Uniloc USA, Inc. et al v. Apple Inc.

Filing 134

ORDER GRANTING IN PART 128 ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO SEAL. Signed by Judge Alsup. (whalc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 1/30/2020)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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UNILOC USA, INC., et al.,
Plaintiffs,

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No. C 18-00358 WHA

Defendant.

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ORDER GRANTING IN PART
MOTION TO SEAL

v.
APPLE, INC.,

United States District Court
Northern District of California

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Apple moves to seal, as confidential to Uniloc, several excerpts and a deposition

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transcript (Dkt. No. 128) attached to its request for discovery (Dkt. No. 129). Uniloc

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withdraws all confidentiality designations except the dollar amounts in Apple’s Exhibit C, at

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page 139, lines 17 and 20, which are sensitive financial information from business negotiations

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(Dkt. No. 131 at 2).

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There is a strong public policy in favor of openness in our court system and the public is

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entitled to know to whom we are providing relief (or not). See Kamakana v. City & Cty. of

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Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1180 (9th Cir. 2006). But, in discovery matters, outside of the

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merits of the case, “a party need only satisfy the less exacting ‘good cause’ standard” to seal

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information. See Ctr. for Auto Safety v. Chrysler Grp., 809 F.3d 1092, 1097 (9th Cir. 2016).

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Good cause exists to seal the sensitive financial information. As to these specified dollar

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amounts, the motion is GRANTED. As to the rest, the motion is DENIED.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: January 30, 2020.

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WILLIAM ALSUP
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE