UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`MICROSOFT CORPORATION,
`HP INC., DELL INC., DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC.,
`ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC., ASUS GLOBAL PTE. LTD.,
`Petitioners
`v.
`LITL LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`PROTECTIVE ORDER
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`EX-1033
`Microsoft Inc. v. LiTL LLC
`IPR2024-00457
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`__________________________
`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`__________________________
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`MICROSOFT CORPORATION,
`HP INC., DELL INC., DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC.,
`ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC., ASUS GLOBAL PTE. LTD.,
`Petitioners
`v.
`LITL LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`___________________
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`PROTECTIVE ORDER
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`EX-1033
`Microsoft Inc. v. LiTL LLC
`IPR2024-00457
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`This protective order governs the treatment and filing of confidential information, including
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`documents and testimony.
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`1. Confidential information is any information that the designating party
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`believes in good faith is not generally known to others that the designating party (i) would
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`not normally reveal to third parties except in confidence or with steps undertaken to
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`maintain that confidence, or (ii) is information protected by a right to privacy under
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`federal or state law or any other applicable privilege or right related to confidentiality or
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`privacy, and such information shall be clearly marked “CONFIDENTIAL
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`MATERIAL.”
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`2. Confidential Outside Attorneys’ Eyes Only information is any information
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`that the designating parties believes in good faith is not generally known to others
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`and has significant competitive value, such that the unrestricted disclosure to others,
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`including in-house counsel, would create a substantial risk of serious injury and that
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`the designating party (i) would not normally reveal to third parties except in confidence
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`or with steps undertaken to maintain that confidence, or (ii) is information protected by a
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`right to privacy under federal or state law or any other applicable privilege or right related
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`to confidentiality or privacy, and such information shall be clearly marked
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`“CONFIDENTIAL—OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY MATERIAL.”
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`3. Access to confidential information is limited to the following individuals who have
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`executed Exhibit A to this order:
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`(A) Parties. Persons who are owners of a patent involved in the proceeding and other
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`persons who are named parties to the proceeding.
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`(B) Party Representatives. Representatives of record for a party in the proceeding.
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`(C) Experts. Retained experts of a party in the proceeding who further certify in Exhibit A
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`that they are not a competitor to any party, or a consultant for, or employed by, such a
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`competitor with respect to the subject matter of the proceeding.
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`(D) In-house counsel. In-house counsel of a party.
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`(E) Support Personnel. Administrative assistants, clerical staff, court reporters and other
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`support personnel of the foregoing persons who are reasonably necessary to assist
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`those persons in the proceeding shall not be required to sign Exhibit A, but shall be
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`informed of the terms and requirements of the Protective Order by the person they are
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`supporting who receives confidential information.
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`(F) The Office. 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 such
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`access without the requirement to sign Exhibit A. Such employees and representatives
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`shall include the Director, members of the Board and their clerical staff, other support
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`personnel, court reporters, and other persons acting on behalf of the Office.
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`4. Access to Confidential Outside Attorneys’ Eyes Only information is limited to the
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`persons identified in Paragraphs 3(b)-(c), (e)-(f).
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`5. Employees (e.g., corporate officers), consultants, or other persons performing work
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`for a party, other than in-house counsel and in-house counsel’s support staff, who sign
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`Exhibit A shall be extended access to confidential information only upon agreement of the
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`parties or by order of the Board upon a motion brought by the party seeking to disclose
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`confidential information to that person. The party opposing disclosure to that person shall have
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`the burden of 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 maintain the
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`confidentiality of the information, including:
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`(A) Maintaining such information in a secure location to which persons not authorized to
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`receive the information shall not have access;
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`(B) Otherwise using reasonable efforts to maintain the confidentiality of the information,
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`which efforts shall be no less rigorous than those the recipient uses to maintain the
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`confidentiality of information not received from the disclosing party;
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`(C) Ensuring that support personnel of the recipient who have access to the confidential
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`information understand and abide by the obligation to maintain the confidentiality of
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`information received that is designated as confidential; and
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`(D) Limiting the copying of confidential information to a reasonable number of copies
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`needed for conduct of the proceeding and maintaining a record of the locations of such
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`copies.
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`7. Persons receiving confidential information shall use the following procedures to
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`maintain the confidentiality of the information:
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`(A) Documents and Information Filed With the Board.
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`(i)
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`A party may file documents or information with the Board along with a
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`Motion to Seal. The Motion to Seal should provide a non-confidential description of
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`the nature of the confidential information that is under seal, and set forth the reasons
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`why the information is confidential and should not be made available to the public. A
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`party may challenge the confidentiality of the information by opposing the Motion to
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`Seal. The submission shall be treated as confidential and remain under seal, unless
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`the Board determines that the documents or information do not to qualify for
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`confidential treatment. The information shall remain under seal unless the Board
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`determines that some or all of the information does not qualify for confidential
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`treatment.
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`(ii)
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`Where confidentiality is alleged as to some but not all of the information
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`submitted to the Board, the submitting party shall file confidential and non-
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`confidential versions of its submission, together with a Motion to Seal the
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`confidential version setting forth the reasons why the information redacted from the
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`non-confidential version is confidential and should not be made available to the
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`public. A party 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 clearly indicate
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`the locations of information that has been redacted. The confidential version of the
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`submission shall be filed under seal. The redacted information shall remain under
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`seal unless the Board determines that some or all of the redacted information does
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`not qualify for confidential treatment.
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`(B) Documents and Information Exchanged Among the Parties. Documents (including
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`deposition transcripts) and other information designated as confidential that are
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`disclosed to another party during discovery or other proceedings before the Board
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`shall be clearly marked as “CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL—
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`OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY MATERIAL” and shall be produced in a
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`manner that maintains its confidentiality.
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`8. Within 60 days after the final disposition of this action, including the exhaustion of all
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`appeals and motions, each party receiving confidential information must return, or certify the
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`destruction of, all copies of the confidential information to the producing party.
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`Exhibit A to Protective Order
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`Standard Acknowledgment for Access to Protective Order Material
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`I
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`, affirm that I have
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`read the Protective Order; that I will abide by its terms; that I will use the
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`confidential information only in connection with this proceeding and for no other
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`purpose; that I will only allow access to support staff who are reasonably
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`necessary to assist me in this proceeding; that prior to any disclosure to such
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`support staff I informed or will inform them of the requirements of the Protective
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`Order; that I am personally responsible for the requirements of the terms of the
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`Protective Order and I agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the Office and the
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`United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia for purposes of
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`enforcing the terms of the Protective Order and providing remedies for its breach.
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`[Signature]
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