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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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`VMWARE, INC.,
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`INTELLECTUAL VENTURES II LLC,
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2020-01081
`Patent RE44,818
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`JOINT REQUEST THAT THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
`BE TREATED AS BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND BE
`KEPT SEPARATE UNDER 35 U.S.C. § 317(b)
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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 22313-1
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`Case IPR2020-01081
`U.S. Patent No. RE44,818
`Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c), Petitioner VMware
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`Inc. (“Petitioner”) and Patent Owner Intellectual Ventures II LLC (“Patent
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`Owner”) hereby jointly request that a true copy of their settlement agreement, filed
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`concurrently herewith as Exhibit 1044 be treated as business confidential
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`information and be kept separate from the file of this inter partes review (IPR)
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`proceeding. Concurrently with the filing of this Request, Petitioner and Patent
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`Owner are filing a Joint Motion to Withdraw the IPR due to the settlement between
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`the parties.
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`The parties consider the settlement agreement to contain highly sensitive
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`business confidential information that would substantially harm their business
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`interests if publicly disclosed. As such, the parties hereby jointly request that the
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`settlement agreement be kept as a separate paper to be made available only under
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`the provisions of 35 U.S.C § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c). The settlement
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`agreement has been filed for access by the “Parties and Board Only.” The parties
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`further jointly request that the Board order that in the event a person or entity
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`makes a written request, as stated in 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c)(1)-(2), for access to the
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`settlement agreement, that any such written request be served upon the parties on
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`the day the written request is provided to the Board.
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`Date: January 22, 2021
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`Case IPR2020-01081
`U.S. Patent No. RE44,818
`Respectfully submitted,
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`/ Katherine Vidal /
`Katherine Vidal
`WINSTON & STRAWN LLP
`275 Middlefield Rd, Suite 205
`Menlo Park, California 94025
`kvidal@winston.com
`T: (650)858-6500; F: (650)858-6550
`Counsel for Petitioner VMware, Inc.
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`Date: January 22, 2021
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`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C.
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`/ Christopher O’Brien /
`Christopher O’Brien (Reg. No. 63,208)
`Counsel for Patent Owner
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`CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE WITH TYPE-VOLUME
`LIMITATION, TYPEFACE REQUIREMENTS, AND TYPE STYLE
`REQUIREMENTS
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`1.
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`This paper complies with the page limitation of 15 pages excluding
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`the parts exempted by 37 C.F.R. § 42.24.
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`2.
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`This paper complies with the general format requirements of 37
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`C.F.R. § 42.6 and has been prepared using Microsoft® Word 2016 in 14 point
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`Times New Roman.
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`Date: January 22, 2021
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`/ Katherine Vidal /
`Katherine Vidal
`WINSTON & STRAWN LLP
`275 Middlefield Rd, Suite 205
`Menlo Park, California 94025
`kvidal@winston.com
`T: (650)858-6500; F: (650)858-6550
`Counsel for Petitioner VMware, Inc.
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`CERTIFICATION OF SERVICE
`The undersigned hereby certifies that a true and correct copy of the above-
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`captioned JOINT REQUEST THAT THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BE
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`TREATED AS BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND BE
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`KEPT SEPARATE UNDER 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) was served electronically via e-
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`mail on January 22, 2021 in its entirety on the following counsel for Petitioner:
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`Byron L. Pickard (Lead Counsel)
`Reg. No. 65,172
`bpickard-PTAB@sternekessler.com
`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN &
`FOX P.L.L.C.
`1100 New York Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20005-3932
`Tel.: 202-772-8521
`Fax: 202-371-2540
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`James R. Hietala (Back-up Counsel)
`Reg. No. 51,802
`jhietala@intven.com
`Intellectual Ventures
`3150 139th Avenue S.E.
`Bellevue, WA 98005
`Tel.: 425-283-4789
`Fax: 425-467-2350
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`Daniel S. Block (Back-up counsel)
`Reg. No. 68,395
`dblock-PTAB@sternekessler.com
`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN
`& FOX P.L.L.C.
`1100 New York Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20005-3932
`Tel.: 202-772-8735
`Fax: 202-371-2540
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`Russell J. Rigby (Back-up Counsel)
`Reg. No. 50,267
`rrigby@intven.com
`Intellectual Ventures
`3150 139th Avenue S.E.
`Bellevue, WA 98005
`Tel.: 425-283-8628
`Fax: 425-467-2350
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`Service Email:
`PTAB@sternekessler.com
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`Date: January 22, 2021
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`/ Katherine Vidal /
`Katherine Vidal
`WINSTON & STRAWN LLP
`275 Middlefield Rd, Suite 205
`Menlo Park, California 94025
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`Case IPR2020-01081
`U.S. Patent No. RE44,818
`kvidal@winston.com
`T: (650)858-6500; F: (650)858-6550
`Counsel for Petitioner VMware, Inc.
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