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`Paper No.
`Filed: July 14, 2020
`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`IBG LLC, INTERACTIVE BROKERS LLC, TRADESTATION GROUP, INC.,
`and TRADESTATION SECURITIES, INC.,
`Petitioners,
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`v.
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`TRADING TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.,
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`Patent Owner.
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`Case CBM2016-00054
`Patent No. 7,693,768
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`PATENT OWNER’S REVISED MOTION TO EXPUNGE
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`I.
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`Statement of Relief Requested
`Pursuant to this Board’s authorization on July 8, 2020, Trading
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`Technologies International, Inc. (“TT” or “Patent Owner”), respectfully requests
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`that the following confidential information be expunged from the record pursuant
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`to Rule 42.56 and not be made public: Paper 20; the confidential versions of
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`Exhibits 2172, 2169, 2359, 1063, and 1064; and Exhibits 2143, 2144, 2154, 2224,
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`2225, 2232, 2247, 2270, 2286, 2294, 2295, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2506, 2507,
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`2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2514, 2515, 2516, 2517, 2518, 2520, 2521,
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`2522, 2524, 2525, 2526, 2527, 2529, 2530, 2403, 2404, and 2406.
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`Patent Owner has conferred with Petitioners on this request and Petitioners
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`do not oppose.
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`II. Reasons Why Requested Relief Should Be Granted
`A. The Board Found Good Cause to Seal the Confidential Information
`In connection with its Patent Owner’s Response, TT filed a Motion to Seal.
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`(Paper 23). This motion covered the confidential version of the Patent Owner’s
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`Response (Paper 20), confidential versions of Exhibits 2172 (Declaration of J.
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`Knobloch) and 2169 (Declaration of C. Thomas), and thirty-seven exhibits to the
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`Declaration of C. Thomas (Exhibits 2143, 2144, 2154, 2224, 2225, 2232, 2247,
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`2270, 2286, 2294, 2295, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2506, 2507, 2508, 2509, 2510,
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`2511, 2512, 2513, 2514, 2515, 2516, 2517, 2518, 2520, 2521, 2522, 2524, 2525,
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`2526, 2527, 2529, and 2530). TT identified that the sealed papers contain sensitive
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`business information that would not otherwise be published or made available to
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`the public. Additionally, TT made all of the non-confidential information publicly
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`available in non-confidential versions. (Paper 23, at 6-7).
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`In connection with their Reply, Petitioners also filed a Motion to Seal
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`(Paper 39). This motion covered two exhibits (1063 and 1064)—the deposition
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`transcripts of Christopher H. Thomas—which were marked confidential by TT
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`pursuant to the Protective Order. (Paper 39, at 1). Petitioners represented that, to
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`the best of their knowledge, the documents had not been made publicly available.
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`(Id.). On November 7, 2017, the Board denied Petitioners’ motion to seal, but
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`authorized the parties to jointly file a revised motion to seal along with redacted
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`exhibits. On November 16, 2017, the parties filed a Joint Motion to Seal (Paper
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`63) requesting that the Board maintain as confidential and under seal portions of
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`Exhibits 1063 and 1064.
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`Finally, Patent Owner filed a Motion to Seal in connection with its
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`Demonstratives. (Paper 56). Specifically, TT requested that its Demonstratives
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`(Exhibit 2359) be sealed because they contained sensitive business information
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`that would not otherwise be published or made available to the public. TT filed a
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`public version of its Demonstratives. (Paper 56, at 1).
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`On November 21, 2017, the Board granted the motions to seal (Paper 64, at
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`2-3), finding that “good cause exists.” It also found, however, that Patent Owner’s
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`request “that the information filed under seal in these proceedings be expunged
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`from the record within ten days of the disposition of all appeals” was “premature.”
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`(Paper 64, at 4). The Board instructed Patent Owner to request authorization to file
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`a renewed motion to expunge at the conclusion of appeal. (Id.). Because the
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`appeals in this case have now been concluded, with the Supreme Court denying
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`Patent Owner’s petition for a writ of certiorari, this motion to expunge is now ripe
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`for decision. Because the Board already found good cause to seal these materials,
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`the motion to expunge should be granted.
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`Additionally, Exhibits 2403-2404 and 2406 were confidentially filed on the
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`docket and should be expunged for the same reasons as above. Namely, these
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`exhibits consist of deposition transcripts of TradeStation’s employee, John
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`Bartleman, and an exhibit used in such depositions. These confidential exhibits
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`contain sensitive business information that would not otherwise be published or
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`made available to the public. Accordingly, these materials should also be
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`expunged from the record.
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`B. The Sealed Documents Contain Confidential and Sensitive Business
`Information that was not Relied on by the Board in the Final Written
`Decision
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`For the same reasons set forth in the parties’ motions to seal, namely that the
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`sealed information “contain[s] information identified . . . as sensitive, non-public
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`information, that a business would not make public,” (E.g., Paper 56, at 1), all the
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`documents listed above should be expunged from the record. Expunging this
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`information will avoid the prejudice to the parties that would be caused by public
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`disclosure of their sealed information.
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`In particular, the confidential materials covered by Patent Owner’s first
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`motion to seal (Paper 23) include TT’s internal financial information relating to the
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`amount of money derived from royalty and settlement payments, third-party
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`business strategy information and third-party admissions/statements, and
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`discussions of Petitioners’ own confidential information obtained in a related
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`district court proceeding. (Paper 23, at 3-6). The materials covered by Petitioner’s
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`motion to seal (Paper 39), and later the parties’ joint motion to seal (Paper 63),
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`include the deposition transcripts of Christopher H. Thomas, which include
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`confidential licensing information and information regarding compensation.
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`(Paper 39, at 1; Paper 63, at 1-2). Finally, the confidential materials covered by
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`Patent Owner’s second motion to seal (Paper 56) include information related to
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`internal technical specifications that TT obtained in a related district court
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`proceeding pursuant to a protective order. (Paper 56, at 3-4). None of the sealed
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`information was relied on in the Final Written Decision (Paper 64, at 3).
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`III. Conclusion
`Patent Owner respectfully requests that because all appeals have been
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`exhausted in this matter, the materials listed above in Section I be expunged from
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`the CBM docket.
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`Dated: July 14, 2020
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /Jennifer M. Kurcz/
`Jennifer M. Kurcz
`Back-Up Counsel, Reg. No. 54,481
`BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP
`One North Wacker Drive
`Suite 4500
`Chicago, IL 60606
`312-416-6200
`jkurcz@bakerlaw.com
`Counsel for Patent Owner
`Trading Technologies International, Inc.
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`The undersigned hereby certifies that on July 14, 2020, a copy of the
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`foregoing PATENT OWNER’S REVISED MOTION TO EXPUNGE was
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`served via e-mail on the following:
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`Robert E. Sokohl
`Lori A. Gordon
`Richard M. Bemben
`STERNE KESSLER GOLDSTEIN & FOX PLLC
`1100 New York Avenue, NW
`Washington, DC 20005
`202-371-2600
`Rsokohl-PTAB@skgf.com
`Lgordon-PTAB@skgf.com
`Rbemben-PTAB@skgf.com
`PTAB@skgf.com
`John C. Phillips
`FISH & RICHARDSON, PC
`12390 El Camino Real
`San Diego, CA 92130
`CBM41919-0008CP1@fr.com
`/Jennifer M. Kurcz/
`Jennifer M. Kurcz
`Back-Up Counsel, Reg. No. 54,481
`BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP
`One North Wacker Drive
`Suite 4500
`Chicago, IL 60606
`312-416-6200
`jkurcz@bakerlaw.com
`Counsel for Patent Owner
`Trading Technologies International, Inc.
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