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Slot Speaker Techs., Inc. v. Apple, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
Aug 17, 2018
Case No. 13-cv-01161-HSG (N.D. Cal. Aug. 17, 2018)

Opinion

Case No. 13-cv-01161-HSG

08-17-2018

SLOT SPEAKER TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Plaintiff, v. APPLE, INC., Defendant.


ORDER ON DEFENDANT'S ADMINISTRATIVE MOTIONS TO SEAL

Re: Dkt. Nos. 354, 366, 368, 370, 377, 387, 414, 416, 418, 426, 453, 457, 459, 465, 488, 490, 492, 494, 521, 523, 547

Pending before the Court are Defendant Apple, Inc.'s ("Apple") administrative motions to file under seal various documents pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5. See Dkt. Nos. 354, 366, 368, 370, 377, 387, 414, 416, 418, 426, 453, 457, 459, 465, 488, 490, 492, 494, 521, 523, 547.

I. LEGAL STANDARD

Courts generally apply a "compelling reasons" standard when considering motions to seal documents. Pintos v. Pac. Creditors Ass'n, 605 F.3d 665, 678 (9th Cir. 2010) (quoting Kamakana v. City & Cnty. of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1178 (9th Cir. 2006)). "This standard derives from the common law right 'to inspect and copy public records and documents, including judicial records and documents.'" Id. (quoting Kamakana, 447 F.3d at 1178). "[A] strong presumption in favor of access is the starting point." Kamakana, 447 F.3d at 1178 (quotation omitted). To overcome this strong presumption, the party seeking to seal a judicial record attached to a dispositive motion must "articulate compelling reasons supported by specific factual findings that outweigh the general history of access and the public policies favoring disclosure, such as the public interest in understanding the judicial process" and "significant public events." Id. at 1178-79 (quotation omitted). "In general, 'compelling reasons' sufficient to outweigh the public's interest in disclosure and justify sealing court records exist when such 'court files might have become a vehicle for improper purposes,' such as the use of records to gratify private spite, promote public scandal, circulate libelous statements, or release trade secrets." Id. at 1179 (quoting Nixon v. Warner Commc'ns, Inc., 435 U.S. 589, 598 (1978)). "The mere fact that the production of records may lead to a litigant's embarrassment, incrimination, or exposure to further litigation will not, without more, compel the court to seal its records." Id.

The Court must "balance[] the competing interests of the public and the party who seeks to keep certain judicial records secret. After considering these interests, if the court decides to seal certain judicial records, it must base its decision on a compelling reason and articulate the factual basis for its ruling, without relying on hypothesis or conjecture." Id. Civil Local Rule 79-5 supplements the compelling reasons standard set forth in Kamakana: the party seeking to file a document or portions of it under seal must "establish[] that the document, or portions thereof, are privileged, protectable as a trade secret or otherwise entitled to protection under the law . . . The request must be narrowly tailored to seek sealing only of sealable material." Civil L.R. 79-5(b).

Records attached to nondispositive motions, however, are not subject to the strong presumption of access. See Kamakana, 447 F.3d at 1179. Because such records "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) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Id. at 1179-80 (quotation omitted). This requires only a "particularized showing" that "specific prejudice or harm will result" if the information is disclosed. Phillips ex rel. Estates of Byrd v. Gen. Motors Corp., 307 F.3d 1206, 1210-11 (9th Cir. 2002); see also Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(c). "Broad allegations of harm, unsubstantiated by specific examples of articulated reasoning" will not suffice. Beckman Indus., Inc. v. Int'l Ins. Co., 966 F.2d 470, 476 (9th Cir. 1992) (quotation omitted).

II. DISCUSSION

Apple's various documents are more than tangentially related to the underlying cause of action, and the Court therefore applies the "compelling reasons" standard. Apple has provided a compelling interest in sealing portions of the various documents listed below because they contain confidential business information relating to the design and operation of Apple's products, and/or confidential business and financial information relating to the operations and products of Plaintiff Slot Speaker Technologies, Inc. ("SST"), Apple, or third parties. See Apple Inc. v. Samsung Elecs. Co., Ltd., No. 11-CV-01846-LHK, 2012 WL 6115623 (N.D. Cal. Dec. 10, 2012); see also Agency Solutions.Com, LLC v. TriZetto Group, Inc., 819 F. Supp. 2d 1001, 1017 (E.D. Cal. 2011); Linex Techs., Inc. v. Hewlett-Packard Co., No. C 13-159 CW, 2014 WL 6901744 (N.D. Cal. Dec. 8, 2014) (holding sensitive financial information falls within the class of documents that may be filed under seal). Apple has identified portions of the unredacted versions of Motions and exhibits as containing confidential business information; the Court finds this to be a sufficiently compelling reason to grant the below-indicated portions under seal.

For other documents and portions of documents listed below, Apple has failed to narrowly tailor the redactions to confidential business information relating to Apple and/or SST products and business methods.

A number of Apple's proposed redactions indicate contingency upon SST filing a declaration in support of those portions sought to be redacted. As evidenced in the chart, the Court DENIES the sealing of documents relating to SST CBI for which neither Apple nor SST has provided support. --------

Apple requests the following portions of the various documents be sealed:

Docket NumberPublic/(Sealed)

Document

Portions Sought to be Sealed

Ruling

354-3/(354-4)

Motion to Strike Op.Elliott

Page 11

GRANTED

No Public VersionFiled/(354-7)

Excerpts from FinchamDepo., Ex. 9

Entire document

DENIED

No Public VersionFiled/(354-9)

Elliott Dep., Ex. 11

Pages 23, 176-177, 194-201

GRANTED

354-10/(354-11)

Kyriakakis Decl., Ex. 12

Pages iii, 14, 20-35, 42-45, 58-59, 103-114, 215-35, 237-255,257-265, 267-277, 279-289,291- 298, 300-305, 307-318,367-382, 402-03, 408-09, 416,461

GRANTED

No Public VersionFiled/(354-13)

Expert Report Elliott, Ex.14

Pages I-47, I-66, I-73-75, I-81-87, I-92-93, I-112- 13, I-118-19, I-126-27, II-2, II-41, II-43,III34-37, III-41, III-46, III-50,III-94-96, III-99, III-102, III-105-27, III-175-77, III-208-09

GRANTED

No Public VersionFiled/(354-15)

Excerpts from ReplyExpert Report of Dr.Stephen Elliott, Ex. 15

Entire document

DENIED

No Public VersionFiled/(354-17)

SST's SupplementalResponses andObjections to Apple'sFirst Set ofInterrogatories (Nos. 2, 3,4, and 7), Ex. 16

Entire document

DENIED

366-3/(366-4)

Motion to Exclude Op.Dansky

Pages 3-7

GRANTED

366-6, 366-7/(366-5)

Kyriakakis RebuttalExpert Report, Ex. 4

Pages iii, 14, 20-35, 42-45, 58-59, 103-114, 215-35, 237-255,257-265, 267-277, 279-289,291-298, 300-305, 307-318,367-382, 402-03, 408-09, 416,461

GRANTED

No Public VersionFiled/(366-8)

Elliott Dep., Ex. 5

Pages 23, 176-77, 194-201

GRANTED

366-9/(366-10)

Dave Dep., Ex. 6

Pages 22-23, 82-84, 87-88, 125-26, 182, 301-02, 417-21

GRANTED

366-11/(366-12)

Porter Dep., Ex. 7

Pages 43-44, 47-49, 51, 53-56,93-94

GRANTED

366-13/(366-14)

Tan Dep., Ex. 8

Pages 47, 51, 80-82

GRANTED

366-15, 366-16/(366-17)

Expert Report Mauro, Ex.9

Pages 2-3, 17, 21-27, 34-35, 49-50, 64-68

GRANTED

No Public VersionFiled/(366-18)

Expert Report Elliott, Ex.10

Pages I-47, I-66, I-73-75, I-81-87, I-92-93, I-112-13, I-118-19,I-126-27, II-2, II-41, II-43, III-34-37, III-41, III-46, III-50, III-94-96, III-99, III-102, III-105-27, III-175-77, III-208-09

GRANTED

No Public VersionFiled/(366-19)

Excerpts from FollmerDepo., Ex. 11

Entire document

DENIED

Entire documentsealed/(366-20)

Ex. 12

Entire document

GRANTED

No Public VersionFiled/(366-21)

Dansky Dep., Ex. 13

Page 116

GRANTED

No Public VersionFiled/(366-22)

Expert Report Dansky,Ex. 14

Pages 2, 16, 22-23, 34-67, 79-89, 95-96, 104-15

GRANTED

No Public VersionFiled/(375)

Excerpts fromMacDonald Depo., Ex.15

Portions of page 60, 85, 175-176

GRANTED

No Public VersionFiled/(366-23)

Expert Report Mody, Ex.16

Pages 5, 8-30, 36-47

GRANTED

No Public VersionFiled/(366-24)

Mody Dep., Ex. 17

Pages 136, 139-40, 148, 201,237-38

GRANTED

No Public Version

Expert Report

Pages 4-10, 24-27, 42-43, 46,

GRANTED

Filed/(366-25)

Macdonald, Ex. 18

50-53

368-3/(368-4)

Motion to Exclude Op.MacDonald

Pages 3-6, 8-10, 14-15, 20

GRANTED

368-5, 368-6/(368-7)

Rebuttal Expert ReportKyriakakis, Ex. 4

Pages iii, 14, 20-35, 42-45, 58-59, 103-14, 215-318, 367-82,402-16, 461

GRANTED

No Public VersionFiled/(368-8)

Elliott Dep., Ex. 5

Pages 23, 176-77, 194-201

GRANTED

368-9/(368-10)

Dave Dep., Ex. 6

Pages 22-23, 82-88, 125-26,182, 301-302, 417-21

GRANTED

368-11/(368-12)

Porter Dep., Ex. 7

Pages 43-56, 93-94

GRANTED

368-13/(368-14)

Tan Dep., Ex. 8

Pages 47, 51, 80-82

GRANTED

368-15, 368-16/(368-17)

Expert Report Mauro, Ex.9

Pages 2-3, 17, 21-27, 34-35,49-50, 64-68

GRANTED

No Public VersionFiled/(368-18)

Expert Report Elliott, Ex.10

Pages I-47, I-66, I-73-75, I-81-87, I-92-93, I-112-13, I-118-19,I-126-27, II-2, II-41-43, III-34-50, III-94-127, III-175-77, III-208-09

GRANTED

No Public VersionFiled/(368-19)

Excerpts from FollmerDepo, Ex. 11

Entire document

DENIED

Entire documentsealed/(368-20)

Ex. 12

Entire document

GRANTED

No Public VersionFiled/(368-21)

Expert ReportMacDonald, Ex. 13

Pages 4-10, 24-27, 42-43, 46,50-53

GRANTED

Entire documentsealed/(368-22)

Ex. 15

Entire document

GRANTED

No Public VersionFiled/(368-23)

Expert Report Mody, Ex.16

Pages 5, 8-31, 36-47

GRANTED

368-24/(368-25)

Rebuttal Expert ReportSimonson, Ex. 17

Pages 10, 32, 36, 40

GRANTED

370-3/(370-4)

Motion to Exclude Op.Mody,

Pages 3-16

GRANTED

370-5, 370-6/(370-26)

Rebuttal Expert ReportKyriakakis, Ex. 4

Pages iii, 14, 20-35, 42-45, 58-59, 103-14, 215-318, 367-82,402-16, 461

GRANTED

No Public VersionFiled/(370-7)

Elliott Dep., Ex. 5

Pages 23, 176-77, 194-201

GRANTED

370-8/(370-9)

Dave Dep., Ex. 6

Pages 22-23, 82-88, 125-26,182, 301-302, 417-21

GRANTED

370-10/(370-11)

Porter Dep., Ex. 7

Pages 43-56, 93-94

GRANTED

370-12/(370-13)

Tan Dep., Ex. 8

Pages 47, 51, 80-82

GRANTED

370-14, 370-15/(370-16)

Expert Report Mauro, Ex.9

Pages 2-3, 17, 21-27, 34-35,49-50, 64-68

GRANTED

No Public VersionFiled/(370-17)

Expert Report Elliott, Ex.10

Pages I-47, I-66, I-73-75, I-81-87, I-92-93, I-112-13, I-118-19,I-126-27, II-2, II-41-43, III-34-50, III-94-127, III-175-77, III-

GRANTED

208-09

No Public VersionFiled/(370-18)

Excerpts from FollmerDepo, Ex. 11

Entire document

DENIED

Entire documentsealed/(370-19)

Ex. 12

Entire document

GRANTED

No Public VersionFiled/(370-20)

Expert Report Mody, Ex.13

Pages 5, 8-31, 36-47

GRANTED

No Public VersionFiled/(370-21)

Mody Dep., Ex. 14

Pages 136-48, 201, 237-38

GRANTED

370-22/(370-23)

Sitar Dep., Ex. 15

Pages 66, 108, 159-71

GRANTED

370-24/(370-25)

Jaynes Dep. Ex. 16

Pages 167, 270-71

GRANTED

387-3/(387-4)

Opposition to SST'sMotion for PartialSummary Judgment

Pages 8, 10, 15, 20, 22

GRANTED

387-5/(387-6)

Excerpts from KyriakakisDecl., Ex. 1

Pages 91-92, 97-98, 310, and344

GRANTED

No Public VersionFiled/(387-8)

Excerpt of Elliott Depo.,Ex. 2

Entire document

DENIED

No Public VersionFiled/(387-10)

Excerpt of Elliott ExpertReport, Ex. 5

Entire document

DENIED

414-4/(414-3)

Apple's Reply in supportof Motion to ExcludeOpinions of MichaelDansky

Page 9, lines 1, 3, 4; note 6lines 2-4; page 10, lines 1-2

GRANTED

416-4/(416-3)

Apple's Reply in supportof Motion to ExcludeOpinions of ErinMacDonald

Page 5, lines 13-15; Page 6,lines 3-4, 9-10, 16-17, and note3 lines 1-3; Page 7, lines 11- 17and figure; and Page 10, lines2-3

GRANTED

No Public VersionFiled/(416-5)

Excerpts fromMacDonald Depo, Ex. 1

Page 139, lines 4-7

GRANTED

No Public VersionFiled/(416-7)

Excerpt from MacDonaldReport, Ex. 2

Entire document

DENIED

No Public VersionFiled/(416-9)

Excerpt from DanskyDepo, Ex. 3

Entire document

DENIED

418-4/(418-3)

Apple's Reply in supportof Mot. to ExcludeOpinions of Nisha Mody

Page i, heading B; Page 1, lines7-8, 16-17; Page 2, lines 7-9,11, 19-24; Page 3, lines 1, 4-14;Page 4, line 15; Page 9, lines15-16; Page 10, lines 5-6; Page11, lines 3, 5-7, 9-18, 20-22,note 6 lines 1, 7-8; Page 12,lines 2-4, 6-15, 18-19, 24-25;Page 13, lines 1-4, 14, note 7lines 1-9, and Page 14, lines 1,12-15

GRANTED

No Public Version

Excerpt from Mody

Page 195, lines 1-10

GRANTED

Filed/(418-5)

Depo, Ex. 2

418-8/(418-7)

Excerpt from ModyReport, Ex. 7

Pages 522-524

GRANTED

426-4/(426-3)

Apple's Opposition toSST's Mot. for Leave toSupplement the ExpertReport of Dr. Elliott

Page 4, lines 13-17

GRANTED

426-6/(426-5)

Email chain, Ex. 11

Pages 2-3, 11-12, 16-18, 22-24,26-29

GRANTED

426-8/(426-7)

Excerpts from ElliottReport, Ex. 20

Page I-73, paragraphs 142-44;Page III-46, paragraph 583;Page III-50, paragraph 588;Page III-119, paragraph 695;Page III-123, paragraphs 702-03; Page III-124, paragraphs703-04; Page III-125,paragraphs 704-05; Page III-126, paragraph 706; Page III-176, paragraphs 777-78; andPage III-177, paragraph 778

GRANTED

No Public VersionFiled/(426-9)

Excerpt from ElliottDepo., Ex. 21

Entire document

DENIED

426-12/(426-11)

Excerpt from DaveDepo., Ex. 24

Page 101, lines 9-18 and 20-25;and Page 102, lines 2-25

GRANTED

453-3/(453-4)

Apple's Opposition toMot. to StrikeReport/Testimony of Dr.Kyriakakis

Pages 15-21

GRANTED

453-5/(453-6)

Excerpts from KyriakakisRebuttal Rpt., Ex. 6

Paragraphs 43-58, 60-61, 450-453, 472-475, 478-480, and552-554

GRANTED

453-7/(453-8)

Excerpts from KyriakakisDepo, Ex. 7

Pages 34, 338, 339, and 382

GRANTED

No Public VersionFiled/(453-10)

Excerpt from ElliottReply Rpt., Ex. 8

Entire document

DENIED

No Public VersionFiled/(453-12)

Excerpt from SST's FifthSet of Interrogatories, Ex.9

Entire document

DENIED

453-13/(453-14)

Excerpt from Apple'sobjections/responses toSST's Fifth Set ofInterrogatories, Ex. 10

Page 38

GRANTED

453-15/(453-16)

Excerpt from Apple'ssupplementalobjections/responses toSST's Fifth Set ofInterrogatories, Ex. 11

Pages 40-41

GRANTED

453-17/(453-18)

Excerpt from Dave Depo,

Pages 302-307

GRANTED

Ex. 12

453-19/(453-20)

Excerpt from WilkDepo., Ex. 13

Pages 93-98, and 386-389

GRANTED

453-21/(453-22)

Excerpt from PorterDepo., Ex. 14

Pages 22 and 210

GRANTED

453-23/(453-24)

Excerpt from Elliott Rpt.,Ex. 15

Pages III-185 to III-209

GRANTED

No Public VersionFiled/(453-26)

Excerpt from MacDonaldRpt., Ex. 16

Pages 4-5, and 42

GRANTED

No Public VersionFiled/(453-28)

Excerpt from Mody Rpt.,Ex. 17

Pages 10, 15, and 47

GRANTED

No Public VersionFiled/(453-30)

Excerpt from DanskyRpt., Ex. 18

Pages 16, and 106-108

GRANTED

No Public VersionFiled/(457-4)

Apple's Opposition toMot. to Exclude opinionsof James Malackowski

Page i, line 11; Page 2, lines26-27; Page 3, lines 1-8, and20-27; Page 4, lines 4, and 24-25; Page 5, line 2; Page 6, lines10-19, and 25-26; Page 7, lines9, and 14-27; Page 10, line 23;Page 12, lines 6, and 26-27;Page 13, lines 7-10, 12, and 21-25; Page 15, lines 17- 27; Page16, lines 1-4, and 21-22; andPage 17, lines 1-5;Page i, line 13 to line 14, page1, line 7 to line 8, page 1, line17; page 1, line 19; page 4, line9 to line 16; page 6, line 12 toline 14; page 9, line 15 to line16; page 16, line 9 to line 10;Page 16, line 11 to line 12; page16, line 21; page 17, line 6;Page 17, line 9; page 17, line15; page 17, line 18 to line 19;Page 17, line 21; page 18, line25

GRANTED

No Public VersionFiled/(457-6)

Excerpts fromMalakowski Rpt., Ex. 1

Pages 7-8, 28-29, 32-36, 39-40,46-61, 63-64, and 66-84;Page 9, line 11 to line 18; page9, line 20 to line 26; page 10,line 1 to line 2; page 10, line 6to line 7; page 10, line 10 toline 23; page 10, line 47 to line49; page 24, line 36 to line 37;Page 25, line 1 to line 3; page39, line 39 to line 43; page 40,line 9 to line 21; page 40, line47 to line 48; page 41, line 43

GRANTED

to line 45; page 42, line 1 toline 5; page 42, line 7 to line 8;Page 42, line 13 to line 24; page42, line 39 to line 40; page 42,line 48 to line 50; page 43, line5; page 43, line 12 to line 36;Page 44, line 1 to line 18; page44, line 28; page 44, line 37;Page 44, line 39 to line 40; page45, line 4 to line 14; page 45,line 18 to line 29; page 45, line44; page 45, line 48 to line 51;Page 46, line 1 to line 25; page46, line 42 to line 44; page 55,line 37 to line 43; page 59, line1; page 60, line 21 to line 37;Page 61, line 40 to line 41; page61, line 44; page 62, line 1 toline 2; page 62, line 19; page63, line 1 to line 3; page 63,line 22 to line 24; page 64, line30 to line 32; page 65, line 23to line 24; page 66, line 10 toline 11; page 66, line 16 to line18; page 67, line 39 to line 44;Page 68, line 1 to line 3; andPage 79, line 9 to line 10

No Public VersionFiled/(457-8)

Excerpts from ModyRpt., Ex. 2

Pages 5, 8-31, 36-39, 41, 43,45-47 ;Page 6, line 20 to line 23; page6, line 27 to line 29; page 31,line 19 to line 23; page 31, line26 to line 29; page 32, line 1;Page 32, line 4 to line 12; page32, line 32 to line 35; page 33,line 1 to line 10; page 33, line19 to line 23; page 34, line 1 toline 6; page 34, line 14 to line23; page 35, line 2 to line 9;Page 35, line 13 to line 14; page35, line 18 to line 28; page 36,line 1 to line 9; page 36, line 34to line 35; page 39, line 19 toline 29; page 39, line 37 to line39; page 40, line 1 to line 2;Page 40, line 11; and page 40,line 35 to line 37

GRANTED

No Public Version

Apple's Opposition to

Page 3, line 16; page 7, lines 1-

GRANTED

Filed/(459-4)

Mot. to Strike Portions ofMauro Report

4, 6-7, 11, and 12-13; page 9,line 10

459-5/(459-6)

Mauro Rpt., Ex. 2

Paragraphs 8, 43, 54-66, 69-70,79-80, 103, and 137-139

GRANTED

No Public VersionFiled/(459-8)

Follmer Rpt., Ex. 3

Pages 35-39, 42-43, 46, 48-51,53-54, and 56- 58

GRANTED

No Public VersionFiled/(459-10)

Excerpts from FollmerDepo., Ex. 4

Entire document

DENIED

459-11/(459-12)

Apple'sobjections/responses toSST's Fifth Set ofInterrogatories, Ex. 5

Page 38, lines 3-25

GRANTED

459-13/(459-14)

Apple's supplementalobjections/responses toSST's Fifth Set ofInterrogatories Ex. 6

Pages 40, lines 24-27; page 41,lines 1-19

GRANTED

459-15/(459-16)

Excerpts from MauroDepo., Ex. 7

Page 122, lines 14-25; page123, lines 1-7; page 125, lines6-10; page 262, lines 8-12; page270, lines 13-25; page 271,lines 2-9 and 12-13

GRANTED

No Public VersionFiled/(465-4)

Excerpt from Mody Rpt.,Ex. 2

Pages 18-19, 30, 47, Schedule2.1, Schedule 2.6, and Schedule2.7

GRANTED

No Public VersionFiled/(465-6)

Excerpt from DanskyDepo., Ex. 3

Entire document

DENIED

488-3/(488-4)

Email, Ex. 2

Page 2

GRANTED

No Public VersionFiled/(490-4)

Apple's Opposition toSST's MIL 2

Page 2, line 5 to line 24; page 2,line 26 to page 3, line 3; andPage 4, line 4 to line 13

GRANTED

No Public VersionFiled/(490-6)

Excerpts from KnightDepo., Ex. 2

Entire document

DENIED

No Public VersionFiled/(490-8)

SST'sResponses/objections toApple's First Set ofInterrogatories, Ex. 3

Page 3, line 7 to line 26; page 4,line 4; page 4, line 8 to line 28;Page 5, line 1 to line 5; page 5,line 13; and page 10, line 5 toline 6

GRANTED

Entire documentsealed/(490-10)

Email thread, Ex. 4

Entire document

GRANTED

No Public VersionFiled/(490-12)

Excerpts from KyriakakisDepo., Ex. 5

Page 546, line 13 to 15; page547, line 13 to page 550, line 4;Page 550, line 6 to page 551,line 4; page 551, line 10 to page553, line 1; page 553, line 4 toline 9; page 553, line 13 to line16; page 553, line 23 to page554, line 7; page 554, line 11 to14; and page 554, line 19 to

GRANTED

555, line 27

492-3/(492-4)

Apple's Opposition toSST's MIL 3

Page 2, lines 19 to 21

GRANTED

494-3/(494-4)

Excerpts from KyriakakisRpt., Ex. 1

Paragraphs 188 and 199

GRANTED

521-3/(521-4)

Catalyst invoice, B-1

Pages 1-12, 14-40

GRANTED

521-5/(521-6)

Impact invoice, B-2

Pages 1-7

GRANTED

No Public VersionFiled/(523-4)

Motion for Attorneys'Fees

Pages 17, 19, and 20

GRANTED

523-7/(523-8)

Apple's supplementalobjections/responses toTHX's amended secondset of interrogatories, Ex.3

Pages 11-12, and 18-19

GRANTED

No Public VersionFiled/(523-10)

Excerpts from ElliottDepo., Ex. 4

Entire document

DENIED

No Public VersionFiled/(523-12)

Excerpts from ElliottRpt., Ex. 5

Paragraphs 388, 567-68, 583,and 654-56

GRANTED

No Public VersionFiled/(523-14)

Excerpts from FinchamDepo., Ex. 7

Entire document

DENIED

No Public VersionFiled/(523-16)

Excerpts from RusitzkyDepo., Ex. 9

Entire document

DENIED

No Public VersionFiled/(523-18)

Excerpts from Ahmad-Taylor Depo., Ex. 10

Entire document

DENIED

523-19/(523-20)

Email, Ex. 11

Pages 2-3, and 6-8

GRANTED

No Public VersionFiled/(523-22)

Fincham Decl., Ex. 12

Page 2, line 11 to line 15; page2, line 19 to 25; and page 5, line21 to line 23

GRANTED

523-5/(523-6)

Tallon Decl.

Pages 1, 3-6

GRANTED

No Public VersionFiled/(547-4)

Apple's Reply in supportof Mot. for Attorneys'Fees

Entire document

DENIED

III. CONCLUSION

For the foregoing reasons, the Court GRANTS the following administrative motions to seal: Dkt Nos. 414, 418, 457, 488, 492, 494, 521.

The Court GRANTS IN PART and DENIES IN PART the following administrative motions to seal: Dkt. Nos. 354, 366, 368, 370, 377, 387, 416, 426, 453, 459, 465, 490, 523.

The Court DENIES Dkt. No. 547 as not sufficiently narrowly tailored.

For each document listed above indicating that no public version has been filed, the Court DIRECTS Apple to file a version of for the public record that reflects the redactions described in the chart above. With respect to documents or portions of documents for which Apple's motion to seal has been denied, the Court DIRECTS Apple to file a complete version of the document for the public record.

IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: 8/17/2018

/s/_________

HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, JR.

United States District Judge


Summaries of

Slot Speaker Techs., Inc. v. Apple, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
Aug 17, 2018
Case No. 13-cv-01161-HSG (N.D. Cal. Aug. 17, 2018)
Case details for

Slot Speaker Techs., Inc. v. Apple, Inc.

Case Details

Full title:SLOT SPEAKER TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Plaintiff, v. APPLE, INC., Defendant.

Court:UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Date published: Aug 17, 2018

Citations

Case No. 13-cv-01161-HSG (N.D. Cal. Aug. 17, 2018)