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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:145 Patent Infringement

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MLC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, LLC,

Plaintiff,

v.

MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.,

Defendant.

Case No. 14-cv-03657-SI 

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND 

DENYING IN PART MICRON'S 

ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO FILE 

UNDER SEAL MICRON'S 

TECHNICAL DAUBERT MOTION 

AND EXHIBIT A THERETO

Re: Dkt. No. 421

Micron has filed an administrative motion to file under seal portions of its technical Daubert

motion and the entirety of Exhibit A to the Daubert motion. Micron states that the material at issue 

consists of (1) portions of the motion which discuss sensitive technical information regarding 

Micron’s products; (2) portions of the motion containing “quotations or characterizations” from the 

deposition transcript of Mr. Gerald Banks; and (3) Exhibit A, which is the entire transcript of Mr. 

Banks’ deposition.

MLC’s declaration in response to Micron’s administrative motion states that MLC 

designated Mr. Banks’ deposition transcript as “Highly Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes Only” 

because confidential exhibits were introduced during Mr. Banks’ deposition and he was questioned 

about those documents. Horton Decl. ¶ 4 (Dkt. No. 440). MLC states that it does not assert that 

any of the portions of the motion which quote from or characterize Mr. Banks’ deposition testimony 

should be filed under seal, nor does MLC believe that the cited portions of Mr. Banks’ deposition 

testimony should be filed under seal. MLC does object to the filing of the entire deposition transcript 

as an exhibit.

The Court GRANTS the administrative motion as follows: the excerpts which discuss 

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confidential technical information about Micron’s products may be filed under seal (e.g., excerpts 

at page 5:18-22 and 7:15-16). However, any excerpt relating to Dr. Banks’ deposition shall be filed 

in the public record, and Micron shall file as Exhibit A only those portions of the Banks’ transcript 

that are cited in the motion (also in the public record). Finally, there is nothing confidential about 

Dr. Lee’s opinions at pages 10:13-14 or 13:16-17 of the motion.

Micron shall re-file the motion and exhibit in accordance with this order.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 25, 2019 ______________________________________

SUSAN ILLSTON

United States District Judge

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