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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 28:1338 Patent Infringement

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839738_1.DOC Defendants’ Misc. Admin. Request 

To File Documents Under Seal 

Case No. C03-04244 MMC (JCS) 

ALSCHULER GROSSMAN STEIN & KAHAN LLP 

Vincent K. Yip (No. 170665) 

vyip@agsk.com 

Terry D. Garnett (No. 151212) 

tgarnett@agsk.com 

Peter J. Wied (No. 198475) 

pwied@agsk.com 

Maxwell A. Fox (No. 200016) 

mfox@agsk.com 

Sang N. Dang (No. 214558) 

sdang@agsk.com 

The Water Garden 

1620 26th Street 

Fourth Floor, North Tower 

Santa Monica, CA 90404-4060 

Telephone: 310-907-1000 

Facsimile: 310-907-2000 

Attorneys for Defendants 

AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION, ET AL. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SHARP CORPORATION a.k.a. SHARP 

KABUSHIKI KAISHA, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION, AU 

OPTRONICS CORPORATION 

AMERICA, VIEWSONIC 

CORPORATION, BENQ 

CORPORATION, BENQ AMERICA, 

ENVISION PERIPHERALS INC. d/b/a 

AOC MONITORS, PROVIEW 

TECHNOLOGY, INC., SCEPTRE 

TECHNOLOGIES, INC., ACER, INC., 

AND ACER AMERICA 

CORPORATION, 

Defendants. 

CASE NO. C03-04244 MMC (JCS) 

DEFENDANTS’ MISCELLANEOUS 

ADMINISTRATIVE REQUEST TO FILE 

DOCUMENTS UNDER SEAL (Civil L.R. 7-

10; Civil L.R. 79-5); ORDER THEREON 

 

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Defendants’ Misc. Admin. Request 

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I. INTRODUCTION

On May 20, 2005, defendants AU Optronics Corporation (“AUO”), AU Optronics 

Corporation America, ViewSonic Corporation, BenQ Corporation, BenQ America, Envision 

Peripherals Inc., Proview Technology, Inc., Sceptre Technologies, Inc., Acer, Inc., and Acer 

America Corporation (collectively, “Defendants”) shall file, concurrently with this Miscellaneous 

Administrative Request, their Opposition to Plaintiff Sharp Corporation’s (“Sharp”) Motion for 

Partial Summary Judgment of Infringement of the ‘310 Patent (the “’310 Opposition”), the 

Declaration of Sang N. Dang in support thereof (“Dang Decl.”), and a [Proposed] Order thereon. 

In addition, Defendants will file the Declaration of Peter J. Wied in Support of Defendants’ 

Opposition to Sharp’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment That the Structure of Figs. 12-14 

and 17 of U.S. Patent No. 5,151,807 is Not Prior Art to Claim 1 of U.S. Patent No. 5,335,102 

Under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) (“Wied Decl.”). 

Portions of the ‘310 Opposition, the [Proposed] Order thereon, and Exhibits 4-5 to 

the Dang Decl. contain highly confidential and proprietary information of Defendants. See

Declaration of Sang N. Dang in Support of Defendants’ MAR, ¶ 2. The release of such 

information to the public would cause harm to Defendants. See id. In addition, Exhibit B to the 

Wied Decl. contains information that Sharp has indicated constitutes highly confidential and 

proprietary information and that the disclosure of such information would cause harm to Sharp. 

The parties have previously agreed to treat the parties’ confidential and proprietary information 

under the “Attorneys’ Eyes Only” provisions of the Stipulated Protective Order entered in this 

case on August 9, 2004. 

Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5(d), Defendants anticipate that Sharp will e-file a 

declaration establishing that its designated information is sealable and will lodge a narrowly 

tailored proposed sealing order within five days of the e-filing of this Motion for Administrative 

Relief. 

In compliance with Civil Local Rule 79-5 of the United States District Court for 

the Northern District of California, Defendants wish to redact from the public version of their 

papers only those portions that contain the confidential material. 

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Accordingly, Defendants respectfully request an order from the Court to allow 

them to file under seal the unredacted version of the ‘310 Opposition, the [Proposed] Order 

thereon, the Dang Decl., and the Wied Decl. 

II. ARGUMENT

Under Local Rule 79-5, a document may only be filed under seal upon a showing 

of good cause. Portions of the ‘310 Opposition, the [Proposed] Order thereon, Exhibits 4-5 to the 

Dang Decl., and Exhibit B to the Wied Decl. contain information that is highly confidential and 

proprietary to Defendants and/or Sharp. The release of such information to the public would 

cause harm to Defendants and/or Sharp. 

Accordingly, good cause exists to seal references to information that is 

confidential and proprietary to Defendants and/or Sharp. 

III. CONCLUSION

For the foregoing reasons, Defendants respectfully request that the Court enter an 

order allowing it to file under seal the unredacted version of their Opposition to Sharp’s Motion 

for Partial Summary Judgment of Infringement of the ‘310 Patent, the Declaration of Sang N. 

Dang in support thereof and the [Proposed] Order thereon, and the Declaration of Peter J. Wied in 

Support of Defendants’ Opposition to Sharp’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment That the 

Structure of Figs. 12-14 and 17 of U.S. Patent No. 5,151,807 is Not Prior Art to Claim 1 of U.S. 

Patent No. 5,335,102 Under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e). 

DATED: May 20, 2005 ALSCHULER GROSSMAN STEIN & KAHAN LLP 

By /S/_____________________________________ 

Sang N. Dang 

Attorneys for Defendants 

AU Optronics Corporation, et al. 

 

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ORDER

 The Clerk of the Court shall file under seal defendants’ Opposition to Sharp’s Motion for 

Partial Summary Judgment of Infringement of the ‘310 Patent, the [Proposed] Order thereon, and 

the Declaration of Sang N. Dang in support thereof. Defendants’ request to file under seal the 

Declaration of Peter J. Wied is deferred, pending submission from Sharp of a declaration pursuant 

to Civil Local Rule 79-5(d). 

DATED: May 25, 2005 /s/ Maxine M. Chesney

 United States District Judge 

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