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

Filing 1660

ORDER by Judge Lucy H. Koh granting 1645 Administrative Motion to File Under Seal (lhklc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 8/10/2012)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 United States District Court For the Northern District of California 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION APPLE, INC., a California corporation, ) ) Plaintiff, ) v. ) ) SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., a ) Korean corporation; SAMSUNG ) ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC., a New York ) corporation; SAMSUNG ) TELECOMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, LLC, ) a Delaware limited liability company, ) ) Defendants. ) ) ) Case No.: 11-CV-01846-LHK ORDER REGARDING REQUEST FOR SEALING RELATED TO BORIS TEKSLER Consistent with this Court’s Order Regarding Sealing Motions, the Court finds that the 20 compensation terms of the licensing agreement is properly sealable as Apple and IBM have 21 established “compelling reasons” for its sealing. See ECF No. 1649 (citing Kamakana v. City and 22 Cnty. of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1178 (9th Cir. 2006)). However, also consistent with this 23 Court’s Order Regarding Sealing Motions, the duration term of the license is not properly sealable. 24 Accordingly, the Court GRANTS in part IBM and Apple’s request to seal portions of DX2592 and 25 DX2593. The information designated by Apple may be sealed, except for section 7.1 of DX2592, 26 which discloses the duration term of the license. 27 28 1 Case No.: 11-CV-01846-LHK ORDER GRANTING IN PART SEALING REQUEST 1 IT IS SO ORDERED. 2 Dated: August 10, 2012 _________________________________ LUCY H. KOH United States District Judge 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 United States District Court For the Northern District of California 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2 Case No.: 11-CV-01846-LHK ORDER GRANTING IN PART SEALING REQUEST

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