Case 1:17-cv-00770-JDW Document 215 Filed 10/05/23 Page 1 of 6 PageID #: 16467
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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
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`WIRTGEN AMERICA, INC.
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`Plaintiff/Counterclaim-Defendant,
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`v.
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`CATERPILLAR INC.
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`Defendant/Counterclaim-Plaintiff.
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`C.A. No. 17-770-JDW
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`REDACTED -
`PUBLIC VERSION
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`WIRTGEN AMERICA, INC.’S BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF THE
`PARTIES’ JOINT MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE UNDER SEAL
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`OF COUNSEL:
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`Ryan D. Levy
`Seth R. Ogden
`William E. Sekyi
`Dominic A. Rota
`Mark A. Kilgore
`PATTERSON INTELLECTUAL
`PROPERTY LAW, P.C.
`1600 Division Street, Suite 500
`Nashville, Tennessee 37203
`(615) 242-2400
`rdl@iplawgroup.com
`sro@iplawgroup.com
`wes@iplawgroup.com
`dar@iplawgroup.com
`mak@iplawgroup.com
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`-and-
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`Daniel E. Yonan
`Paul A. Ainsworth
`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX PLLC
`1100 New York Ave., NW, Suite 600
`Washington, DC 20005
`(202) 371-2600
`dyonan@sternekessler.com
`painsworth@sternekessler.com
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`YOUNG CONAWAY STARGATT &
`TAYLOR, LLP
`Adam W. Poff (No. 3990)
`Samantha G. Wilson (No. 5816)
`Rodney Square
`1000 North King Street
`Wilmington, DE 19801
`(302) 571-6600
`apoff@ycst.com
`swilson@ycst.com
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`Attorneys for Wirtgen America, Inc.
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`Dated: October 5, 2023
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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
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`WIRTGEN AMERICA, INC.
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`Plaintiff/Counterclaim-Defendant,
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`v.
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`CATERPILLAR INC.
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`Defendant/Counterclaim-Plaintiff.
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`C.A. No. 17-770-JDW
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`REDACTED -
`PUBLIC VERSION
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`WIRTGEN AMERICA, INC.’S BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF THE
`PARTIES’ JOINT MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE UNDER SEAL
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`OF COUNSEL:
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`Ryan D. Levy
`Seth R. Ogden
`William E. Sekyi
`Dominic A. Rota
`Mark A. Kilgore
`PATTERSON INTELLECTUAL
`PROPERTY LAW, P.C.
`1600 Division Street, Suite 500
`Nashville, Tennessee 37203
`(615) 242-2400
`rdl@iplawgroup.com
`sro@iplawgroup.com
`wes@iplawgroup.com
`dar@iplawgroup.com
`mak@iplawgroup.com
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`-and-
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`Daniel E. Yonan
`Paul A. Ainsworth
`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX PLLC
`1100 New York Ave., NW, Suite 600
`Washington, DC 20005
`(202) 371-2600
`dyonan@sternekessler.com
`painsworth@sternekessler.com
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`YOUNG CONAWAY STARGATT &
`TAYLOR, LLP
`Adam W. Poff (No. 3990)
`Samantha G. Wilson (No. 5816)
`Rodney Square
`1000 North King Street
`Wilmington, DE 19801
`(302) 571-6600
`apoff@ycst.com
`swilson@ycst.com
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`Attorneys for Wirtgen America, Inc.
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`Dated: October 5, 2023
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`CATERPILLAR INC.
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`v.
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`Defendant/Counterclaim-Plaintiff.
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`C.A. No. 17-770-JDW
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`Case 1:17-cv-00770-JDW Document 215 Filed 10/05/23 Page 2 of 6 PageID #: 16468
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`WIRTGEN AMERICA, INC.
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`Plaintiff/Counterclaim-Defendant,
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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
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`WIRTGEN AMERICA, INC.’S BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF THE PARTIES’
`JOINT MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE UNDER SEAL
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`Wirtgen America, Inc. (“Wirtgen”) seeks to redact from the public record limited
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`portions of four of the exhibits filed in support of Caterpillar’s Motion to Exclude Wirtgen’s
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`expert testimony. The information in these exhibits was designated confidential and produced
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`pursuant to the Protective Order in this case. Caterpillar does not oppose the relief sought herein.
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`Courts have long recognized that commercial litigation in general—and patent litigation
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`in particular—compels parties to disclose their most confidential information to their most
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`threatening competitors. For discovery in such cases to work, parties must be able to rely on
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`protective orders and the ability to seal confidential information. See Lunareye, Inc. v. Gordon
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`Howard Assocs., Inc., 78 F.Supp.3d 671, 676 (E.D. Tex. 2015) (“compliance with protective
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`orders is essential to modern discovery practices”); Apple Inc. v. Samsung Elecs. Co., Ltd., No.
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`CV 11–01846 LHK, 2013 WL 9768650, at *1 (N.D. Cal. Oct. 2, 2013) (“Time and again in
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`competitor patent cases, parties resist producing confidential information to their adversaries’
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`lawyers. . . . Yet time and again, the court assuages these fears with assurances that a protective
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`order will keep the information out of the competitors’ hands.”).
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`Case 1:17-cv-00770-JDW Document 215 Filed 10/05/23 Page 3 of 6 PagelD #: 16469
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`Asitemized below,the portions of the exhibits that Wirtgen seeks to seal are the numbers
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`reflecting Wirtgen’s lost profits, net revenues, and unit sales. The public interest in knowing
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`these specific numbers is minimal and is greatly outweighed bythe sensitivity ofthis financial
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`information to Wirtgen. See Ex. A, Decl. of Jim McEvoy(attesting to the sensitivity and
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`confidential nature of the material sought to be redacted). The impact of these redactions on the
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`readability of the motion is likewise minimal, and the completeness of the public record created
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`by the briefing and resolution of this motion will not be underminedbythese small but essential
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`redactions. This is the type of information that Courts routinely allow parties to file underseal.
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`[Exhibit|Description|Cite__|
`|| Wirtgen’s lost profits.
`Wiutgen’s unit sales of
`practicing products.
`Wiutgen’s net revenues.
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`Excerpts of Seth
`Opening Report
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`Wiutgen unit sales
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`Industry sales—indicative of
`Wirtgen unit sales.
`Wiutgen’s lost profits.
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`Table 4,
`Page 78 of
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`Figures*
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`Wiutgen’s annual lost profits
`per accused machine.
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`*All Lost Profits ||Justification
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`Excerpts of Seth
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`Wittgen’s lost profits.
`Wiutgen’s lost profits.
`Wittgen’s lost profits.
`Wiutgen’s lost profits.
`Wiutgen’s lost profits.
`Wiutgen’s lost profits.
`Wittgen’s lost profits.
`Wiutgen’s lost profits.
`Wiutgen’s lost profits.
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`Wirtgen’s lost profits.
`Wiutgen’s lost profits.
`Wirtgen’s lost profits.
`Wittgen’s lost profits.
`Wirtgen’s lost profits.
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`Excerpts of Seth
`Reply Report
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`Seth Dep. Errata
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`Table 11,
`Page 45 of
`48
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`115:14
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`116:4
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`116:9
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`116:16-17
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`Row [9]
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`Wirtgen’s lost profits.
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`Wirtgen’s lost profits for
`“Large, Vibration Mounting
`and Parallel to Surface.”
`Wirtgen’s lost profits for
`“Large, Vibration Mounting
`and Parallel to Surface.”
`Wirtgen’s lost profits for
`“Large, Vibration Mounting
`and Parallel to Surface.”
`Wirtgen’s lost profits.
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`For the foregoing reasons, Wirtgen asks that the Court grant the parties’ joint motion for
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`leave to file under seal the above-listed exhibits to Caterpillar’s Motion to exclude Wirtgen’s
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`expert testimony.
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`Case 1:17-cv-00770-JDW Document 215 Filed 10/05/23 Page 5 of 6 PageID #: 16471
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`YOUNG CONAWAY STARGATT &
`TAYLOR, LLP
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`/s/ Adam W. Poff
`Adam W. Poff (No. 3990)
`Samantha G. Wilson (No. 5816)
`Rodney Square
`1000 North King Street
`Wilmington, DE 19801
`(302) 571-6600
`apoff@ycst.com
`swilson@ycst.com
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`Attorneys for Wirtgen America, Inc.
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`Dated: October 5, 2023
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`OF COUNSEL:
`Ryan D. Levy
`Seth R. Ogden
`William E. Sekyi
`Dominic A. Rota
`Mark A. Kilgore
`PATTERSON INTELLECTUAL
`PROPERTY LAW, P.C.
`1600 Division Street, Suite 500
`Nashville, Tennessee 37203
`(615) 242-2400
`rdl@iplawgroup.com
`sro@iplawgroup.com
`wes@iplawgroup.com
`dar@iplawgroup.com
`mak@iplawgroup.com
`- and -
`Daniel E. Yonan
`Paul A. Ainsworth
`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX PLLC
`1100 New York Ave., NW, Suite 600
`Washington, DC 20005
`(202) 371-2600
`dyonan@sternekessler.com
`painsworth@sternekessler.com
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`Case 1:17-cv-00770-JDW Document 215 Filed 10/05/23 Page 6 of 6 PageID #: 16472
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I, Adam W. Poff, Esquire, hereby certify that on October 5, 2023, I caused the foregoing
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`document to be served by email upon the following counsel:
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`Bindu A. Palapura
`Andrew L. Brown
`POTTER ANDERSON & CORROON, LLP
`1313 N. Market Street, 6th Floor
`Wilmington, DE 19801
`bpalapura@potteranderson.com
`abrown@potteranderson.com
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`James C. Yoon
`Ryan R. Smith
`Christopher Mays
`WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
`650 Page Mill Road
`Palo Alto, CA 94304
`jyoon@wsgr.com
`rsmith@wsgr.com
`cmays@wsgr.com
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`Lucy Yen
`WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
`1301 Avenue of the Americas
`40th Floor
`New York, NY 10019
`lyen@wsgr.com
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`caterpillar@wsgr.com
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`YOUNG CONAWAY STARGATT &
`TAYLOR, LLP
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`/s/ Adam W. Poff
`Adam W. Poff (No. 3990)
`Samantha G. Wilson (No. 5816)
`Rodney Square
`1000 North King Street
`Wilmington, DE 19801
`(302) 571-6600
`apoff@ycst.com
`swilson@ycst.com
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`Attorneys for Plaintiff
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