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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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`GLOBAL TEL*LINK CORPORATION,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`SECURUS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`_____________________
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`Case IPR2014-01278 (Patent 7,860,222 B1)
`Case IPR2014-01282 (Patent 7,860,222 B1)
`Case IPR2016-01220 (Patent 9,007,420 B1)
`Case IPR2016-01333 (Patent 9,094,500 B1)
`Case IPR2016-01362 (Patent 9,083,850 B1)
`Case IPR2017-01435 (Patent 7,529,357 B1)
`Case IPR2017-01436 (Patent 8,340,260 B1)
`Case IPR2017-01437 (Patent 7,916,845 B2)
`Case CBM2017-00043 (Patent 7,529,357 B1)
`Case CBM2017-00044 (Patent 8,340,260 B1)
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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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`SECURUS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`
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`GLOBAL TEL*LINK CORPORATION,
`Patent Owner.
`
`_____________________
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`Case PGR2016-00044 (Patent 9,225,838 B2)
`Case PGR2017-00005 (Patent 9,307,386 B2)
`Case CBM2017-00034 (Patent 7,783,021 B2)
`Case IPR2017-01177 (Patent 9,521,250 B2)
`Case IPR2017-01279 (Patent 9,509,856 B2)
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`DSI-ITI, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`_____________________
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`Case IPR2017-01606 (Patent 7,123,704 B2)
`Case IPR2017-02169 (Patent 7,826,604 B2)
`Case IPR2017-02203 (Patent 6,895,086 B2)
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`JOINT REQUEST TO TREAT SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
`AS BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
`PURSUANT TO 35 U.S.C. §§ 317 & 327 AND 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.72 & 42.74
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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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`SECURUS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`
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`Mail Stop “PATENT BOARD”
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`Omnibus Joint Request to Treat Settlement
`Agreement as Business Confidential Information
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`Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §§ 317 & 327, 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.72 & 42.74, and the
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`Board’s December 4, 2017 e-mail authorizing the filing of this omnibus Request,
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`Global Tel*Link Corporation and its wholly owned subsidiary DSI-ITI, LLC1
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`(collectively “GTL”) and Securus Technologies, Inc. (“Securus”) jointly request to
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`treat their Settlement Agreement, a copy of which is filed in each of the above-
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`captioned proceedings, as business confidential information.2
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`If requested, the rules permit the parties to have any filed settlement
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`agreement treated as business confidential information and kept separate from the
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`files of the involved patent. 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c). Indeed, the statutes require it.
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`At the request of a party to the proceeding, the agreement or
`understanding shall be
`treated as business confidential
`information, shall be kept separate from the file of the involved
`patents, and shall be made available only
`to Federal
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`1 See IPR2017-02203, Paper 4 at 1 (“The Patent Owner and real party-in-
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`interest is DSI-ITI, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Global Tel*Link
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`Corporation.”).
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`2 The Settlement Agreement has been filed electronically in each of the
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`above-captioned proceedings via E2E for “Parties and Board Only” to preserve
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`confidentiality.
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`1
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`Omnibus Joint Request to Treat Settlement
`Agreement as Business Confidential Information
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`Government agencies on written request, or to any person on a
`showing of good cause.
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`35 U.S.C. §§ 317(b) & 327(b).
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`The parties hereby jointly request that the Settlement Agreement filed
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`herewith be treated as business confidential information, be kept separate from the
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`file of the above-captioned proceeding, and be made available only to Federal
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`Government agencies on written request, or to any person on a showing of good
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`cause pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §§ 317(b) & 327(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c). In view
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`of that request, the settlement agreement has been filed for access by the “Parties
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`and Board Only.”
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`2
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`Date: December 6, 2017
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`Date: December 6, 2017
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`Date: December 6, 2017
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`Date: December 6, 2017
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`Omnibus Joint Request to Treat Settlement
`Agreement as Business Confidential Information
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Michael D. Specht/
`
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`Michael D. Specht (Reg. No. 54,463)
`Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, PLLC
`Attorney for Global Tel*Link Corp.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Michael B. Ray/
`
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`Michael B. Ray (Reg. No. 33,997)
`Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, PLLC
`Attorney for Global Tel*Link Corp.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Erika H. Arner/
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`Erika H. Arner (Reg. No. 57,540)
`Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow,
`Garret & Dunner, LLP
`Attorney for Securus Technologies, Inc.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Justin B. Kimble/
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`Justin B. Kimble (Reg. No. 58,591)
`Bragalone Conroy PC
`Attorney for Securus Technologies, Inc.
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`3
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`Omnibus Joint Request to Treat Settlement
`Agreement as Business Confidential Information
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that the above-captioned JOINT
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`REQUEST TO TREAT SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AS BUSINESS
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`CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION PURSUANT TO 35 U.S.C. §§ 317 & 327
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`AND 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.72 & 42.74 was served electronically via e-mail on
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`December 6, 2017, in its entirety on the following counsel for Securus
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`Technologies, Inc.:
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`Justin B. Kimble
`Jeffrey Bragalone
`Daniel Olejko
`Nick Kliewer
`Terry Saad
`Brian Herrmann
`Erika Arner
`Jason Stach
`Darren Jiron
`Michael Young
`Daniel Tucker
`Brandon Bludau
`Benjamin Saidman
`Justin Mullen
`Guang-Yu Zhu
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`Date: December 6, 2017
`1100 New York Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20005
`(202) 371-2600
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`jkimble@bcpc-law.com
`jbragalone@bcpc-law.com
`dolejko@bcpc-law.com
`nkliewer@bcpc-law.com
`tsaad@bcpc-law.com
`bherrmann@bcpc-law.com
`erika.arner@finnegan.com
`Jason.Stach@finnegan.com
`darren.jiron@finnegan.com
`Michael.Young@finnegan.com
`Daniel.Tucker@finnegan.com
`Brandon.Bludau@finnegan.com
`benjamin.saidman@finnegan.com
`Justin.Mullen@finnegan.com
`Guang-Yu.Zhu@finnegan.com
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`
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`Respectfully submitted,
`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C.
` /Michael D. Specht/
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`Michael D. Specht (Reg. No. 54,463)
`Attorney for Global Tel*Link Corp.
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