`U.S. Patent No. 8,166,081
`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA, INC.,
`SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC.,
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`Petitioners
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`STRATOSAUDIO, INC.,
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2021-00721
`Patent No. 8,166,081
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`JOINT REQUEST TO MAINTAIN CONFIDENTIALITY AND TO KEEP
`SEPARATE PURSUANT TO 35 U.S.C. § 327(b) AND 37 C.F.R. § 42.74
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`IPR2021-00721
`U.S. Patent No. 8,166,081
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`I.
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`INTRODUCTION
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`Petitioner Volvo Car USA, LLC (“Volvo”) and StratosAudio, Inc. (“Patent
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`Owner”) (collectively, the “Parties”) have resolved Patent Owner’s claims for relief
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`against Volvo and executed a settlement agreement (the “Agreement”) regarding
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,166,081 (the “’081 Patent”). Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 327(b), the
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`Parties jointly request that the Board treat the Agreement as business confidential
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`information and keep it separate from the file of the involved patent.
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`STATEMENT OF PRECISE RELIEF REQUESTED
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`The Parties jointly request that the Board treat the Agreement (Exhibit 2025)
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`as business confidential information and keep it separate from the file of the involved
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`patent. There are no other collateral agreements between the parties made in
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`connection with, or in contemplation of, the termination sought. The parties request
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`that the Agreement “be made available only to Federal Government agencies on
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`written request, or to any person on a showing of good cause” in accordance with 35
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`U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74. The Parties further request the Board not
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`make the Agreement available to any third-party (including entities constituting
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`Petitioner other than Volvo), except as provided for in 35 U.S.C. § 327(b) and 37
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`C.F.R. § 42.74. The Parties were authorized to file this Joint Request by the Board
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`(via email) on September 22, 2022.
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`III. STATEMENT OF REASONS FOR THE RELIEF REQUESTED
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`The Parties executed the Agreement regarding their dispute relating to the
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`’081 Patent. The Agreement describes the terms of the Parties’ agreement, which
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`constitutes confidential commercial information under the Board’s rule. See 37
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`C.F.R. § 42.54; Office Patent Trial Practice Guide, 77 Fed. Reg. 48,756, 48,760
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`(Aug. 14, 2012). The Agreement also provides that the terms of the settlement are
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`confidential and the Parties have treated them as such. The Parties are filing,
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`concurrently herewith, a true and correct copy of the Agreement with the Board as
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`Exhibit 2025, as required by 35 U.S.C. § 327(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74. This Exhibit
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`was filed in the PRPS system to provide availability to “Board Only.” The Parties
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`jointly request that the Agreement be treated as business confidential information
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`and be kept separate from the file of the involved patent, pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §
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`327(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c).
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/John Scheibeler/
`John Scheibeler (Reg. No. 35,346)
`WHITE & CASE LLP
`1221 Avenue of the Americas
`New York, NY 10020-1095
`Phone: (212) 819-8200
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`Jonathan Lamberson (Reg. No. 57,352)
`WHITE & CASE LLP
`2 Palo Alto Square, Suite 900
`3000 El Camino Real
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Lewis E. Hudnell, III/
`Lewis E. Hudnell, III
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`Hudnell Law Group P.C.
`800 W. El Camino Real Suite 180
`Mountain View, California 94040
`Phone: 650 564-7720
`lewis@hudnelllaw.com
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`Attorneys for Petitioner,
`Volvo Car USA, LLC
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`Phone: (650) 213-0384
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`Hallie Kiernan (pro hac vice)
`WHITE & CASE LLP
`1221 Avenue of the Americas
`New York, NY 10020-1095
`Phone: 212-819-8200
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`Attorneys for Patent Owner,
`StratosAudio, Inc.
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`The undersigned certifies that a copy of the foregoing
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`JOINT REQUEST TO MAINTAIN
`CONFIDENTIALITY AND TO KEEP SEPARATE
`PURSUANT TO 35 U.S.C. § 327(b) AND
`37 C.F.R. § 42.74
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`was served on September 27, 2022, by delivering a copy by email to the attorneys
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`of record for the Petitioner Volvo Car USA, LLC at the following email addresses:
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`Michael D. Specht (Reg. No. 54,463)
`Ryan C. Richardson (Reg. No. 67,254)
`Daniel S. Block (Reg. No. 63,395)
`Daniel E. Yonan (Reg. No. 53,812)
`Timothy L. Tang (Reg. No. 75,187)
`Wenhao Xiong (Reg. No. 78,365)
`David W. Haars (Reg. No. 73,112)
`Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
`1100 New York Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20005
`Tel.: 202-772-8956
`mspecht-PTAB@sternekessler.com
`rrichardson-PTAB@sternekessler.com
`dblock-PTAB@sternekessler.com
`dyonan-PTAB@sternekessler.com
`ttang-PTAB@sternekessler.com
`wxiong-PTAB@sternekessler.com
`dhaars-PTAB@sternekessler.com
`PTAB@sternekessler.com
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`Matthew D. Satchwell (Reg. No. 58,870)
`Paul R. Steadman (Reg. No. 43,932)
`DLA Piper LLP (US)
`444 West Lake Street, Suite 900
`Chicago, Illinois 60606
`Phone: 312-368-2111
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`DLA-StratosAudio@us.dlapiper.com
`matthew.satchwell@dlapiper.com
`paul.steadman@dlapiper.com
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`Lewis E. Hudnell, III (Reg. No. 51,185)
`Nicolas S. Gikkas (Reg. No. 46,245)
`Hudnell Law Group P.C.
`800 W. El Camino Real Suite 180
`Mountain View, California 94040
`Phone: 650-564-7720
`lewis@hudnelllaw.com
`nsg@gikkaslaw.com
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/John Scheibeler/ (Electronically signed)
`John Scheibeler
`Reg. No. 35,346
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