`571-272-7822
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`Paper 59
`Entered: November 20, 2015
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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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`INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION,
`Petitioner,
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`COMPASS BANK, COMMERCE BANCSHARES, INC., and
`FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF OMAHA,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`INTELLECTUAL VENTURES II LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`IPR2014-00587 (Patent No. 6,826,694 B1)
`IPR2014-00786 (Patent No. 6,826,694 B1)1
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`Before JAMES T. MOORE, MEREDITH C. PETRAVICK, and
`BENJAMIN D. M. WOOD, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`PETRAVICK, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Granting Request to Preserve Record Pending Appeal
`37 C.F.R. § 42.56
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`1 This Order addresses the same or similar issue in the proceedings listed
`above. Therefore, we issue one Order to be filed in each proceeding. The
`parties, however, are not authorized to use this style of filing.
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`IPR2014-00587 (Patent No. 6,826,694 B1)
`IPR2014-00786 (Patent No. 6,826,694 B1)
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`Patent Owner filed unopposed motions2 requesting that the records in
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`these proceedings be preserved pending outcome of possible appeal. See
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`Paper 58.3 Petitioners do not oppose the request. Id. at 1. The parties were
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`permitted to file certain information under seal, in accordance with 37
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`C.F.R. § 42.54(a). See Paper 36. The sealed information ordinarily
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`becomes publicly available after final judgment. See Office Patent Trial
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`Practice Guide, 77 Fed. Reg. 48756, 48761 (Aug. 14, 2012).
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`A party may file a motion to expunge confidential information from
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`the record, however, if wishing to preserve its confidentiality. 37 C.F.R. §
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`42.56. Here, Patent Owner asks that the record be preserved as is, i.e.,
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`without removal or disclosure to the public of the information filed under
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`seal, pending possible appeal. Under the present circumstances, it is
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`reasonable to maintain the record undisturbed pending outcome of any
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`appeal that is taken.
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`At the conclusion of any appeal proceeding, or if no appeal is taken,
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`Patent Owner may contact the Board for authorization to file a motion to
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`expunge confidential information. During the course of the trial, testimony
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`of Michah Lerner called into question whether the sealed information
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`regarding AT&T’s GeoPlex project was truly confidential. Mr. Lerner
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`testified that he taught college courses and wrote a textbook based upon the
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`technology involved in the GeoPlex project. Ex. 2019 ¶ 4. Any motion to
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`expunge confidential information should address whether the sealed
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`information is truly confidential in light of Mr. Lerner’s testimony.
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`2 The filing of the motion was authorized during a conference call held on
`October 30, 2015. See Ex.
`3 For the purposes of this Order, IPR2014-00587 is representative and all
`citations are to papers in IPR2014-00587 unless otherwise noted.
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`IPR2014-00587 (Patent No. 6,826,694 B1)
`IPR2014-00786 (Patent No. 6,826,694 B1)
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`If Patent Owner does not contact the Board, then the information filed
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`under seal will be made public in due course. See 77 Fed. Reg. at 48761.
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`It is:
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`ORDERED that within ten business days of the conclusion of any
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`appeal proceeding, or if no appeal is taken within ten business days of the
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`expiration of the period to file a notice of appeal, Patent Owner may contact
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`the Board for authorization to file a motion to expunge confidential
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`information; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that the record shall remain undisturbed as
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`discussed herein until such time that a motion to expunge confidential
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`information is filed or, if the Patent Owner fails to contact the Board as
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`required herein, the information filed under seal shall be made public in due
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`course.
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`IPR2014-00587 (Patent No. 6,826,694 B1)
`IPR2014-00786 (Patent No. 6,826,694 B1)
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`PETITIONER:
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`Kenneth R. Adamo
`Eugne Goryunov
`Kirkland & Ellis LLP
`Kenneth.adamo@kirkland.com
`Eugene.goryunov@kirkland.com
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`Jason S. Jackson
`Sean P. Connolly
`Geoffrey K. Gavin
`Marc Vander Tuig
`jason.jackson@kutakrock.com
`sean.connolly@kutakrock.com
`ggavin@jonesday.com
`MVanderTuig@senniger.com
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` PATENT OWNER:
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`Brenton R. Babcock
`Ted M. Cannon
`Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP
`2brb@knobbe.com
`2tmc@knobbe.com
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