Good Technology Corporation et al v. MobileIron, Inc.
Filing
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OMNIBUS ORDER RE: MOTIONS TO SEAL by Judge Paul S. Grewal granting-in-part 360 ; denying 380 ; granting-in-part 393 ; granting-in-part 400 ; granting-in-part 406 ; denying 409 ; denying 413 (psglc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 7/7/2015)
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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SAN JOSE DIVISION
United States District Court
For the Northern District of California
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GOOD TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION and )
GOOD TECHNOLOGY SOFTWARE, INC.,
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Plaintiffs,
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MOBILEIRON, INC.,
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Defendant.
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Case No. 5:12-cv-05826-PSG
OMNIBUS ORDER RE: MOTIONS
TO SEAL
(Re: Docket Nos. 360, 380, 393, 400, 406,
409, 413)
Before the court are seven administrative motions to seal 44 documents. “Historically,
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courts have recognized a ‘general right to inspect and copy public records and documents,
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including judicial records and documents.’” 1 Accordingly, when considering a sealing request, “a
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‘strong presumption in favor of access’ is the starting point.” 2 Parties seeking to seal judicial
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records relating to dispositive motions bear the burden of overcoming the presumption with
“compelling reasons” that outweigh the general history of access and the public policies favoring
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disclosure. 3
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Kamakana v. City & County of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1178 (9th Cir. 2006) (quoting Nixon v.
Warner Commc’ns, Inc., 435 U.S. 589, 597 & n. 7 (1978)).
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Id. (quoting Foltz v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 331 F.3d 1122, 1135 (9th Cir. 2003)).
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Id. at 1178-79.
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However, “while protecting the public's interest in access to the courts, we must remain
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mindful of the parties' right to access those same courts upon terms which will not unduly harm
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their competitive interest.” 4 Records attached to nondispositive motions therefore are not subject
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to the strong presumption of access. 5 Because the documents attached to nondispositive motions
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“are often unrelated, or only tangentially related, to the underlying cause of action,” parties moving
to seal must meet the lower “good cause” standard of Rule 26(c). 6 As with dispositive motions, the
standard applicable to nondispositive motions requires a “particularized showing” 7 that “specific
prejudice or harm will result” if the information is disclosed. 8 “Broad allegations of harm,
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unsubstantiated by specific examples of articulated reasoning” will not suffice. 9 A protective order
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sealing the documents during discovery may reflect the court’s previous determination that good
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cause exists to keep the documents sealed, 10 but a blanket protective order that allows the parties to
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designate confidential documents does not provide sufficient judicial scrutiny to determine whether
each particular document should remain sealed. 11
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In addition to making particularized showings of good cause, parties moving to seal
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documents must comply with the procedures established by Civ. L.R. 79-5. Pursuant to
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Civ. L.R. 79-5(b), a sealing order is appropriate only upon a request that establishes the document
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Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., 727 F.3d 1214, 1228-29 (Fed. Cir. 2013).
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Id. at 1179 (internal quotations and citations omitted).
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Phillips ex rel. Estates of Byrd v. Gen. Motors Corp., 307 F.3d 1206, 1210-11 (9th Cir. 2002);
see Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(c).
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Beckman Indus., Inc. v. Int’l Ins. Co., 966 F.2d 470, 476 (9th Cir. 1992).
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See Kamakana, 447 F.3d at 1179-80.
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See Civ. L.R. 79-5(d)(1)(A) (“Reference to a stipulation or protective order that allows a party to
designate certain documents as confidential is not sufficient to establish that a document, or
portions thereof, are sealable.”).
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is “sealable,” or “privileged or protectable as a trade secret or otherwise entitled to protection under
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the law.” “The request must be narrowly tailored to seek sealing only of sealable material, and
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must conform with Civil L.R. 79-5(d).” 12 “Within 4 days of the filing of the Administrative
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Motion to File Under Seal, the Designating Party must file a declaration as required by subsection
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79-5(d)(1)(A) establishing that all of the designated material is sealable.” 13
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With these standards in mind, the courts rules on the instant motions as follows:
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Motion
to Seal
Reason/Explanation
MobileIron’s Omnibus
Motion In Limine
Pages 10:9-11, 21 at n.90, 21:1722, 21 at n.91 and 22 at n.92 at
Docket No. 366-1 SEALED; all
other designations UNSEALED.
Only sealed portions
narrowly tailored to
confidential business
information.
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Exhibit 3
UNSEALED.
No declaration in
support filed with the
court as required by
Civ. L.R. 79-5(e)(1).
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Exhibit 4 at Docket
No. 366-3
Images on pages 193, 194 and
200 at Docket No. 366-3
SEALED; ¶¶ 224-26 and 231-32
at Docket No. 366-3 SEALED;
Ex. A, page 19 at Docket
No. 366-3 SEALED; Ex. C at
Docket No. 366-3 SEALED;
code in Ex. D at Docket
No. 366-3 SEALED.
Narrowly tailored to
confidential business
information.
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Exhibit 5
UNSEALED.
No declaration in
support filed with the
court as required by
Civ. L.R. 79-5(e)(1).
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Exhibit 7
¶¶ 30, 31, 40, 41 at Docket No.
366-5 SEALED; ¶ 42 at Docket
Only sealed portions
narrowly tailored to
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360
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Document to be Sealed
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Civ. L.R. 79-5(b). In part, Civ. L.R. 79-5(d) requires the submitting party to attach a “proposed
order that is narrowly tailored to seal only the sealable material” which “lists in table format each
document or portion thereof that is sought to be sealed,” Civ. L.R. 79-5(d)(1)(b), and an
“unredacted version of the document” that indicates “by highlighting or other clear method, the
portions of the document that have been omitted from the redacted version.”
Civ. L.R. 79-5(d)(1)(d).
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Civ. L.R. 79-5(e)(1).
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No. 366-5 UNSEALED.
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confidential business
information.
360
Exhibit 9
UNSEALED.
No declaration in
support filed with the
court as required by
Civ. L.R. 79-5(e)(1).
360
Exhibit 10
UNSEALED.
No declaration in
support filed with the
court as required by
Civ. L.R. 79-5(e)(1).
360
Exhibit 11
UNSEALED.
No declaration in
support filed with the
court as required by
Civ. L.R. 79-5(e)(1).
360
Exhibit 12
UNSEALED.
No declaration in
support filed with the
court as required by
Civ. L.R. 79-5(e)(1).
360
Exhibit 14
Page 17 at Docket No. 366-10
SEALED.
Narrowly tailored to
confidential business
information.
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Exhibit 15
UNSEALED.
No declaration in
support filed with the
court as required by
Civ. L.R. 79-5(e)(1).
360
Exhibit 17
Monetary values in ¶¶ 9, 10, 11, Narrowly tailored to
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confidential business
information.
No. 366-12 SEALED;
percentages in ¶¶ 249, 264, 298
and 97 n.374 at Docket
No. 366-12 SEALED; exhibits
12, 12-1, 12A, 12A-1, 12B, 12B1, 12C and 12C-1 at Docket
No. 366-12 SEALED.
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Exhibit 18
Only specific customer names
Only sealed portions
between 14:6-15:2 at Docket No. narrowly tailored to
366-13 SEALED.
confidential business
information.
360
Exhibit 19
UNSEALED.
Not narrowly tailored
to confidential
business information.
360
Exhibit 21
UNSEALED.
No declaration in
support filed with the
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court as required by
Civ. L.R. 79-5(e)(1).
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Exhibit 22
UNSEALED.
No declaration in
support filed with the
court as required by
Civ. L.R. 79-5(e)(1).
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Exhibit 30
UNSEALED.
No declaration in
support filed with the
court as required by
Civ. L.R. 79-5(e)(1).
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Exhibit 32
UNSEALED.
No declaration in
support filed with the
court as required by
Civ. L.R. 79-5(e)(1).
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Exhibit 33
UNSEALED.
No declaration in
support filed with the
court as required by
Civ. L.R. 79-5(e)(1).
360
Exhibit 34
UNSEALED.
No declaration in
support filed with the
court as required by
Civ. L.R. 79-5(e)(1).
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Exhibit 35
SEALED.
Narrowly tailored to
confidential business
information.
360
Exhibit 36
UNSEALED.
No declaration in
support filed with the
court as required by
Civ. L.R. 79-5(e)(1).
360
Exhibit 38
SEALED.
Narrowly tailored to
confidential business
information.
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Exhibit 39
SEALED.
Narrowly tailored to
confidential business
information.
360
Exhibit 40
SEALED.
Narrowly tailored to
confidential business
information.
360
Exhibit 41
UNSEALED.
No declaration in
support filed with the
court as required by
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Civ. L.R. 79-5(e)(1).
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360
Exhibit 42
SEALED.
Narrowly tailored to
confidential business
information.
360
Exhibit 43
SEALED.
Narrowly tailored to
confidential business
information.
360
Exhibit 44
SEALED.
Narrowly tailored to
confidential business
information.
360
Exhibit 45
SEALED.
Narrowly tailored to
confidential business
information.
360
Exhibit 46
SEALED.
Narrowly tailored to
confidential business
information.
360
Exhibit 47
SEALED.
Narrowly tailored to
confidential business
information.
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Exhibit 2
UNSEALED.
No declaration in
support filed with the
court as required by
Civ. L.R. 79-5(e)(1).
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Good’s Opposition to
MobileIron’s Motions In
Limine
Page 12:19-20 at Docket
No. 393-4 SEALED; page
13:5-6 at Docket No. 393-4
SEALED; all other designations
UNSEALED.
Only sealed portions
narrowly tailored to
confidential business
information.
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Exhibit 6
SEALED.
Narrowly tailored to
confidential business
information.
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Exhibit 7
UNSEALED.
Not narrowly tailored
to confidential
business information.
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Exhibit 8
UNSEALED.
No declaration in
support filed with the
court as required by
Civ. L.R. 79-5(e)(1).
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