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Nature of Suit Code: 410
Nature of Suit: Antitrust
Cause of Action: 15:2 Antitrust Litigation

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL, et 

al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

INTERDIGITAL, INC., et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 15-cv-01716-BLF 

ORDER GRANTING SEALING 

MOTIONS

[Re: ECF 94, 108]

Plaintiffs move to seal the highlighted portion of an exhibit to the Declaration of Anna 

Weinberg, submitted with the Notice of Arbitral Tribunals Decision on Arbitrability, ECF 94, the 

entirety of certain exhibits, submitted with the First Amended Complaint (“FAC”), as well as 

portions of the FAC. ECF 108. For the reasons stated below, the motions are GRANTED.

I. LEGAL STANDARD

“Historically, courts have recognized a ‘general right to inspect and copy public records 

and documents, including judicial records and documents.’” Kamakana v. City and Cnty. 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)). Consequently, access to motions and their attachments that are 

“more than tangentially related to the merits of a case” may be sealed only upon a showing of 

“compelling reasons” for sealing. Ctr. for Auto Safety v. Chrysler Grp., LLC, 809 F.3d 1092, 

1101–02 (9th Cir. 2016). Filings that are only tangentially related to the merits may be sealed 

upon a lesser showing of “good cause.” Id. at 1097. 

In addition, sealing motions filed in this district must be “narrowly tailored to seek sealing 

only of sealable material.” Civil L.R. 79-5(b). A party moving to seal a document in whole or in 

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part must file a declaration establishing that the identified material is “sealable.” 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.” Id. 

II. DISCUSSION

The Court has reviewed the sealing motions and respective declarations in support thereof. 

The Court finds the parties have articulated compelling reasons to seal the submitted documents. 

The proposed redactions are also narrowly tailored. The Court’s rulings on the sealing request are 

set forth in the tables below:

A. ECF 94

Identification of Documents 

to be Sealed

Description of Documents Court’s Order

Highlighted portions of Exhibit 

A to Declaration of Anna 

Weinberg

Highlighted portions of 

arbitration interim award 

contain confidential business

and proprietary information

and also should remain 

confidential under arbitration 

rules.

GRANTED.

B. ECF 108

Identification of Documents 

to be Sealed

Description of Documents Court’s Order

Exhibits A, B, C, and D to 

Declaration of Ezekiel 

Rauscher in their entirety

Exhibits to the First Amended 

Complaint relate to parties’ 

patent license and nondisclosure agreements and 

contain proprietary business 

information.

GRANTED.

Highlighted portions of Exhibit 

E to Declaration of Ezekiel 

Rauscher

Highlighted portions of the 

First Amended Complaint 

contain discussions of

proprietary business 

information.

GRANTED.

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III. ORDER

For the foregoing reasons, the Court GRANTS sealing motions at ECF 94 and 108. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 1, 2016

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BETH LABSON FREEMAN

United States District Judge

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