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

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MOSKO DECL. RE MOTION TO SEAL RE

DOCKET NO. 292 - Case No. C 08-4567 CW (EDL)

LATHAM & WATKINS LLP

Mark A. Flagel (State Bar No. 110635)

Bob Steinberg (State Bar No. 126407)

Franklin D. Kang (State Bar No. 192314)

355 South Grand Avenue

Los Angeles, California 90071-1560

Telephone: (213) 485-1234

Facsimile: (213) 891-8763

LATHAM & WATKINS LLP

Dean G. Dunlavey (State Bar No. 115530)

650 Town Center Drive, 20th Floor

Costa Mesa, California 92626-1925

Telephone: (714) 755-8260

Facsimile: (714) 755-8290

Attorneys for Plaintiff

MONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEMS, INC.

FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW,

 GARRETT & DUNNER, L.L.P.

Scott R. Mosko (State Bar No. 106070)

Stanford Research Park

3300 Hillview Avenue

Palo Alto, California 94304-1203

Telephone: (650) 849-6600

Facsimile: (650) 849-6666

Attorneys for Plaintiff MONOLITHIC

POWER SYSTEMS, INC. and

Counterclaim-Defendants ASUSTEK

COMPUTER INC. and ASUS

COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

OAKLAND DIVISION

MONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEMS, INC.,

Plaintiff,

v.

O2 MICRO INTERNATIONAL LIMITED,

Defendant.

Case No. C 08-4567 CW (EDL)

DECLARATION OF SCOTT R. MOSKO 

IN SUPPORT OF O2 MICRO 

INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, INC.’S 

ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO SEAL 

CONFIDENTIAL EXHIBITS A AND B TO 

EXHIBIT 1 TO THE DECLARATION OF 

DUANE MATHIOWETZ PURSUANT TO 

CIVIL LOCAL RULE 79-5(d) (DKT. NO. 292); 

[PROPOSED] ORDER

JUDGE: Honorable Claudia Wilken

O2 MICRO INTERNATIONAL LIMITED,

Counterclaimant,

v.

MONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEMS, INC., 

ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC., ASUSTEK 

COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL 

AMERICA, BENQ CORPORATION, 

and BENQ AMERICA CORP.,

Counterclaim-Defendants.

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I, Scott R. Mosko, declare as follows:

1. I am a partner in the law firm of Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, 

L.L.P., counsel of record for Plaintiff and Counterclaim-Defendant Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. 

(“MPS”) and Counterclaim-Defendants ASUSTeK Computer Inc. and Asus Computer International 

(collectively “Asus”). I am a member in good standing of the State Bar of California, and have been 

admitted to practice before this Court. I submit this declaration in support of Defendant O2 Micro 

International Limited, Inc.’s (“O2 Micro”) Administrative Motion to Seal Confidential Exhibits A 

and B to Exhibit 1 (hereinafter referred to as “Exhibit A” and “Exhibit B,” respectively) to the 

Declaration of Duane Mathiowetz in Support of O2 Micro’s Motion to Serve Final Infringement 

Contentions (Docket No. 292). The matters stated herein are based upon my personal knowledge, 

and if called as a witness, I would testify as to the following statements.

Papers That Should Be Filed Under Seal

Pursuant to Civil Local Rules 7-11 and 79-5(b) and (d), MPS and Asus hereby request that 

select portions of the following documents be filed under seal:

(a) Exhibit A. Exhibit A contains an infringement claim chart for certain MPS accused 

products, and accompanies O2 Micro’s recently-proposed “Final Infringement Contentions.” MPS 

has filed a Motion to Strike these so-called “Final Infringement Contentions,” including the exhibits 

thereto (Docket No. 286). Accordingly, MPS submits that Exhibits A and B to Exhibit 1 to the 

Mathiowetz Declaration should not be filed at all, as they are in violation of Patent L.R. 3-6. 

However, to the extent that Exhibit A is filed at all by O2 Micro, MPS requests redaction of Exhibit 

A to remove the confidential portions in it.

Specifically, O2 Micro has requested that the entirety of Exhibit A be filed under seal on the 

grounds that it contains MPS’s highly confidential business information. However, in the interest 

of providing the public with access to as much of the record as possible without causing irreparable 

harm to MPS, MPS hereby requests that only select portions of Exhibit A—found on pages 1-14 

and pages 70-87—be filed under seal. These pages contain MPS highly confidential, proprietary,

and sensitive business information. In particular, these pages contain content from the datasheets 

of the MP1009 and MP1048, including detailed diagrams and schematics. The contents from these 

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pages have been the subject of a prior motion to seal, which this Court previously granted 

(Docket No. 244). Thus, the contents from these pages are subject to the protective order in this 

case, have previously been filed under seal, and have not otherwise been made public. Moreover, 

the information included in these datasheets at issue is relatively new, and is the result of extensive 

research, development, and investment by MPS. If the substance from these pages were disclosed 

to the public, MPS would be irreparably harmed, and its competitors would gain an unfair competitive advantage by being given free access to proprietary business information that MPS has devoted 

substantial resources to develop. In contrast, the public would not be harmed by being denied access 

to redacted portions of Exhibit A, since these redactions consist of only select portions of two of the 

five products contained in O2 Micro’s recently proposed “Final Infringement Contentions,” and the 

public would still have access to ample information to understand O2 Micro’s arguments. MPS has 

narrowly tailored its request to seal select portions of pages 1-14 and 70-87 from public view since 

they contain MPS highly confidential, proprietary, and sensitive business information.

So the Court and O2 Micro can understand the specific redactions that MPS believes are 

appropriate, attached to this declaration are the specific pages of Exhibit A, referred to above, 

identifying the proposed redactions.

(b) Exhibit B. Exhibit B contains an infringement chart for certain products associated 

with the ASUS counterclaim defendants. To the extent that Exhibit B is filed at all by O2 Micro, 

the ASUS Counterclaim Defendants request redaction of Exhibit B to remove the confidential 

portions in it.

O2 Micro has requested that the entirety of Exhibit B be filed under seal on the grounds 

that it contains counterclaim defendants’ highly confidential business information. However, in 

the interest of providing the public with access to as much of the record as possible without causing 

irreparable harm to the ASUS counterclaim defendants, they hereby request that only select portions 

of Exhibit B—found on pages 23-36, 38-42, and 44—be filed under seal.

These pages contain highly confidential trade secret information that has previously not been 

disclosed to the public. They contain reference to information gleaned from confidential documents 

including actual schematics that were not intended to be disclosed to the public. The ASUS 

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counterclaim defendants would be irreparably harmed, and their competitors would gain unfair

competitive advantage, if this information were to be disclosed to the public.

So the Court and O2 Micro can understand the specific redactions that the ASUS 

Counterclaim Defendants believe are appropriate, attached to this declaration are the specific 

pages of Exhibit B, referred to above, identifying the proposed redactions.

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States that the foregoing 

is true and correct and that this declaration was executed on April 1, 2010, at Palo Alto, California.

________________________________________

Scott R. Mosko

/s/ Scott R. Mosko

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

Upon good cause shown, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

• Exhibits A and B to Exhibit 1 to the Declaration of Duane 

Mathiowetz in Support of Defendant O2 Micro International 

Limited’s Motion to Serve Final Infringement Contentions 

in Accordance with Patent Local Rule 3-6 (Dkt. 292), shall 

be filed under seal, and

• If O2 Micro still intends for this Court to consider Exhibits A 

and B to Exhibit 1 to the Declaration of Duane Mathiowetz in 

Support of Defendant O2 Micro International Limited’s 

Motion to Serve Final Infringement Contentions in Accordance 

with Patent Local Rule 3-6 (Dkt. 292), O2 Micro shall redact 

these documents consistent with attachments to the Mosko 

Declaration in Support of the Motion to File Under Seal, 

and publicly file said redacted documents.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: _________________________

________________________________________

Claudia Wilken

United States District Judge

4/7/10

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