`571-272-7822
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` Paper 78
` Entered: June 21, 2016
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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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`INNOPHARMA LICENSING, INC., INNOPHARMA LICENSING LLC,
`INNOPHARMA INC., INNOPHARMA LLC,
`MYLAN PHARMACEUTICALS INC., MYLAN INC., LUPIN LTD. and
`LUPIN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.,
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`Petitioners,
`v.
`SENJU PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD., BAUSCH & LOMB, INC., and
`BAUSCH & LOMB PHARMA HOLDINGS CORP.,
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`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2015-00903
`Patent 8,129,431 B2
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`Before FRANCISCO C. PRATS, ERICA A. FRANKLIN, and
`GRACE KARAFFA OBERMANN, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`FRANKLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`DECISION
`Denying Petitioners’ Motion to Seal Petitioners’ Response to Patent
`Owner’s Observation Regarding Cross-Examination of Reply Witnesses
`Dr. Laskar and Mr. Hofmann
`37 C.F.R. § 42.14
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`IPR2015-00903
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`INTRODUCTION
`I.
`Petitioners filed a Motion to Seal Petitioners’ Response to Patent
`Owner’s Motion for Observation Regarding Cross-Examination of Reply
`Witnesses Dr. Laskar and Mr. Hofmann (“Petitioners’ Response to
`Observations”) (Paper 68). Paper 65 (“Mot.”).
`For the reasons described in the following discussion, we deny
`without prejudice Petitioners’ Motion to Seal.
`II. DISCUSSION
`“There is a strong public policy for making all information filed in a
`quasi-judicial administrative proceeding open to the public, especially in an
`inter partes review which determines the patentability of claims in an issued
`patent and therefore affects the rights of the public.” Garmin Int’l v. Cuozzo
`Speed Techs., LLC, IPR2012-00001, slip op. at 1–2 (PTAB Mar. 14, 2013)
`(Paper 34). A motion to seal may be granted for good cause. 37 C.F.R. §
`42.54. The moving party bears the burden of showing that there is good
`cause for the relief requested, including why the information is appropriate
`to be filed under seal. 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.20, 42.54. The Office Patent Trial
`Practice Guide notes that 37 C.F.R. § 42.54 identifies confidential
`information in a manner consistent with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure
`26(c)(1)(G), which provides for protective orders for trade secret or other
`confidential research, development, or commercial information. 77 Fed.
`Reg. at 48,760. Until a motion to seal is decided, documents filed with the
`motion shall be sealed provisionally. 37 C.F.R. § 42.14.
`Petitioners assert that the Petitioners’ Response to Observations
`contains or refers to information contained in the cross-examination
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`transcripts of Dr. Paul Laskar (Ex. 2272) and Mr. Ivan Hofmann (Ex. 2273),
`that Patent Owner seeks to seal by another motion (see Paper 61). Mot. 1.
`Petitioners do not indicate whether it seeks to seal portions or the
`entirety of Petitioners’ Response to Observations. Further, Petitioners
`“make[] no assertion whether or not [Exhibits 2272, 2273, and Paper 68]
`contain confidential information.” Id. at 2. As the moving party, Petitioners
`have failed their burden of showing that there is good cause for the relief
`requested. See 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.20, 42.54.
`Moreover, a protective order has not been entered in the captioned
`proceedings and an acceptable proposed protective order has not been filed.
`For the foregoing reasons, Petitioners’ Motion to Seal Petitioners’
`Response to Observations is denied without prejudice. We exercise our
`discretion to maintain that filing under a provisional seal, in the manner
`filed, through July 31, 2016, to allow time for a party to file a motion to seal
`that shows good cause for the relief requested, after a protective order has
`been entered in this proceeding, and/or to withdraw the provisionally sealed
`material.
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`ORDER
`In accordance with the foregoing, it is hereby:
`ORDERED that Patent Owner’s Motion to Seal Petitioners’ Response
`to Patent Owner’s Motion for Observation Regarding Cross-Examination of
`Reply Witnesses Dr. Laskar and Mr. Hofmann (Paper 68) is denied without
`prejudice;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Paper 68 shall remain provisionally
`sealed until further notice by the Board;
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`FURTHER ORDERED a party may file a revised or new motion to
`seal and/or withdraw the provisionally sealed material on or before July 31,
`2016; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that any opposition to a revised or new
`motion to seal shall be filed within 5 business days after the filing of the
`motion.
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`PETITIONERS:
`Jitendra Malik
`jitty.malik@alston.com
`Lance Soderstrom
`lance.soderstrom@alston.com
`Joseph Janusz
`joe.janusz@alston.com
`James Abe
`james.abe@alston.com
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`Deborah Yellin
`dyellin@crowell.com
`Jonathan Lindsay
`jLindsay@Crowell.com
`Shannon Lentz
`SLentz@Crowell.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
`Bryan Diner
`bryan.diner@finnegan.com
`Justin Hasford
`justin.hasford@finnegan.com
`Joshua Goldberg
`Joshua.goldberg@finnegan.com
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