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

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[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING

ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO FILE

MATERIALS UNDER SEAL

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

DROPLETS, INC., 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

YAHOO!, INC., 

Defendant. 

Case No. 12-cv-03733-JST 

[PROPOSED] ORDER RE OATH 

HOLDINGS INC. AND OATH, INC.’S 

ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO FILE 

MATERIALS UNDER SEAL RE MOTION 

TO INTERVENE 

Before the Court is Oath Holdings Inc. and Oath, Inc. (d/b/a Verizon Media)’s (together 

“Oath”) Administrative Motion to File Materials Under Seal. Having considered the Motion to 

Seal, the documents to be filed under seal, the parties’ arguments and written submissions, the 

relevant law, and the record in this case, the Court finds that there are “compelling reasons” for 

granting the Motion to Seal. Ctr. for Auto Safety v. Chrysler Grp., LLC, 809 F.3d 1092, 1101 (9th 

Cir. 2016). Disclosure of the confidential and proprietary business information in the documents 

at issue would create a risk of injury, in that competitors could use such information to “gain a 

competitive advantage in the marketplace.” Intel Corp. v. Via Techs., Inc., 198 F.R.D. 525, 531 

(N.D. Cal. 2000). 

Oath’s Motion is therefore GRANTED and it is hereby ORDERED that the following 

documents and portions thereof shall be filed under seal: 

Document Identification of 

Portions to be 

Redacted 

Party Proposing Sealing or 

Redaction and Basis Therefor 

Oath’s Notice of Motion 

and Motion to Intervene 

Passages citing the 

Confidential Assignment 

and Transfer Agreement 

and confidential Verizon 

corporate structure 

Proposed to be sealed by Oath Inc., Oath 

Holdings Inc., and Altaba, Inc.: 

Information in this document has been 

designated confidential by the 

producing party and notice is given 

under Civil L.R. 79-5(e)(1). Hector 

Decl., ¶ 3. 

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Confidential Assignment 

and Transfer Agreement 

Entire document Proposed to be sealed by Oath Inc., Oath 

Holdings Inc., and Altaba, Inc.:

Information in this document has been 

designated confidential by the 

producing party and notice is given 

under Civil L.R. 79-5(e)(1). Hector 

Decl., ¶ 3. 

IT IS SO ORDERED: 

DATED: ____________________________ 

The Honorable Jon. S. Tigar 

United States District Judge 

August 23, 2019

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