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`PERSONALIZED DIGITAL MEDIA ACCESS SYSTEM - PDMAS
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`Case: 1:1?‘vcv—0?300 Document-#116 titted: 11l21f18 Page 1 01:1 PageiD #:1???)
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`A0 120 (Rev. 08/10)
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`TO:
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`Mail Stop 8
`Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`TRADEMARK
`
`REPORT ON THE
`FILING OR DETERMINATION OF AN
`ACTION REGARDING A PATENT OR
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`In Compliance with 35 U.S.C. § 290 and/or 15 U.S.C. § 1116 you are hereby advised that a court action has been
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`Northern District Of Illinois
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`filed in the U.S. District Court
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`on the following
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`D Trademarks 0r
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`EPatents.
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`( D the patent action involves 35 U.S.C. § 292.):
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`DOCKET NO.
`17cv7300
`PLAINTIFF
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`William Grecia
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`DATE FILED
`10/10/2017
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`U.S. DISTRICT COURT
`Northern District of Illinois
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`DEFENDANT
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`Discover Financial Services, Inc.
`HOLDER OF PATENT OR TRADEMARK
` CLERK
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`DATE INCLUDED
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`In the above%ntit1ed case, the following patent(s)/ trademark(s) have been included:
`INCLUDED BY
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`PATENT OR
`TRADEMARK N0
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`D Amendment
`DATE OF PATENT
`OR TRADEMARK
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`D Answer
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`B Cross Bill
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`D Other Pleading
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`In the aboveientitled case, the following decision has been rendered 0r judgement issued:
`DECIS ION/JUDGEMENT
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`Thomas G. Bruton
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`(BY) DEPUTY CLERK
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`Anya Ellis
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`DATE
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`11/21/2018
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`Copy l—Upon initiation of action, mail this copy to Director Copy 3—Up0n termination of action, mail this copy to Director
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`Case: 1:18-cv-01848 Document #: 5 Filed: 03/14/18 Page 1 of 1 PageiD #:39
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`A0 120 Rev. 08/10
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`TO:
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`Mail Stop 8
`Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`P.0. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`REPORT ON THE
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`ACTION REGARDING A PATENT OR
`TRADEMARK
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`In Compliance with 35 U.S.C. § 290 andfor 15 U.S.C. § 1116 you are hereby advised that a court action has been
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`filed in the U.S. District Court
`Northern District of Illinois
`on the following
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`IE Patents.
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`( I] the patent action involves 35 U.S.C. § 292.):
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`DOCKET NO.
`18 cv 1848
`PLAINTIFF
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`DATE FILED
`3/1412018
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`U.S. DISTRICT COURT
`Northern District of Illinois
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`DEFENDANT
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`WILLIAM GRECIA
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`WALGREEN 00.,
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`PATENT OR
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`DATE OF PATENT
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`In the above—entitled case, the following decision has been rendered orjudgement issued:
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`31142018
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`CLERK
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`Thomas G. Bruton
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`(BY) DEPUTY CLERK
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`Yvette Pearson
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`Trials@uspto. gov
`571 272 7822
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`Paper 7
`Entered: June 21, 2018
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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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`ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED,
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`Petitioner,
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`V.
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`WILLIAM GRECIA,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2018-00419
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`Patent 8,533,860 B1
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`Before JAIVEESON LEE, MICHAEL W. KIM, and
`NIICPIELLE N. WORMIVIEESTER, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`WORMMEESTER, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`DECISION
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`Denying Institution of Inter Partes Review
`35 US. C. § 314(a)
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`IPR2018-00419
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`Patcnt 8,533,860 B1
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`1.
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`INTRODUCTION
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`Adobe Systems Incorporated (“Petitioner”) filed a Petition (Paper 2,
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`“Pet.”) requesting inter partes review of claims 9, 10, and 21—30 of US.
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`Patent No. 8,533,860 B1 (Ex. 1001, “the ’860 patent”). William Grecia
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`(“Patent Owner”) filed a Preliminary Response (Paper 6, “Prelim. Resp”).
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`We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 314 and 37 C.F.R. § 42.4(a). Under
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`35 U.S.C. § 314(a), an inter partes review may not be instituted “unless .
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`there is a reasonable likelihood that the petitioner would prevail with respect
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`to at least 1 of the claims challenged in the petition.” For the reasons that
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`follow, we decline to institute an inter partes review of the challenged
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`claims.
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`11. BACKGROUND
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`A. Related Proceedings
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`The parties identify several federal district court cases relating to the
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`’860 patent. Pet. 2; Ex. 1011; Paper 4. The parties also identify several
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`other petitions for inter partes review relating to the ’860 patent. Pet. 2—3;
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`Paper 4.
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`B. The ’860 Patent
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`The ’860 patent describes a digital rights management system, that
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`manages access rights across a plurality of devices Via digital media
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`personalization, to protect digital media subject to illegal copying. Ex. 1001,
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`1:19—26; 4:47—48. Figure 3 of the ’860 patent, which illustrates how an
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`example of such a system works, is reproduced below.
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`Patent 8,533,860 B1
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`In particular, Figure 3 provides a flow chart of a digital media
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`personalization process. Id. at 4:23—25. A user who wishes to access certain
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`digital media posts a branding request via Kodekey GUI 301, which prompts
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`the user to enter a token and press the redeem button. Id. at 6:65—7:3. The
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`branding request is a request to read or write metadata of the digital media,
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`and includes a membership verification token corresponding to the digital
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`media. Id. at 5:47—50. The token represents the digital media provider’s
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`permission to grant access rights. Id. at 9:20—21. Kodekey GUI 301 is
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`connected to token database 305, which is used to authenticate the token. Id.
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`at 7:6—7, 8: 19—21. After authentication, the user is redirected to
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`Patent 8,533,860 131
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`APIwebsite.com GUI 307, which prompts the user to enter a login ID and
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`password to access the digital media from database 309. Id. at 7: 10—1 1, 14—
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`17. The APIwebsite.com GUI interfaces to a web service membership (e.g.,
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`Facebook), where an electronic identification for the user is collected and
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`sent to Kodekey GUI 301. Id. at 7:10—14, 10:41—44. Kodekey GUI 301
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`also is connected to product metadata 302, which is readable/writable
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`metadata associated with the digital media to be acquired. Id. at 7:3—4.
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`Product metadata 302 is branded by writing the token and the user’s
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`electronic identification reference into the metadata. Id. at 8:27—30. For a
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`subsequent access request, the user’s electronic identification reference is
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`compared against the electronic identification reference in metadata 302. Id.
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`at 13:53—57. If there is a match, access rights are granted to the user. Id. at
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`13:57—58.
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`C. Challenged Claims
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`Petitioner challenges claims 9, 10, and 21—30 of the ’860 patent.
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`Claims 9 and 21 are independent. Claim 9 is illustrative of the claims under
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`challenge:
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`9. A system for authorizing access to digital content using a
`worldwide cloud system infrastructure,
`the worldwide cloud
`system infrastructure
`comprising
`connected modules
`in
`operation as computing and storage, the computing and storage
`comprising a server, a database, devices and users, wherein the
`digital content is at least one of encrypted or not encrypted, the
`system facilitating access rights between a plurality of data
`processing devices, the system working as a front-end agent for
`access rights authentication between the plurality of data
`processing devices, the system further comprising:
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`a first receipt module, the first receipt module receiving a
`digital
`content
`access
`request
`from at
`least one
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`Patent 8,533,860 B1
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`the plurality of data
`console of
`communications
`processing devices, the access request being a read or
`write request of metadata of the digital content, wherein
`the read or write request of metadata is performed in
`connection with a combination of a device, the server, the
`database and the cloud system,
`the metadata further
`comprises one or more of a software or contents of a web
`page, the request comprising a verification token provided
`by a user corresponding to the digital content, wherein the
`verification token is one or more of a password, e-mail
`address, payment system, credit card, authorize ready
`device,
`rights
`token, or one or more
`redeemable
`instruments of trade;
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`an
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`authentication module,
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`the
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`authentication module
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`authenticating the verification token;
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`a connection module, the connection module establishing a
`connection with the at least one communications console,
`wherein the communications console is a combination of
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`interface (GUI) and an Application
`a graphic user
`Programmable Interface (API) wherein the API
`is
`obtained from a verified web service, the web service
`capable of facilitating a two way data exchange to
`complete a verification process wherein the data exchange
`session comprises at least one identification reference;
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`request module, the request module requesting the at least one
`identification
`reference
`from the
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`least
`one
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`console, wherein the identification
`communications
`reference comprises one or more of a verified web service
`account identifier,
`letter, number, rights token, e-mail,
`password,
`access
`time,
`serial
`number,
`address,
`manufacturer identification, checksum, operating system
`version, browser version, credential, cookie, or key;
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`a secondary receipt module, the secondary receipt module
`receiving the at least one identification reference from the
`at least one communications console; and
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`a branding module, the branding module writing at least one
`of the verification token or the identification reference into
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`the metadata.
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`D. Asserted Grounds of Unpatentabz’lity
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`Petitioner challenges claims 9, 10, and 21—30 of the ’860 patent on the
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`following grounds. Pet. 1, 50—76.
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`Ameerally,1 Gautier,2 Frakes,3 Zweig,4
`and Venkataramu5
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`§ 103
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`Claims Challen-ed
`9 and 10
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`Ameerallv, Gautier, Frakes, Zweig,
`Venkataramu, Suitts,6 and Kondrk7
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`§ 103
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`21—30
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`In support ofIts arguments, Petitioner relies on a Declaration of Dr. Aviel
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`Rubin (Ex. 1002), a Declaration of Amisha Manek (Ex. 1023), and an
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`Affidavit of Christopher Butler (EX. 1024).
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`1 Ameerally, U.S. Publ’n No. 2006/0212401 A1, published Sept. 21, 2006
`(Ex. 1004).
`2 Gautier, U.S. Publ’n No. 2005/0021478 A1, published Jan. 27, 2005
`(Ex. 1005).
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`iTunes Digital Copy, Macworld,
`3 Dan Frakes, First Look:
`http://www.macworld.com/article/131751/2008/01/digitalcopy.html, last
`visited Jan. 10, 2017 (Ex. 1006).
`4 Zweig, U.S. Publ’n No. 2007/0233606 A1, published Oct. 4, 2007
`(Ex. 1008).
`5 Ramya Venkataramu, Analysis and Enhancement of Apple’s Fairplay
`Digital Rights Management (May 2007) (Project Report, San Jose State
`University) (Ex. 1007).
`6 Suitts, U. S. Publ’n No. 2008/0040379 A1, published Feb. 14, 2008
`(Ex. 1009).
`7 Kondrk, U. S. Publ’nNo. 2004/0254883 A1, published Dec. 16, 2004
`(Ex. 1010).
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`IPR2018-00419
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`Patent 8,533,860 B]-
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`E. Claim Construction
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`We construe claims in an unexpired patent by applying the broadest
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`reasonable interpretation in light of the specification of the patent in which
`they appear. See 37 C.F.R. § 42.100(b); Cuozzo Speed Techs, LLC v. Lee,
`136 S. Ct. 2131, 2144—46 (2016) (upholding the useofthe broadest
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`reasonable interpretation standard). Under this standard, claim terms
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`generally are given their ordinary and customary meaning, as would be
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`understood by one of ordinary skill in the art in the context of the entire
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`disclosure. See In re Translogz'c Tech, Inc., 504 F.3d 1249, 1257 (Fed. Cir.
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`2007). A “claim term will not receive its ordinary meaning if the patentee
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`acted as his own lexicographer,” however, and clearly set forth a definition
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`of the claim term in the specification. CCS Fitness, Inc. v. Brunswick Corp,
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`288 F.3d 1359, 1366 (Fed. Cir. 2002).
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`Petitioner argues proposed constructions for various limitations of the
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`claims. Pet. 18—29. Patent Owner does not respond. See generally Prelim.
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`Resp. For purposes of this Decision, we conclude that no claim term
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`requires express interpretation at this time to resolve any controversy in this
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`proceeding. See Vivid Techs., Inc. v. Am. Sci. & Eng ’g, Inc, 200 F.3d 795,
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`803 (Fed. Cir. 1999) (“[O]nly those terms need be construed that are in
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`controversy, and only to the extent necessary to resolve the controversy”).
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`III. ANALYSIS
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`Petitioner relies on Venkataramu as a printed publication for each of
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`its asserted grounds. Pet. 1; see also id. at 24 (referring to Venkataramu as a
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`“prior art publication[]”); 37 C.F.R. §42.104(b)(2) (the petition “must
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`identify .
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`. the patents or printed publications relied upon for each ground”).
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`IPR2018-OO419
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`Patent Owner contends that Petitioner has failed to establish that
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`Venkataramu was publicly accessible before the “critical date”8 for the ’860
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`patent, and that Petitioner has thus failed to establish that Venkataramu
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`qualifies as a printed publication. Prelim. Resp. 2, 4—8.9 For the reasons
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`explained below, we agree with Patent Owner.
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`According to the Federal Circuit, “[b]ecause there are many ways in
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`which a reference may be disseminated to the interested public, ‘public
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`accessibility’ has been called the touchstone in determining whether a
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`reference constitutes a ‘printed publication’” under Section 102. Kyocera
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`Wireless Corp. v. Int ’1 Trade Comm ’n, 545 F.3d 1340, 1350 (Fed. Cir. 2008)
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`(quoting In re Hall, 781 F.2d 897, 898—99 (Fed. Cir. 1986)). A reference is
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`publicly accessible “upon a satisfactory showing that such document has
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`been disseminated or otherwise made available to the extent that persons
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`interested and ordinarily skilled in the subject matter or art exercising
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`reasonable diligence, can locate it.” SR1 Int ’1, Inc. v. Internet Sec. Sys., Inc,
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`3 The parties disagree as to the invention date to which Patent Owner is
`entitled for the challenged claims. The earliest possible effective filing date
`for the ’860 patent is March 21, 2010. Ex. 1001, 1:7—14. Petitioner asserts
`that it will assume for purposes of its Petition that the ’860 patent is entitled
`to an invention date of February 10, 2010. Pet. 10. Patent Owner asserts an
`invention date of March 21, 2009. Prelim. Resp. 4, 6. Because we find that
`Petitioner does not show sufficiently that Venkataramu was publicly
`accessible prior to the earliest possible effective filing date for the ’860
`patent, as explained in this section, we need not evaluate further for purposes
`of this Decision the possibility of an earlier date of invention for the ’860
`patent.
`9 Patent Owner did not number the pages