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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 DENYING MICRON'S 

ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO FILE 

UNDER SEAL LETTER REQUESTING 

PERMISSION TO FILE 4

ADDITIONAL SUMMARY 

JUDGMENT MOTIONS

Re: Dkt. No. 403

Micron filed an administrative motion to file under seal excerpts of its April 8, 2019 letter 

requesting leave to file four additional summary judgment motions. Micron requests that certain 

portions of the letter be filed under seal because those portions “contain information which the 

parties have properly designated as “Confidential” and/or “Highly Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes 

Only” under the protective order in this case. Livedalen Decl. ¶ 3. Micron also states it believes 

that “MLC has and will claim that some highlighted excerpts contain confidential and/or sensitive 

proprietary or business-related information.” Id. ¶ 4. MLC did not file a declaration in support of 

the administrative motion to seal.

The Court DENIES the motion to seal. Mr. Livedalen’s declaration does not explain with 

any specificity why the information Micron seeks to be filed under seal is confidential, nor does the 

declaration state which information is confidential to Micron versus MLC. Further, the highlighted 

information about Micron’s products (such as their use of a resistor ladder) is contained in the public 

version of the letter (“Because there is no legitimate factual dispute regarding the operation and 

structure of Micron’s products, their use of a resistor ladder . . .”), and thus Micron’s own letter 

demonstrates why that information should not be filed under seal.

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Micron shall file the letter without any redactions.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 25, 2019 ______________________________________

SUSAN ILLSTON

United States District Judge

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