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

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MAGMA’S ADMIN. MOT. TO FILE UNDER SEAL 

DOCUMENTS RE OPPS TO SNPS’S PARTIAL MSJS 

C-04-03923 MMC

GEORGE A. RILEY (S.B. #118304) – griley@omm.com

MARK E. MILLER (S.B. #130200) – markmiller@omm.com

PETER OBSTLER (S.B. #171623) – pobstler@omm.com

CHRISTOPHER D. CATALANO (S.B. #208606) – ccatalano@omm.com

LUANN L. SIMMONS (S.B. #203526) – lsimmons@omm.com 

NORA M. PUCKETT (pro hac vice) – npuckett@omm.com

O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP 

Embarcadero Center West 

275 Battery Street 

San Francisco, CA 94111-3305 

Telephone: (415) 984-8700 

Facsimile: (415) 984-8701 

Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaimant 

MAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

SYNOPSYS, INC., a Delaware 

Corporation,

Plaintiff, 

v.

MAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION, 

INC., a Delaware Corporation, AND 

LUKAS VAN GINNEKEN, 

Defendants.

Case No. C04-03923 MMC 

MAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION, INC.’S 

ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION FOR 

LEAVE TO FILE UNDER SEAL 

PURSUANT TO LOCAL RULE 79-5 

CERTAIN DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED IN 

OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFF 

SYNOPSYS, INC.’S MOTIONS FOR 

PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT TO 

DISMISS JOINT OWNERSHIP 

DEFENSES AND COUNTERCLAIMS, 

AND TO DISMISS ALLEGATIONS OF 

CO-OWNERSHIP BASED ON JUDICIAL 

AND QUASI-ESTOPPEL

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIMS. 

Magma Design Automation, Inc. (“Magma”) hereby moves pursuant to Civil Local Rule 

79-5 for leave to file under seal (1) portions of Magma’s Memorandum of Points and Authorities 

in Opposition to Plaintiff Synopsys, Inc.’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment to Dismiss 

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Joint Ownership Defenses and Counterclaims, (2) portions of Magma’s Memorandum of Points 

and Authorities in Opposition to Plaintiff Synopsys, Inc.’s Motion for Partial Summary 

Judgment to Dismiss Allegations of Co-Ownership Based on Judicial and Quasi-Estoppel, (3) 

the entirety of Exhibits 1-8, 10-17, 20-23, 26-33, 39, 41, 42, and 45 to the Declaration of 

Christopher D. Catalano in Opposition to Synopsys’s Motions for Partial Summary Judgment, 

and (4) portions of the Declaration of Dr. Majid Sarrafzadeh in Support of Magma’s Oppositions 

to Synopsys’s Motions for Partial Summary Judgment (“Sarrafzadeh Declaration”), and (5) 

Exhibit B to the Sarrafzadeh Declaration. This motion is supported by the Declaration of 

Christopher D. Catalano submitted herewith. 

Magma’s Oppositions to Synopsys’s Motions for Partial Summary Judgment rely in part 

on testimony and documents that contain confidential business, trade secret or personal 

identifying information or have been designated as confidential under a Stipulated Protective 

Order. Pursuant to the agreement of the parties, and a Stipulated Protective Order with third party 

International Business Machines Corporation (“IBM”), Magma seeks to file the following 

documents and testimony under seal: 

1. Portions of Magma’s Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Opposition to 

Plaintiff Synopsys, Inc.’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment to Dismiss Joint Ownership 

Defenses and Counterclaims contain Magma’s, Synopsys’s and/or IBM’s confidential business, 

trade secret or personal identifying information and are properly sealable. 

2. Portions of Magma’s Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Opposition to 

Plaintiff Synopsys, Inc.’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment to Dismiss Allegations of CoOwnership Based On Judicial and Quasi-Estoppel contain Magma’s, Synopsys’s and/or IBM’s 

confidential business, trade secret or personal identifying information and are properly sealable. 

3. Exhibits 20, 22, 23, 32, and 39 to the Catalano Declaration are documents 

produced by IBM in this action and designated by IBM as Confidential or Attorneys and 

Consultants Only under the Stipulated Protective Order because they contain confidential 

business or trade secret information of IBM and are properly sealable. 

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4. Exhibits 10, 21, 26, 28, 31, and 45 to the Catalano Declaration are excerpts from 

the depositions of Joseph Hutt, Prabhakar Kudva, Anthony Drumm, IBM (30(b)(6) deposition), 

Leon Stok, and Patrick O’Connor, respectively, taken in this action and designated by IBM as 

Attorneys and Consultants Only under the Stipulated Protective Order because they contain 

confidential business or trade secret information of IBM and are properly sealable. 

5. Exhibits 3, 5, 8, 11-17, 27, 29, 30, 33, 41, and 42 to the Catalano Declaration are 

documents produced by Synopsys in this action and designated by Synopsys as Attorneys and 

Consultants Only under the Stipulated Protective Order because they contain confidential 

business or trade secret information of Synopsys and/or IBM and are properly sealable. 

6. Exhibits 1 and 6 to the Catalano Declaration are the depositions transcripts of 

Synopsys (30(b)(6)) and Raul Camposano, respectively, taken in this action and designated by 

Synopsys as Attorneys and Consultants Only under the Stipulated Protective Order because they 

contain confidential business or trade secret information of Synopsys and/or IBM and are 

properly sealable. 

7. Exhibit 2 to the Catalano Declaration consists of excerpts from the deposition 

Narendra Shenoy taken in this action and designated by Synopsys as Attorneys and Consultants 

Only under the Stipulated Protective Order because they contain confidential business or trade 

secret information of Synopsys and/or IBM and are properly sealable. 

8. Portions of the Sarrafzadeh Declaration, and Exhibit B thereto, contain 

confidential business or trade secret information of Synopsys and/or IBM and are properly 

sealable. 

 Accordingly, this motion is made on the grounds that portions of Magma’s Memorandum 

of Points and Authorities in Opposition to Plaintiff Synopsys, Inc.’s Motion for Partial Summary 

Judgment to Dismiss Joint Ownership Defenses and Counterclaims, portions of Magma’s 

Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Opposition to Plaintiff Synopsys, Inc.’s Motion for 

Partial Summary Judgment to Dismiss Allegations of Co-Ownership Based on Judicial and 

Quasi-Estoppel, the entirety of Exhibits 1-8, 10-17, 20-23, 26-33, 39, 41, 42, and 45 to the 

Catalano Declaration, portions of the Sarrafzadeh Declaration, and Exhibit B to the Sarrafzadeh 

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Declaration, contain confidential business, trade secret or personal identifying information or 

have been designated confidential and are properly sealable. 

Dated: November 4, 2005 GEORGE A. RILEY 

MARK E. MILLER 

PETER OBSTLER 

CHRISTOPHER D. CATALANO 

LUANN L. SIMMONS 

NORA M. PUCKETT 

O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP 

By: /s/ Christopher D. Catalano 

Christopher D. Catalano 

Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaimant 

MAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION, INC. 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER 

Having considered Magma Design Automation, Inc.’s Administrative Motion for Leave to 

File Under Seal Certain Documents Submitted In Opposition to Plaintiff Synopsys, Inc.’s 

Motions for Partial Summary Judgment to Dismiss Joint Ownership Defenses and Counterclaims, 

and to Dismiss Allegations of Co-Ownership Based on Judicial and Quasi-Estoppel, and all other 

supporting and opposing arguments and papers, and finding good cause, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED: 

Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5, Magma’s Administrative Motion for Leave to File 

Under Seal: 

(a) the portions of Magma’s Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Opposition to 

Plaintiff Synopsys, Inc.’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment to Dismiss Joint 

Ownership Defenses and Counterclaims containing Magma’s, Synopsys’s and/or IBM’s 

confidential business, trade secret or personal identifying information; 

(b) the portions of Magma’s Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Opposition to 

Plaintiff Synopsys, Inc.’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment to Dismiss Allegations 

of Co-Ownership Based on Judicial and Quasi-Estoppel containing Magma’s, Synopsys’s 

and/or IBM’s confidential business, trade secret or personal identifying information; 

(c) the entirety of Exhibits 1-8, 10-17, 20-23, 26-33, 39, 41, 42, and 45 to the Declaration 

of Christopher D. Catalano;

(d) the portions of the Declaration of Dr. Majid Sarrafzadeh in Support of Magma’s 

Oppositions to Synopsys’s Motions for Partial Summary Judgment (“Sarrafzadeh 

Declaration”) containing Synopsys’s, and/or IBM’s confidential business or trade secret 

information; and 

(e) Exhibit B to the Sarrafzadeh Declaration, 

is GRANTED, and the aforementioned exhibits, portions of Magma’s Memorandum of 

Points and Authorities in Opposition to Plaintiff Synopsys, Inc.’s Motion for Partial 

Summary Judgment to Dismiss Joint Ownership Defenses and Counterclaims, portions of 

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Magma’s Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Opposition to Plaintiff Synopsys, 

Inc.’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment to Dismiss Allegations of Co-Ownership 

Based on Judicial and Quasi-Estoppel, and portions of the Sarrafzadeh Declaration will be 

filed under seal.

Dated: 

 ________________________________ 

 THE HONORABLE MAXINE M. CHESNEY

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

SF1:606939.1

November 9, 2005

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