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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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`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. et al,
`Petitioner
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`MEMORYWEB, LLC
`Patent Owner
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`Patent No. 10,621,228
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`Inter Partes Review No. IPR2022-00222
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`PATENT OWNER’S UNOPPOSED MOTION TO SEAL
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`Patent Owner MemoryWeb, LLC (“MemoryWeb”) submits this Motion to
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`Seal (“Motion”) Patent Owner’s Motion to Terminate (Paper 52) and Exhibits 2062,
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`2063, 2067, 2068, 2069, 2071, 2072, 2073, 2074, 2077, 2078, 2083, 2084, 2085,
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`2090 and 2099. Patent Owner submits this Motion to safeguard the confidential
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`information of the relevant parties to this proceeding, pursuant to the Protective
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`Order.1 See Paper 47.
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`The exhibits that Patent Owner proposes to seal can be divided into three
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`distinct categories. First, Patent Owner seeks to seal its Motion to Terminate and the
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`Transcript of the September 7, 2023 Deposition of Kevin Jakel (Exhibit 2085).
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`Patent Owner will provide a redacted version of the Motion to Terminate and Exhibit
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`2085 once it has had the opportunity to consult with the relevant parties to determine
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`the extent of the redactions.
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`Second, Patent Owner requests that the following exhibits be filed under seal
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`in their entirety pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.54: Exhibits 2063, 2067, 2068, 2069,
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`2072, 2073, 2078, 2083, 2084, and 2099. These exhibits comprise production
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`documents that were served by other parties and designated as confidential pursuant
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`1 The relevant parties with respect to this Motion are Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
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`(“Samsung” or “Petitioner”), Apple, Inc. (“Apple”), and Unified Patents, LLC
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`(“Unified”).
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`to the protective order.
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`Third, Patent Owner submits that the redacted versions of Exhibits 2062,
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`2071, 2074, and 2090 are already evidence of record in this proceeding or will be
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`submitted concurrently with this Motion. See Exs. 2049, 2045, 2086, and 2091,
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`respectively.
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`As discussed in greater detail below, each of the aforementioned exhibits
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`comprises confidential information, and the forthcoming redacted version of the
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`Motion to Terminate will rely on and discuss the confidential information disclosed
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`in such exhibits. Patent Owner also notes that the Board previously granted Unified’s
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`Motion to Seal several of the above-listed exhibits. See Unified Patents, LLC v.
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`MemoryWeb, LLC, IPR2021-01413, Paper 26 (PTAB Aug. 29, 2022).
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`Patent Owner certifies that it has conferred with all relevant parties through
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`counsel, and Petitioner does not oppose this Motion to seal.
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`I. MOTION TO SEAL
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`In an inter parties review, it is the default rule that all filings are publicly
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`available. 35 U.S.C. § 326(a)(1); 37 C.F.R. § 42.14. Where an exhibit contains
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`confidential information, a party may file “a motion to seal with a proposed
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`protective order as to the confidential information.”2 See 37 C.F.R. § 42.55; see also
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`35 U.S.C. § 326(a)(1). A motion to seal will only be granted if the movant
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`demonstrates “good cause.” 37 C.F.R. § 42.54(a). Good cause exists if the movant
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`“demonstrate[s] adequately that (1) the information sought to be sealed is truly
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`confidential, (2) a concrete harm would result upon public disclosure, (3) there exists
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`a genuine need to rely in the trial on the specific information sought to be sealed,
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`and (4), on balance, an interest in maintaining the confidentiality outweighs the
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`strong public interest in having an open record.” Argentum Pharm. LLC v. Alcon
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`Research, Ltd., IPR2017-01053, Paper 27 at 4 (PTAB Jan. 19, 2018) (citing 37
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`C.F.R. § 42.54(a)). All four prongs are satisfied here.
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`First, (1) the forthcoming unredacted portions of the Motion to Terminate and
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`Exhibit 2085, (2) the entirety of Exhibits 2063, 2067, 2068, 2069, 2072, 2073, 2077,
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`2078, 2083, 2084, and 2099; and (3) portions of Exhibits 2062, 2071, 2074, and
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`2090 (the redacted versions of these exhibits are Exhibits 2049, 2045, 2086, and
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`2091, respectively) contain non-public, highly confidential proprietary business
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`information about Unified’s members (e.g., Apple and Samsung) and/or information
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`2 Patent Owner filed an unopposed motion for entry of a Protective Order (Paper 47).
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`The Board has yet to grant Patent Owner’s motion. All relevant parties have
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`executed the Protective Order.
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`regarding Unified’s business operations that Unified maintains as confidential.
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`As stated by Unified, “[t]his information includes confidential, sensitive
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`commercial information, including closely held information related to Unified’s core
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`business” and “Unified guards such information closely to protect its members as
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`well as its own business from copying by others.” See Unified Patents, LLC v.
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`MemoryWeb Inc., IPR2021-01413, Paper 26 at 3 (PTAB June 14, 2022). Unified has
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`represented that it has not made, and does not intend to make, this information
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`publicly available and that this information is subject to confidentiality obligations
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`to third parties, including but not limited to Petitioner and Apple. See id. Due to the
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`nature of Exhibits 2063, 2067, 2068, 2069, 2072, 2073, 2077, 2078, 2083, 2084, and
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`2099, Patent Owner and the relevant parties cannot meaningfully provide redacted
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`versions of these documents, and Patent Owner requests that they remain under seal
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`in their entirety.
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`Second, public disclosure of this information “would expose Unified’s
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`business model and confidential business activities.” Unified Patents, IPR2021-
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`01413, Paper 26 at 3. Further, Unified represents that it has a contractual obligation
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`with third parties, including Samsung and Apple, to maintain the confidentiality of
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`the information contained within the relevant exhibits. Id. If such information were
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`publicly disclosed, “Unified’s members wishing to remain confidential would be
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`adversely affected.” Id. Unified also represents that the public will not be harmed by
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`sealing its confidential business information. Id.
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`Third, the exhibits at issue are directly relevant to whether Petitioner is a real
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`party in interest (“RPI”) to Unified’s IPR. See Unified Patents, LLC v. MemoryWeb,
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`LLC, IPR2021-01413. Patent Owner must rely on confidential information to prove
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`that Petitioner is an RPI to Unified’s IPR.
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`Fourth, on balance, the interest in maintaining confidentiality outweighs the
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`public interest in having an open record. Accordingly, the (1) forthcoming
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`unredacted portions of the Motion to Terminate and Exhibit 2085, (2) the entirety of
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`Exhibits 2063, 2067, 2068, 2069, 2072, 2073, 2077, 2078, 2083, 2084, and 2099;
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`and (3) portions of Exhibits 2062, 2071, 2074, and 2090 should be sealed. Patent
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`Owner respectfully requests that the Board grant this Motion.
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`II. GOOD CAUSE EXISTS FOR SEALING THE MOTION TO
`TERMINATE AND THE RELEVANT EXHIBITS
`In deciding whether to seal exhibits, the Board must find “good cause” and
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`must “strike a balance between the public’s interest in maintaining a complete and
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`understandable file history and the parties’ interest in protecting truly sensitive
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`information.” Garmin Int’l, Inc. v. Cuozzo Speed Techs. LLC, IPR2012-00001,
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`Paper 36 at 4 (PTAB Apr. 5, 2013).
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`Exhibit 2062 is a deposition transcript of Unified’s Chief Executive Officer,
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`Kevin Jakel in IPR2021-01413, and was marked in its entirety as “HIGHLY
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`CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” during the deposition. Unified
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`has asserted this document contains sensitive business information that has not been
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`published or otherwise made publicly available. Exhibit 2049 represents a public
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`version of Exhibit 2062, from which the confidential information has been redacted.
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`Exhibit 2063 is a Unified membership agreement marked “HIGHLY
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`CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” Unified has asserted this
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`document contains sensitive business information that has not been published or
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`otherwise made publicly available. Due to the nature of Exhibit 2063, Patent Owner
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`and the relevant parties cannot meaningfully provide redacted versions of this
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`document, and request that it remain sealed in its entirety.
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`Exhibit 2067 is a Unified membership agreement marked “HIGHLY
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`CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” Unified has asserted this
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`document contains sensitive business information that has not been published or
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`otherwise made publicly available. Due to the nature of Exhibit 2067, Patent Owner
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`and the relevant parties cannot meaningfully provide redacted versions of this
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`document, and request that it remain sealed in its entirety.
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`Exhibit 2069 is a listing of email addresses corresponding to Exhibit 2068.
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`Both exhibits have been marked “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’
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`EYES ONLY.” Unified has asserted these documents contain sensitive business
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`information that has not been published or otherwise made publicly available. Due
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`to the nature of Exhibits 2068 and 2069, Patent Owner and the relevant parties cannot
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`meaningfully provide redacted versions of these documents, and request that they
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`remain sealed in their entirety.
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`Exhibit 2071 is a Supplemental Declaration of Kevin Jakel in IPR2021-01413.
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`Exhibit 2071 has been marked “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’
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`EYES ONLY.” Unified has asserted this document contains sensitive business
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`information that has not been published or otherwise made publicly available.
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`Exhibit 2045 represents a public version of Exhibit 2071, from which the
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`confidential information has been redacted.
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`Exhibit 2073 is a listing of email addresses corresponding to Exhibit 2072.
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`Both exhibits have been marked “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’
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`EYES ONLY.” Unified has asserted these documents contain sensitive business
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`information that has not been published or otherwise made publicly available. Due
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`to the nature of Exhibits 2072 and 2073, Patent Owner and the relevant parties cannot
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`meaningfully provide redacted versions of these documents, and request that they
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`remain sealed in their entirety.
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`Exhibit 2074 is the Order Identifying Real Party-in-Interest in IPR2021-01413
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`and has been marked “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES
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`ONLY” under the Protective Order in this case. Unified has asserted this document
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`contains sensitive business information that has not been published or otherwise
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`made publicly available. Exhibit 2086 represents a public version of Exhibit 2074,
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`from which the confidential information has been redacted.
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`Exhibit 2078 is an email communication forwarding Exhibit 2077. These
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`documents have been marked “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’
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`EYES ONLY.” Unified has asserted these documents contain sensitive business
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`information that has not been published or otherwise made publicly available. Due
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`to the nature of Exhibits 2077 and 2078, Patent Owner and the relevant parties cannot
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`meaningfully provide redacted versions of these documents, and request that they
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`remain sealed in their entirety.
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`Exhibit 2083 is an email communication forwarding Exhibit 2084. Both
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`exhibits have been marked “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES
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`ONLY.” Unified has asserted these documents contain sensitive business
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`information that has not been published or otherwise made publicly available. Due
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`to the nature of Exhibits 2083 and 2084, Patent Owner and the relevant parties cannot
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`meaningfully provide redacted versions of these documents, and request that they
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`remain sealed in their entirety.
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`Exhibit 2085 is a deposition transcript of Unified’s Chief Executive Officer,
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`Kevin Jakel in this proceeding, and was marked in its entirety as “HIGHLY
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`CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” during the deposition. Unified
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`has asserted this document contains sensitive business information that has not been
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`published or otherwise made publicly available. A public version of Exhibit 2085,
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`from which the confidential information has been redacted, is forthcoming.
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`Exhibit 2090 is Unified’s Petition for Director Review of the Final Written
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`Decision in IPR2021-01413 and has been marked “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –
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`ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” Unified has asserted this document contains
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`sensitive business information that has not been published or otherwise made
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`publicly available. Exhibit 2091 represents a public version of Exhibit 2090, from
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`which the confidential information has been redacted.
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`Exhibit 2099 is a declaration authored by a Samsung witness that has been
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`marked “CONFIDENTIAL.” Samsung asserts this this declaration contains
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`sensitive business information that has not been published or otherwise been made
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`publicly available.
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`Patent Owner’s Motion to Terminate relies on and discusses the confidential
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`aspects of exhibits being filed under seal pursuant to this motion. A redacted version
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`of the Motion to Terminate is forthcoming.
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`The balance favors protecting the relevant parties’ highly confidential
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`information. The information in the aforementioned exhibits is not related to
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`patentability, the scope of the ʾ228 patent, or any matter generally impacting the
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`public interest in evaluating the ʾ228 patent. Rather, the information sought to be
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`sealed relate to Samsung’s and Apple’s status as RPIs to the Unified IPR. The
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`information relates to business dealings between Unified and its members, including
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`Samsung and Apple. Unified has represented this information is not known to the
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`public. See e.g., Unified Patents, IPR2021-01413, Paper 24 at 7.
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`The relevant exhibits were provided with the expectation that they would
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`remain confidential, pursuant to the Protective Order. The Board should seal this
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`information so that Patent Owner can rely on these exhibits in its Motion to
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`Terminate without the chance of incidental public exposure of confidential business
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`information. The public interest is well-served in keeping this information
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`confidential.
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`Unified has represented that the relevant exhibits contain its “business
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`strategies and dealings with its members [which] constitute highly confidential
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`business information, as well as trade secrets.” Id., at 8. Unified further states that
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`“[s]everal potential harms would occur if this highly confidential business
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`information were to be disclosed” including “provid[ing] Unified’s competitors and
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`would-be business rivals with a roadmap of how to replicate Unified’s unique,
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`valuable business model.” Id., at 8-9.
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`III. NON-CONFIDENTIAL VERSIONS
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`As required by the Board’s Trial Practice Guide, the Default Protective Order,
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`and the agreed-upon Protective Order, a non-confidential redacted version of the
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`Motion to Terminate and Exhibit 2085 is forthcoming. Patent Owner will submit a
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`redacted version of the Motion to Terminate and Exhibit 2085 after the relevant
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`parties have had the opportunity to review following submission of the Motion. The
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`redactions are minimal and limited in nature and scope to the confidential
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`information.
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`Patent Owner submits that the remaining exhibits are either highly
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`confidential in their entireties, or a public version is already available in the record.
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`Patent Owner certifies that, to the best of its knowledge and understanding,
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`the information sought to be sealed by this Motion has not been published or
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`otherwise made publicly available.
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`IV. REQUEST FOR CONFERENCE CALL WITH THE BOARD
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`Should the Board not be inclined to grant the present Motion, the Patent
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`Owner and the relevant parties hereby request a conference call with the Board to
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`discuss any concerns prior to the Board issuing a decision on the Motion.
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`V. CONCLUSION
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`For the foregoing reasons, Patent Owner respectfully requests that the Board
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`seal and protect the relevant parties’ confidential information in the unredacted
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`version of the Motion to Terminate and Exhibits 2062, 2063, 2067, 2068, 2069,
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`2071, 2072, 2073, 2074, 2077, 2078, 2083, 2084, 2085, 2090 and 2099.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Dated: September 29, 2023
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`/Jennifer Hayes/
`By:
`Jennifer Hayes
`Reg. No. 50,845
`Nixon Peabody LLP
`300 South Grand Avenue,
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`Los Angeles, CA 90071-3151
`Tel. 213-629-6179
`Fax 866-781-9391
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that a copy of the foregoing Patent Owner’s
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`Unopposed Motion to Seal was served on September 29, 2023, upon the following
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`parties via electronic service:
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`IPR39843-0117IP1@fr.com
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`PTABInbound@fr.com
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`axf-ptab@fr.com
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`jjm@fr.com
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`in@fr.com
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`cgreen@fr.com
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`Counsel for Petitioner, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
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`/s/ Jennifer Hayes
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`Lead Counsel for Patent Owner
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