I/P Engine, Inc. v. AOL, Inc. et al
Filing
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NOTICE by AOL Inc., Gannett Company, Inc., Google Inc., IAC Search & Media, Inc., Target Corporation re 346 MOTION to Seal Documents and Close the Courtroom During Presentation of Confidential Material at Trial (Noona, Stephen)
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
NORFOLK DIVISION
I/P ENGINE, INC.
Plaintiff,
v.
Civil Action No. 2:11-cv-512
AOL INC., et al.,
Defendants.
NOTICE OF MOTION TO SEAL DOCUMENTS AND CLOSE THE COURTROOM
DURING PRESENTATION OF CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL AT TRIAL
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT Defendants Google Inc., Target Corporation, IAC
Search & Media, Inc., Gannett Co., Inc. and AOL Inc. (collectively “Defendants”), by counsel,
pursuant to the Local Rules of Practice for the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia and the Protective Order [Dkt. No. 85] entered in this matter, have moved the
Court for leave to seal documents and close the courtroom during presentation of confidential
material at trial. Grounds and authorities for the Motion to Seal along with specific grounds to
support each sealing are set forth in Defendants’ Memorandum in Support of Motion to Seal
Documents and Close the Courtroom During Presentation of Confidential Material at Trial
(“Motion to Close Courtroom”).
Before this Court may seal Court documents, it must: (1) provide public notice with an
opportunity to object; (2) consider less drastic alternatives; and (3) state specific findings in
support of a decision to seal and reject alternatives to sealing. See, e.g., Flexible Benefits
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Council v. Feldman, No. 1:08-CV-371, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 93039 (E.D. Va. Nov. 13, 2008)
(citing Ashcroft v. Conoco, Inc., 218 F.3d 282, 288 (4th Cir. 2000)). Defendants have asked this
Court to close the courtroom and seal the record as to three limited categories of extraordinarily
sensitive and valuable confidential business information: (1) how AdWords and AdSense for
Search determine which advertisements to display to users, (2) Google’s confidential patent
license agreements and other intellectual property agreements, and (3) Defendants’ confidential,
non-public financial information.
In compliance with Local Rule 5 of the Rules of this Court and Ashcroft, the Court posts
the following notice to the public: “This serves as public notice that Defendants have moved to
close the courtroom and seal certain documents and testimony relating to (1) how AdWords and
AdSense for Search determine which advertisements to display to users, (2) Google’s
confidential patent license agreements and other intellectual property agreements, and (3)
Defendants’ confidential, non-public financial information. Objections to this Motion should be
filed in the Civil Section of the Clerk’s Office. The Notice will be posted for a minimum of
forty-eight (48) hours.”
DATED: September 24, 2012
/s/ Stephen E. Noona
Stephen E. Noona
Virginia State Bar No. 25367
KAUFMAN & CANOLES, P.C.
150 West Main Street, Suite 2100
Norfolk, VA 23510
Telephone: (757) 624.3000
Facsimile: (757) 624.3169
senoona@kaufcan.com
David Bilsker
David A. Perlson
QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART &
SULLIVAN, LLP
2
50 California Street, 22nd Floor
San Francisco, California 94111
Telephone: (415) 875-6600
Facsimile: (415) 875-6700
davidbilsker@quinnemanuel.com
davidperlson@quinnemanuel.com
Counsel for Google Inc., Target Corporation,
IAC Search & Media, Inc., and Gannett Co., Inc.
By: /s/ Stephen E. Noona
Stephen E. Noona
Virginia State Bar No. 25367
KAUFMAN & CANOLES, P.C.
150 W. Main Street, Suite 2100
Norfolk, VA 23510
Telephone: (757) 624-3000
Facsimile: (757) 624-3169
Robert L. Burns
FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT &
DUNNER, LLP
Two Freedom Square
11955 Freedom Drive
Reston, VA 20190
Telephone: (571) 203-2700
Facsimile: (202) 408-4400
Cortney S. Alexander
FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT &
DUNNER, LLP
3500 SunTrust Plaza
303 Peachtree Street, NE
Atlanta, GA 94111
Telephone: (404) 653-6400
Facsimile: (415) 653-6444
Counsel for Defendant AOL Inc.
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on September 24, 2012, I will electronically file the foregoing with
the Clerk of Court using the CM/ECF system, which will send a notification of such filing (NEF)
to the following:
Jeffrey K. Sherwood
Kenneth W. Brothers
DICKSTEIN SHAPIRO LLP
1825 Eye Street NW
Washington, DC 20006
Telephone: (202) 420-2200
Facsimile: (202) 420-2201
sherwoodj@dicksteinshapiro.com
brothersk@dicksteinshapiro.com
Donald C. Schultz
W. Ryan Snow
Steven Stancliff
CRENSHAW, WARE & MARTIN, P.L.C.
150 West Main Street, Suite 1500
Norfolk, VA 23510
Telephone: (757) 623-3000
Facsimile: (757) 623-5735
dschultz@cwm-law.cm
wrsnow@cwm-law.com
sstancliff@cwm-law.com
Counsel for Plaintiff, I/P Engine, Inc.
/s/ Stephen E. Noona
Stephen E. Noona
Virginia State Bar No. 25367
KAUFMAN & CANOLES, P.C.
150 West Main Street, Suite 2100
Norfolk, VA 23510
Telephone: (757) 624.3000
Facsimile: (757) 624.3169
senoona@kaufcan.com
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