Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. et al

Filing 2076

Declaration of Hankil Kang in Support of 2064 Administrative Motion to File Under Seal filed bySamsung Electronics America, Inc.(a New York corporation), Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC. (Related document(s) 2064 ) (Maroulis, Victoria) (Filed on 10/21/2012)

1 QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP
Charles K. Verhoeven (Bar No. 170151)
2 [e-mail]
50 California Street, 22nd Floor
3 San Francisco, California 94111
Telephone: [phone]
4 Facsimile: [phone]
5 Kevin P.B. Johnson (Bar No. 177129)
[e-mail]
6 Victoria F. Maroulis (Bar No. 202603)
[e-mail]
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7 555 Twin Dolphin Drive, 5 Floor
Redwood Shores, California 94065-2139
8 Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
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Michael T. Zeller (Bar No. 196417)
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865 S. Figueroa St., 10th Floor
11 Los Angeles, California 90017
Telephone: [phone]
12 Facsimile: [phone]
13 Attorneys for SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO.,
LTD., SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA,
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, LLC
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SAN JOSE DIVISION

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19 APPLE INC., a California corporation,
Plaintiff,

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CASE NO. 11-cv-01846-LHK
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22 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., a
Korean business entity; SAMSUNG
23 ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC., a New
York corporation; SAMSUNG
24 TELECOMMUNICATIONS AMERICA,
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company,
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I, Hankil Kang, declare:

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I am Legal Counsel at Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (“SEC”). I submit this

3 declaration in support of Samsung’s Administrative Motion to File Documents Under Seal, filed
4 by SEC, Samsung Electronics America, Inc. (“SEA”) and Samsung Telecommunications
5 America, LLC (“STA”) (collectively, “Samsung”). I have personal knowledge of the facts set
6 forth in this declaration, except as otherwise noted, and, if called as a witness, could and would
7 testify to those facts under oath.
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Samsung’s Opposition to Apple’s Motion for a Permanent Injunction and Damages

9 Enhancements, the Choi Declaration in Support of Samsung’s Opposition and Exhibit 1 thereto,
10 the Kerstetter Declaration in Support of Samsung’s Opposition and Exhibit 1 thereto, and the
11 Lucente and Exhibit 1 thereto contain information about Samsung’s future business plans,
12 including details about unreleased products. It is Samsung’s policy to not disclose as competitors
13 can use the information to Samsung’s disadvantage. As the Court has recognized, compelling
14 reasons exist to seal information about future business plans. Dkt. No. 1649 at 7-8.
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Samsung’s Opposition to Apple’s Motion for Judgment as a Matter of Law

16 (Renewed), New Trial, and Amended Judgment, the Declaration of Michael Wagner in Support of
17 Samsung’s Opposition to Apple’s Motion for Judgment as a Matter of Law (Renewed), New Trial,
18 and Amended Judgment, Exhibit B to the Wagner Declaration, and Exhibit 2 to the Kerstetter
19 Declaration contain recent sales data for various Samsung products that are currently in the
20 market. It is Samsung’s policy to not disclose sales data as competitors can use the information to
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The Declaration of Michael Wagner in Support Samsung’s Opposition to Apple’s

23 Motion for a Permanent Injunction and Damages Enhancement and Exhibits 2, 37, 195, and 207
24 thereto contain highly sensitive strategy and future business planning information and confidential
25 financial information. Public disclosure of this information risks considerable financial harm to
26 Samsung. Dkt. No. 1649 at 7-8.
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The Declaration of Stephen Gray in Support Samsung’s Opposition to Apple’s for

28 a Permanent Injunction and Damages Enhancement and Exhibit 2 thereto contain Samsung source
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1 code algorithms and descriptions of the operation of the confidential source code. Disclosure of
2 this information poses competitive harm to Samsung as competitors can use the information to
3 copy the features found on Samsung’s products.
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Samsung does not disclose the information of the type described above publicly

5 and considers the all of the information it moves to seal to be highly confidential.
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I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the

8 foregoing is true and correct. Executed in Suwon, South Korea on October 22, 2012.
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