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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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`NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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`HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES, CO, LTD, et
`al.,
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`Plaintiffs,
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`v.
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`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO, LTD., et
`al.,
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`Defendants.
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`Case No. 3:16-cv-02787-WHO
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`ORDER ON PENDING MOTIONS TO
`SEAL
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`Re: Dkt. Nos. 327, 331, 333, 334, 347, 349,
`355, 357, 369, 371, 375, 378, 396, 398, 428,
`430
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`Currently before me are numerous administrative motions for leave to file under seal
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`various portions of pleadings and exhibits submitted in support of and in opposition to the parties’
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`(1) cross-motions for summary judgment, (2) motions to strike and exclude, and (3) Daubert
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`motions.
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`In an Order dated September 25, 2018, I directed the parties to file one consolidated chart
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`identifying the specific, narrowly tailored information they sought to seal by specific docket and
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`sub-docket number (e.g., ECF Dkt. No. 384-2) and then by page/line or paragraph number. Order
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`on Motions for Summary Judgment, Daubert Motions, Motions to Strike and Exclude (“9/25/18
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`Order”) [Dkt. No. 419 [redacted]] 92–93. I directed that the chart must also identify the specific
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`portion of a declaration where a person with knowledge demonstrated compelling reasons to
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`justify sealing that specific piece of information, including the harm that public disclosure would
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`cause. I provided guidance with examples of what information would and would not be sealable
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`under the compelling reasons standard. See Ctr. for Auto Safety v. Chrysler Group, LLC, 809 F.3d
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`1092, 1101 (9th Cir. 2016). Finally, I ordered the parties to identify matters that could be wholly
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`unsealed with the same degree of specificity.
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`Parties submitted a joint chart on October 15, 2018. Dkt. No. 420. Their amended
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`requests reflect a reduction in both the number of docket entries and the number of redactions
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`within documents.
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`The parties have filed two substantive motions since submitting their joint chart, one of
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`which I have addressed. See Order on Samsung’s Motion for Clarification [Dkt. No. 432]. I will
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`resolve the related motions to seal at the end of this Order. See infra Section I.E – Later-
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`Submitted Requests.
`For the reasons set forth below, I will grant1 in part and deny in part the parties’ requests.
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`I.
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`INFORMATION THE PARTIES WISH TO KEEP UNDER SEAL
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`A.
`Technical Product Information Including Source Code
`In my September 25, 2018 Order I advised the parties, “Descriptions of confidential
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`functions of accused products, including references to the contents of source code are sealable, if
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`those functions or portions of source code are not otherwise obvious, expected, or publicly
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`known.” 9/25/18 Order 93. Huawei, Samsung, Qualcomm, Nokia, AT&T, and T-Mobile request
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`sealing of information that they assert falls into this category.
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`Huawei seeks to seal excerpts that “reveal highly confidential technical details about
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`Huawei’s products accused of patent infringement in this case, including schematics and source-
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`code level implementation details.” Declaration of Xiaowu Zhang (“Zhang Decl.”) [Dkt. No. 420-
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`1] ¶ 5. This information is not publicly known, and Huawei “has implemented strict measures to
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`protect [its] confidentiality.” Id. Public disclosure would allow Huawei’s competitors to use the
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`information to improve their competing products. Id.
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`Samsung seeks to seal excerpts that “reveal highly confidential technical information,”
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`including “descriptions of the source code . . . and how that source code operates, as well as the
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`network functionality . . . and the testing performed on the accused Samsung products.”
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`Declaration of Hojin Chang (“Chang Decl.”) [Dkt. No. 421] ¶ 6. This information is not publicly
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`known, and Samsung maintains it as a trade secret. Id. Public disclosure would harm Samsung by
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`1 The parties should note that just because I agree to seal information at this juncture does not necessarily
`mean it will remain sealable at trial, particularly if it is key to the public’s ability to understand the case and
`the parties’ respective arguments.
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`allowing its competitors to improve their competing products without expending the same time
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`and resources. Id.
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`Qualcomm seeks to seal excerpts that “contain references [to] and discussion of
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`Qualcomm’s confidential information and confidential source code.” Declaration of Matthew
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`Dobbins (“Dobbins Decl.”) [Dkt. No. 366-2] ¶ 3. Qualcomm carefully guards this information,
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`and public disclosure would cause it significant competitive injury. Id.
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`Nokia seeks to seal sensitive business information “including technical information that
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`has not been publicly disclosed, discussions regarding patent procurement practices, and details
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`regarding its relationships with business partners.” Declaration of Ryan Koppelman (“Koppelman
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`Decl.”) [Dkt. No. 346] ¶ 2. Public disclosure of this confidential information would give an
`advantage to Nokia’s competitors.2 Id. ¶ 3.
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`AT&T and T-Mobile seek to seal confidential information about their respective LTE
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`communication networks. Declaration of Beth Crowder (“Crowder Decl”) [Dkt. No. 400] ¶ 5;
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`Declaration of Paula Phillips (“Phillips Decl.”) [Dkt. No. 400] ¶ 4. Disclosure of this information
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`would cause them harm because they would not have the same insight into others’ networks.
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`Crowder Decl. ¶ 5; Phillips Decl. ¶ 4.
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`There are compelling reasons to seal the information falling into this category. The
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`parties’ requests and my orders are as follows:
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`2 Nokia also notes that I granted a prior motion to seal similar confidential information. Koppelman Decl. ¶
`4. That motion was subject only to the good cause standard, whereas this one is subject to the compelling
`justification standard. See Dkt. No. 188.
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`Document
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`Requesting Party and Portion
`to be Sealed
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`Description of Contents Court Ruling
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`Dkt. 327-8
`Huawei’s MSJ
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`Dkt. 327-46
`McBride Decl.,
`Exh. 26
`(deposition)
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`Dkt. 327-47
`McBride Decl.,
`Exh. 27 (expert
`report)
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`Dkt. 327-49
`McBride Decl.,
`Exh. 29
`(quantization
`coefficients)
`Dkt. 327-51
`McBride Decl.,
`Exh. 36 (expert
`report)
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`Dkt. 327-52
`McBride Decl.,
`Exh. 37
`(deposition)
`Dkt. 327-55
`McBride Decl.,
`Exh. 41 (expert
`report)
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`Huawei: yellow-highlighted
`portions (page 14, lines 1-11,
`table; page 18, lines 1-27 and
`Figure 8; page 19, lines 1-7
`including Figure, footnote 13)
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`Samsung: green-highlighted
`portions on page 9, line 16; page
`14, table
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`Qualcomm: blue-highlighted
`portions (page 14, table; page 19,
`lines 8-22)
`Huawei: the redacted portions on
`pages 68-69
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`Huawei: the redacted portions on
`pages 126-27; 141-46, including
`all of Figure 8 on page 144 and
`Figure 3 on page 145; 155; 157;
`158, including all of Figure 8;
`159, including all of Figure 3;
`160-62; 222-23; 232; 234; 274)
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`Qualcomm: blue-highlighted
`portions on pages 146-47, 155,
`162-63
`Huawei: page 3, entire page
`Samsung: page 1, entire page
`Qualcomm: page 2, entire page
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`Huawei: yellow-highlighted
`portions (pages 119, 167-71, 180-
`83)
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`Qualcomm: blue-highlighted
`portions on pages 171-74, 183-87
`Huawei: yellow-highlighted
`portions (pages 233, 237, 282)
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`Huawei: yellow-highlighted
`portions (pages 141-43)
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`Qualcomm: blue-highlighted
`portions (pages 148-49)
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`Confidential product
`details and source code
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`GRANTED
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`Descriptions of product
`functions
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`GRANTED
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`Source code and
`confidential product
`functions
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`GRANTED
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`Exact values of
`quantization coefficients
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`GRANTED
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`Detailed descriptions of
`source code
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`GRANTED
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`Discussions of product
`functions
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`GRANTED
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`Confidential product
`functions and source
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`Document
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`Requesting Party and Portion
`to be Sealed
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`Description of Contents Court Ruling
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`Dkt. 327-56
`McBride Decl.,
`Exh. 42 (expert
`report)
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`Dkt. 327-4
`Huawei’s Daubert
`Motion on
`Technical Issues
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`Dkt. 327-10
`McBride Decl.,
`Exh. 2 (expert
`report)
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`Dkt. 327-14
`McBride Decl.,
`Exh. 11 (expert
`report)
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`Dkt. 327-15
`McBride Decl.,
`Exh. 12 (expert
`report)
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`Huawei: yellow-highlighted
`portions (pages 56-57)
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`Qualcomm: blue-highlighted
`portions (page 60)
`Huawei: yellow-highlighted
`portions (page 20, line 27 to page
`21 line 1; page 25, lines 1-6)
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`Samsung: green-highlighted
`portion on page 16, line 5
`(between “standard” and “they
`are not”)
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`Qualcomm: blue-highlighted
`portions (page 20, lines 25-27;
`page 25, lines 7-11)
`Samsung: Page 55, paragraph
`118; page 63, the last sentence of
`paragraph 136, paragraph 138,
`footnote 3; page 66, paragraph
`145; page 69, paragraphs 150-51;
`page 74, paragraph 162; page 77,
`paragraphs 169-70
`Huawei: yellow-highlighted
`portions (pages 165, 166-68
`including Figure 8 and Figure 3,
`170-76 including Figure 8, Figure
`19, and Figure 21, 179-84
`including Figure 8 and Figure 3)
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`Qualcomm: blue-highlighted
`portions (pages 163, 168-69, 177,
`184-85)
`Huawei: yellow-highlighted
`portions (pages 36, 203-05, 246)
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`Qualcomm: blue-highlighted
`portions (pages 205-07, 246-47)
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`Confidential product
`functions and source
`code
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`GRANTED
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`Quoting expert
`discussions of
`confidential product
`features
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`GRANTED
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`Confidential product
`functions and source
`code
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`GRANTED
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`Specific descriptions of
`source code and product
`functionality, including
`figures
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`GRANTED
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`GRANTED
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`Detailed descriptions of
`source code along with
`features and
`functionality of accused
`products
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`Document
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`Requesting Party and Portion
`to be Sealed
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`Description of Contents Court Ruling
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`Dkt. 327-17
`McBride Decl.,
`Exh. 15 (expert
`report)
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`Dkt. 327-20
`McBride Decl.,
`Exh. 23 (expert
`report)
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`Dkt. 333-2
`Samsung’s MSJ
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`Dkt. 333-4
`(declaration)
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`Dkt. 333-5
`(declaration)
`Dkt. 333-9
`Exhibit B (expert
`report)
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`Dkt. 333-21
`(resubmitted at
`Dk. 422-9)
`Exhibit I (expert
`report)
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`Qualcomm: entire document
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`Samsung: page 36, the portion of
`paragraph 95 between “LTE
`standard” and “they are not
`Zadoff-Chu”; page 46, the portion
`of paragraph 115 between
`“acquired by the Asserted
`Claims” and “Third”; page 48, the
`portion of paragraph 119 between
`“3GPP TS 36.211 at § 5.7.2” and
`“Because the Accused Products”,
`header (a); pages 48-49,
`paragraphs 120-21; page 50, the
`last two sentences of paragraph
`123, header (a), paragraph 124;
`page 51, paragraphs 125-26
`Huawei: yellow-highlighted
`portions (pages 172-77, 180-81)
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`Qualcomm: blue-highlighted
`portions (pages 177-79)
`Samsung: blue-highlighted
`portions on page 15, lines 3-28;
`page 16, lines 1-21
`Samsung: paragraphs 3-5
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`Samsung: blue-highlighted
`portion on page 10, lines 10-11
`Samsung: paragraph 241 on page
`81; paragraphs 438-39 on page
`148; paragraphs 445-47 on page
`149; paragraphs 450-52 on page
`150
`Samsung: blue-highlighted
`portions of paragraphs 245-46 on
`page 108; paragraphs 249-50 on
`page 109; Qualcomm Source
`Code Analysis, page 1;
`Shannon333 Source Code
`Analysis, page 1
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`AT&T, T-Mobile: purple-
`highlighted portions of paragraph
`124 on page 50 other than
`“Sprint”
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`References to source
`code along with
`discussions about how
`the patents function and
`the merits of the asserted
`claims
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`Qualcomm’s request is
`overbroad. Parts of the report
`are not sealable because they
`merely describe how the
`patents function and give other
`generalities about the case.
`Qualcomm’s request to seal
`the entire document is
`DENIED with leave to
`amend.
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`Samsung’s request is
`GRANTED.
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`Specific descriptions of
`the functions and source
`code of accused products
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`GRANTED
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`GRANTED
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`Arguments regarding
`confidential features of
`the accused products
`Descriptions of
`confidential features of
`the accused products
`Reference to source code GRANTED
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`GRANTED
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`Detailed description of
`source code and
`confidential functions of
`accused products
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`Confidential features of
`accused products and
`other products
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`GRANTED
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`Document
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`Dkt. 333-23
`Exhibit J
`(deposition)
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`Dkt. 333-26
`Exhibit L
`(deposition)
`Dkt. 333-28
`Exhibit M
`(deposition)
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`Dkt. 333-30
`Exhibit N
`(unofficial
`deposition
`transcript)
`Dkt. 333-32
`Exhibit O
`(declaration)
`Dkt. 333-36
`Exhibit Q
`(declaration)
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`Requesting Party and Portion
`to be Sealed
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`Samsung: page 282, lines 22-25;
`page 283, lines 1-25; page 284,
`lines 1-19; page 285, lines 1-3,
`14-21; page 286, lines 9-11, 23-
`24; page 287, lines 3-13; page
`289, lines 1-20; page 290, lines
`11-14; page 291, lines 17-25;
`page 292, lines 1-3
`Samsung: page 100, line 19
`through page 103, line 15
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`Samsung: page 22, lines 6-7; page
`23, lines 3-8; page 24, lines 1-7,
`23-24; page 50, lines 17-25; page
`51, lines 1-5, 9-11; page 52, first
`two words on line 2, first word on
`line 9; page 53, lines 1-24; page
`60, lines 5-9, 18-25; page 61,
`lines 1-25; page 62, lines 1-22
`Samsung: page 4, lines 1-7, 25;
`page 5, lines 4-25; page 6, lines 1-
`5; page 24, lines 24-25; page 25,
`lines 1-3
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`AT&T: entire document
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`T-Mobile: entire document
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`Description of Contents Court Ruling
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`Discussions of
`confidential features of
`accused products
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`GRANTED
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`Discussions of
`confidential features of
`accused products
`Discussions of
`confidential features of
`accused products
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`GRANTED
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`GRANTED
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`Discussions of
`confidential features of
`accused products
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`GRANTED
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`Detailed discussions of
`AT&T’s LTE wireless
`communication network
`Detailed discussions of
`T-Mobile’s LTE wireless
`communication network
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`GRANTED
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`GRANTED
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`Dkt. 333-38
`Exhibit R (expert
`report)
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`Nokia: pages 46-51
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`Discussions of Motorola
`patent development
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`This request is not narrowly
`tailored, see Civ. L.R. 79-5(b),
`and it includes expert patent
`discussions, which are not
`sealable, see 9/25/18 Order 93.
`This request is DENIED with
`leave to amend.
`GRANTED
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`Dkt. 334-2
`Samsung’s
`Motion to Strike
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`Dkt. 334-13
`Exhibit F
`(response to
`interrogatories)
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`Huawei: green-highlighted
`portions on page 16, lines 3-7
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`Confidential product
`functions
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`Huawei: page 78, lines 24-26;
`page 79, lines 14-16; page 81,
`lines 12-14, 28; page 82, lines 1-2
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`Confidential product
`functions
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`Document
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`Requesting Party and Portion
`to be Sealed
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`Description of Contents Court Ruling
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`Dkt. 334-25
`Exhibit L (expert
`report)
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`Dkt. 334-29
`Exhibit N (expert
`report)
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`Dkt. 334-36
`Exhibit R (expert
`report)
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`Dkt. 347-6
`Huawei’s Opp. to
`Samsung’s MSJ
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`Dkt. 347-10
`Akl Declaration
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`Dkt. 347-12
`Mahon
`Declaration
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`Huawei: page 56-59, paragraphs
`141-143; pages 66-68, text from
`heading 1 to paragraph 173
`inclusive; pages 70-71, paragraph
`180
`Huawei: page 77, paragraph 203;
`pages 78-79, paragraph 205
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`Qualcomm: pages 79-81,
`paragraphs 208-211
`Samsung: paragraphs 258-70 on
`pages 89-91; paragraphs 272-81
`on pages 91-93; paragraph 283 on
`page 93; paragraphs 291-93 on
`pages 95-96; paragraphs 296-304
`on pages 97- 101; paragraphs
`307-13 on pages 101-05;
`paragraphs 325-37 on pages 108-
`10; paragraphs 339-74 on pages
`110-18
`Samsung: green-highlighted
`portions (pages 13-19, including
`images on page 15)
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`Nokia: blue-highlighted portions
`(pages 19-21)
`Samsung: green-highlighted
`portions (pages 2-3)
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`Nokia: blue-highlighted portions
`(pages 2-3)
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`Source code and
`confidential product
`functions
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`GRANTED
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`Confidential functions of
`accused products
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`GRANTED
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`Frequent references to
`source code and detailed
`descriptions of functions
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`GRANTED
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`Arguments regarding
`confidential product
`functions
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`GRANTED
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`Descriptions of source
`code and confidential
`product features
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`Descriptions of
`confidential product
`features
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`Description of Contents Court Ruling
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`Dkt. 347-16
`Szczepanik
`Declaration
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`At page 1: Exh. 3
`(deposition)
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`At page 19: Exhs.
`4-9 (deposition)
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`At page 247: Exh.
`10 (deposition)
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`At page 253:
`Exhs. 11-12
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`slides)
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`At page 281:
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`At page 540: Exh.
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`At page 610: Exh.
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`Samsung: page 22, lines 6-7; page
`23, lines 3-8; page 27, lines 22-
`23; page 33, lines 11-12, 23-25;
`page 34, lines 1, 17-25; page 35,
`lines 1- 25; page 36, lines 1-24;
`page 38, lines 2-24; page 61, lines
`1-25; page 62, lines 1-22; page
`63, lines 17-25
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`Samsung: entire document
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`Samsung: page 148, lines 2-6, 19-
`25; page 149, lines 1-3
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`Nokia: entire document
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`Samsung: entire document
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`Qualcomm: entire document
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`Samsung: entire document
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`Samsung: green-highlighted
`portions (paragraphs 137-236,
`243-46, 249-54, 267, including
`figures and table adjacent to those
`paragraphs)
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`Samsung: green-highlighted
`portions (paragraphs 4-12
`including table adjacent to
`paragraph 12
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`Discussions about
`confidential product
`features
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`Some discussion of
`confidential features
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`Discussions about
`confidential product
`features
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`Some discussion of
`confidential features,
`product testing, meeting,
`and presentation
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`Exh. 16: some references
`to source code and
`confidential products.
`Exhs. 26-41: detailed
`charts and tables with
`confidential product
`features
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`Detailed charts, tables,
`and slides with
`confidential product
`features
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`Detailed confidential
`product testing reports
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`Near-constant references
`to source code,
`confidential product
`features, and testing
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`Discussion of
`confidential product
`features
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`DENIED with leave to
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`Not narrowly tailored;
`DENIED with leave to
`amend
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`Exh. 16 request is not
`narrowly tailored; DENIED
`with leave to amend.
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`Requesting Party and Portion
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`Description of Contents Court Ruling
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`Dkt. 347-8
`Huawei’s Opp. to
`Samsung’s Mtn.
`to Strike
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`Dkt. 347-18
`Yang Decl.
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`At page 6: Exh. 3
`(response to
`interrogatories)
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`At page 38: Exh.
`10 (expert report)
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`At page 64: Exh.
`14 (expert report)
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`Dkt. 355-4
`Samsung’s
`Opposition to
`Huawei’s Daubert
`Motion
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`Dkt. 355-7
`Exhibit A (expert
`report)
`Dkt. 355-10
`Exhibit C (expert
`report)
`Dkt. 355-21
`Exhibit L
`(response to
`interrogatories)
`Dkt. 355-23
`Exhibit M (expert
`report)
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`Huawei: yellow-highlighted
`portions (pages 13-15)
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`Samsung: green-highlighted
`portion (page 4, lines 3-4)
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`Samsung: page 36, lines 8-26;
`page 57, lines 1 through page 61,
`line 25; page 62, line 25-28; page
`87, line 1 through page 93, line 20
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`Samsung: green-highlighted
`portions (pages 174-75, 185)
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`Huawei: paragraphs 536-540, 547
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`Samsung: paragraphs 703-705 on
`page 274
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`Qualcomm: paragraph 542
`Huawei: yellow-highlighted
`portions on page 24, lines 24-27
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`Qualcomm: purple-highlighted
`portions on page 20, lines 25-26;
`page 23, lines 1-2; page 24, lines
`24-28; and page 25, lines 1-3
`Samsung: blue-highlighted
`portions of paragraphs 118, 145,
`150-51, 162, 169-70
`Samsung: blue-highlighted
`portions on pages 28, 37, 45, and
`48-51
`Huawei: page 78, lines 25-26
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`
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`Huawei: yellow-highlighted
`portions on pages 174-75, and
`177
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`Qualcomm: purple-highlighted
`portion on pages 177-78
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`Confidential product
`features
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`Excerpt of source code
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`GRANTED
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`GRANTED
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`Near constant references
`to product source code
`and functionality
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`confidential product
`features
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`features
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`Same
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`Same
`Descriptions of product
`functions
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`Descriptions of product
`functions and source
`code
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`References to
`confidential product
`features and source code
`Descriptions of product
`features, of how source
`code functions
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`features
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`product features
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`Document
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`Requesting Party and Portion
`to be Sealed
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`Description of Contents Court Ruling
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`Dkt. 357-4
`Samsung’s
`Opposition to
`Huawei’s MSJ
`
`Dkt. 357-24
`Exhibit 11
`(internal
`specifications)
`Dkt. 357-26
`Exhibit 12
`(internal
`specifications)
`Dkt. 357-29
`Exhibit 14 (expert
`report)
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`Dkt. 357-31
`Exhibit 15
`(response to
`interrogatories)
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`Dkt. 357-33
`Exhibit 16
`(deposition)
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`Dkt. 357-35
`Exhibit 17
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`Dkt. 357-38
`Exhibit 19 (expert
`report)
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`Huawei: yellow-highlighted
`portions on page 12, lines 12-13;
`page 13, lines 2-8, 18
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`Huawei, Samsung: green-
`highlighted portions on page 12,
`lines 21-24; page 13, line 1
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`Samsung: blue-highlighted
`portions on page 9, lines 23-25;
`page 12, line 21; page 13, lines 2-
`8
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`Qualcomm: purple-highlighted
`portion on page 13, lines 2-8
`Huawei: entire document
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`References to source
`code, quantization
`coefficients
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`Quantization coefficients
`and product functionality
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`No blue highlighting on
`page 9; elsewhere,
`product features and
`quantization coefficients
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`Quantization coefficients
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`Source code
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`GRANTED
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`GRANTED
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`DENIED with leave to
`amend as to page 9;
`GRANTED as to other
`requests
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`GRANTED
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`GRANTED
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`Huawei: entire document
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`Source code
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`GRANTED
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`Huawei: yellow-highlighted
`portions of pages 126-27, 223-26
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`Qualcomm: purple-highlighted
`portions of pages 222, 226-27
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`Samsung: blue-highlighted
`portions of pages 273-74
`Huawei: pages 19-24 (Build ID
`information)
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`Qualcomm: green-highlighted
`portions on pages 89, lines 13-17;
`page 90, lines 3-9
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`Samsung: blue-highlighted
`portion on page 1
`Qualcomm: purple-highlighted
`portion on page 2
`Huawei: yellow-highlighted
`portion on page 3
`Huawei: yellow-highlighted
`portions on pages 36-38
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`Qualcomm: purple-highlighted
`portion on pages 38-39
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`Source code and product
`features
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`GRANTED
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`Confidential product
`features
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`GRANTED
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`Descriptions of expert
`analysis of quantization
`coefficients and cell-
`specific ratios
`Quantization coefficient
`values
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`GRANTED
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`Descriptions of source
`code and product
`features
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`Requesting Party and Portion
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`Description of Contents Court Ruling
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`Huawei: yellow-highlighted
`portions on pages 154
`(paragraphs 534-35), 155-56, 167
`(paragraphs 568- 70), 168-71,
`173-75 (paragraphs 594, 596-97),
`180 (paragraphs 608-09), 181-83
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`Qualcomm: purple-highlighted
`portions on pages 156-57, 171-73,
`183-86
`Huawei: yellow-highlighted
`portions on page 141-47, 156-58,
`191-95
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`Qualcomm: purple-highlighted
`portions on pages 147-51, 158-62,
`195-97, 238-39, 304
`Samsung: blue-highlighted
`portions on page 9, lines 10-12,
`15-16, 21-22; page 10, lines 4-9,
`13, 15-16, 18; page 11, lines 3-4;
`page 12, lines 5-10, 13-28; page
`13, lines 1-11
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`AT&T, T-Mobile: purple-
`highlighted portions on page 10,
`lines 19, 22-27; page 11, lines 1-
`2, 14-16, 26-28
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`Nokia: purple-highlighted
`portions on page 13, lines 22-23;
`page 14, lines 1-4; page 15, lines
`5-7, 18
`Nokia: entire document
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`Nokia: entire document
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`Huawei: Within the yellow-
`highlighted portions (pages 3-5,
`8): page 8 lines 27-28
`Samsung: entire document
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`Dkt. 357-40
`Exhibit 20 (expert
`report)
`
`Dkt. 357-46
`Exhibit 25 (expert
`report)
`
`Dkt. 369-4
`Samsung’s MSJ
`Reply
`
`Dkt. 369-10
`Exhibit D
`(exemplary
`disclosures)
`Dkt. 369-12
`Exhibit E
`(deposition)
`
`Dkt. 371-4
`Huawei’s MSJ
`Reply
`Dkt. 371-15
`McBride MSJ
`Decl. Exhibit 51
`(response to
`interrogatories)
`
`Confidential product
`features and source code
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`GRANTED
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`Confidential product
`features, details of their
`development, and
`references to source code
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`GRANTED
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`Confidential product
`functions and testing
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`GRANTED
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`Confidential product
`functions
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`GRANTED
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`Expert discussions of
`provisional patent
`application
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`Details about
`quantization coefficients
`and cell-specific ratios
`Near constant references
`to source code and
`confidential product
`functions
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`Description of Contents Court Ruling
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`Dkt. 371-17
`McBride Daubert
`Decl. Exhibit 37
`(expert report)
`
`Dkt. 371-19
`McBride Daubert
`Decl. Exhibit 39
`(expert report)
`
`Huawei: yellow-highlighted
`portions (pages 168-71, 203-05,
`246)
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`Qualcomm: blue-highlighted
`portions (pages 171-73, 205-07,
`246-47)
`Samsung: paragraphs 118, 145,
`150-51, 162, 169-70
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`Descriptions of source
`code and product
`functions
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`GRANTED
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`Confidential product
`features
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`B.
`Licensing Information, Terms, and Counterparty Identity
`In my September 25, 2018 Order, I advised the parties that certain aspects of licensing
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`negotiations and agreements would be sealable while others would not be. 9/25/18 Order 93. For
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`example, percentages of royalties and the identities of third parties to licensing agreements can be
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`sealable if not publicly known. Id. But other provisions are not sealable “unless a person with
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`knowledge explains why specific provisions are so unique to that agreement that disclosure would
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`cause significant harm.” Id.
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`Huawei seeks to seal confidential information about licensing agreements and negotiations.
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`Zhang Decl. ¶ 6. If that information becomes public, competitors or potential licensing partners
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`“could gain unfair insight and leverage . . . creating an asymmetry of information and bargaining
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`power.” Id. Huawei further asserts that it seeks to seal the identity of a counterparty to one
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`license agreement with unique, confidential terms. Id. ¶ 7. Huawei asks that the counterparty’s
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`identity and the terms of the agreement not be simultaneously disclosed. Id. Finally, Huawei
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`requests sealing of the licensing agreement itself, which would allow the public to identify the
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`counterparty. Id. Samsung seeks to seal information related to highly confidential licensing
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`negotiations with Huawei and third parties that includes royalty rates and offers. Chang Decl. ¶ 5.
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`Public disclosure would allow competitors to gain an advantage over Samsung in future
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`negotiations. Id.
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`The parties’ requests and my orders are as follows:
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`Description of Contents Court Ruling
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`Dkt. No. 327-8
`Huawei’s MSJ
`Dkt. 327-33
`McBride Decl.,
`Exh. 9 (depo)
`Dkt. 327-37
`McBride Decl.,
`Exh. 13 (emails)
`Dkt. 327-38
`McBride Decl.,
`Exh. 14 (letter)
`Dkt. 327-25
`Peterson Decl.,
`Exh. 2 (expert
`report)
`
`Dkt. 331-2
`Samsung’s
`Motion to
`Partially Exclude
`
`Dkt. 331-6
`Exhibit 1
`(resubmitted at
`Dkt. 422-1)
`(expert report)
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`Samsung: the redacted portion on
`page 9 line 16
`Huawei, Samsung: yellow-
`highlighted portions
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`Huawei, Samsung: page 1,
`number shown in phrase “XXX
`US Dollars per terminal product”
`Huawei, Samsung: page 2,
`number shown in phrase “royalty
`of XXX USD to get a release”
`Huawei, Samsung: within the
`yellow-highlighted portions (page
`15, paragraphs 29-31): royalty
`rates in paragraphs 29 and 31
`(“same rate of XXX,” “rate of
`XXX per unit for UMTS essential
`patents and XXX per unit for
`LTE,” “demand of XXX,” “any
`basis for the XXX or XXX rates”)
`Huawei: yellow-highlighted
`portions on page i, line 7; page 1,
`lines 8-11, 13-14, 17-28; page 2,
`line 6, 15, 13-17; page 5, lines 19-
`27; page 6, lines 1-18, 25-28;
`page 7, lines 3-4, 25; page 8, line
`24
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`Huawei, Samsung: green-
`highlighted portion on page 1,
`lines 13-14
`Huawei: entire document, except
`for the following portions that can
`be made public: paragraphs 12-
`14, 19, 21-24, 30-31, 69-80, 84-
`90, 93- 97, 99
`
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`Samsung: blue-highlighted
`portions of paragraphs 16, 18, 28,
`81, 134, 157-63, 166-71, 176-80;
`figures 1, 3, 29-32, 42-61, 63-64;
`footnotes 9, 166-67, 195, 327,
`387, 390, 396, 401, 404, 428;
`schedules 6.1, 10.1, 13.1;
`Appendix D, Figures 1-2
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`Information about
`royalties
`Counterparty identities
`and comparative terms
`describing royalties
`Royalty figure
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`GRANTED
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`GRANTED
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`GRANTED
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`Royalty figure
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`GRANTED
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`Royalty rates
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`GRANTED
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`Name of license
`counterparty
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`GRANTED
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`GRANTED
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`Overbroad; DENIED with
`leave to amend.4 Huawei
`should request narrowly
`tailored redactions in
`compliance with Civ. L.R. 79-
`5(b).
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`GRANTED
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`76-page document with
`royalty rates along with
`information about
`business operations (ex:
`sales data)
`
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`Primarily royalty rates
`and language of
`comparison with some
`refer