Tessera, Inc. v. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. et al

Filing 1160

ORDER PROVISIONALLY SEALING ORDERS RESOLVING LICENSE BASED DISPOSITIVE MOTIONS AND DIRECTING TESSERA TO FILE REDACTED VERSIONS OF THE ORDERS IN THE PUBLIC RECORD. Signed by Judge Claudia Wilken on 1/31/2013. (ndr, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 1/31/2013)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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TESSERA, INC.,
Plaintiff,

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United States District Court
For the Northern District of California

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ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.;
SPANSION, LLC; SPANSION, INC;
SPANSION TECHNOLOGY, INC.;
ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR
ENGINEERING, INC.; ASE (U.S.),
INC.; CHIPMOS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.;
CHIPMOS U.S.A., INC.; SILICONWARE
PRECISION INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.;
SILICONWARE USA, INC.;
STMICROELECTRONICS N.V.;
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC.; STATS
CHIPPAC, INC.; STATS CHIPPAC
(BVI), LTD.; and STATS CHIPPAC,
LTD.,
Defendants.
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Plaintiff,
v.
MOTOROLA, INC.; QUALCOMM, INC.;
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.;
and ATI TECHNOLOGIES, ULC,
Defendants.
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No. C 12-692 CW

TESSERA, INC.,

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ORDER
PROVISIONALLY
SEALING ORDERS
RESOLVING
LICENSE-BASED
DISPOSITIVE
MOTIONS AND
DIRECTING TESSERA
TO FILE REDACTED
VERSIONS OF THE
ORDERS IN THE
PUBLIC RECORD

v.

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No. C 05-4063 CW

AND ALL RELATED COUNTERCLAIMS
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The parties have moved to seal various documents that they

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submitted in connection with the license-based dispositive motions

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filed in the above-captioned actions.

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these motions to seal, the Court referred the remaining motions to

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seal to the Special Master for adjudication.

After resolving some of

See Docket No. 1075

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in 05-4063.

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to reconsider whether there are compelling reasons to seal the

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license agreements at issue in these cases.

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it might revisit its earlier orders granting permission to seal

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those agreements following the Special Master’s consideration of

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the issue.

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At that time, the Court also asked the Special Master

The Court noted that

Because the related motions to seal remain pending, the Court

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provisionally files under seal its orders regarding the

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license-based dispositive motions until the motions to seal are

United States District Court
For the Northern District of California

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resolved.

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Tessera, Inc. shall file in the public docket redacted versions of

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the orders resolving the license-based dispositive motions.

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those versions, Tessera shall redact all material that has been

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designated as confidential by a party or a non-party, is at issue

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in a motion to seal related to these dispositive motions and has

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not already appeared in the public docket of this action.

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to filing the redacted versions, Tessera shall provide a copy of

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their proposed redactions for approval to each party or non-party

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that has designated material related to that order as

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confidential.

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Within two weeks of the date of this Order, Plaintiff

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Prior

IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: 1/31/2013

CLAUDIA WILKEN
United States District Judge

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