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`Entered: November 19, 2019
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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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`FACEBOOK, INC., INSTAGRAM, LLC, and WHATSAPP INC.,
`Petitioner
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`BLACKBERRY LIMITED,
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2019-009371
`Patent 8,301,713 B2
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`JOINT REQUEST TO TREAT SETTLEMENT
`AGREEMENT AS BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL
`UNDER 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) AND 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c)
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`1 Snap Inc. filed a petition and a motion for joinder in IPR2019-00937, both of
`which have been granted. Therefore, Snap Inc. has been joined as a petitioner.
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`IPR2019-00937 (USP 8,301,713)
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`Joint request to treat settlement agreement
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`Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c), and the Board’s
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`November 15, 2019 correspondence, Petitioner Snap Inc. (“Petitioner”) and Patent
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`Owner BlackBerry Limited (“Patent Owner”) (collectively, “the Parties”) jointly
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`request that a true copy of the settlement agreement and related papers filed
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`concurrently herewith as IPR2019-00937, Exhibit 1025 be treated as business
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`confidential information and be kept separate from the file of U.S. Patent No.
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`8,301,713 (“the ’713 patent”). IPR2019-00937, Exhibit 1025 is being submitted in
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`the E2E as “Parties and Board Only.” The Parties further request the Board to not
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`make IPR2019-00937, Exhibit 1025 available to any third party, except as
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`provided for in 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c).
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`Dated: November 19, 2019
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /Yar R. Chaikovsky/
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`Yar R. Chaikovsky (Reg. No. 39,625)
`yarchaikovsky@paulhastings.com
`David Okano (Reg. No. 66,657)
`davidokano@paulhastings.com
`Paul Hastings LLP
`Counsel for Petitioner
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`By: /Michael T. Hawkins/
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`Michael T. Hawkins (Reg. No. 57,867)
`hawkins@fr.com
`Fish & Richardson P.C
`Fax: 650.463.2600
`Counsel for Patent Owner
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`IPR2019-00937 (USP 8,301,713)
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`Joint request to treat settlement agreement
`as business confidential
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e), I certify that on this 19th day of November,
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`2019, a copy of Joint Request to Treat Settlement Agreement as Business
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`Confidential under 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c) was served by
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`electronic mail on Petitioner’s lead and backup counsel at the following email
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`addresses:
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`Michael T. Hawkins (Reg. No. 46,224)
`hawkins@fr.com
`IPR21828-0051IP1@fr.com
`Fish & Richardson P.C.
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`By: /Yar R. Chaikovsky/
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`Yar R. Chaikovsky (Reg. No. 39,625)
`yarchaikovsky@paulhastings.com
`David Okano (Reg. No. 66,657)
`davidokano@paulhastings.com
`Paul Hastings LLP
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`Counsel for Petitioner
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