Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. et al
Filing
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ORDER by Judge Lucy H. Koh granting 2213 Administrative Motion to File Under Seal (lhklc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 1/7/2013)
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SAN JOSE DIVISION
APPLE, INC., a California corporation,
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Plaintiff,
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v.
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SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., A
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Korean corporation; SAMSUNG
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ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC., a New York )
corporation; SAMSUNG
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, LLC, )
a Delaware limited liability company,
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Defendants.
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Case No.: 11-CV-01846-LHK
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO FILE
DOCUMENTS UNDER SEAL
Before the Court is Samsung’s renewed motion to file under seal. ECF No. 2213. In this
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motion, Samsung seeks to seal limited portions of Exhibit 1 to the Declaration of Deok Keun
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Matthew Ahn in support of Apple’s opposition to Samsung’s administrative motion for leave to file
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the supplemental declaration of Stephen Gray. Apple previously moved to file this document
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under seal pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5, but Samsung failed to file a supporting declaration,
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and this Court subsequently denied Apple’s motion to seal. ECF No. 2210. Samsung now moves
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to seal Exhibit 1, and has filed the Declaration of Hankil Kang in support of its motion.
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Exhibit 1 consists of excerpts from the deposition of Karansher Singh. The limited portions
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Samsung seeks to seal contain detailed description of the operation of Samsung’s confidential
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source code. As this Court has consistently ruled, confidential source code constitutes trade
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secrets, and thus satisfies even the high “compelling reasons” standard applied by the Ninth Circuit
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Case No.: 11-CV-01846-LHK
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO FILE DOCUMENTS UNDER SEAL
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for sealing documents submitted in support of dispositive motions. Accordingly, Samsung’s
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motion to seal portions of Exhibit 1 to the Declaration of Deok Keun Matthew Ahn in support of
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apple’s opposition to Samsung’s administrative motion for leave to file the supplemental
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declaration of Stephen Gray is GRANTED.
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IT IS SO ORDERED.
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Dated: January 7, 2013
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LUCY H. KOH
United States District Judge
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Case No.: 11-CV-01846-LHK
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO FILE DOCUMENTS UNDER SEAL
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