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DECLARATION OF STEVEN M. GEISZLER IN SUPPORT OF HUAWEI’S MOTION TO SEAL

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SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP

David C. Giardina (pro hac vice)

dgiardina@sidley.com

One South Dearborn

Chicago, IL 60603

312-853-7000 – Telephone

312-853-7036 – Facsimile

SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP

Nathan A. Greenblatt (SBN 262279)

ngreenblatt@sidley.com

1001 Page Mill Road, Bldg. 1

Palo Alto, CA 94304

650-565-7100 – Telephone

650-565-7100 – Facsimile 

Attorneys for Non-Party HUAWEI DEVICE USA, INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION,

Plaintiff,

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QUALCOMM INCORPORATED,

Defendant.

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Case No. 17-CV-00220-LHK

 

DECLARATION OF STEVEN M.

GEISZLER IN SUPPORT OF

HUAWEI’S MOTION TO SEAL

CERTAIN TRIAL TESTIMONY AND 

EXHIBITS

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DECLARATION OF STEVEN GEISZLER

I, Steven M. Geiszler, declare as follows:

1. I am the U.S. Chief Intellectual Property Litigation Counsel for Non-Party Huawei 

Device USA, Inc. (“Huawei Device USA”). 

2. Pursuant to N.D. Cal. Civil Local Rule 79-5 and the Court’s Pretrial Conference 

Order (Dkt. 1003), I respectfully submit this declaration in support of the Huawei’s Motion to Seal 

Certain Trial Testimony and Exhibits (“Huawei’s Motion to Seal”). I have personal knowledge of 

the information set forth herein. 

3. Huawei Device USA seeks to seal the following documents and designated 

deposition testimony because they contain highly confidential information that, if publicly disclosed,

would harm the competitive standing of Huawei Device USA and its affiliates:

Document Party 

Claiming 

Confidentiality

Portions to be Sealed Relevant 

Standard 

for Sealing

Basis for Sealing & 

Any Explanations

Deposition 

Testimony of 

Nanfen 

(Nancy) Yu 

(“Yu 

Deposition”)

Huawei Device 

USA, Inc. 

(“Huawei”)

47:17-48:14; 70:3-5; 

70:8-9; 70:12-15; 70:20-

23; 116:7-8; 116:13-16; 

116:19-20; 121:6-11; 

122:5-11; 122:21-123:1; 

132:13-24; 160:22-161:7; 

162:2-5; 185:7-186:4; 

195:23-196:13; 218:2-7; 

218:18-21

Compelling 

reasons

Declaration of Steven 

M. Geiszler In 

Support of Huawei’s 

Motion to Seal 

(“Geiszler 

Declaration”) ¶¶ 4-5

CX-1101 Huawei Pages 2-3 (HuaweiQualcomm-00012572 to 

73)

Compelling 

reasons

Geiszler Declaration 

¶¶ 4-5

JX-022 Huawei Entire document Compelling 

reasons

Geiszler Declaration 

¶¶ 4-5

JX-027 Huawei Entire document Compelling 

reasons

Geiszler Declaration 

¶¶ 4-5

JX-097 Huawei Entire document Compelling 

reasons

Geiszler Declaration 

¶¶ 4-5

JX-098 Huawei Entire document Compelling 

reasons

Geiszler Declaration 

¶¶ 4-5

4. The identified portions of the Yu Deposition disclose royalty rates paid to Qualcomm, 

monetary amounts that Qualcomm claims Huawei owes, details of ongoing license negotiations, and 

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specific license provisions regarding rights obtained by Huawei or Qualcomm, in license agreements 

between Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. and its foreign affiliates and Qualcomm. Exhibit CX-1101 

discloses proposed license agreement terms, including royalty rates, regarding ongoing negotiations 

between Huawei and Qualcomm. Exhibit CX-1011 also discloses specific terms of Qualcomm 

license agreements. Exhibits JX-022, JX-027, JX-097, and JX-098 are license agreements between 

Qualcomm and Huawei. 

5. Huawei has a strong business interest in maintaining the confidentiality of its license

terms and ongoing negotiations with Qualcomm, including royalty rates and the other information 

identified above. Within Huawei, access to such confidential information is restricted. Consistent 

with Huawei’s continuous efforts to ensure that its confidential licenses and negotiations are not 

disseminated more widely than necessary, the documents containing this information were produced 

as “HUAWEI CONFIDENTIAL – OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” pursuant to the 

Supplemental Protective Order. (Dkt. 218). Public disclosure of this information would create an 

asymmetry between Huawei and its competitors and would hurt Huawei’s competitive standing.

Disclosing this information would disadvantage Huawei when negotiating with other licensors and 

licensees.

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the 

foregoing is true and correct.

Executed this day, January 3, 2019 in Plano, Texas.

Steven M. Geiszler

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