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

Filing 649

ORDER by Judge Lucy H. Koh granting #619 Administrative Motion to File Under Seal (lhklc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 1/19/2012)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SAN JOSE DIVISION

United States District Court
For the Northern District of California

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APPLE, INC., a California corporation,

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Plaintiff,
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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
SEAL

Apple filed a renewed motion to file under seal portions of certain documents filed in

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support of Samsung’s Response to Apple’s Opening Claim Construction Brief. ECF No. 619.

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Portions of Exhibit B contain Apple’s confidential specifications and deposition testimony relating

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to those specifications. Portions of Exhibits I and J contain discussions of confidential prototype

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design and development. Apple also moved to file under seal a portion of footnote 2 in Samsung’s

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brief that discloses information referred to in Exhibit B. After “balanc[ing] the competing

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interests’ of the public and the party who seeks to keep certain judicial records secret,” the Court

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finds the portions of documents properly sealable. Kamakana v. City and Cnty. of Honolulu, 447

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F.3d 1172, 1179 (9th Cir. 2006) (quoting Foltz, 331 F.3d at 1135) (alterations omitted).

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Accordingly, Apple’s motion is GRANTED and the partially redacted versions attached as exhibits

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to Apple’s renewed motion shall be deemed publicly filed. See ECF No. 619.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: January 19, 2012

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LUCY H. KOH
United States District Judge

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United States District Court
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