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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
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`Plaintiffs,
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`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO, LTD., et
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`Defendants.
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`Case No. 3:16-cv-02787-WHO
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`ORDER ON AMENDED MOTIONS TO
`SEAL
`Re: Dkt. Nos. 457, 458
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`On January 30, 2019, I issued an Order on numerous motions to seal that remained
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`pending in this case. Order on Pending Motions to Seal (“1/30/19 Order”) [Dkt. No. 446]. I
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`denied some of the parties’ requests because they were overbroad and others because they were
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`insufficiently justified under the Ninth Circuit’s compelling reasons standard. See generally id. I
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`gave the parties leave to amend, and they submitted their amended requests on February 19, 2019.
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`Samsung’s Amended Motion [Dkt. No. 457]; Huawei’s Amended Motion [Dkt. No. 458]. I now
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`address those amendments.
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`The parties rely on some of the same justifications I addressed in my prior Order, including
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`source code, confidential product information, licensing information, and sales and financial data.
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`I incorporate those justifications by reference. See 1/30/19 Order 2–3, 13, 19. In their
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`amendments, the parties reduced the scope of requests I denied as overbroad. They also submitted
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`declarations from third parties in support of requests I denied as insufficiently justified. The latter
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`requests fall into two categories. First, Huawei and Samsung seek to seal information from
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`research reports they purchased from Signals Research and ABI Research. The chief operating
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`officer of ABI Research asserts that public disclosure of the report will significantly harm its
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`competitive standing because customers will no longer have to pay to access it. Declaration of
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`Edward Rerisi [Dkt. No. 457-19] ¶¶ 5–6; see also Declaration of Xiaowu Zhang [Dkt. No. 458-2]
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`¶ 8. Second, InterDigital, Inc. seeks to seal confidential information including internal practices,
`licensing strategies, and arbitration information.1 Declaration of Ranae McElvaine [Dkt. No. 458-
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`1] ¶¶ 7–8. Public disclosure would cause competitive harm to its licensing business. Id. ¶ 7.
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`These declarations are sufficient to cure the deficiencies I noted in my prior Order. But as
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`I wrote there, just because I agree to seal information at this juncture does not necessarily mean it
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`will remain sealable at trial, particularly if it is key to the public’s ability to understand the case
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`and the parties’ respective arguments. 1/30/19 Order 2 n.1. The parties’ requests and my orders
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`are as follows:
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`Document
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`Dkt. 327-26
`(Peterson Decl.,
`Exh. 3)
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`Dkt. 331-6
`Exhibit 1
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`Dkt. 422-1)
`(expert report)
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`Dkt. 331-8
`Exhibit 2
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`Dkt. 422-2)
`(expert report)
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`Dkt. 331-12
`Exhibit 4
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`Dkt. 422-4)
`(expert report)
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`Requesting Party and Portion
`to be Sealed
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`Description of Contents Court Ruling
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`Huawei: yellow-highlighted
`portions (page 13, paragraph 14)
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`License counterparty
`name
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`GRANTED
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`Huawei: yellow-highlighted
`portions on pages 5, 9-11, 13-16,
`18, 44, 45, 47-49, 53, 54, 57, 60-
`62, 66, 77, 78, 81, 89, 90, 97, 98,
`Schedules 21.2-21.5, and in
`Appendix D
`Huawei, Samsung: green-
`highlighted portions on pages 38-
`39 and footnote 87
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`Samsung: blue-highlighted
`portions on pages 38-39
`Huawei: yellow-highlighted
`portions on pages 11-12, and 27
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`Licensing information,
`sales and financial
`information, proprietary
`data
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`Licensing information
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`Licensing information
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`Licensing information,
`sales and financial
`information
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`GRANTED
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`GRANTED
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`GRANTED
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`GRANTED
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`1 Huawei asserts that InterDigital’s requests are associated with a motion to strike an expert report
`and thus are subject to the good cause standard. See Huawei’s Amended Motion 5; United States
`v. Celgene Corp., No. CV 10-3165 GHK, 2016 WL 6609375, at *4 (C.D. Cal. Aug. 23, 2016)
`(applying the good cause standard to a motion to seal associated with a motion to strike portions of
`a supplemental expert report).
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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. 331-18
`Exhibit 7
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`Dkt. 422-6)
`(expert report)
`Dkt. 331-20
`Exhibit 8
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`Dkt. 422-7)
`(expert report)
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`Dkt. 331-23
`Exhibit 10
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`Dkt. 347-14 at 54
`Exhibit 5
`(deposition)
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`At 89 Exhibit 10
`(expert report)
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`At 101 Exhibit 11
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`Dkt. 347-16
`Szczepanik
`Declaration
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`At page 19:
`Exhibits 4-9
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`At page 281
`Exhibit 16
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`Huawei: yellow-highlighted
`portions on pages 34-37, 113-119,
`and 121-122
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`Signals Research
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`GRANTED
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`Huawei: yellow-highlighted
`portions on pages 62-71, and 75
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`Huawei, Samsung: green-
`highlighted portions of
`paragraphs 163, 164, 179
`Samsung: entire document
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`Licensing information
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`Licensing information
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`GRANTED
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`GRANTED
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`ABI Research Report
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`GRANTED
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`Samsung: red boxes on pages
`204- 209
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`Interdigital: second and third
`sentences of paragraph 17
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`Samsung: red boxes on page 35
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`Samsung: blue highlighted
`portions of Exhibit 4 (pages 25,
`28-33), Exhibit 5 (pages 22-24,
`29, 100-113, 115- 130, 188-190),
`Exhibit 6 (pages 24, 25, 27, 28,
`33, 34, 37, 38, 87-89, 102, 107,
`108, 111-113, 115- 121, 128-135,
`139-142, 168-175, 181-183, 191,
`192, 197-199, 204-208, 211-213,
`217-220, 226, 227, 231-236, 239-
`245), Exhibit 7 (entire exhibit),
`Exhibit 8 (entire exhibit), Exhibit
`9 (pages 33-38, 49, 51-55, 57-65,
`67-73, 75-82, 89-95, 99-103)
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`Samsung: blue highlighted
`portions on pages 73-76, 78, 80,
`81, 83-85, 87-90, 92-94, 105
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`Royalty rates
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`Arbitration information
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`Information about the
`parties’ investments in
`research and design
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`Some discussion of
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`Some references to
`source code and
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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
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`362)
`Dkt. 357-8
`Exhibit 2
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`Dkt. 357-12
`Exhibit 4
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`Dkt. 378-10
`Exhibit 3 (expert
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`Samsung: blue highlighted
`portion on page 9, line 24
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`Sales and financial
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`GRANTED
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`Huawei: yellow-highlighted
`portions on pages 137- 138
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`Licensing information
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`GRANTED
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`Huawei: yellow-highlighted
`portions on page 171
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`Licensing information
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`GRANTED
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`Huawei, Samsung: Yellow-
`highlighted portions on pages 53,
`92, 101, and in Appendix D
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`Samsung: Blue-highlighted
`portions on page 53, footnote 195
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`Licensing information,
`sales and financial
`information, proprietary
`data
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`Sales and financial
`information, proprietary
`data
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`GRANTED
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`IT IS SO ORDERED.
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`Dated: February 25, 2019
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`William H. Orrick
`United States District Judge
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