Case 1:17-cv-00770-JDW Document 247 Filed 10/19/23 Page 1 of 6 PageID #: 24968
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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-MPT
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`REDACTED 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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`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-MPT
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`REDACTED 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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`As it did for Caterpillar’s Motion to Exclude Wirtgen’s expert testimony, Wirtgen
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`America, Inc. (“Wirtgen”) seeks to redact from the public record limited portions of two of the
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`exhibits filed in support of Wirtgen’s Opposition to Caterpillar’s Motion to Exclude Wirtgen’s
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`expert testimony. The Court granted Wirtgen’s previous request to file this information under
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`seal. See D.I. 235 (granting D.I. 208). Wirtgen’s present request seeks to redact the same
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`information for the same reasons. The information in these exhibits was designated confidential
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`and produced pursuant to the Protective Order in this case. Caterpillar does not oppose the relief
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`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 andagain in
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`competitor patent cases, parties resist producing confidential information to their adversaries’
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`lawyers. .
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`. 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.”’). Caterpillar and Wirtgen are
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`exactly the kinds of competitors that Protective Orders are intended to protect.
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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 of this 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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`|Ex.| Description|Cite___—|_——Redaction|_—_—__—Justification
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`A|CAT 00028678 entirety Email discussing potential
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`settlement
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`Wirtgen lost profits.
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`Unitsales.
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`Excerpts of Dr.
`Seth’s Opening
`Expert Report on
`Damages
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`Errata § 53
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`Errata § 53
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`FN 95
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`FN 95
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`§ 185 (Onginal
`Text)
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`Net machine revenues
`divided by unit sales
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`Net machine revenues
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`|Ex.| Description|_Cite|Redaction|____—Justification
`4 185
`(Corrected
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`Net machine revenue
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`lost revenue per machine,total lost revenue, gross
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`Financial data, including units sold, margins on
`machinesand parts, estimated revenues, actual
`profits, and lost profits.
`Financial data, including market share
`percentages, average net machineprice, and total
`Exhibit 6.A|lost revenue per machine,total lost revenue, gross
`margins on machinesand parts, lost profits on
`machines and spare parts, total lost profits.
`Financial data, including market share
`percentages, average net machineprice, andtotal
`Exhibit 6.B|lost revenue per machine,total lost revenue, gross
`margins on machines and parts, lost profits on
`machinesand spareparts, total lost profits.
`Financial data, including market share
`percentages, average net machineprice, and total
`Exhibit 6.C|lost revenue per machine,total lost revenue, gross
`margins on machines and parts, lost profits on
`machines and spare parts, total lost profits.
`Financial data, including market share
`percentages, average net machineprice, and total
`Exhibit 6.D_|lost revenue per machine,total lost revenue, gross
`margins on machinesandparts, lost profits on
`machines and spare parts, total lost profits.
`Financial data, including market share
`percentages, average net machineprice, andtotal
`Exhibit 6.E|lost revenue per machine,total lost revenue, gross
`margins on machines and parts, lost profits on
`machinesand spareparts, total lost profits.
`Financial data, including market share
`percentages, average net machineprice, and total
`Exhibit 6.F|lost revenue per machine,total lost revenue, gross
`margins on machines and parts, lost profits on
`machines and spare parts, total lost profits.
`Financial data, including market share
`percentages, average net machineprice, and total
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`Exhibit 6.G__|lost revenue per machine,total lost revenue, gross
`margins on machinesandparts, lost profits on
`machines and spare parts, total lost profits.
`Financial data, including market share
`Exhibit 6.H|percentages, average net machineprice, andtotal
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`|Ex.| Description|Cite|Redaction __|___—Justification|
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`margins on machinesand parts, lost profits on
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`machines and spare parts, total 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 underseal the above-listed exhibits to Wirtgen’s Opposition to Caterpillar’s Motion
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`to exclude Wirtgen’s expert testimony.
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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 KingStreet
`Wilmington, DE 19801
`(302) 571-6600
`apoff@yecst.com
`swilson@ycst.com
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`Attorneysfor Wirtgen America, Inc.
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`Dated: October 19, 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
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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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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I, Adam W. Poff, Esquire, hereby certify that on October 19, 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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