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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`GARMIN INTERNATIONAL, INC. ET AL.
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`Petitioner
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`Patent of CUOZZO SPEED TECHNOLOGIES LLC
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`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2012-00001
`Patent 6,778,074
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`PROTECTIVE ORDER
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`Finding good cause exists to enter a Protective Order governing the
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`disclosure and treatment of confidential information produced in this inter partes
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`review, it is ordered:
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`1. Confidential information shall be clearly marked ‘‘PROTECTIVE ORDER
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`MATERIAL.’’
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`2. Access to confidential information is limited to the following individuals
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`who have executed the acknowledgment appended to this order:
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`(A) 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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`(B) Party Representatives. Representatives of record for a party in the
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`proceeding.
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`(C) Experts. Retained experts of a party in the proceeding who further
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`certify 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 matter
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`of the proceeding.
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`(D) In-house counsel. In-house counsel of a party.
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`(E) Other Employees of a Party. Employees, 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
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`Board upon a motion brought by the party seeking to disclose confidential
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`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
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`confidential information.
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`(F) The Office. Employees and representatives of the Office who have a
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`need for access to the confidential information shall have such access without the
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`requirement to sign an Acknowledgement. Such employees and representatives
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`shall include the Director, members of the Board and their clerical staff, other
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`support personnel, court reporters, and other persons acting on behalf of the Office.
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`(G) Support Personnel. Administrative assistants, clerical staff, court
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`reporters 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 sign an
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`Acknowledgement, but shall be informed of the terms and requirements of the
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`Protective Order by the person they are supporting who receives confidential
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`information.
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`3.
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`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 uses to
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`maintain the 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
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`confidential information understand and abide by the obligation to maintain the
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`confidentiality of information received that is designated as confidential; 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 the
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`locations of such copies.
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`4.
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`Persons receiving confidential
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`information shall use
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`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 under
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`seal, together with a non-confidential description of the nature of the
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`confidential information that is under seal and the reasons why the
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`information is confidential and should not be made available to the public.
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`The submission shall be treated as confidential and remain under seal,
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`unless, upon motion of a party and after a hearing on the issue, or sua
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`sponte, the Board determines that the documents or information do not to
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`qualify for confidential 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 with a
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`Motion to Seal the confidential version setting forth the reasons why the
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`information redacted from the non-confidential version is confidential and
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`should not be made available to the public. The non-confidential version of
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`the submission shall clearly indicate the locations of information that has
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`been redacted. The confidential version of the submission shall be filed
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`under seal. The redacted information shall remain under seal unless, upon
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`motion of a party and after a hearing on the issue, or sua sponte, the Board
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`determines that some or all of the redacted information does not qualify for
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`confidential treatment.
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`(B) Documents and Information Exchanged Among the Parties.
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`Information designated as confidential that is disclosed to another
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`party during discovery or other proceedings before the Board shall be clearly
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`marked as ‘‘PROTECTIVE ORDER MATERIAL’’ and shall be produced in
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`a manner that maintains its confidentiality.
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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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`GARMIN INTERNATIONAL, INC. ET AL.
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`Petitioner
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`v.
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`Patent of CUOZZO SPEED TECHNOLOGIES LLC
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`Patent Owner
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`Acknowledgment for Access to Protective Order Material
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`I __________________________, affirm that I have read the Protective
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`Order; that I will abide by its terms; that I will use the confidential information
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`only in connection with this proceeding and for no other purpose; that I will only
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`allow access to support staff who are reasonably necessary to assist me in this
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`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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`By _________________________________
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`Date: _______________________________
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