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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.,

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MOBILEIRON, INC.,

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

OMNIBUS ORDER RE: MOTIONS 

TO SEAL

(Re: Docket Nos. 360, 380, 393, 400, 406, 

409, 413) 

Before the court are seven administrative motions to seal 44 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). 

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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 courts rules on the instant motions as follows: 

Motion 

to Seal 

Document to be Sealed Result Reason/Explanation 

360 MobileIron’s Omnibus 

Motion In Limine

Pages 10:9-11, 21 at n.90, 21:17-

22, 21 at n.91 and 22 at n.92 at 

Docket No. 366-1 SEALED; all 

other designations UNSEALED. 

Only sealed portions 

narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information. 

360 Exhibit 3 UNSEALED. No declaration in 

support filed with the 

court as required by 

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

360 Exhibit 4 at Docket 

No. 366-3 

Images on pages 193, 194 and 

200 at Docket No. 366-3 

SEALED; ¶¶ 224-26 and 231-32 

at Docket No. 366-3 SEALED; 

Ex. A, page 19 at Docket 

No. 366-3 SEALED; Ex. C at

Docket No. 366-3 SEALED; 

code in Ex. D at Docket 

No. 366-3 SEALED. 

Narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information. 

360 Exhibit 5 UNSEALED. No declaration in 

support filed with the 

court as required by 

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

360 Exhibit 7 ¶¶ 30, 31, 40, 41 at Docket No. 

366-5 SEALED; ¶ 42 at Docket 

Only sealed portions 

narrowly tailored to 

 

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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No. 366-5 UNSEALED. confidential business 

information. 

360 Exhibit 9 UNSEALED. No declaration in 

support filed with the 

court as required by 

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

360 Exhibit 10 UNSEALED. No declaration in 

support filed with the 

court as required by 

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

360 Exhibit 11 UNSEALED. No declaration in 

support filed with the 

court as required by 

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

360 Exhibit 12 UNSEALED. No declaration in 

support filed with the 

court as required by 

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

360 Exhibit 14 Page 17 at Docket No. 366-10 

SEALED.

Narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information. 

360 Exhibit 15 UNSEALED. No declaration in 

support filed with the 

court as required by 

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

360 Exhibit 17 Monetary values in ¶¶ 9, 10, 11, 

12 and 198 at Docket 

No. 366-12 SEALED; 

percentages in ¶¶ 249, 264, 298 

and 97 n.374 at Docket 

No. 366-12 SEALED; exhibits 

12, 12-1, 12A, 12A-1, 12B, 12B1, 12C and 12C-1 at Docket 

No. 366-12 SEALED. 

Narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information. 

360 Exhibit 18 Only specific customer names 

between 14:6-15:2 at Docket No. 

366-13 SEALED. 

Only sealed portions 

narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information. 

360 Exhibit 19 UNSEALED. Not narrowly tailored 

to confidential 

business information. 

360 Exhibit 21 UNSEALED. No declaration in 

support filed with the 

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court as required by 

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

360 Exhibit 22 UNSEALED. No declaration in 

support filed with the 

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

360 Exhibit 30 UNSEALED. No declaration in 

support filed with the 

court as required by 

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

360 Exhibit 32 UNSEALED. No declaration in 

support filed with the 

court as required by 

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

360 Exhibit 33 UNSEALED. No declaration in 

support filed with the 

court as required by 

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

360 Exhibit 34 UNSEALED. No declaration in 

support filed with the 

court as required by 

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

360 Exhibit 35 SEALED. Narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information. 

360 Exhibit 36 UNSEALED. No declaration in 

support filed with the 

court as required by 

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

360 Exhibit 38 SEALED. Narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information. 

360 Exhibit 39 SEALED. Narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information. 

360 Exhibit 40 SEALED. Narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information. 

360 Exhibit 41 UNSEALED. No declaration in 

support filed with the 

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360 Exhibit 42 SEALED. Narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information. 

360 Exhibit 43 SEALED. Narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information. 

360 Exhibit 44 SEALED. Narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information. 

360 Exhibit 45 SEALED. Narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information. 

360 Exhibit 46 SEALED. Narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information. 

360 Exhibit 47 SEALED. Narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information. 

380 Exhibit 2 UNSEALED. No declaration in 

support filed with the 

court as required by 

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

393 Good’s Opposition to 

MobileIron’s Motions In 

Limine

Page 12:19-20 at Docket 

No. 393-4 SEALED; page 

13:5-6 at Docket No. 393-4 

SEALED; all other designations 

UNSEALED. 

Only sealed portions 

narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information. 

393 Exhibit 6 SEALED. Narrowly tailored to 

confidential business 

information. 

393 Exhibit 7 UNSEALED. Not narrowly tailored 

to confidential 

business information. 

393 Exhibit 8 UNSEALED. No declaration in 

support filed with the 

court as required by 

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

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