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

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MAGMA’S ADMIN. MOT. TO FILE UNDER SEAL 

DOCUMENTS RE: RECONSIDERATION MOTION 

C-04-03923 MMC

GEORGE A. RILEY (S.B. #118304) – griley@omm.com

MARK E. MILLER (S.B. #130200) – markmiller@omm.com

PETER OBSTLER (S.B. #171623) – pobstler@omm.com

CHRISTOPHER D. CATALANO (S.B. #208606) – ccatalano@omm.com

LUANN L. SIMMONS (S.B. #203526) – lsimmons@omm.com 

NORA M. PUCKETT (pro hac vice) – npuckett@omm.com

O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP 

Embarcadero Center West 

275 Battery Street 

San Francisco, CA 94111-3305 

Telephone: (415) 984-8700 

Facsimile: (415) 984-8701 

Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaimant 

MAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

SYNOPSYS, INC., a Delaware 

Corporation,

Plaintiff, 

v.

MAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION, 

INC., a Delaware Corporation, AND 

LUKAS VAN GINNEKEN, 

Defendants.

Case No. C04-03923 MMC 

MAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION, INC.’S 

ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION FOR 

LEAVE TO FILE UNDER SEAL 

PURSUANT TO LOCAL RULE 79-5 

CERTAIN DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED IN 

SUPPORT OF DEFENDANT MAGMA 

DESIGN AUTOMATION, INC.’S MOTION 

FOR RECONSIDERATION AND FOR 

LEAVE TO AMEND 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIMS. 

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MAGMA’S ADMIN. MOT. TO FILE UNDER SEAL 

DOCUMENTS RE: RECONSIDERATION MOTION 

C-04-03923 MMC

Magma Design Automation, Inc. (“Magma”) hereby moves pursuant to Civil Local Rule 

79-5 for leave to file under seal (1) portions of Defendant Magma Design Automation, Inc.’s 

Motion for Reconsideration and for Leave to Amend (“Magma’s Motion”); and (2) Exhibits 7-16 

to the Declaration of Christopher D. Catalano (“Catalano Declaration”) in Support of Magma’s 

Motion.

Magma’s Motion relies in part on documents and testimony that contain confidential 

business or trade secret information or have been designated as confidential under the Stipulated 

Protective Order. Pursuant to the Stipulated Protective Order, Magma seeks to file the following 

documents and testimony under seal: 

1. Portions of Magma’s Motion, which contain Synopsys’s and/or IBM’s confidential 

business or trade secret information. 

2. Exhibit 7 to the Catalano Declaration, which is a letter from Esther La to 

Christopher Catalano dated October 20, 2005. This letter discloses the name of a third party 

whose identity Synopsys has asserted is confidential business information. 

3. Exhibit 8 to the Catalano Declaration, which is a subpoena issued in this case by 

Magma to a third party. The subpoena discloses the name of a third party whose identity 

Synopsys has asserted is confidential business information. 

4. Exhibit 9 to the Catalano Declaration, which is a letter from Mark Miller to 

Michael Edelman dated December 5, 2005. This letter discloses the name of a third party whose 

identity Synopsys has asserted is confidential business information. 

5. Exhibits 10, 12 and 13 to the Catalano Declaration, which consist of excerpts from 

the depositions of Synopsys’s 30(b)(6) designee, Narendra Shenoy and Raul Camposano, 

respectively, taken in this action and designated by Synopsys as Attorneys and Consultants Only 

under the Stipulated Protective Order because they contain confidential business or trade secret 

information of Synopsys and/or IBM and are properly sealable. 

6. Exhibits 11, 14, 15, and 16 to the Catalano Declaration, which are documents 

produced by Synopsys in this action and designated by Synopsys as Attorneys and Consultants 

Only under the Stipulated Protective Order because they contain confidential business or trade 

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MAGMA’S ADMIN. MOT. TO FILE UNDER SEAL 

DOCUMENTS RE: RECONSIDERATION MOTION 

C-04-03923 MMC

secret information of Synopsys and/or IBM and are properly sealable. 

 This motion is made on the grounds that portions of Magma’s Motion, and Exhibit 7-16 to 

the Catalano Declaration, contain confidential business or trade secret information or have been 

designated confidential and are properly sealable. 

Dated: December 9, 2005 GEORGE A. RILEY 

MARK E. MILLER 

PETER OBSTLER 

CHRISTOPHER D. CATALANO 

LUANN L. SIMMONS 

NORA M. PUCKETT 

O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP 

By: /s/ Christopher D. Catalano 

Christopher D. Catalano 

Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaimant 

MAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION, INC. 

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MAGMA’S ADMIN. MOT. TO FILE UNDER SEAL 

DOCUMENTS RE: RECONSIDERATION MOTION 

C-04-03923 MMC

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

Having considered Magma Design Automation, Inc.’s Administrative Motion for Leave to 

File Under Seal Certain Documents Submitted in Support of Magma’s Motion for 

Reconsideration and for Leave to Amend, and all other supporting and opposing arguments and 

papers, and finding good cause, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED: 

Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5, Magma’s Administrative Motion for Leave to File 

Under Seal: 

(a) the portions of Magma’s Motion for Reconsideration and for Leave to Amend 

containing Synopsys’s and/or IBM’s confidential business or trade secret information; 

(b) Exhibits 7-16 to the Declaration of Christopher D. Catalano in Support of Magma’s 

Motion for Reconsideration and for Leave to Amend containing Synopsys’s and/or IBM’s 

confidential business or trade secret information; 

is GRANTED, and the aforementioned portions of Magma’s Motion for Reconsideration 

and for Leave to Amend, and Exhibits 7-16 to the Declaration of Christopher D. Catalano 

in Support of Magma’s Motion for Reconsideration and for Leave to Amend, will be filed 

under seal.

Dated: 

 ________________________________ 

 THE HONORABLE MAXINE M. CHESNEY

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

SF1:610800.1

December 16, 2005

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