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

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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.,

 Defendant. 

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

OMNIBUS ORDER RE: MOTIONS 

TO SEAL

(Re: Docket Nos. 219, 224, 226, 230, 234, 

236)

Before the court are six 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

219 Declaration of Earl 

Sacerdoti

Text at Docket No. 219-6 at 1:8-

6:4 SEALED; all other text 

UNSEALED.

Only sealed portions 

narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information.

219 Declaration of Stephen 

Gray

Text at Docket No. 219-8 at 1:9-

3:2 and 4:23-7:7 SEALED; all 

other text UNSEALED.

Only sealed portions 

narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information.

219 Declaration of Jesse 

Lindeman

SEALED Narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information.

219 Exhibit 3 to the Declaration 

of Vickie Feeman

UNSEALED Not narrowly tailored 

to confidential 

business information.

219 Exhibit 4 to the Declaration 

of Vickie Feeman

SEALED Narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information.

219 Exhibit 9 to the Declaration 

of Vickie Feeman

SEALED Narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information.

219 Exhibit 11 to the 

Declaration of Vickie 

UNSEALED No declaration in 

support filed with the 

 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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Feeman court as required by 

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

219 Exhibit 12 to the 

Declaration of Vickie 

Feeman

UNSEALED No declaration in 

support filed with the 

court as required by 

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

219 Exhibit 13 to the 

Declaration of Vickie 

Feeman

UNSEALED No declaration in 

support filed with the 

court as required by 

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

219 Exhibit 15 to the 

Declaration of Vickie 

Feeman

UNSEALED No declaration in 

support filed with the 

court as required by 

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

219 Exhibit 16 to the 

Declaration of Vickie 

Feeman

UNSEALED No declaration in 

support filed with the 

court as required by 

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

219 Exhibit 17 to the 

Declaration of Vickie 

Feeman

UNSEALED No declaration in 

support filed with the 

court as required by 

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

219 Exhibit 18 to the 

Declaration of Vickie 

Feeman

UNSEALED No declaration in 

support filed with the 

court as required by 

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

219 Exhibit 21 to the 

Declaration of Vickie 

Feeman

UNSEALED No declaration in 

support filed with the 

court as required by 

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

219 Exhibit 28 to the 

Declaration of Vickie 

Feeman

SEALED Narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information.

219 Exhibit 29 to the 

Declaration of Vickie 

Feeman

UNSEALED No declaration in 

support filed with the 

court as required by 

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

219 Exhibit 33 to the 

Declaration of Vickie 

Feeman

UNSEALED Not narrowly tailored 

to confidential 

business information.

219 Exhibit 36 to the 

Declaration of Vickie 

SEALED Narrowly tailored to 

attorney work 

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Feeman product and 

confidential business 

information. 

219 Exhibit 37 to the 

Declaration of Vickie 

Feeman

SEALED Narrowly tailored to 

attorney work 

product and 

confidential business 

information.

219 Exhibit 38 to the 

Declaration of Vickie 

Feeman

SEALED Narrowly tailored to 

attorney work 

product and 

confidential business 

information.

219 Exhibit 39 to the 

Declaration of Vickie 

Feeman

SEALED Narrowly tailored to 

attorney work 

product and 

confidential business 

information.

219 Exhibit 40 to the 

Declaration of Vickie 

Feeman

SEALED Narrowly tailored to 

attorney work 

product and 

confidential business 

information.

219 MobileIron’s Motion for 

Summary Judgment of 

Non-Infringement and 

Invalidity of Plaintiffs’ Patents

Designations in yellow at Docket 

No. 219-5 SEALED, except 

designations in yellow at 5:25-

26, 12:18, 13:17-18, 16:9-11, 

30:11-13 and 46:10-12 

UNSEALED; all other 

designations UNSEALED. 

Only sealed portions 

narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information.

224 Exhibit B to the 

Declaration Joel Stonedale

UNSEALED Not narrowly tailored 

to confidential 

business information. 

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

224 Good’s Reply in Support 

of its Motion to Strike 

Portions of Defendant’s 

Expert Reports

UNSEALED Not narrowly tailored 

to confidential 

business information. 

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

226 Exhibit 2 to the Declaration 

of Lillian J. Mao

SEALED Narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information.

226 Exhibit 3 to the Declaration SEALED Narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

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of Lillian J. Mao information.

226 Exhibit 5 to the Declaration 

of Lillian J. Mao

SEALED Narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information.

226 Exhibit 6 to the Declaration 

of Lillian J. Mao

UNSEALED No declaration in 

support filed with the 

court as required by 

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

226 Exhibit 8 to the Declaration 

of Lillian J. Mao

SEALED Narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information.

226 Declaration of Peter J. 

Reiher, Ph.D.

Designations in yellow at Docket 

No. 226-6 at ¶¶ 107-8 SEALED; 

all other designations 

UNSEALED.

Only sealed portions 

narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information.

226 MobileIron’s Opposition to 

Plaintiffs’ Motion for 

Summary Judgment of 

Non-Infringement and 

Non-Validity of 

MobileIron’s ’016 Patent

UNSEALED No declaration in 

support filed with the 

court as required by 

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

230 Joint Discovery Letter 

Brief

UNSEALED No declaration in 

support filed with the 

court as required by 

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

230 Exhibit A to the 

Declaration of Glen Liu

UNSEALED No declaration in 

support filed with the 

court as required by 

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

230 Exhibit B to the 

Declaration of Glen Liu

UNSEALED No declaration in 

support filed with the 

court as required by 

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

230 Exhibit 1 to the Declaration 

of Glen Liu

UNSEALED No declaration in 

support filed with the 

court as required by 

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

234 Exhibit 3 to the Declaration 

of Robert J. Muller

UNSEALED Not narrowly tailored 

to confidential 

business information.

234 Exhibit 4 to the Declaration 

of Robert J. Muller

SEALED Narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

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information.

234 Exhibit 5 to the Declaration 

of Robert J. Muller

Text at Docket No. 234-8 at 

9:21-26 SEALED; all other text 

UNSEALED

Only sealed portions 

narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information.

234 Exhibit 6 to the Declaration 

of Robert J. Muller

SEALED Narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information.

234 Exhibit 7 to the Declaration 

of Robert J. Muller

Text at Docket No. 234-10 at 

8:21-23 SEALED; all other text 

UNSEALED.

Only sealed portions 

narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information.

234 Exhibit 8 to the Declaration 

of Robert J. Muller

SEALED Narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information.

234 Exhibit 9 to the Declaration 

of Robert J. Muller

Text at Docket No. 234-12 at 

6:22-7:8 SEALED; all other text 

UNSEALED.

Only sealed portions 

narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information.

234 Exhibit 10 to the 

Declaration of Robert J. 

Muller

SEALED Narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information.

234 Exhibit 11 to the 

Declaration of Robert J. 

Muller

SEALED Narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information.

234 Exhibit 12 to the 

Declaration of Robert J. 

Muller

SEALED Narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information.

234 Good’s Opposition to 

Defendant MobileIron’s 

Motion for Summary 

Judgment on Lanham Act 

and Unfair Competition 

Claims

Text at Docket No. 234-5 at 4:5-

6, 4:11-16 and 5:17-18 

SEALED; all other text 

UNSEALED.

Only sealed portions 

narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information.

236 Exhibit 2 to the Declaration 

of Craig Tolliver

SEALED Narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information.

236 Exhibit 3 to the Declaration 

of Craig Tolliver

UNSEALED Not narrowly tailored 

to confidential 

business information. 

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

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236 Exhibit 4 to the Declaration 

of Craig Tolliver

SEALED Narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information.

236 Exhibit 5 to the Declaration 

of Craig Tolliver

Text at Docket No. 236-8 at ¶ 37

sentences 4, 7, 9 and footnote 

45; ¶ 38, sentences 4 and 5; ¶ 69 

(excerpt); ¶ 70; ¶ 71, sentences 

4, 5, 6, and 7; ¶ 73, sentence 1; 

and ¶ 113 SEALED; all other

text UNSEALED.

Only sealed portions 

narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information.

236 Exhibit 6 to the Declaration 

of Craig Tolliver

Text at Docket No. 236-9 at ¶¶

76-83 and ¶¶ 224-226 and 

accompanying diagrams 

SEALED; all other text 

UNSEALED.

Only sealed portions 

narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information.

236 Exhibit 7 to the Declaration 

of Craig Tolliver

SEALED Narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information.

236 Exhibit 12 to the 

Declaration of Craig 

Tolliver

SEALED Narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information.

236 Exhibit 13 to the 

Declaration of Craig 

Tolliver

SEALED Narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information.

236 Exhibit 14 to the 

Declaration of Craig 

Tolliver

SEALED Narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information.

236 Exhibit 15 to the 

Declaration of Craig 

Tolliver

SEALED Narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information.

236 Exhibit 16 to the 

Declaration of Craig 

Tolliver

SEALED Narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information.

236 Exhibit 17 to the 

Declaration of Craig 

Tolliver

SEALED Narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information.

236 Exhibit 18 to the 

Declaration of Craig 

Tolliver

SEALED Narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information.

236 Exhibit 19 to the Text at Docket No. 236-18 at ¶ Only sealed portions 

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