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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:145 Patent Infringement

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL

CO., LTD.,

Plaintiff,

 v.

MEDIATEK, INC., et al.,

Defendants 

MEDIATEK, INC,

Counterclaimant,

 v.

MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL

CO., LTD., et al.

Counterclaim Defendants /

No. 05-3148 MMC 

ORDER DENYING DEFERRED PORTION

OF PLAINTIFF’S ADMINISTRATIVE

MOTION TO FILE DOCUMENTS UNDER

SEAL; DIRECTIONS TO CLERK

Before the Court is the deferred portion of plaintiff’s administrative motion, filed May

4, 2007, specifically, the request to file under seal “Exhibit 17 to Declaration of Vinh Pham

in Support of Plaintiff and Counterclaim Defendant Matushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.’s

Opposition to Defendant and Counterclaimant Mediatek, Inc.’s Motion for Leave to Amend

its Answer and Counterclaims and Motion for Additional Factual Discovery.” Plaintiff

represents that Exhibit 17, or portions thereof, has been designated as confidential by

defendants.

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Plaintiff’s motion, to the extent it seeks leave to file under seal documents

assertedly designated as confidential by third-parties, remains under submission, because

the time for the third-parties to file a responsive declaration has not yet passed. Further, it

is unclear if the third-parties are on notice of plaintiff’s motion. Plaintiff is reminded of the

Court’s order of May 8, 2007, requiring plaintiff to file, no later than May 11, 2007, proof of

service of the instant motion of the designating third-parties and a supplemental declaration

setting forth the identity of the designating third-parties; to date, plaintiff has not filed either

document nor filed a request for an extension to time to do so.

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Under the Local Rules of this District, where a party seeks to file under seal any

material designated as confidential by another party, the submitting party must file a motion

for a sealing order. See Civil L.R. 79-5(d). “Within five days thereafter, the designating

party must file with the Court and serve a declaration establishing that the designated

information is sealable, and must lodge and serve a narrowly tailored proposed sealing

order, or must withdraw the designation of confidentiality.” Id. “If the designating party

does not file its responsive declaration as required by this subsection, the document or

proposed filing will be made part of the public record.” Id.

Here, the designating parties, defendants, have not filed a responsive declaration

within the time provided under Civil Local Rule 79-5(d).1

Accordingly, the deferred portion of plaintiff’s administrative motion is hereby

DENIED, and the Clerk of the Court is hereby DIRECTED to file in the public record

“Exhibit 17 to Declaration of Vinh Pham in Support of Plaintiff and Counterclaim Defendant

Matushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.’s Opposition to Defendant and Counterclaimant

Mediatek, Inc.’s Motion for Leave to Amend its Answer and Counterclaims and Motion for

Additional Factual Discovery.” See Civil L.R. 79-5(d).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 16, 2007 

MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Judge

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