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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 28:1338 Patent Infringement

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To File Documents Under Seal 

Case No. C03-04244 MMC (JCS) 

ALSCHULER GROSSMAN STEIN & KAHAN LLP 

Vincent K. Yip (No. 170665) 

vyip@agsk.com 

Terry D. Garnett (No. 151212) 

tgarnett@agsk.com 

Peter J. Wied (No. 198475) 

pwied@agsk.com 

Maxwell A. Fox (No. 200016) 

mfox@agsk.com 

David R. Shraga (No. 229098) 

dshraga@agsk.com 

The Water Garden 

1620 26th Street 

Fourth Floor, North Tower 

Santa Monica, CA 90404-4060 

Telephone: 310-907-1000 

Facsimile: 310-907-2000 

Attorneys for Defendants 

AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION, ET AL. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SHARP CORPORATION a.k.a. SHARP 

KABUSHIKI KAISHA, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION, AU 

OPTRONICS CORPORATION 

AMERICA, VIEWSONIC 

CORPORATION, BENQ 

CORPORATION, BENQ AMERICA, 

ENVISION PERIPHERALS INC. d/b/a 

AOC MONITORS, PROVIEW 

TECHNOLOGY, INC., SCEPTRE 

TECHNOLOGIES, INC., ACER, INC., 

AND ACER AMERICA 

CORPORATION, 

Defendants. 

CASE NO. C03-04244 MMC (JCS) 

DEFENDANTS’ MISCELLANEOUS 

ADMINISTRATIVE REQUEST TO FILE 

DOCUMENTS UNDER SEAL (Civil L.R. 7-

10; Civil L.R. 79-5) AND ORDER 

 

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I. INTRODUCTION

On April 29, 2005, defendants AU Optronics Corporation (“AUO”), AU Optronics 

Corporation America, ViewSonic Corporation, BenQ Corporation, BenQ America, Envision 

Peripherals Inc., Proview Technology, Inc., Sceptre Technologies, Inc., Acer, Inc., and Acer 

America Corporation (collectively, “Defendants”) shall file, concurrently with this Miscellaneous 

Administrative Request, a reply brief in support of their Motion for Partial Summary Judgment 

(“Reply”). Exhibits A through I to the Declaration of Peter J. Wied in Support of Defendants’ 

Reply in Support of Their Motion for Partial Summary Judgment (“Wied Decl.”) contain highly 

confidential and proprietary information of Defendants. See Declaration of Peter J. Wied in 

Support of Defendants’ MAR, ¶ 2. Portions of Defendants’ Reply contain references to the 

information contained in Exhibits A through I to the Wied Declaration. See Declaration of Peter 

J. Wied in Support of Defendants’ MAR, ¶ 3. The release of such information to the public 

would cause harm to Defendants. See Declaration of Peter J. Wied in Support of Defendants’ 

MAR, ¶ 2. The parties have previously agreed to treat the parties’ confidential and proprietary 

information under the “Attorneys’ Eyes Only” provisions of the Stipulated Protective Order 

entered in this case on August 9, 2004. 

In compliance with Civil Local Rule 79-5 of the United States District Court for 

the Northern District of California, Defendants wish to redact from the public version of their 

papers only those portions that contain the confidential material. 

Accordingly, Defendants respectfully request an order from the Court to allow 

them to file under seal the unredacted versions of the Reply and the Wied Declaration. 

II. ARGUMENT

Under Local Rule 79-5, a document may only be filed under seal upon a showing 

of good cause. Exhibits A through I to the Wied Declaration and references to information in 

those Exhibits in the Reply contain information that is highly confidential and proprietary to 

Defendants. The release of such information to the public would cause harm to Defendants. 

Accordingly, good cause exists to seal references to information that is 

confidential and proprietary to Defendants. 

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III. CONCLUSION

For the foregoing reasons, Defendants respectfully request that the Court enter an 

order allowing it to file under seal the unredacted versions of the Reply and the Wied Declaration 

and the Exhibits attached thereto. 

DATED: April 29, 2005 ALSCHULER GROSSMAN STEIN & KAHAN LLP 

By _/s/ Peter J. Wied___________________________ Peter J. Wied 

Attorneys for Defendant 

AU Optronics Corporation, et al. 

 

ORDER

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: May 4, 2005 /s/ Maxine M. Chesney 

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 Hon. Maxine M. Chesney, 

United States District Judget 

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