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`Entered: November 20, 2023
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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,
`Petitioner,
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`MEMORYWEB, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`IPR2022-00031
`Patent 10,621,228 B2
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`Before LYNNE H. BROWNE, NORMAN H. BEAMER, and
`KEVIN C. TROCK, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`TROCK, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Granting Patent Owner’s
`Unopposed Motions to Seal
`35 U.S.C. § 316(a)(1); 37 C.F.R. § 42.14
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`IPR2022-00031
`Patent 10,621,228 B2
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`Patent Owner, MemoryWeb, LLC, filed two Unopposed Motions to
`Seal. Papers 77, 81. In its motions, Patent Owner requests that we seal its
`Updated Exhibit Lists, Papers 78 and 821, respectively. Paper 77, 1; Paper
`81, 1. Patent Owner indicates that it submits the motions “to safeguard . . .
`confidential information, pursuant to the Protective Order.” Id. Patent
`Owner also “certifies that it has conferred with Petitioner through counsel,
`and Petitioner does not oppose th[e] Motion[s] to seal.” Id.
`Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.14, the default rule is that all papers filed in
`such proceedings are available to the public. Only “confidential
`information” is subject to protection against public disclosure. 35 U.S.C.
`§ 316(a)(7); 37 C.F.R. § 42.55. The Board also observes a strong policy in
`favor of making all information filed in inter partes review proceedings open
`to the public. See Argentum Pharms. LLC v. Alcon Research, Ltd.,
`IPR2017-01053, Paper 27, 3–4 (PTAB Jan. 19, 2018) (informative). The
`moving party bears the burden of showing the requested relief should be
`granted. 37 C.F.R. § 42.20(c).
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`1 Paper 81 appears to erroneously reference Patent Owner’s Updated Exhibit
`List as “Paper 81” instead of Paper 82. See Paper 81, 1.
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`IPR2022-00031
`Patent 10,621,228 B2
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`To establish “good cause” for the requested relief, the moving party
`must make a sufficient showing that: (1) the information sought to be sealed
`is truly confidential, (2) a concrete harm would result upon public
`disclosure, (3) there exists a genuine need to rely in the trial on the specific
`information sought to be sealed, and (4), on balance, an interest in
`maintaining confidentiality outweighs the strong public interest in having an
`open record. Argentum, Paper 27 at 3–4; see also Corning Optical
`Commc’ns RF, LLC, v. PPC Broadband, Inc., IPR2014-00440, Paper 46 at 2
`(PTAB April 6, 2015) (requiring a showing that information has not been
`“excessively redacted”); see also 37 C.F.R. § 42.54(a).
`Here, Patent Owner submits that the relevant documents “contain non-
`public, confidential proprietary business information,” and that public
`disclosure of this information would expose “confidential business
`activities.” Paper 77, 1–2; Paper 81, 2. Patent Owner also submits that it
`must rely on the confidential information in order to establish important
`contentions in this case and that the interest in maintaining confidentiality
`outweighs the public interest in having an open record. Paper 77, 3; Paper
`81, 2–3.
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`Upon considering Patent Owner’s representations and arguments, and
`the contents of the documents sought to be sealed, we conclude that Patent
`Owner has established good cause for sealing the requested documents.
`Accordingly, it is
`ORDERED that Patent Owner’s Unopposed Motions to Seal (Papers
`77 and 81) are granted, and
`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner’s requests to seal its
`Updated Exhibit Lists (Papers 78 and 82) are granted.
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`IPR2022-00031
`Patent 10,621,228 B2
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`For PETITIONER:
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`Jeffrey P. Kushan
`SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
`jkushan@sidley.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
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`Jennifer Hayes
`George Dandalides
`Angelo Christopher
`Matthew Werber
`Daniel Schwartz
`NIXON PEABODY LLP
`jenhayes@nixonpeabody.com
`gdandalides@nixonpeabody.com
`achristopher@nixonpeabody.com
`mwerber@nixonpeabody.com
`djschwartz@nixonpeabody.com
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