Waymo LLC v. Uber Technologies, Inc. et al

Filing 2175

ORDER DENYING #2173 ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO FILE UNDER SEAL by Judge William Alsup. (whalc2S, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 11/6/2017)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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WAYMO LLC,

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For the Northern District of California

United States District Court

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No. C 17-00939 WHA

Plaintiff,
v.
ORDER DENYING
ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION
TO FILE UNDER SEAL

UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.;
OTTOMOTTO LLC; and OTTO
TRUCKING LLC,
Defendants.
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Defendants’ administrative motion to redact portions of the order excluding Michael

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Wagner, restricting use of financial evidence at trial, and denying other relief (Dkt. No. 2173) is

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DENIED. The relevant terms of the Tyto acquisition are no more sensitive than other already-

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public information about Uber’s business dealings involving LiDAR and Anthony Levandowski

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(e.g., the terms of the Otto acquisition), and are important to the public’s ability to understand

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both this case generally and the problems with Wagner’s opinion specifically. In a similar vein,

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Wagner’s “example calculation” would offer no greater insight into Uber’s internal projections

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than would other already-public information — including information internal to Uber that

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defendants did not seek to redact in the very order at issue — but is important to the public’s

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ability to understand the problems with Wagner’s reasoning. Under these circumstances,

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defendants have not shown compelling reasons that would trump the public’s right to access.

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For now, the order will be filed on the public docket with all requested redactions

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applied. All redactions will be lifted, however, unless defendants obtain emergency relief from

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the Federal Circuit by NOVEMBER 13 AT NOON.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: November 6, 2017.

WILLIAM ALSUP
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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