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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS 

EASTERN DIVISION 

INVENTUS POWER, INC., and ICC

ELECTRONICS (DONGGUAN) LTD. 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

SHENZHEN ACE BATTERY CO., LTD., 

Defendant. 

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Civil Action No.: 1:20-cv-3375 

Honorable Robert M. Dow, Jr. 

Magistrate Judge Jeffrey Cummings 

JOINT MOTION TO FILE UNDER SEAL 

Pursuant to Local Rule 26.2, Plaintiffs Inventus Power, Inc. and ICC Electronics 

(Dongguan) Ltd. (collectively, “Plaintiffs” or “Inventus”) and Defendant Shenzhen Ace Battery 

Co., Ltd. (“Defendant” or “AcePower”) respectfully move this Court for leave to file under seal 

the Joint Status Report Regarding Discovery (“Joint Status Report”) and Exhibits 3-5, 7-8 thereto 

(collectively, “Provisionally Sealed Documents”). 

In support of the Joint Motion to File Under Seal, the parties state as follows: 

1. The Joint Status Report contains Inventus’s confidential and proprietary business

information concerning Inventus’s customers, as well as information that AcePower has 

designated as “CONFIDENTIAL - ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” pursuant to the Protective 

Order in this case. 

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2. Exhibits 3 and 4 to the Joint Status Report contains information and summaries of

information that AcePower has designated as “CONFIDENTIAL - ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” 

pursuant to the Protective Order in this case. 

3. Exhibit 5 to the Joint Status Report contains Inventus’s confidential and proprietary

business information concerning Inventus’s customers, as well as confidential username and 

password credentials to access document share sites. 

4. Exhibits 7 and 8 to the Joint Status Report contain excerpts from the transcript of

the deposition of Wenhua (Ewin) Li, which has been marked “Attorneys’ Eyes Only - Subject to 

the Protective Order” and contains discussions of Inventus’s confidential document storage and 

protection procedures. 

WHEREFORE, the parties respectfully move this Court to seal the Provisionally Sealed 

Documents, as requested herein. 

Dated: December 21, 2021 

Respectfully submitted, 

/s/ Gianni Cutri 

Gianni Cutri 

gianni.cutri@kirkland.com 

KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP 

300 North LaSalle 

Chicago, IL 60654 

Telephone: (312) 862-2000 

Facsimile: (312) 862-2200 

Adam Alper (admitted pro hac vice) 

adam.alper@kirkland.com 

Natalie Flechsig (admitted pro hac vice) 

natalie.flechsig@kirkland.com 

KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP 

Respectfully submitted, 

/s/ He Cheng 

He Cheng 

Robin.Cheng@glacier.law 

Glacier Law LLC 

200 Park Ave. Ste 1703 

New York, NY, 10166 

Telephone: (332) 208-1523 

Tao Liu 

Tao.Liu@glacier.law 

Glacier Law LLC 

200 Park Ave. Ste 1703 

New York, NY, 10166 

Telephone: (212) 999-7856 

Tianyu Ju 

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555 California Street 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: (415) 439-1400 

Facsimile: (415) 439-1500 

Michael De Vries (admitted pro hac vice) 

michael.devries@kirkland.com 

Kevin Bendix (admitted pro hac vice) 

kevin.bendix@kirkland.com 

Benjamin A. Herbert (admitted pro hac vice) 

benjamin.herbert@kirkland.com 

Yimeng Dou (admitted pro hac vice) 

yimeng.dou@kirkland.com 

KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP 

555 South Flower Street 

Los Angeles, CA 90071 

Telephone: (213) 680-8400 

Facsimile: (213) 680-8500 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

INVENTUS POWER, and ICC 

ELECTRONICS (DONGGUAN) LTD. 

Iris.Ju@glacier.law 

Glacier Law LLC 

200 Park Ave. Ste 1703 

New York, NY, 10166 

Telephone: (332) 208-8882 

Attorneys for Defendant

SHENZHEN ACE BATTERY CO., LTD 

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