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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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`UNIFIED PATENTS, LLC,
`Petitioner,
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`DYNAPASS IP HOLDINGS LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`MOTION FOR ENTRY OF MODIFIED PROTECTIVE ORDER
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`INTRODUCTION
`Petitioner Unified Patents, LLC (“Petitioner”) hereby moves for entry of the
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`Modified Protective Order appended below as Appendix A.
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`Petitioner has conferred with Patent Owner through counsel via email. Patent
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`Owner has agreed to the Modified Protective Order and has indicated that it does not
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`oppose the Motion for Entry of Modified Protective Order.
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`II. MOTION FOR DEFAULT PROTECTIVE ORDER
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`The parties have agreed to a Modified Protective Order and accordingly ask
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`the Board to enter it in this case. The agreed-upon Protective Order differs from the
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`Board’s Default Protective Order in Appendix B of the Patent Trial and Appeal
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`Consolidated Trial Practice Guide, November 2019 (“TPG”) in that the default
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`Protective Order has been modified to include the “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –
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`ATTORNEY’S EYES ONLY” designation. Additionally, the Protective Order
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`identifies the persons to which access to confidential information is limited and
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`clarifies the treatment of confidential materials unless the Board determines that
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`information does not qualify for confidential treatment. These changes are shown in
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`the redline contained in Appendix B and are designed to limit access to certain
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`materials by each party’s representatives and in-house counsel with competitive
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`decision-making authority. The Protective Order, which has been acknowledged by
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`counsel for Patent Owner, is attached as Appendix A. These additional limitations
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`to the default protective order are necessary. It may be necessary to produce or file
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`additional highly confidential, competitively-sensitive information in this case. As
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`per the TPG, “[t]he Board will presumptively accept agreed-to changes that provide
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`additional categories of confidentiality as long as they are reasonable and adequately
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`define what types of materials are to be included in 116 the additional categories.”
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`TPG at page 115. Here, Petitioner submits that the categories in the Protective Order
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`are reasonable and adequately define what types of material are to be included in the
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`additional categories in paragraph 2. Petitioner further notes that paragraph 2 of the
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`Protective Order mirrors the “paragraph defining what constitutes ‘HIGHLY
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`CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEY’S EYES ONLY’ information” added by the
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`Board in IPR2022-00806. Unified Patents, LLC v. LBT IP II LLC, IPR2022-00806,
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`Paper 16 at 4 (Dec. 5, 2022). Accordingly, Petitioner moves for entry of the attached
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`protective order.
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`Dated: March 14, 2023
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`/Jordan M. Rossen/
`Jordan M. Rossen
`Reg. No. 74,064
`jordan@unifiedpatents.com
`Ashraf Fawzy
`Reg. No. 67,914
`roshan@unifiedpatents.com
`Tel: (202) 701-1850
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`Attorneys for Petitioner
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I certify that on March 14, 2023 I caused a true and correct copy of
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`MOTION FOR ENTRY OF MODIFIED PROTECTIVE ORDER on counsel
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`for Patent Owner as follows:
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`John Wittenzellner – johnw@wsltrial.com
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`Todd E. Landis – tlandis@wsltrial.com
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`Michael J. Fagan, Jr. – mfagan@wsltrial.com
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`Mark McCarthy – mmccarthy@wsltrial.com
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`IPRDYNAPASSWSL@wsltrial.com
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`Dated: March 14, 2023
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`/Ashley F. Cheung/
`Ashley F. Cheung
`Paralegal for Petitioner
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`APPENDIX A
`APPENDIX A
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`UNIFIED PATENTS, LLC,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`DYNAPASS IP HOLDINGS LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`PROTECTIVE ORDER
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`The following Protective Order will govern the filing and treatment of confidential
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`information in the proceeding:
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`Protective Order
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`This protective order governs the treatment and filing of confidential
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`information, including documents and testimony.
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`1. Confidential information shall be clearly marked “CONFIDENTIAL –
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`PROTECTIVE ORDER MATERIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –
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`ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.”
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`2. A party will mark confidential information as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL
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`– ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” only upon a good faith belief that the information
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`is so commercially sensitive that its dissemination deserves even further limitation
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`than information designated as “CONFIDENTIAL – PROTECTIVE ORDER
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`MATERIAL.” Confidential information marked as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –
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`ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” may include trade secrets and confidential business
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`strategy information.
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`3. Access to confidential information marked “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –
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`ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” is limited to the following individuals who have
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`executed the acknowledgement appended to this order:
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`(A) Outside counsel. Outside counsel of record for a party in the proceeding,
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`including employees of outside counsel of record’s law firm(s) to whom it is
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`reasonably necessary to disclose this information to assist outside counsel of
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`record in connection with this proceeding, including members of their firms,
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`associate attorneys, paralegal, clerical, and other regular employees of such
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`counsel. All in-house counsel and other representatives of the parties (other
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`than outside counsel of record) shall not be allowed to view HIGHLY
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`CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY Information.
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`(B) Experts. Retained experts of a party in the proceeding who further certify
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`in the Acknowledgement that they are not a competitor to any party, or a
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`consultant for, or employed by, such a competitor with respect to the subject
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`matter of the proceeding.
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`(C) The Office. Employees and representatives of the United States Patent and
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`Trademark Office who have a need for access to the confidential information
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`shall have such access without the requirement to sign an Acknowledgement.
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`Such employees and representatives shall include the Director, members of
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`the Board and their clerical staff, other support personnel, court reporters, and
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`other persons acting on behalf of the Office.
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`(D) Support Personnel. Administrative assistants, clerical staff, court reporters
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`and other support personnel of the foregoing persons who are reasonably
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`necessary to assist those persons in the proceeding shall not be required to
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`sign an Acknowledgement, but shall be informed of the terms and
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`requirements of the Protective Order by the person they are supporting who
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`receives confidential information.
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`4. Access
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`to confidential
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`information marked “CONFIDENTIAL –
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`PROTECTIVE ORDER MATERIAL” is limited to the following individuals who
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`have executed the acknowledgment appended to this order:
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`(A) Above Personnel. Those persons or entities identified in paragraph 2 of
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`this Protective Order under the conditions set forth in that paragraph.
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`(B) Parties. Persons who are owners of a patent involved in the proceeding
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`and other persons who are named parties to the proceeding.
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`(C) In-house counsel. In-house counsel of a party.
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`5. Employees (e.g., corporate officers), consultants, or other persons
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`performing work for a party, other than in-house counsel and in-house counsel’s
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`support staff, who sign the Acknowledgement shall be extended access to
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`confidential information only upon agreement of the parties or by order of the Board
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`upon a motion brought by the party seeking to disclose confidential information to
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`that person. The party opposing disclosure to that person shall have the burden of
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`proving that such person should be restricted from access to confidential
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`information.
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`6. Persons receiving confidential information shall use reasonable efforts to
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`maintain the confidentiality of the information, including:
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`(A) Maintaining such information in a secure location to which persons not
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`authorized to receive the information shall not have access;
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`(B) Otherwise using reasonable efforts to maintain the confidentiality of the
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`information, which efforts shall be no less rigorous than those the recipient
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`uses to maintain the confidentiality of information not received from the
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`disclosing party;
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`(C) Ensuring that support personnel of the recipient who have access to the
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`confidential information understand and abide by the obligation to maintain
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`the confidentiality of information received that is designated as confidential;
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`and
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`(D) Limiting the copying of confidential information to a reasonable number
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`of copies needed for conduct of the proceeding and maintaining a record of
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`the locations of such copies.
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`7. Persons receiving confidential information shall use the following
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`procedures to maintain the confidentiality of the information:
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`(A) Documents and Information Filed With the Board.
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`(i) A party may file documents or information with the Board along
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`with a Motion to Seal. The Motion to Seal should provide a non-
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`confidential description of the nature of the confidential information
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`that is under seal, and set forth the reasons why the information is
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`confidential and should not be made available to the public. A party
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`may challenge the confidentiality of the information by opposing the
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`Motion to Seal. The submission shall be treated as confidential and
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`remain under seal, unless the Board determines that the documents or
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`information do not to qualify for confidential treatment. The
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`information shall remain under seal unless the Board determines that
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`some or all of the information does not qualify for confidential
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`treatment.
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`(ii) Where confidentiality is alleged as to some but not all of the
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`information submitted to the Board, the submitting party shall file
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`confidential and non-confidential versions of its submission, together
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`with a Motion to Seal the confidential version setting forth the reasons
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`why the information redacted from the non-confidential version is
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`confidential and should not be made available to the public. A party
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`may challenge the confidentiality of the information by opposing the
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`Motion to Seal. The non-confidential version of the submission shall
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`clearly indicate the locations of information that has been redacted. The
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`confidential version of the submission shall be filed under seal. The
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`redacted information shall remain under seal unless the Board
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`determines that some or all of the redacted information does not qualify
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`for confidential treatment.
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`(B) Documents and Information Exchanged Among the Parties. Documents
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`(including deposition transcripts) and other information designated as
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`confidential that are disclosed to another party during discovery or other
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`proceedings before the Board shall be clearly marked as “CONFIDENTIAL
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`– PROTECTIVE ORDER MATERIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –
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`ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” and shall be produced in a manner that
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`maintains its confidentiality.
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`8. Within 60 days after the final disposition of this action, including the
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`exhaustion of all appeals and motions, each party receiving confidential information
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`must return, or certify the destruction of, all copies of the confidential information
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`to the producing party.
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`EXHIBIT A
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`UNIFIED PATENTS, LLC v. DYNAPASS IP HOLDINGS LLC
`Case IPR2023-00425
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`Standard Acknowledgment for Access to Protective Order Material
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`I __________________________________________, affirm that I have read
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`the Protective Order; that I will abide by its terms; that I will use the confidential
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`information only in connection with this proceeding and for no other purpose; that I
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`will only allow access to support staff who are reasonably necessary to assist me in
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`this proceeding; that prior to any disclosure to such support staff I informed or will
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`inform them of the requirements of the Protective Order; that I am personally
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`responsible for the requirements of the terms of the Protective Order and I agree to
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`submit to the jurisdiction of the Office and the United States District Court for the
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`Eastern District of Virginia for purposes of enforcing the terms of the Protective
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`Order and providing remedies for its breach.
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`APPENDIX B
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`The following DEFAULT Protective Order will govern the filing and treatment of
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`confidential information in the proceeding: DEFAULT
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`Protective Order
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`This protective order governs the treatment and filing of confidential
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`information, including documents and testimony.
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`1. Confidential information shall be clearly marked “CONFIDENTIAL –
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`PROTECTIVE ORDER MATERIAL.” 2.” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –
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`ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.”
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`2. A party will mark confidential information as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL
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`– ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” only upon a good faith belief that the information
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`is so commercially sensitive that its dissemination deserves even further limitation
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`than information designated as “CONFIDENTIAL – PROTECTIVE ORDER
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`MATERIAL.” Confidential information marked as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –
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`ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” may include trade secrets and confidential business
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`strategy information.
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`3. Access to confidential information marked “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –
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`ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” is limited to the following individuals who have
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`executed the ACKNOWLEDGMENTacknowledgement appended to this order: (A)
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`PARTIES. PERSONS WHO ARE OWNERS OF A PATENT INVOLVED IN THE
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`(A) Outside counsel. Outside counsel of record for a party in the proceeding.
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`(C, including employees of outside counsel of record’s law firm(s) to whom
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`it is reasonably necessary to disclose this information to assist outside counsel
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`of record in connection with this proceeding, including members of their
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`firms, associate attorneys, paralegal, clerical, and other regular employees of
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`such counsel. All in-house counsel and other representatives of the parties
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`(other than outside counsel of record) shall not be allowed to view HIGHLY
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`CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY Information.
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`(B) Experts. Retained experts of a party in the proceeding who further certify
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`in the Acknowledgement that they are not a competitor to any party, or a
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`consultant for, or employed by, such a competitor with respect to the subject
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`matter of the proceeding. (D) IN-HOUSE COUNSEL.
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`(CIn-house counsel of a party. (E) Support Personnel. Administrative
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`assistants, clerical staff, court reporters and other support personnel of the
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`foregoing persons who are reasonably necessary to assist those persons in the
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`proceeding shall not be required to sign an Acknowledgement, but shall be
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`informed of the terms and requirements of the Protective Order by the person
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`they are supporting who receives confidential information. (F) The Office.
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`Employees and representatives of the United States Patent and Trademark
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`Office who have a need for access to the confidential information shall have
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`such access without the requirement to sign an Acknowledgement. Such
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`employees and representatives shall include the Director, members of the
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`Board and their clerical staff, other support personnel, court reporters, and
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`other persons acting on behalf of the Office.
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`(D) Support Personnel. Administrative assistants, clerical staff, court reporters
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`and other support personnel of the foregoing persons who are reasonably
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`necessary to assist those persons in the proceeding shall not be required to
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`sign an Acknowledgement, but shall be informed of the terms and
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`requirements of the Protective Order by the person they are supporting who
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`receives confidential information.
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`4. Access
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`information marked “CONFIDENTIAL –
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`PROTECTIVE ORDER MATERIAL” is limited to the following individuals who
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`have executed the acknowledgment appended to this order:
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`(A) Above Personnel. Those persons or entities identified in paragraph 2 of
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`this Protective Order under the conditions set forth in that paragraph.
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`(B) Parties. Persons who are owners of a patent involved in the proceeding
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`and other persons who are named parties to the proceeding.
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`5. Employees (e.g., corporate officers), consultants, or other persons
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`performing work for a party, other than those persons identified above in (d)(2)(A)–
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`(E),in-house counsel and in-house counsel’s support staff, who sign the
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`Acknowledgement shall be extended access to confidential information only upon
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`agreement of the parties or by order of the Board upon a motion brought by the party
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`seeking to disclose confidential information to that person and after signing the
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`Acknowledgment.. The party opposing disclosure to that person shall have the
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`burden of proving that such person should be restricted from access to confidential
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`6. Persons receiving confidential information shall use reasonable efforts to
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`maintain the confidentiality of the information, including:
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`(A) Maintaining such information in a secure location to which persons not
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`authorized to receive the information shall not have access;
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`(B) Otherwise using reasonable efforts to maintain the confidentiality of the
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`information, which efforts shall be no less rigorous than those the recipient
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`uses to maintain the confidentiality of information not received from the
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`disclosing party;
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`(C) Ensuring that support personnel of the recipient who have access to the
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`confidential information understand and abide by the obligation to maintain
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`the confidentiality of information received that is designated as confidential;
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`and
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`(D) Limiting the copying of confidential information to a reasonable number
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`of copies needed for conduct of the proceeding and maintaining a record of
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`7. Persons receiving confidential information shall use the following
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`procedures to maintain the confidentiality of the information:
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`(A) Documents and Information Filed With the Board.
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`(i) A party may file documents or information with the Board along
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`with a Motion to Seal. The Motion to Seal should provide a non-
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`confidential description of the nature of the confidential information
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`that is under seal, and set forth the reasons why the information is
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`confidential and should not be made available to the public. A party
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`may challenge the confidentiality of the information by opposing the
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`Motion to Seal. The submission shall be treated as confidential and
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`remain under seal, unless the Board determines that the documents or
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`information do not to qualify for confidential treatment. The
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`information shall remain under seal unless the Board determines that
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`some or all of itthe information does not qualify for confidential
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`(ii) Where confidentiality is alleged as to some but not all of the
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`information submitted to the Board, the submitting party shall file
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`confidential and non-confidential versions of its submission, together
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`with a Motion to Seal the confidential version setting forth the reasons
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`why the information redacted from the non-confidential version is
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`confidential and should not be made available to the public. A party
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`may challenge the confidentiality of the information by opposing the
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`Motion to Seal. The non-confidential version of the submission shall
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`clearly indicate the locations of information that has been redacted. The
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`confidential version of the submission shall be filed under seal. The
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`redacted information shall remain under seal unless the Board
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`determines that some or all of the redacted information does not qualify
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`for confidential treatment.
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`(B) Documents and Information Exchanged Among the Parties. Documents
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`(including deposition transcripts) and other information designated as
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`confidential that are disclosed to another party during discovery or other
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`proceedings before the Board shall be clearly marked as “CONFIDENTIAL
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`– PROTECTIVE ORDER MATERIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –
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`ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” and shall be produced in a manner that
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`8. Within 60 days after the final disposition of this action, including the
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`exhaustion of all appeals and motions, each party receiving confidential information
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`must return, or certify the destruction of, all copies of the confidential information
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`to the producing party. (k) Standard Acknowledgement of Protective Order. The
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`following form may be used to acknowledge a protective order and gain access to
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`information covered by the protective order: [CAPTION]
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`EXHIBIT A
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`UNIFIED PATENTS, LLC v. DYNAPASS IP HOLDINGS LLC
`Case IPR2023-00425
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`Standard Acknowledgment for Access to Protective Order Material
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`I __________________________________________, affirm that I have read
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`the Protective Order; that I will abide by its terms; that I will use the confidential
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`information only in connection with this proceeding and for no other purpose; that I
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`will only allow access to support staff who are reasonably necessary to assist me in
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`this proceeding; that prior to any disclosure to such support staff I informed or will
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`inform them of the requirements of the Protective Order; that I am personally
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`responsible for the requirements of the terms of the Protective Order and I agree to
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`submit to the jurisdiction of the Office and the United States District Court for the
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`Eastern District of Virginia for purposes of enforcing the terms of the Protective
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`Order and providing remedies for its breach. [Signature]
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