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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:0271 Patent Infringement

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IN RE: QUALCOMM LITIGATION Case No.: 17cv108-GPC-MDD

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO 

FILE DOCUMENTS UNDER SEAL

[ECF No. 405]

On April 4, 2018, Plaintiff and Counterclaim-Defendant Apple Inc. filed 

a Motion to Seal certain documents. (ECF No. 405). The motion seeks to seal 

an unredacted copy of a Joint Motion for Determination of Discovery Dispute

and the Declaration of James W. Carlson in support of Apple’s position in the 

Joint Motion. (Id.). 

The Court has reviewed the documents and finds that the Joint Motion 

contains redacted information throughout. (ECF No. 404 at 1, 8, 9; ECF No. 

404-1-1 at 30, 49, 58; 404-2 at 5-8). 

Federal courts recognize “a strong presumption in favor of access to 

judicial documents which can be overcome only be showing sufficiently 

important countervailing interests.” Phillips ex rel. Estates of Byrd v. Gen. 

Motors Corp., 307 F.3d 1206, 1212-13 (9th Cir. 2002) (quoting San Jose 

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Mercury News, Inc. v. U.S. Dist. Ct., 187 F.3d 1096, 1102 (9th Cir. 1999)) 

(additional citations omitted). However, this presumption does not apply to 

“sealed discovery document[s] attached to ... non-dispositive motion[s].” In re 

Nat’l Sec. Agency Telcoms. Records Litig., 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 14473, WL 

549854, *42 (N.D. Cal. Feb. 20, 2007) (citing Kamakana v. City & Cnty. Of 

Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1179 (9th Cir. 2006).

The Court finds that the Joint Motion and Declaration shall be sealed. 

Accordingly, the Motion to Seal is GRANTED. Apple has already 

electronically lodged on the docket the necessary redacted versions of these 

papers publicly and the unredacted version of these papers under seal. The 

Clerk shall file the lodged documents at ECF Nos. 406, 406-1 and 406-2

under seal.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 10, 2018

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