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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION,

Plaintiff,

v.

QUALCOMM INCORPORATED,

Defendant.

Case No.17-CV-00220-LHK 

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND 

DENYING IN PART QUALCOMM’S 

ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO 

SEAL

Re: Dkt. No. 1450

Applying the compelling reasons standard, the Court rules on Qualcomm’s motion to seal 

as follows.

Document Selected Portions of Pages Ruling

CX6594 Selected portions of 028, 032, 

064-066

DENIED AS MOOT. Sealing 

granted at ECF No. 1430.

CX6594 Selected portions of 058 GRANTED as to two graphs. 

DENIED as to the fact that QTL 

total shareholder return contribution 

is more than twice that of QCT core 

and equivalent to that of QCT 

growth.

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Document Selected Portions of Pages Ruling

CX6594 Selected portions of 009, 030, 

045, 052-055, 059, 061, 071-072

GRANTED.

CX7618 029-034, 076, 086, 106, 126, 136, 

146, 156

DENIED AS MOOT. Sealing 

granted at ECF No. 1430.

CX7618 Selected portions of 003-004, 013-

018, 042-047, 058-074, 078-080, 

083-085, 088-090, 093-096, 098-

100, 103-105, 108-110, 113-116, 

118-120, 123-125, 128-130, 133-

135, 138-140, 143-145, 148-150, 

153-155, 158-160, 163-166, 168-

170, 173-175

GRANTED.

CX7629 030-035, 075, 085, 105, 115, 125, 

135, 145, 155

DENIED AS MOOT. Sealing 

granted at ECF No. 1430. 

CX7629 Selected portions of 005, 014-019, 

042-047, 057-073, 077-079, 082-

084, 087-089, 092-095, 097-099, 

102-104, 107-109, 112-114, 117-

119, 122-124, 127-129, 132-134, 

137-139, 142-144, 147-149, 152-

154, 157-159, 162-165, 167-169, 

172-174

GRANTED. 

CX8196 073, 129, 130, 133 DENIED AS MOOT. Sealing 

granted at ECF No. 1430. 

CX8196 Selected portion of 009 DENIED.

CX8196 Selected portions of 141 DENIED as to the “Strategic 

relationship” title and first bullet

beneath title; GRANTED as to the 

third and fourth bullets beneath title. 

CX8196 Selected portions of 014-015, 039, 

041-042, 044-045, 047, 049-051, 

054-059, 062-063, 078, 109-110, 

113-116, 118, 128, 131, 134, 136, 

140, 287, 292-293

GRANTED.

CX8195 Selected portions of 023, 026, 

028, 033-034, 036-037, 040, 042, 

046, 049, 051, 056-057, 059-060, 

063, 065

GRANTED.

Qualcomm shall publicly file redacted versions of these documents consistent with the 

Court’s sealing rulings by Monday, February 4, 2019.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: January 31, 2019

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LUCY H. KOH

United States District Judge

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