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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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`NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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`SONOS, INC.,
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`Plaintiff,
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`GOOGLE LLC,
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`Defendant.
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`No. C 20-06754 WHA
`No. C 21-07559 WHA
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`(Consolidated)
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`ORDER RE PENDING MOTIONS
`TO SEAL
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`We have already reviewed an extraordinary amount of conditionally sealed material in
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`this matter. Upon review of the pending motions to seal, this order finds that they are plagued
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`by deficiencies that prior orders have cautioned the parties about — namely, that the requests
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`to seal are overbroad and nonspecific, that the material the parties seek to seal goes to the heart
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`of the litigation, and that there is little potential for competitive harm flowing from disclosure.
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`What’s more, this order finds that the vast majority of material that the parties seek to seal has
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`now been discussed in open court during trial.
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`All pending motions to seal are DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE (Dkt. Nos. 335, 343, 372,
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`612, 614, 616, 621, 623, 624, 629, 630, 631, 643, 645, 669, 671, 675, 676, 681, 682, 689, 692,
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`704, 715, 716, 728, 734, 737). By JULY 3, 2023, at 12:00 P.M., each party may file a revised
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`Case 3:20-cv-06754-WHA Document 817 Filed 06/14/23 Page 2 of 2
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`omnibus motion that justifies sealing any information that may still deserve secrecy from the
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`public. Overbroad requests will be denied in their entirety. All material that the parties no
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`longer seek to seal shall be publicly refiled no later than JULY 24, 2023, at 12:00 P.M.
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`All too often, the parties raised an undue number of disputes on the papers only to
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`(see, e.g., Tr. 375:9–376:9, 567:14–19). Lead counsel should personally vet each and every
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`IT IS SO ORDERED.
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`Dated: June 14, 2023.
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`WILLIAM ALSUP
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