`Petitioner’s Motion to Expunge Confidential Document
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`Filed on behalf of Supercell Oy
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`By:
`BRIAN HOFFMAN, Reg. No. 39,713
`MICHAEL J. SACKSTEDER
`KEVIN X. MCGANN, Reg. No. 48,793
`JENNIFER R. BUSH, Reg. No 50,784
`GEOFFREY MILLER
`FENWICK & WEST LLP
`555 California Street, 12th Floor
`San Francisco, CA 94104
`Telephone: 415.875.2300
`Facsimile: 415.281.1350
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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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`SUPERCELL OY,
`Petitioner,
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`GREE, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case PGR2020-00088
`Patent 10,518,177 B2
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`PETITIONER’S MOTION TO EXPUNGE CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENT
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`INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................... 1
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`APPLICABLE LEGAL STANDARDS .......................................................... 2
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`III. GOOD CAUSE EXISTS FOR EXPUNGING THE
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`IV. CONCLUSION ................................................................................................ 3
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`TABLE OF AUTHORITIES
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`Page(s)
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`CASES
`Atlanta Gas Light Co. v. Bennett Regulator Guards, Inc.,
`IPR2013-00453, Paper 97 (P.T.A.B. Apr. 15, 2015) ........................................... 2
`STATUTES AND RULES
`35 U.S.C. § 324(a) ..................................................................................................... 3
`OTHER AUTHORITIES
`37 C.F.R. § 42.56 ............................................................................................... 1, 2, 3
`Trial Practice Guide, 77 Fed. Reg. at 48,761 ............................................................. 2
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`EXHIBIT LIST (37 CFR § 42.63(e))
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`Exhibit
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`Description
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`1001 U.S. Patent No. 10,518,177 to Suzuki
`1002 File History of U.S. Patent No. 10,518,177
`1003 U.S. Patent No. 10,583,362
`1004 File History of U.S. Patent No. 10,583,362
`1005 Declaration of Steve Meretzky
`1006 Curriculum Vitae of Steve Meretzky
`1007 GREE’s Amended Disclosure of Asserted Claims and Infringement
`Contentions dated August 19, 2020 in Case No. 2:19-cv-00413-JRG-RSP
`(E.D. Tex.)
`1008 Microsoft Computer Dictionary, 4th Ed. (1999)
`1009 YouTube - Master Hearthstone in 10 Minutes! The Ultimate Beginner’s
`Guide (“MH”) (web page print out from
`https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVZ4qyx-c2o)
`“Master Hearthstone in 10 Minutes! The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide,”
`webpage as captured by The Internet Archive on January 2, 2014
`“Master Hearthstone in 10 Minutes! The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide” –
`Video File
`“Master Hearthstone in 10 Minutes! The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide” –
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`1013 U.S. Patent Publication No. 2013/0281173 to Gilson et al.
`1014 US Patent Publication No. 2014/0349723 to Nakatani et al.
`1015 U.S. Patent No. 5,662,332 to Garfield
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`“Dynamic game difficulty balancing,” Wikipedia page as captured by
`The Internet Archive on December 12, 2011
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`1011
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`Exhibit
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`Description
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`1017
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`1018
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`1019
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`1021
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`“And That’s A Wrap! BlizzCon 2013 Has Officially Come to an End!”
`webpage as captured by the Internet Archive on Nov. 16, 2013
`“FAQ – Hearthstone” webpage as captured by the Internet Archive on
`Nov. 16, 2013
`“Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft Official Game Site” webpage as captured
`by the Internet Archive on Nov. 16, 2013
`1020 GREE, Inc.’s Opposition to Defendant Supercell Oy’s Motion to Dismiss,
`Dkt. No. 34, Filed April 8, 2020, Case No. 2:19-cv-00413-JRG-RSP (E.D.
`Texas)
`[Model] Order Focusing Patent Claims and Prior Art to Reduce Costs,
`retrieved from
`http://www.txed.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/forms/ModelPatentOrder.pdf
`1022 Declaration of Madeline Byers, Custodian of Records for Google LLC
`1023 Affidavit of Elizabeth Rosenberg, Records Processor at the Internet Archive
`1024 Declaration of Jennifer R. Bush in Support of Supercell Oy’s Reply to Patent
`Owner’s Preliminary Response
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`INTRODUCTION
`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.56, Petitioner Supercell Oy (“Supercell” or
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`“Petitioner”) respectfully requests that certain confidential information in the
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`record be expunged. Petitioner filed its Motion to Seal Exhibit 1007 and for Entry
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`of Protective Order on December 29, 2020. (Paper 3) The Board did not enter an
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`order on Petitioner’s Motion to Seal. On April 14, 2021, the Board entered its
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`Decision Denying Institution of Post-Grant Review. (Paper 11) A call to the
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`PTAB helpdesk confirmed that a Motion could be filed without explicit
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`authorization. For the reasons set forth below, Petitioner respectfully requests that
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`certain papers and documents be expunged.
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`Specifically, Petitioner requests that Exhibit 1007, GREE, Inc.’s Amended
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`Disclosure of Asserted Claims and Infringement Contentions (served by GREE in
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`the underlying Eastern District of Texas civil action, Case No. 2:20-cv-00413-
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`JRG-RSP), be expunged from the record as this document contains Petitioner’s
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`highly confidential business information designated by Patent Owner in the
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`underlying District Court action as “Restricted – Confidential Source Code”
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`1 Petitioner is filing a parallel Motion to Expunge Confidential Document for this
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`confidential exhibit in PGR2021-00014.
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`II. APPLICABLE LEGAL STANDARDS
`37 CFR § 42.56 provides that following “denial of a petition to institute a
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`trial or after final judgment in a trial, a party may file a motion to expunge
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`confidential information from the record.” The Trial Practice Guide states that
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`“[t]here is an expectation that information will be made public where the existence
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`of the information is referred to in a decision to grant or deny a request to institute
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`a review or is identified in a final written decision following a trial.” Trial Practice
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`Guide, 77 Fed. Reg. at 48,761. However, the Trial Practice Guide also states that a
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`party “seeking to maintain the confidentiality of information . . . may file a motion
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`to expunge the information from the record prior to the information becoming
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`public.” A party seeking expungement from the record must show good cause by
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`demonstrating “that any information sought to be expunged constitutes confidential
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`information, and that Petitioner’s interest in expunging it outweighs the public’s
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`interest in maintaining a complete and understandable history of this inter partes
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`review.” Atlanta Gas Light Co. v. Bennett Regulator Guards, Inc., IPR2013-
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`00453, Paper 97 at 2 (P.T.A.B. Apr. 15, 2015).
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`III. GOOD CAUSE EXISTS FOR EXPUNGING THE CONFIDENTIAL
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`In this proceeding, the Board the Board has not entered its Decision on
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`Petitioner’s Motion to Seal. As set forth in the Motion to Seal (Paper 3), the
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`document contains Petitioner’s confidential and highly sensitive business
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`information, disclosure of which would adversely harm Petitioner, while
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`expungement of which would not significantly impact the public’s interest in
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`maintaining a complete and understandable file history. Expunging Exhibit 1007
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`also protects a sensitive District Court Litigation document served by GREE, Inc.
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`To the best of Petitioner’s knowledge, Exhibit 1007 has never been
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`published or otherwise made public. Patent Owner and Petitioner made efforts to
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`maintain the confidentiality of this information in the Civil Action. In the Civil
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`Action, Exhibit 1007 was produced pursuant to a Protective Order agreed upon by
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`the Parties, and was designated “CONFIDENTIAL ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY”
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`pursuant to that Protective Order.
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`Additionally, the Board did not rely on Exhibit 1007 in its denial of
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`institution in this proceeding. See Paper 11 (discretional denial under 35 U.S.C.
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`§ 324(a)). Thus, there is no public interest in now making Petitioner’s confidential
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`information publicly available.
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`Accordingly, good cause exists to expunge the confidential document.
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`IV. CONCLUSION
`For the above reasons, Petitioner respectfully requests that the Board protect
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`Petitioner’s highly confidential business information and expunge the confidential
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`document pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.56.
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`Dated: October 18, 2021
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`Respectfully submitted,
`FENWICK & WEST LLP
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`/Jennifer R. Bush /
`Jennifer R. Bush
`Reg. No. 50,784
`Attorneys for Petitioner Supercell Oy
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`CERTIFICATION OF SERVICE ON PATENT OWNER
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that the foregoing Petitioner’s Motion to
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`Expunge Confidential Document was served on Patent Owner’s lead and back-up
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`counsel in its entirety by electronic service at the email addresses provided below:
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`John C. Alemanni
`Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
`4208 Six Forks Road, Suite 1400
`Raleigh, NC 27609
`jalemanni@kilpatricktownsend.com
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`Joshua H. Lee
`Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
`1100 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 2800
`Atlanta, GA 30309-6582
`jlee@kilpatricktownsend.com
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`Dated: October 18, 2021
`Fenwick & West LLP
`801 California Street
`Mountain View, CA 94041
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`Andrew W. Rinehart
`Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
`1001 West Fourth Street
`Winston-Salem, NC 27101
`arinehart@kilpatricktownsend.com
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`Scott A. McKeown
`Ropes & Gray
`2099 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 2006
`scott.mckeown@ropesgray.com
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`FENWICK & WEST LLP
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`/Jennifer R. Bush/
`Jennifer R. Bush
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