Oracle Corporation et al v. SAP AG et al

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Declaration of Tharan Gregory Lanier in Support of 505 MOTION to Seal Document Defendants' Administrative Motion to Permit Defendants to File Under Seal Plaintiffs' Information Supporting Defendants' Reply to Plaintiffs' Opposition to Defendants' Motion For Partial Summary Judg Declaration of Tharan Gregory Lanier ISO Defendants' Administrative Motion to Permit Defendants to File Under Seal Plaintiffs' Information Supporting Defendants' Reply to Plaintiffs' Opposition to Defendants' Motion For Partial Summary Judgment filed bySAP AG, SAP America Inc, Tomorrownow Inc. (Related document(s) 505 ) (Froyd, Jane) (Filed on 10/7/2009)

Oracle Corporation et al v. SAP AG et al

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Robert A. Mittelstaedt (SBN 060359) Jason McDonell (SBN 115084) Elaine Wallace (SBN 197882) JONES DAY 555 California Street, 26th Floor San Francisco, CA 94104 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] [e-mail] [e-mail] [e-mail] Tharan Gregory Lanier (SBN 138784) Jane L. Froyd (SBN 220776) JONES DAY 1755 Embarcadero Road Palo Alto, CA 94303 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] [e-mail] [e-mail] Scott W. Cowan (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) Joshua L. Fuchs (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) JONES DAY 717 Texas, Suite 3300 Houston, TX 77002 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] [e-mail] [e-mail] Attorneys for Defendants SAP AG, SAP AMERICA, INC., and TOMORROWNOW, INC. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA OAKLAND DIVISION ORACLE USA, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. SAP AG, et al., Defendants. Case No. 07-CV-1658 PJH (EDL) DECLARATION OF THARAN GREGORY LANIER ISO DEFENDANTS' ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO PERMIT DEFENDANTS TO FILE UNDER SEAL PLAINTIFFS' INFORMATION SUPPORTING DEFENDANTS' REPLY TO PLAINTIFFS' OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT

DECLARATION OF THARAN GREGORY LANIER ISO MOTION TO FILE UNDER SEAL Case No. 07-CV-1658 PJH (EDL)

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I, THARAN GREGORY LANIER, declare: 1. I am a partner in the law firm of Jones Day, 1755 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto,

California 94303, and counsel of record for Defendants SAP AG, SAP America, Inc. and TomorrowNow, Inc. (collectively, "Defendants") in the above-captioned action. I am a member in good standing of the state bar of California and admitted to practice before this Court. I make this declaration based on personal knowledge and, if called upon to do so, could testify competently thereto. 2. Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5 and the stipulated Protective Order entered on

June 6, 2007 in this case, I make this Declaration in support of Defendants' Administrative Motion to Permit Defendants to File Under Seal Plaintiffs' Information Supporting Defendants' Reply to Plaintiffs' Opposition to Defendants' Motion for Partial Summary Judgment. 3. Defendants' file this motion at Plaintiffs' request. The requested relief is

necessary and narrowly tailored to protect the alleged confidentiality of the materials put at issue by Defendants' Reply to Plaintiffs' Opposition to Defendants' Motion for Partial Summary Judgment Regarding Plaintiffs' Hypothetical License Damages Claim ("Reply") until such time as Plaintiffs may submit a declaration in accordance with Civil Local Rule 79-5(d), and the Court makes a final ruling as to confidentiality of the relevant subject matter. Specifically, the following excerpts of the Reply, filed and lodged with the Court, contain information designated by Plaintiffs as "Confidential Information": 7:12-13; 7:16-17; 7:19-20; 7:22; and 15:14-15. Additionally, the following excerpts of the Reply contain information designated by Plaintiffs as "Highly Confidential Information - Attorneys' Eyes Only": 7:25-26; 7:28; 8:3-4; 8:6-7; 8:9-11; and 8:12-17. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States and the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed this 7th day of October, 2009 in Palo Alto, California. /s/ Tharan Gregory Lanier Tharan Gregory Lanier

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DECLARATION OF THARAN GREGORY LANIER ISO MOTION TO FILE UNDER SEAL Case No. 07-CV-1658 PJH (EDL)