential, unredacted versions of Patent
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`Owner’s Response, Petitioner’s Reply, Patent Owner’s Sur-Reply, and Exhibits
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`1053-1055, 1068, and 2036 is confidential and thus has not been published or
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`otherwise made public. 2 Patent Owner certifies that, to the best of its knowledge,
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`the information sought to be sealed has not been published or otherwise made
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`public.
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`2 Upon reconsideration, Patent Owner no longer seeks to seal any portions of
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`Exhibits 2035, 2037, 2038, 2047, 2056–2061, 2064, 2065-2068, 2073–2092, 2094–
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`2102, 2104–2109, 2117–2122, 2130, 2131, 2136, 2138–2141, 2143–2149, 2155,
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`2156, 2159–2163, 2166, 2177, 2179, and 2181–2185.
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`IV. GOOD CAUSE EXISTS FOR SEALING THE CONFIDENTIAL
`INFORMATION.
`The Board routinely seals technical documents, as well as papers and
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`testimony referencing information found therein. See, e.g., Samsung Electronics
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`Co., Ltd. v. NVIDIA Corp., IPR2015-01070, Paper 33 (P.T.A.B. Mar. 24, 2016);
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`Riverbed Technology, Inc. v. Silver Peak Systems, Inc., IPR2014-00245, Paper 26
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`(P.T.A.B. Nov. 19, 2014); Caterpillar Inc. v. Wirtgen America Inc., IPR2017-
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`02185, Paper 42 (May 3, 2019). Here, while some portions of the confidential
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`documents are not confidential, portions of these confidential documents discuss or
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`reference information found in confidential technical documents for which the
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`Board previously found good cause to seal. 3 Good cause similarly exists to seal
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`and keep this information confidential because it includes details of sealed,
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`confidential technical documents that would be valuable to Patent Owner’s
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`competitors and harmful to Patent Owner and possibly third parties if made public.
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`Accordingly, the Board should seal and keep this information confidential.
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`Public disclosure of the confidential documents would significantly harm
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`3 On October 7, 2021, the Board granted Patent Owner’s Motions to Seal
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`with respect to Exhibits 2050–2054, 2063, 2070, 2093, 2123–2127, 2129, 2132–
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`2135, 2137, 2142, 2150, 2151, 2154, 2157, 2158, 2164, 2165, and 2178. Paper 57,
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`5, 7-8.
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`Patent Owner’s competitive and strategic position. The public interest also will not
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`be harmed by granting this Motion to Seal the documents as “PROTECTIVE
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`ORDER MATERIAL,” because redacted copies of the documents are being
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`publicly filed by Petitioner. 4 These public, redacted copies redact only portions
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`specifically discussing or referencing the previously sealed technical documents
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`(i.e., Exhibits 2050–2054, 2063, 2070, 2093, 2123–2127, 2129, 2132–2135, 2137,
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`2142, 2150, 2151, 2154, 2157, 2158, 2164, 2165, and 2178). In short, granting this
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`Motion to Seal would achieve “a balance between the public’s interest in
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`maintaining a complete and understandable file history and the parties’ interest in
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`protecting truly sensitive information.” 77 Fed. Reg. at 48,760. Therefore, good
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`cause exists for granting this Motion to Seal.
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`4 In its Order of October 7, 2021, the Board instructed: “If, upon
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`reconsideration, Patent Owner believes that any portions of the exhibits or papers
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`are not confidential information, Patent Owner should file with the revised motion
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`to seal a public redacted version of the respective exhibit or paper.” Paper 57, 7. In
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`accordance with this Order, Patent Owner and Petitioner are filing revised public,
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`redacted versions of Patent Owner’s Response, Petitioner’s Reply, and Patent
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`Owner’s Sur-Reply, and Exhibits 1053-1055, 1068, and 2036 that only redact the
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`portions now sought to be sealed.
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`V. RELIEF REQUESTED
`For the reasons stated above, Patent Owner requests that the Board seal and
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`protect the confidential, unredacted versions of the Patent Owner’s Response
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`(Paper 35), Petitioner’s Reply (Paper 45), and Patent Owner’s Sur-Reply (Paper
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`48), and Exhibits 1053-1055, 1068, and 2036 under the Board’s Default Protective
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`Order previously entered in this proceeding. See Paper 57, 8. Patent Owner further
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`requests that the Board seal and protect the confidential information in these
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`documents until such time as it receives and rules on this Motion.
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`Respectfully submitted,
`FEINBERG DAY KRAMER ALBERTI LIM
`TONKOVICH & BELLOLI LLP
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` Sal Lim /
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`Sal Lim (Reg. No. 45,706)
`Attorney for Patent Owner
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`Date: October 14, 2021
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`577 Airport Boulevard, Suite 250
`Burlingame, California 94010
`(650) 825-4300
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE (37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e))
`The undersigned hereby certifies that true and correct copies of the
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`foregoing PATENT OWNER BROADBAND ITV, INC.’S REVISED
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`MOTION TO SEAL UNDER 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.14 AND 42.54, PATENT
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`OWNER’S RESPONSE (REVISED PUBLIC), PATENT OWNER’S SUR-
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`REPLY (REVISED PUBLIC), and Exhibit 2036 (REVISED PUBLIC), were
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`served electronically via e-mail on October 14, 2021, in their entireties on the
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`following counsel of record for Petitioner:
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`Counsel for DISH Network L.L.C.:
`Alyssa Caridis (Lead Counsel)
`K. Patrick Herman (Back-up Counsel)
`Clement Roberts (Back-up Counsel)
`Will Melehani (Back-up Counsel)
`ORRICK, HERRINGTON, & SUTCLIFFE, LLP
`A8CPTABDocket@orrick.com
`P52PTABDocket@orrick.com
`croberts@orrick.com
`wmelehani@orrick.com
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`Counsel for AT&T Services, Inc. and
`DIRECTV, LLC:
`Roger Fulghum (Lead Counsel)
`Jeffrey S. Becker (Back-up Counsel)
`Morgan G. Mayne (Back-up Counsel)
`BAKER BOTTS L.L.P.
`roger.fulghum@bakerbotts.com
`jeff.becker@bakerbotts.com
`morgan.mayne@bakerbotts.com
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`Respectfully submitted,
`FEINBERG DAY KRAMER ALBERTI LIM
`TONKOVICH & BELLOLI LLP
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` Sal Lim /
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`Sal Lim (Reg. No. 45,706)
`Attorney for Patent Owner
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`Date: October 14, 2021
`577 Airport Boulevard, Suite 250
`Burlingame, California 94010
`(650) 825-4300
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