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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 15:1125 Trademark Infringement (Lanham Act)

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Case No.: 11-CV-01846-LHK

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO FILE DOCUMENTS UNDER SEAL

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION

APPLE, INC., a California corporation,

 Plaintiff,

v.

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., A

Korean corporation; SAMSUNG 

ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC., a New York

corporation; SAMSUNG 

TELECOMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, LLC, 

a Delaware limited liability company,

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Case No.: 11-CV-01846-LHK

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO FILE 

DOCUMENTS UNDER SEAL

Before the Court is Samsung’s renewed motion to file under seal. ECF No. 2213. In this 

motion, Samsung seeks to seal limited portions of Exhibit 1 to the Declaration of Deok Keun 

Matthew Ahn in support of Apple’s opposition to Samsung’s administrative motion for leave to file 

the supplemental declaration of Stephen Gray. Apple previously moved to file this document 

under seal pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5, but Samsung failed to file a supporting declaration, 

and this Court subsequently denied Apple’s motion to seal. ECF No. 2210. Samsung now moves 

to seal Exhibit 1, and has filed the Declaration of Hankil Kang in support of its motion.

Exhibit 1 consists of excerpts from the deposition of Karansher Singh. The limited portions 

Samsung seeks to seal contain detailed description of the operation of Samsung’s confidential 

source code. As this Court has consistently ruled, confidential source code constitutes trade 

secrets, and thus satisfies even the high “compelling reasons” standard applied by the Ninth Circuit 

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for sealing documents submitted in support of dispositive motions. Accordingly, Samsung’s 

motion to seal portions of Exhibit 1 to the Declaration of Deok Keun Matthew Ahn in support of 

apple’s opposition to Samsung’s administrative motion for leave to file the supplemental 

declaration of Stephen Gray is GRANTED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 7, 2013 _________________________________

LUCY H. KOH

United States District Judge

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