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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:271 Patent Infringement

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Case No. 5:12-cv-05826-PSG

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION

GOOD TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION and 

GOOD TECHNOLOGY SOFTWARE, INC.,

 Plaintiffs,

v.

MOBILEIRON, INC.,

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Case No. 5:12-cv-05826-PSG

OMNIBUS ORDER RE: MOTIONS

TO SEAL

(Re: Docket Nos. 255, 261, 265)

Before the court are three administrative motions to seal documents. “Historically, courts 

have recognized a ‘general right to inspect and copy public records and documents, including 

judicial records and documents.’”1

 Accordingly, when considering a sealing request, “a ‘strong 

presumption in favor of access’ is the starting point.”2 Parties seeking to seal judicial records 

relating to dispositive motions bear the burden of overcoming the presumption with “compelling 

reasons” that outweigh the general history of access and the public policies favoring disclosure.3

 1 Kamakana v. City & County of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1178 (9th Cir. 2006) (quoting Nixon v. 

Warner Commc’ns, Inc., 435 U.S. 589, 597 & n. 7 (1978)).

2 Id. (quoting Foltz v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 331 F.3d 1122, 1135 (9th Cir. 2003)).

3 Id. at 1178-79.

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However, “while protecting the public’s interest in access to the courts, we must remain 

mindful of the parties' right to access those same courts upon terms which will not unduly harm 

their competitive interest.”4

 Records attached to nondispositive motions therefore are not subject 

to the strong presumption of access.5

 Because the documents attached to nondispositive motions 

“are often unrelated, or only tangentially related, to the underlying cause of action,” parties moving 

to seal must meet the lower “good cause” standard of Rule 26(c).6 As with dispositive motions, the 

standard applicable to nondispositive motions requires a “particularized showing”7 that “specific 

prejudice or harm will result” if the information is disclosed.8 “Broad allegations of harm, 

unsubstantiated by specific examples of articulated reasoning” will not suffice.9

 A protective order 

sealing the documents during discovery may reflect the court’s previous determination that good 

cause exists to keep the documents sealed,10 but a blanket protective order that allows the parties to 

designate confidential documents does not provide sufficient judicial scrutiny to determine whether 

each particular document should remain sealed.11

In addition to making particularized showings of good cause, parties moving to seal 

documents must comply with the procedures established by Civ. L.R. 79-5. Pursuant to 

Civ. L.R. 79-5(b), a sealing order is appropriate only upon a request that establishes the document 

 4 Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., 727 F.3d 1214, 1228-29 (Fed. Cir. 2013). 

5 See id. at 1180.

6 Id. at 1179 (internal quotations and citations omitted).

7 Id.

8 Phillips ex rel. Estates of Byrd v. Gen. Motors Corp., 307 F.3d 1206, 1210-11 (9th Cir. 2002); 

see Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(c).

9 Beckman Indus., Inc. v. Int’l Ins. Co., 966 F.2d 470, 476 (9th Cir. 1992).

10 See Kamakana, 447 F.3d at 1179-80.

11 See Civ. L.R. 79-5(d)(1)(A) (“Reference to a stipulation or protective order that allows a party to 

designate certain documents as confidential is not sufficient to establish that a document, or 

portions thereof, are sealable.”).

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is “sealable,” or “privileged or protectable as a trade secret or otherwise entitled to protection under 

the law.” “The request must be narrowly tailored to seek sealing only of sealable material, and 

must conform with Civil L.R. 79-5(d).”12 “Within 4 days of the filing of the Administrative 

Motion to File Under Seal, the Designating Party must file a declaration as required by subsection 

79-5(d)(1)(A) establishing that all of the designated material is sealable.”13

With these standards in mind, the court rules on the instant motions as follows: 

Motion 

to Seal

Document to be Sealed Result Reason/Explanation

255 Exhibit 1 to the Declaration 

of Eric C. Green

All text at Docket 255-5 

SEALED except text at 15:1-

17:8 and 232:12-233:6 

UNSEALED. 

Only sealed portions 

narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information.

255 Exhibit 2 to the Declaration 

of Eric C. Green

Designations in yellow at Docket 

No. 255-7 SEALED; all other 

designations UNSEALED. 

Only sealed portions 

narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information.

255 Exhibit 3 to the Declaration 

of Eric C. Green

Designations in yellow at Docket 

No. 255-10 SEALED; all other 

designations UNSEALED. 

Only sealed portions 

narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information.

255 Exhibit 4 to the Declaration 

of Eric C. Green

Designations in yellow at Docket 

No. 255-12 SEALED; all other 

designations UNSEALED. 

Only sealed portions 

narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information.

255 Exhibit 5 to the Declaration 

of Eric C. Green

Designations in yellow at Docket 

No. 255-14 SEALED; all other 

designations UNSEALED. 

Only sealed portions 

narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information.

255 Exhibit 6 to the Declaration 

of Eric C. Green

SEALED Narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

 12 Civ. L.R. 79-5(b). In part, Civ. L.R. 79-5(d) requires the submitting party to attach a “proposed 

order that is narrowly tailored to seal only the sealable material” which “lists in table format each 

document or portion thereof that is sought to be sealed,” Civ. L.R. 79-5(d)(1)(b), and an 

“unredacted version of the document” that indicates “by highlighting or other clear method, the 

portions of the document that have been omitted from the redacted version.” 

Civ. L.R. 79-5(d)(1)(d).

13 Civ. L.R. 79-5(e)(1). 

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information.

255 Exhibit 7 to the Declaration 

of Eric C. Green

SEALED Narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information.

255 Exhibit 8 to the Declaration 

of Eric C. Green

SEALED Narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information.

255 Exhibit 9 to the Declaration 

of Eric C. Green

SEALED Narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information.

255 Exhibit 11 to the 

Declaration of Eric C. 

Green

Text at Docket No. 255-19 at 

377:3-25 SEALED; all other text 

UNSEALED. 

Only sealed portions 

narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information.

255 Exhibit 12 to the 

Declaration of Eric C. 

Green

Designations in yellow at Docket 

No. 255-21 SEALED; all other 

designations UNSEALED. 

Only sealed portions 

narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information.

255 Exhibit 14 to the 

Declaration of Eric C. 

Green

Designations in yellow at Docket 

No. 255-23 at ¶¶ 20, 23 and 48 

SEALED; all other designations 

UNSEALED. 

Only sealed portions 

narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information.

255 Exhibit 16 to the 

Declaration of Eric C. 

Green

Designations in yellow at Docket 

No. 255-25 SEALED; all other 

designations UNSEALED. 

Only sealed portions 

narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information.

255 Exhibit 18 to the 

Declaration of Eric C. 

Green

UNSEALED Not narrowly tailored 

to confidential 

business information. 

See Civ. L.R. 79- 5(d)(1)(A).

255 Exhibit 19 to the 

Declaration of Eric C. 

Green

UNSEALED Not narrowly tailored 

to confidential 

business information. 

See Civ. L.R. 79- 5(d)(1)(A).

255 Exhibit 25 to the 

Declaration of Eric C. 

Green

SEALED Narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information.

255 Exhibit 26 to the 

Declaration of Eric C. 

Green

UNSEALED Not narrowly tailored 

to confidential 

business information. 

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See Civ. L.R. 79- 5(d)(1)(A).

255 Exhibit 27 to the 

Declaration of Eric C. 

Green

SEALED Narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information.

255 Exhibit 28 to the 

Declaration of Eric C. 

Green

Top email at Docket No. 255-33 

SEALED; original email being 

forwarded UNSEALED.

Only sealed portions 

narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information.

255 Exhibit 29 to the 

Declaration of Eric C. 

Green

Designations in yellow at Docket 

No. 255-35 SEALED; all other 

designations UNSEALED. 

Only sealed portions 

narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information.

255 Exhibit 30 to the 

Declaration of Eric C. 

Green

SEALED Narrowly tailored to 

attorney work 

product and 

confidential business 

information. 

255 Exhibit 31 to the 

Declaration of Eric C. 

Green

SEALED Narrowly tailored to 

attorney work 

product and 

confidential business 

information.

255 Exhibit 32 to the 

Declaration of Eric C. 

Green

Designations in yellow at Docket 

No. 255-40 at ¶¶ 227-229 and 

329 SEALED; all other 

designations UNSEALED. 

Only sealed portions 

narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information.

255 Good’s Opposition to 

MobileIron’s Motion for 

Summary Judgment of 

Non-Infringement and 

Invalidity

Designations in yellow at Docket 

No. 255-4 at 5:25-28, 6:1-13,

6:15-17, 6:22-26, 7:1-3, 7:7-10, 

7:15-17, 7:20-24, 8:7-11, 8:16-

23, 9:1-2, 9:7-9, 13:11-23, 14:3-

6, 14:13-14, 14:23-27, 16:19-21, 

16:26-28, 17:5, 25:14-22, 25:27, 

26:1-2, 26:4, 26:17-25, 28:24-

25, 29:26-28, 44:5-12, 46:18-22, 

47:2-4, 47:10-11, 47:14-17, 

48:11-14, and 48:16-17

SEALED; all other designations 

UNSEALED. 

Only sealed portions 

narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information.

261 Exhibit 2 to the Declaration 

of Joel Stonedale

Designations in yellow at Docket 

No. 261-6 SEALED; all other 

designations UNSEALED. 

Only sealed portions 

narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information.

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261 Motion to Strike Portions 

of Defendant’s Expert 

Report Regarding 

Defendant’s Infringement 

Counterclaim

Designations in yellow at Docket 

No. 261-4 SEALED; all other 

designations UNSEALED. 

Only sealed portions 

narrowly tailored to

confidential business 

information.

265 Exhibit 41 to the 

Declaration of Vickie 

Freeman

SEALED Narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information.

265 Exhibit 42 to the 

Declaration of Vickie 

Freeman

SEALED Narrowly tailored to 

confidential business

information.

265 Exhibit 43 to the 

Declaration of Vickie 

Freeman

SEALED Narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information.

265 Exhibit 34 to the 

Declaration of Glen Lui

UNSEALED Not narrowly tailored 

to confidential 

business information. 

See Civ. L.R. 79- 5(d)(1)(A).

265 Exhibit 35 to the 

Declaration of Glen Lui

SEALED Narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information.

265 Exhibit 37 to the 

Declaration of Glen Lui

SEALED Narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information.

265 MobileIron, Inc.’s Reply in 

Support of the Motion for 

Summary Judgment of 

Non-Infringement and 

Invalidity

Designations in yellow at Docket 

No. 265-8 at 2:4-28, 4:25-28, 

7:10-21, 8:1, 9:2-3, 9:10-12 and 

17:27-28 SEALED; all other 

designations UNSEALED. 

Only sealed portions 

narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information.

265 MobileIron, Inc.’s Reply in 

Support for the Motion for 

Summary Judgment on 

Lost Profits

Designations in yellow at Docket 

No. 265-5 at i:11-12, 2:8-9,

4:11-12, 5:5, 5:20-22, 8:6-7, 

10:9-28, 11:1, 11:19-26 and 

12:15 SEALED; all other 

designations UNSEALED.

Only sealed portions 

narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information.

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