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

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Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

SPACE DATA CORPORATION,

Plaintiff,

v.

ALPHABET INC., et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 16-cv-03260-BLF 

OMNIBUS ORDER RE: THE PARTIES’ 

DAUBERT SEALING MOTIONS

[Re: ECF 479, 482, 494, 497, 519]

Before the Court are the parties’ administrative motions to file under seal portions of their 

briefing and exhibits in connection with the parties’ Daubert motions. ECF 479, 482, 494, 497, 

519. For the reasons stated below, each motion is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART. 

I. LEGAL STANDARD

“Historically, courts have recognized a ‘general right to inspect and copy public records 

and documents, including judicial records and documents.’” Kamakana v. City & Cty. 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)). Accordingly, when considering a sealing request, “a ‘strong 

presumption in favor of access’ is the starting point.” Id. (quoting Foltz v. State Farm Mut. Auto. 

Ins. Co., 331 F.3d 1122, 1135 (9th Cir. 2003)). Parties seeking to seal judicial records relating to 

motions that are “more than tangentially related to the underlying cause of action” bear the burden 

of overcoming the presumption with “compelling reasons” that outweigh the general history of 

access and the public policies favoring disclosure. Ctr. for Auto Safety v. Chrysler Grp., 809 F.3d 

1092, 1099 (9th Cir. 2016); Kamakana, 447 F.3d at 1178–79. 

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 

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their competitive interest.” Apple Inc. v. Samsung Elecs. Co., Ltd., 727 F.3d 1214, 1228–29 (Fed. 

Cir. 2013). Records attached to motions that are “not related, or only tangentially related, to the 

merits of a case” therefore are not subject to the strong presumption of access. Ctr. for Auto 

Safety, 809 F.3d at 1099; see also Kamakana, 447 F.3d at 1179 (“[T]he public has less of a need 

for access to court records attached only to non-dispositive motions because those documents are 

often unrelated, or only tangentially related, to the underlying cause of action.”). Parties moving 

to seal the documents attached to such motions must meet the lower “good cause” standard of 

Rule 26(c). Kamakana, 447 F.3d at 1179 (internal quotations and citations omitted). This 

standard requires a “particularized showing,” id., that “specific prejudice or harm will result” if the 

information is disclosed. 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). “Broad allegations of harm, unsubstantiated by 

specific examples of articulated reasoning” will not suffice. Beckman Indus., Inc. v. Int’l Ins. Co., 

966 F.2d 470, 476 (9th Cir. 1992). A protective order sealing the documents during discovery 

may reflect the court’s previous determination that good cause exists to keep the documents 

sealed, see Kamakana, 447 F.3d at 1179–80, 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. 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.”).

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 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).” Civ. L.R. 79-5(b). In part, Civ. L.R. 79-5(d) requiresthe 

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 

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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). “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.” Civ. L.R. 79-5(e)(1).

II. DISCUSSION

The Court has reviewed Plaintiff and Defendants’ sealing motions and the declarations of 

the designating parties submitted in support thereof. The Court finds that the parties have 

articulated compelling reasons to seal certain portions of the submitted documents. The proposed 

redactions are generally narrowly tailored. The Court’s rulings on the sealing requests are set 

forth in the tables below. 

A. ECF 479 (Plaintiff’s motion re Plaintiff’s Daubert motion and exhibits)

ECF 

No.

Document to be 

Sealed:

Result Reasoning

479-18 Plaintiff’s Notice 

of Motion and 

Daubert Motion to

Exclude Expert 

Testimony and 

Portions of 

Related Expert 

Reports, and 

Exhibits Thereto

GRANTED as to Google’s request: 

highlighted portions. 

Contains confidential 

information about the 

design and operation of 

Loon’s navigational 

systems and its technical

development. Werdegar 

Decl. ¶ 6, ECF 487-1. 

Public disclosure would 

expose Google to 

competitive harm. Id.

479-19 Exhibit 1 to the 

Hosie Declaration

GRANTED as to Space Data’s 

request: yellow highlighted 

portions. 

GRANTED as to Google’s request: 

orange highlighted portions. 

Contains Space Data’s 

proprietary information, 

including purported trade 

secrets. See Ritchie Decl. 

¶ 6, ECF 481. Public 

disclosure would expose 

Space Data to competitive 

harm. Id. 

Contains confidential 

information about Google’s 

project development 

practices. Werdegar 

Decl. ¶ 7, ECF 487-1. 

Public disclosure would 

expose Google to 

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ECF 

No.

Document to be 

Sealed:

Result Reasoning

competitive harm. Id. 

479-20 Exhibit 2 to the 

Hosie Declaration

GRANTED as to Google’s request: 

Page 98, lines 4-6. 

Contains confidential 

information about Google’s 

project development 

practices, including 

discussions about a project 

under consideration. 

Werdegar Decl. ¶ 8, ECF 

487-1. Public disclosure 

would expose Google to 

competitive harm. Id. 

479-21 Exhibit 3 to the 

Hosie Declaration

GRANTED as to Space Data’s 

request: highlighted portions. 

GRANTED as to Google’s request:

Table of Contents: VI B.1a–d; 

VIII.A–C.

Body Text: ¶¶ 72; 73 (first line); 74 

(last line); 75; 76–116, 83 

(heading); 91 (heading); 101 

(heading); 106 (heading); 118–33; 

147; 148 (lines 2, 3, and 6); 149 

(last three lines); 150–54; 156–60; 

164 (first two lines); 165–73; 174 

(third line); 175 (second and fifth

line); 176–77; 178 (first two lines); 

179 (first line); 180; 183, 194–96; 

198 (first three lines); 199–200; 

202; 221–26; 238–40; 240 n.12; 

242–44; 246–48; 251–55; 277–81; 

282 (last two lines); 284–86; 287 

(last line); 291–92; 297 (third line); 

304 (heading); 305 (last three 

lines); 306–08, 307 (heading); 310 

(heading) 310–13, 314 (first two 

lines); 325 (first three lines); 326 

(first three lines); 327-28; 329 

(bottom 6 lines); 330 (including 

Contains Space Data’s 

proprietary information, 

including purported trade 

secrets. See Ritchie Decl. 

¶ 6, ECF 481. Public 

disclosure would expose 

Space Data to competitive 

harm. Id. 

Contains confidential 

information about the design 

and operation of Loon’s 

flight and navigational 

systems. Werdegar 

Decl. ¶ 9, ECF 487-1. 

Public disclosure would 

expose Google to 

competitive harm. Id.

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Result Reasoning

images); 333–34; 335–36 

(including image); 343; 345–57; 

359–60; 362–63; 368–69; 371; 

374–75; 376 (third line); 377–78; 

380–81.

DENIED as to the remainder. Google, the designating 

party, does not seek to seal 

the remainder.

479-22 Exhibit 4 to the 

Hosie Declaration 

GRANTED as to Google’s request: 

highlighted portions. 

Contains confidential 

information about the design 

and operation of Loon’s 

navigational systems. 

Werdegar Decl. ¶ 10, ECF 

487-1. Public disclosure 

would expose Google to 

competitive harm. Id.

479-23 Exhibit 8 to the 

Hosie Declaration

DENIED. Google, the designating 

party, does not seek to seal 

this document. 

479-24 Exhibit 11 to the 

Hosie Declaration

GRANTED as to Google’s request: 

highlighted portions.

Contains confidential 

information about the design 

and operation of Loon’s 

navigational systems. 

Werdegar Decl. ¶ 11, ECF 

487-1. Public disclosure 

would expose Google to 

competitive harm. Id.

479-25 Exhibit 13 to the 

Hosie Declaration

GRANTED as to Space Data’s 

request: highlighted portions. 

GRANTED as to Google’s request:

Headings: 2.4; 2.5.2 (second line). 

Body Paragraphs: ¶¶ 15 (second 

to last line); 18 (last three lines); 

20; 24 (highlighted portion); 26 

(last two lines); 27–28; 30 (third to 

Contains Space Data’s 

proprietary information, 

including purported trade 

secrets. See Ritchie Decl. 

¶ 13, ECF 481. Public 

disclosure would expose 

Space Data to competitive 

harm. Id. 

Contains confidential 

information about Google’s 

business development, 

practices, and strategy, 

including how Google 

evaluates strategic partner 

relationships. Werdegar 

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No.

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Result Reasoning

last line); 31–36; 38; 39 (lines two 

and three); 40; 42 (second line); 44; 

45 (first and second to last line); 

46–47; 52 (last seven lines); 104–

19; 140 (last line); 146; 148 (last 

two lines) 184; 187 (second line); 

188; 195–96; 201 (first two lines); 

209 (first three lines); 223; 224 

(bottom seven lines); 258–59; 260 

(last five lines); 270; 272–75; 277 

(last two lines); 278 (line three); 

283, 285 (last five lines); 286; 287 

(lines three to five); 288–93; 294 

(line five); 295; 296 (lines three, 

four and eight); 297 (last three 

lines); 302–03; 308–11; 312 (third 

line); 313 (lines two and three); 316 

(last three lines); 317–19; 320 (third 

line and last three lines); 321 (lines 

one and three to five); 329 (last two 

lines); 330 (last six lines); 331; 338 

(lines seven and eight); 340 (line 2); 

344 (line three); 348; 365 (last 

line); 444; 446 (last two lines); 447 

(lines three to five and lines 10 to 

13). 

Footnotes: nn. 3, 13 (highlighted 

portion); 24; 32; 38; 47; 109; 111; 

126; 157; 270–71; 278; 280; 288; 

290–91; 306; 308. 

Exhibits: 

Exhibit 2 (entirety)

Exhibit 3, ver. 1 & nn. 1, 5, and 12; 

Exhibit 3, ver. 2 & nn. 1, 5, and 12; 

Exhibit 3, ver. 3 & nn. 1, 5, and 12.

DENIED as to the remainder.

Decl. ¶ 12, ECF 487-1. 

Public disclosure would 

expose Google to 

competitive harm. Id. 

Google, the designating 

party, does not seek to seal 

the remainder. 

479-26 Exhibit 14 to the 

Hosie Declaration

GRANTED as to Google’s request:

Pg. 25, lines 16, 23; Pg. 28, lines 

12–20. 

Contains confidential 

information about Google’s 

business development, 

practices, and strategy, 

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ECF 

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Result Reasoning

DENIED as to the remainder.

including how Google 

evaluates strategic partner 

relationships. Werdegar 

Decl. ¶ 13, ECF 487-1. 

Public disclosure would 

expose Google to 

competitive harm. Id. 

Google, the designating 

party, does not seek to seal 

the remainder. 

479-27 Exhibit 15 to the 

Hosie Declaration

GRANTED as to Google’s request:

Pg. 21, lines 16–22.

DENIED as to the remainder.

Contains confidential 

information about Google’s 

revenue and financial 

information. Werdegar 

Decl. ¶ 14, ECF 487-1. 

Public disclosure would 

expose Google to 

competitive harm. Id. 

Google, the designating 

party, does not seek to seal 

the remainder. 

479-28 Exhibit 16 to the 

Hosie Declaration

GRANTED as to Google’s request:

193:1–194:25; 198:1–199:25. 

Contains confidential 

information about Google’s 

business development 

practices, including internal 

discussions about 

technologies being 

developed. Werdegar 

Decl. ¶ 15, ECF 487-1. 

Public disclosure would 

expose Google to 

competitive harm. Id.

479-29 Exhibit 17 to the 

Hosie Declaration

GRANTED as to Google’s request:

The following paragraphs found on 

pages 7 to 10: ¶¶ 5, 7; 8–9; 14; 18; 

21; 41–42. 

Contains confidential 

information about Google’s 

business development 

practices, including internal 

discussions about 

technologies being 

developed. Werdegar 

Decl. ¶ 16, ECF 487-1. 

Public disclosure would 

expose Google to 

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ECF 

No.

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Sealed:

Result Reasoning

DENIED as to the remainder.

competitive harm. Id.

Google, the designating 

party, does not seek to seal 

the remainder. 

479-30 Exhibit 18 to the 

Hosie Declaration

GRANTED as to Google’s request:

Entirety of page 2. 

DENIED as to the remainder.

Contains confidential 

information about the design 

and operation of Loon’s 

flight systems. Werdegar 

Decl. ¶ 17, ECF 487-1. 

Public disclosure would 

expose Google to 

competitive harm. Id.

Google, the designating 

party, does not seek to seal 

the remainder. 

479-31 Exhibit 19 to the 

Hosie Declaration

GRANTED as to Google’s request:

Pg. 8, lines 3–7.

DENIED as to the remainder.

Contains confidential 

information about the design 

and operation of Loon’s 

balloon fleet. Werdegar 

Decl. ¶ 18, ECF 487-1. 

Public disclosure would 

expose Google to 

competitive harm. Id.

Google, the designating 

party, does not seek to seal 

the remainder. 

B. ECF 482 (Defendants’ motion re Defendants’ Daubert motion and exhibits) 

ECF 

No.

Document to be 

Sealed:

Result Reasoning

482-4 Google’s Motion to 

Exclude Expert 

Testimony 

GRANTED as to Google’s request:

yellow highlighted portions. 

Contains confidential 

information about Loon’s 

R&D plans, business plans, 

and financial projections. 

Werdegar Decl. ¶ 8, ECF 

482-1. Public disclosure 

would expose Google to 

competitive harm. Id. 

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No.

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Result Reasoning

GRANTED as to Space Data’s 

request: Pg. 10, lines 25-28. 

Contains Space Data’s 

proprietary financial 

information, including 

purported trade secrets. 

See Ritchie Decl. ¶ 6, 

ECF 488-1. Public 

disclosure would expose 

Space Data to competitive 

harm. Id. 

482-5 Exhibit 1 to the 

Declaration of 

Matthew M. 

Werdegar I/S/O 

Google’s Motion to 

Exclude Expert 

Testimony 

(Excerpts of the 

Report of Dr. 

Christine Meyer 

(“Meyer Report”) 

and Exhibits 5, 6C 

& 6D)

GRANTED as to Google’s request:

The following paragraphs, Exhibits 

and accompanying footnotes: ¶¶ 82-

90; 92-112; 114; 121; 124-31; 134-

37; 140; 142-45; 149-50; 153-58; 

163-66; 169-72; 175-76; 182-84; 

186-96; 199-202; 206-07; 209-10; 

Exhibits 5, 6C, & 6D.

GRANTED as to Space Data’s 

request: ¶ 147. 

DENIED as to the remainder.

Contains confidential 

information about Google’s 

business development 

practices, including internal 

discussions about Google’s 

marketing and partnership 

plans. Werdegar Decl. ¶ 9, 

ECF 482-1. Public 

disclosure would expose 

Google to competitive harm. 

Id.

Contains Space Data’s 

confidential strategic 

business information, 

including information 

pertaining to third-parties. 

See Ritchie Decl. ¶ 7, 

ECF 488-1. Public 

disclosure would expose 

Space Data to competitive 

harm. Id. 

Space Data, the designating 

party, does not seek to seal 

the remainder.

482-6 Exhibit 2 to the 

Werdegar 

Declaration 

(Excerpts of the 

Addendum to the 

Meyer Report)

GRANTED as to Google’s request: 

¶¶ 13; 14 (second line only); 19; 

nn.4-7, 9-10, 14-16. 

DENIED as to the remainder.

Contains confidential 

information about Google’s 

revenue and financial 

projections. Werdegar 

Decl. ¶ 10, ECF 482-1. 

Public disclosure would 

expose Google to 

competitive harm. Id. 

Space Data, the designating 

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No.

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Result Reasoning

party, does not seek to seal 

the remainder.

482-8 Exhibit 4 to the 

Werdegar 

Declaration 

(Excerpts of the 

December 2018 

Deposition of 

Christine Meyer)

GRANTED as to Google’s request:

42:1-43:15; 44:6-44:25; 95:17-

95:24; 96:11-97:9; 97:24-98:25; 

100:23-101:18; 104:2-106:25; 

107:21-110:5; 110:14-110:25; 

122:1-124:10; 127:2-127:8; 228:9-

228:14; 228:18-229:15; 238:1-

238:25; 250:5-250:23. 

GRANTED as to Space Data’s 

request: Pg. 73, lines 22-25; pg. 95, 

lines 10, 15, and 19; pg. 229, 

line 20. 

DENIED as to the remainder.

Contains confidential 

information about Loon’s 

business plans and financial 

projections. Werdegar 

Decl. ¶ 11, ECF 482-1. 

Public disclosure would 

expose Google to 

competitive harm. Id. 

Contains Space Data’s 

confidential financial and 

strategic business 

information, including 

information pertaining to 

third-parties. See Ritchie 

Decl. ¶¶ 6, 7, ECF 488-1. 

Public disclosure would 

expose Space Data to 

competitive harm. Id. 

Space Data, the designating 

party, does not seek to seal 

the remainder.

482-9 Exhibit 5 to the 

Werdegar 

Declaration 

(Excerpts of the 

Deposition of Anne 

Bray)

GRANTED as to Google’s request:

the entire document. 

Contains confidential 

information about Google’s 

business development 

practices, including internal 

discussions about Google’s 

partnership plans. Werdegar 

Decl. ¶ 12, ECF 482-1. 

Public disclosure would 

expose Google to 

competitive harm. Id. 

482-10 Exhibit 7 to the 

Werdegar 

Declaration (Space 

Data’s July 2018 

Amended 

Responses to 

Google’s 

Interrogatory 

No. 8)

GRANTED as to Google’s request:

highlighted portions of pages 84 to 

85 as indicated in Google’s 

Administrative Motion to File 

Under Seal and accompanying 

Exhibit. 

Contains confidential 

information about Google’s 

business development 

practices, including internal 

discussions about Google’s 

partnership plans. Werdegar 

Decl. ¶ 13, ECF 482-1. 

Public disclosure would 

expose Google to 

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No.

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Result Reasoning

DENIED as to the remainder. 

competitive harm. Id.

Space Data, the designating 

party, does not seek to seal 

the remainder. 

482-11 Exhibit 8 to the 

Werdegar 

Declaration (Space 

Data’s 2015 

Consolidated 

Financial Report)

GRANTED as to Space Data’s 

request: the entire document. 

Contains Space Data’s 

proprietary financial 

information, including 

purported trade secrets. 

See Ritchie Decl. ¶ 6, 

ECF 488-1. Public 

disclosure would expose 

Space Data to competitive 

harm. Id. 

482-12 Exhibit 9 to the 

Werdegar 

Declaration 

(Opening Expert 

Report of Sam 

Pullen)

DENIED. Space Data, the designating 

party, does not seek to seal 

this document. 

482-13 Exhibit 10 to the 

Werdegar 

Declaration 

(Excerpts of 

Appendix A to the 

Expert Report of 

Sam Pullen)

GRANTED as to Google’s request:

¶¶ 485-86; 486; 486 nn.749-51; 

655; 655 n.922; 677; 678.

DENIED as to the remainder. 

Contains confidential 

information about the design 

and operation of Loon’s 

navigational systems. 

Werdegar Decl. ¶ 14, ECF 

482-1. Public disclosure 

would expose Google to 

competitive harm. Id.

Space Data, the designating 

party, does not seek to seal 

the remainder.

C. ECF 494 (Plaintiff’s motion re Opposition brief and exhibits)

ECF 

No.

Document to be 

Sealed:

Result Reasoning

494-19 Plaintiff’s 

Opposition to 

Defendants’ 

Motion to Exclude 

Expert Testimony 

GRANTED as to Space Data’s 

request: highlighted portions at 

pg. 8, lines 10 & 12. 

Contains Space Data’s 

proprietary business 

information, including 

information pertaining to 

third-party partners. 

See Ritchie Decl. ¶¶ 5, 9, 

ECF 494-1. Public 

disclosure would expose 

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Result Reasoning

GRANTED as to Google’s request:

highlighted portions, plus:

• page 9, line 18, text in 

second parenthetical; 

• page 10, line 3, text between 

“opine that” and “is noninfringing”; 

• and page 10, line 5, text 

between “which used” and 

“infringed.”

Space Data to competitive 

harm. Id. 

Contains confidential 

information about Loon’s 

business development, 

practices, and strategy. 

Werdegar Decl. ¶ 6, ECF 

510-1. Public disclosure 

would expose Google to 

competitive harm. Id. 

494-20 Exhibit A to the 

Hosie Declaration 

GRANTED as to Space Data’s 

request: 

• ¶ 11(f)

• ¶ 14 (lines 4)

• ¶ 15 (company at lines 5 & 

6)

• ¶ 50 (lines 4-5)

• ¶ 61 (end of line 4)

• ¶ 64 (lines 3-4 & 6-7)

• ¶ 66 (line 4)

• ¶ 147

• ¶ 217 (dollar amounts)

• Footnote 537. 

GRANTED as to Google’s request:

The following paragraphs and 

accompanying footnotes: ¶¶11(b) 

& (c); 19-20; 26-28; 29 (last two 

sentences); 30; 33-36; 41-48; 51-

52; 82-90; 92-112; 114; 121; 124-

31; 134-37; 140; 142-45; 149-50; 

153-58; 163-66; 169-72; 175-76; 

182-84; 186-96; 199-02; 206-07; 

209-10; 218-19.

Footnote: n. 53.

Headings: B.1 (pg. 12); B.3 (pg. 

19); II.C.1 (page 23); III.C.4. (page 

47); III.E.a.2.i-v (pages 62-65).

Contains Space Data’s 

proprietary business 

information, including 

information pertaining to 

third-party partners. 

See Ritchie Decl. ¶¶ 5–9, 

ECF 494-1. Public 

disclosure would expose 

Space Data to competitive 

harm. Id. 

Contains confidential 

information about Google’s 

business development and 

partnership plans, including 

highly sensitive revenue and 

financial information. 

Werdegar Decl. ¶ 7, 

ECF 510-1. Public 

disclosure would expose 

Google to competitive harm. 

Id.

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Hosie Declaration

GRANTED as to Google’s request: 

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nn. 38 & 157. 

DENIED as to the remainder. 

Contains confidential 

information about Google’s

marketing and partnership 

plans. Werdegar Decl. ¶ 8, 

ECF 510-1. Public 

disclosure would expose 

Google to competitive harm. 

Id. 

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the remainder. 

494-22 Exhibit C to the 

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GRANTED as to Space Data’s 

request: pg. 117, line 8 (name of 

project). 

GRANTED as to Google’s request:

Pg. 117, line 8. 

DENIED as to the remainder. 

Contains Space Data’s 

confidential information that 

pertains to a prospective 

relationship with a thirdparty. Hosie Decl. ¶ 6, 

ECF 494-2. 

Contains confidential 

information about Google’s 

strategic partnership 

practices, including specific 

business relationships under 

evaluation. Werdegar 

Decl. ¶ 9, ECF 510-1. 

Public disclosure would 

expose Google to 

competitive harm. Id. 

Google, the designating 

party, does not seek to seal 

the remainder. 

494-23 Exhibit D to the 

Hosie Declaration

GRANTED as to Google’s request: 

the entire document. 

Contains confidential 

information about Loon’s 

business development, 

practices, and strategy. 

Werdegar Decl. ¶ 10, ECF 

510-1. Public disclosure 

would expose Google to 

competitive harm. Id. 

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GRANTED as to Space Data’s 

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Contains Space Data’s 

proprietary business 

information, including 

information pertaining to 

third-party partners. 

See Ritchie Decl. ¶¶ 8, 9, 

ECF 494-1. Public 

disclosure would expose 

Space Data to competitive 

harm. Id. 

494-25 Exhibit F to the 

Hosie Declaration

GRANTED as to Space Data’s 

request: the entire document.

Contains Space Data’s 

proprietary business 

information, including 

information pertaining to 

third-party partners. 

See Ritchie Decl. ¶¶ 8, 9, 

ECF 494-1. Public 

disclosure would expose 

Space Data to competitive 

harm. Id. 

494-26 Exhibit G to the 

Hosie Declaration

GRANTED as to Space Data’s 

request: the entire document.

Contains Space Data’s 

proprietary business 

information, including 

information pertaining to 

third-party partners. 

See Ritchie Decl. ¶¶ 8, 9, 

ECF 494-1. Public 

disclosure would expose 

Space Data to competitive 

harm. Id. 

494-27 Exhibit H to the 

Hosie Declaration

GRANTED as to Space Data’s 

request: the entire document.

Contains Space Data’s 

proprietary business 

information, including 

information pertaining to 

third-party partners. 

See Ritchie Decl. ¶¶ 8, 9, 

ECF 494-1. Public 

disclosure would expose 

Space Data to competitive 

harm. Id. 

494-28 Exhibit I to the 

Hosie Declaration

GRANTED as to Space Data’s 

request: highlighted portions. 

Contains Space Data’s 

proprietary business 

information, including 

information pertaining to 

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disclosure would expose 

Space Data to competitive 

harm. Id. 

494-29 Exhibit J to the 

Hosie Declaration

GRANTED as to Google’s request: 

highlighted portions. 

Contains confidential 

information about Loon’s 

R&D plans, including 

technologies under 

development. Werdegar 

Decl. ¶ 11, ECF 510-1. 

Public disclosure would 

expose Google to 

competitive harm. Id.

494-30 Exhibit K to the 

Hosie Declaration

GRANTED as to Google’s request: 

highlighted portions. 

Contains confidential 

information about Google’s 

R&D plans, including 

revenue information. 

Werdegar Decl. ¶ 12, 

ECF 510-1. Public 

disclosure would expose 

Google to competitive harm. 

Id.

494-31 Exhibit L to the 

Hosie Declaration

GRANTED as to Google’s request: 

the entire document. 

Contains confidential 

information about Loon’s 

R&D plans, including 

technologies under 

development. Werdegar 

Decl. ¶ 13, ECF 510-1. 

Public disclosure would 

expose Google to 

competitive harm. Id.

494-32 Exhibit M to the 

Hosie Declaration

GRANTED as to Google’s request: 

the entire document. 

Contains confidential 

information about Loon’s 

R&D plans, including 

technologies under 

development. Werdegar 

Decl. ¶ 14, ECF 510-1. 

Public disclosure would 

expose Google to 

competitive harm. Id.

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Hosie Declaration

GRANTED as to Google’s request: 

highlighted portions. 

Contains confidential 

information about Loon’s 

R&D plans, including 

technologies under 

development. Werdegar 

Decl. ¶ 15, ECF 510-1. 

Public disclosure would 

expose Google to 

competitive harm. Id.

D. ECF 497 (Defendants’ motion re Opposition brief and exhibits)

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Opposition to 

Space Data’s 

Motion to Exclude 

Expert Testimony 

and Portions of 

Related Experts

GRANTED as to Google’s request:

yellow highlighted portions. 

GRANTED as to Space Data’s 

request:

• lines 19 (start to “Id. ¶ 64.”)

• line 20 (between 

“photographs” and 

“displayed”)

• line 22 (between “showing” 

and “Id. ¶¶ 61, 64.”). 

DENIED as to the remainder. 

Contains confidential 

information about the design 

and operation of Loon’s 

navigational systems. Dowd

Decl. ¶ 9, ECF 497-1. 

Public disclosure would 

expose Google to 

competitive harm. Id. 

Contains Space Data’s 

confidential technical, 

business planning, and 

financial information. 

Knoblach Decl. ¶¶ 5, 9, 

ECF 511-1. Public 

disclosure would expose 

Space Data to competitive 

harm. Id. 

Space Data, the designating 

party, does not seek to seal 

the remainder.

497-5 Exhibit 4 to 

Kamber 

Declaration 

(Excerpts of the 

Expert Report of 

Christine S. Meyer, 

Ph.D.)

GRANTED as to Google’s request:

The following paragraphs and 

accompanying footnotes: ¶ 51, 52 

& n.146, 206, 209–210 & nn.509–

530, 218, 219. 

Contains confidential 

information about Google’s 

business development, 

practices, and strategy, 

including methods Google X 

uses to select projects for 

development. Dowd

Decl. ¶ 10, ECF 497-1. 

Public disclosure would 

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• ¶ 61 (end of line 4)

• ¶ 64 (lines 3-4 & 6-7)

• ¶ 66 (line 4)

• ¶ 217 (dollar amounts)

• Footnote 537 (dollar 

amounts). 

DENIED as to the remainder. 

expose Google to 

competitive harm. Id. 

Contains Space Data’s 

confidential technical, 

business planning, and 

financial information, 

including purported trade 

secrets. Knoblach 

Decl. ¶¶ 6, 7, 9, ECF 511-1. 

Public disclosure would 

expose Space Data to 

competitive harm. Id. 

Space Data, the designating 

party, does not seek to seal 

the remainder.

497-7 Exhibit 5 to 

Kamber 

Declaration 

(Excerpts of the 

Deposition of 

Christine S. Meyer, 

Ph.D.)

GRANTED as to Google’s request:

236:5–6. 

Contains confidential 

information about Loon’s 

profitability. Dowd 

Decl. ¶ 11, ECF 497-1. 

Public disclosure would 

expose Google to 

competitive harm. Id. 

497-8 Exhibit 6 to 

Kamber 

Declaration 

(Plaintiff Space 

Data Corporation’s 

July 3, 2018 

Amended 

Responses to 

Defendant Google 

LLC’s 

Interrogatory Nos. 

14 and 21)

GRANTED as to Google’s request:

17:1–18:12, 19:5–32:19. 

GRANTED as to Space Data’s 

request:

• page 8, lines 24-25 & 27

• page 9, lines 1-2 (“critical 

to” to “was not known”) & 

5 (“about the” to “ability 

to”) 

• page 10, lines 25-26 (“NOC 

center” to “reflected on”) 

• page 33, lines 17 (“related 

to” to “and”), 20-22 

Contains confidential 

information about Loon’s 

navigational systems and its 

technical development. 

Dowd Decl. ¶ 12, ECF 497-

1. Public disclosure would 

expose Google to 

competitive harm. Id. 

Contains Space Data’s 

confidential technical, 

business planning, and 

financial information, 

including purported trade 

secrets. Knoblach 

Decl. ¶¶ 6–9, ECF 511-1. 

Public disclosure would 

expose Space Data to 

competitive harm. Id. 

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(“balloons spaced” to 

“based upon”), 23 

(“knowledge that” to “there 

are”), 24-25 

(“appropriately” to “by 

steering”) & 27 (start to “In 

particular”) 

• page 34, lines 1 (start to 

“knowledge of”), 3 

(“balloons” to “If only”), 

13-17, 18-20 (“silicone” to 

“This trade secret”), 21-26 

(“contains” to end of 26)

• page 35, lines 7 (“achieve” 

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illustrated”), 13-16 

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bullet points)

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bullet points), 12-13 

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these”), 16-17 (“effectively” 

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to “with these”) & 27

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not”), 2 (“effectively” to 

with”), 10-28

• page 38, lines 1-28 (entire 

page)

• page 39, lines 1-7, 10-23 & 

26 

• page 40, lines 8-16 (bullet 

points)

• page 41, line 13 (company 

name)

• page 42, lines 23-24 

(“there’s” to “just”). 

DENIED as to the remainder. Space Data, the designating 

party, does not seek to seal 

the remainder.

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Kamber 

Declaration 

(GOOG-SD0135538)

GRANTED as to Google’s request:

the entire document. 

Contains confidential 

information about Loon’s 

design, strategy, and 

function. Dowd Decl. ¶ 13, 

ECF 497-1. Public 

disclosure would expose 

Google to competitive harm. 

Id. 

497-10 Exhibit 11 to 

Kamber 

Declaration 

(Plaintiff Space 

Data Corporation’s 

July 10, 2018 

Amended 

Responses to 

Defendant Google 

Inc.’s Amended 

First Set of 

Interrogatories 

Nos. 1, 6, and 7)

GRANTED as to Google’s request:

30:15–19, 31:2–3, 31:6–8, 34:7–

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57:10, 57:11, 57:13, 59:12, 60:12–

16, 62:5–9, 62:12–20, 63:7–11. 

GRANTED as to Space Data’s 

request:

• page 20, line 3

• page 21, lines 10 (dollar 

amount) & 26-27 (“balloon” 

to “latex”)

• page 29, lines 2-3 (dollar 

amounts)

• page 33, lines 1-2 (company 

names), 14 (“conversations 

with” to project”), 15 

(“coverage” to end) & 23-24 

(dollar amounts)

• page 68, lines 24 (start to 

“already had”), 25 

(“determine that” to end), 

26 (start to “altitude”)

• page 69, line 10 (dollar 

amount). 

DENIED as to the remainder. 

Contains confidential 

information about Google’s 

business development, 

practices, and strategy, 

including methods Google X 

uses to select projects for 

development. Dowd 

Decl. ¶ 14, ECF 497-1. 

Public disclosure would 

expose Google to 

competitive harm. Id. 

Contains Space Data’s 

confidential technical, 

business planning, and 

financial information, 

including purported trade 

secrets. Knoblach 

Decl. ¶¶ 7–9, ECF 511-1. 

Public disclosure would 

expose Space Data to 

competitive harm. Id. 

Space Data, the designating 

party, does not seek to seal 

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Declaration 

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PLR 3-8 

Disclosure)

GRANTED as to Google’s request:

The following paragraphs and 

accompanying footnotes: 2:16–

3:14, 3:22–11:7, 11:14–16, 11:19–

22, 15:7–12, 15:13–15, 16:1–4, 

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39:12–24; nn. 1, 2. 

GRANTED as to Space Data’s 

request:

• page 18, lines 1-2 (dollar 

amounts). 

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Contains confidential 

information about Google’s 

business development, 

practices, and strategy, 

including methods Google X 

uses to select projects for 

development. Dowd 

Decl. ¶ 15, ECF 497-1. 

Public disclosure would 

expose Google to 

competitive harm. Id. 

Contains Space Data’s 

confidential technical, 

business planning, and 

financial information, 

including purported trade 

secrets. Knoblach 

Decl. ¶¶ 6, 9, ECF 511-1. 

Public disclosure would 

expose Space Data to 

competitive harm. Id. 

Space Data, the designating 

party, does not seek to seal 

the remainder. 

E. ECF 519 (Plaintiff’s motion re Reply brief and exhibits)

ECF 

No.

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519-3 Plaintiff’s Reply to 

Defendants’ 

Opposition to 

Plaintiff’s Daubert 

Motion 

GRANTED as to Google’s request: 

highlighted portions of 3:27; 

4:1-14; and 8:3-4. 

DENIED as to the remainder. 

Contains confidential 

information about Loon’s 

navigational systems and its 

research and development 

plans. Werdegar Decl. ¶ 6, 

ECF 522-1. Public 

disclosure would expose 

Google to competitive harm. 

Id. 

Google, the designating 

party, does not seek to seal 

the remainder. 

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Declaration 

DENIED. Google, the designating 

party, does not seek to seal 

this document. 

519-5 Exhibit 24 to Hosie 

Declaration

GRANTED as to Google’s request:

¶¶ 218 (last five lines, between the 

words “serve.” and “despite”); 219 

(last two lines, between the words 

“an” and “which”).

DENIED as to the remainder. 

Contains confidential 

information about Google’s 

business development, 

practices, and strategy, 

including evaluation of 

third-party partners. 

Werdegar Decl. ¶ 7, 

ECF 522-1. Public 

disclosure would expose 

Google to competitive harm. 

Id. 

Google, the designating 

party, does not seek to seal 

the remainder.

519-6 Exhibit 26 to Hosie 

Declaration

GRANTED as to Google’s request:

Body Paragraphs and all 

accompanying footnotes: ⁋⁋ 162-

167; 237-241; 288-292; 308; 366 

(two lines on page 214); 367 (first 

four lines); 370-75; 

Footnotes: n.534, 535, 537;

Images: Image below ⁋ 166; image 

above ⁋ 292; images above ⁋ 371 

on page 216; images below ⁋ 371 

on page 217; and both images on 

page 218. 

DENIED as to the remainder. 

Contains confidential 

information about Loon’s 

navigational systems and its 

technical development. 

Werdegar Decl. ¶ 8, ECF 

522-1. Public disclosure 

would expose Google to 

competitive harm. Id. 

Google, the designating 

party, does not seek to seal 

the remainder.

519-7 Exhibit 32 to Hosie 

Declaration

GRANTED as to Google’s request:

highlighted portions of 1:10-11 and 

1:22.

Contains confidential 

information about Loon’s 

navigational systems and its 

technical development. 

Werdegar Decl. ¶ 9, ECF 

522-1. Public disclosure 

would expose Google to 

competitive harm. Id. 

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Declaration

GRANTED as to Google’s request:

6:24-6:26; 22:1-3; 22:5 (email 

address only).

DENIED as to the remainder. 

Contains confidential 

information about Loon’s 

navigational and operational 

systems. Werdegar 

Decl. ¶ 10, ECF 522-1. 

Public disclosure would 

expose Google to 

competitive harm. Id. 

Google, the designating 

party, does not seek to seal 

the remainder.

III. CONCLUSION

For the foregoing reasons, the sealing motions at ECF 479, 482, 494, 497, and 519 are each

GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART. For any request that has been denied and the 

properly unredacted or lesser redacted document consistent with this order has not been filed, the 

submitting party must file the unredacted (or lesser redacted) documents into the public record no 

earlier than 4 days and no later than 10 days from the filing of this order. Civ. L.R. 79-

5(e)(2). 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 30, 2019

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BETH LABSON FREEMAN

United States District Judge

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