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`DUANE MORRIS LLP
`D. Stuart Bartow (CA SBN 233107)
`dsbartow@duanemorris.com
`Nicole E. Grigg (CA SBN 307733)
`negrigg@duanemorris.com
`2475 Hanover Street
`Palo Alto, CA 94304-1194
`Telephone: 650.847.4150
`Facsimile: 650.847.4151
`DUANE MORRIS LLP
`Joseph A. Powers (PA SBN 84590)
`Admitted Pro Hac Vice
`japowers@duanemorris.com
`Jarrad M. Gunther (PA SBN 207038)
`Admitted Pro Hac Vice
`jmgunther@duanemorris.com
`30 South 17th Street
`Philadelphia, PA 19103
`Telephone: 215.979.1000
`Facsimile: 215.979.1020
`Attorneys for Defendant
`SONICWALL INC.
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`DUANE MORRIS LLP
`Matthew C. Gaudet (GA SBN 287789)
`Admitted Pro Hac Vice
`mcgaudet@duanemorris.com
`Robin L. McGrath (GA SBN 493115)
`Admitted Pro Hac Vice
`rlmcgrath@duanemorris.com
`David C. Dotson (GA SBN 138040)
`Admitted Pro Hac Vice
`dcdotson@duanemorris.com
`Jennifer H. Forte (GA SBN 940650)
`Admitted Pro Hac Vice
`jhforte@duanemorris.com
`1075 Peachtree NE, Suite 2000
`Atlanta, GA 30309
`Telephone: 404.253.6900
`Facsimile: 404.253.6901
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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`NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
`SAN JOSE DIVISION
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`FINJAN, LLC, A Delaware Limited Liability
`Company,
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`Plaintiff,
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`SONICWALL INC., a Delaware Corporation,
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`v.
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` Case No.: 5:17-cv-04467-BLF-VKD
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`SONICWALL INC.’S ADMINISTRATIVE
`MOTION TO FILE DOCUMENTS UNDER
`SEAL
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`Defendant.
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`SONICWALL INC.’S ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO FILE DOCUMENTS UNDER SEAL
`CASE NO. 5:17-CV-04467-BLF-VKD
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`Case 5:17-cv-04467-BLF Document 335 Filed 12/31/20 Page 2 of 8
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`I.
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`Exh. No.
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`Document
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`INTRODUCTION
`Pursuant to Civil L.R. 7-11 and 79-5, this Court’s Standing Civil Order Re: Civil Cases, the
`Parties Stipulated Protective Order (Dkt. 68) and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5)(B),
`Defendant SonicWall Inc. (“SonicWall”) hereby moves the Court for leave to file under seal,
`pursuant to Civil L.R. 79-5(d)-(e), the items identified in the table below:
`Portion(s) to
`Seal
`Highlighted
`portions at:
`Page 2: lines 3-
`4;
`Page 3: lines 3-
`4;
`Page 9: lines 15-
`21, 24-26;
`Page 10: lines
`21, 23, 25-28;
`Page 11: lines 1-
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`Page 12: lines 1-
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`Defendant SonicWall,
`Inc’s Reply in Support
`of its Motion for Partial
`Summary Judgment
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`41 to
`Gunther
`Declaration
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`Excerpts from the July
`14, 2020 John
`Gordineer Deposition
`Transcript
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`Entirety
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`42 to
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`Excerpts from the July Entirety
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`SONICWALL INC.’S ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO FILE DOCUMENTS UNDER SEAL
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`Reason(s) for Sealing
`The highlighted portions of this
`document reflect information that
`SonicWall has designated as
`“Highly Confidential – Attorneys’
`Eyes Only” or “Highly
`Confidential – Attorney’s Eyes
`Only – Source Code” pursuant to
`the Stipulated Protective Order. If
`filed publicly, this confidential
`information could be used to
`SonicWall’s disadvantage by
`competitors as it concerns the
`identification, organization, and or
`operation of SonicWall’s
`proprietary products. See
`Declaration of Nicole E. Grigg in
`Support of Administrative Motion
`to File Documents Under Seal
`(“Grigg Declaration”), ¶¶ 2-5.
`This document contains testimony
`that SonicWall has designated as
`“Highly Confidential – Attorneys’
`Eyes Only” or “Highly
`Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes
`Only - Source Code” pursuant to
`the Stipulated Protective Order. If
`filed publicly, this confidential
`information could be used to
`SonicWall’s disadvantage by
`competitors as it concerns the
`identification, organization, and or
`operation of SonicWall’s
`proprietary products, including its
`source code. See Grigg
`Declaration, ¶¶ 2-5.
`This document contains testimony
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`Exh. No.
`Gunther
`Declaration
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`Document
`21, 2020 Eric Hawkes
`Deposition Transcript
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`Portion(s) to
`Seal
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`43 to
`Gunther
`Declaration
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`Excerpts from the July
`24, 2020 Michael King
`Deposition Transcript
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`Entirety
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`44 to
`Gunther
`Declaration
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`Excerpts from the
`October 22, 2020 Dr.
`Eric Cole Deposition
`Transcript
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`Entirety
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`Reason(s) for Sealing
`that SonicWall has designated as
`“Highly Confidential – Attorneys’
`Eyes Only” or “Highly
`Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes
`Only - Source Code” pursuant to
`the Stipulated Protective Order. If
`filed publicly, this confidential
`information could be used to
`SonicWall’s disadvantage by
`competitors as it concerns the
`identification, organization, and or
`operation of SonicWall’s
`proprietary products, including its
`source code. See Grigg
`Declaration, ¶¶ 2-5.
`This document contains testimony
`that SonicWall has designated as
`“Highly Confidential – Attorneys’
`Eyes Only” or “Highly
`Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes
`Only - Source Code” pursuant to
`the Stipulated Protective Order. If
`filed publicly, this confidential
`information could be used to
`SonicWall’s disadvantage by
`competitors as it concerns the
`identification, organization, and or
`operation of SonicWall’s
`proprietary products, including its
`source code. See Grigg
`Declaration, ¶¶ 2-5.
`This document contains testimony
`that SonicWall has designated as
`“Highly Confidential – Attorneys’
`Eyes Only” or “Highly
`Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes
`Only - Source Code” pursuant to
`the Stipulated Protective Order. If
`filed publicly, this confidential
`information could be used to
`SonicWall’s disadvantage by
`competitors as it concerns the
`identification, organization, and or
`operation of SonicWall’s
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`Exh. No.
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`Document
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`Portion(s) to
`Seal
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`45 to
`Gunther
`Declaration
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`46 to
`Gunther
`Declaration
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`Entirety
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`Entirety
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`Finjan’s notice of
`inadvertently produced
`documents bearing
`Bates numbers Finjan-
`SW 047873-76 and
`privilege log dated July
`24, 2018
`SonicWall’s
`Comprehensive
`Gateway Security Suite
`datasheet bearing Bates
`Nos. SonicWall-Finjan
`00454707-709
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`47 to
`Gunther
`Declaration
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`Entirety
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`SonicWall’s WAN
`Acceleration Appliance
`(WXA) Series
`datasheet bearing Bates
`Nos. SonicWall-Finjan
`00017623-627
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`Reason(s) for Sealing
`proprietary products, including its
`source code. See Grigg
`Declaration, ¶¶ 2-5.
`This document contains
`information that Finjan has
`designated as “Highly Confidential
`– Attorneys’ Eyes Only” pursuant
`to the Stipulated Protective Order.
`See Grigg Declaration, ¶¶ 2-5.
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`SonicWall has designated this
`internal datasheet “Highly
`Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes
`Only” pursuant to the Stipulated
`Protective Order. If filed publicly,
`this confidential information could
`be used to SonicWall’s
`disadvantage by competitors as it
`concerns the identification,
`organization, and or operation of
`SonicWall’s proprietary products.
`See Grigg Declaration, ¶¶ 2-5.
`SonicWall has designated this
`internal datasheet “Highly
`Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes
`Only” pursuant to the Stipulated
`Protective Order. If filed publicly,
`this confidential information could
`be used to SonicWall’s
`disadvantage by competitors as it
`concerns the identification,
`organization, and or operation of
`SonicWall’s proprietary products.
`See Grigg Declaration, ¶¶ 2-5.
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`II.
`
`ARGUMENT
`A.
`Legal Standard
`There is a presumption of public access to judicial records and documents. Nixon v. Warner
`Commc'ns, Inc., 435 U.S. 589, 597 (1978). However, records attached to non-dispositive motions,
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`such is the case here, are not subject to the strong presumption of access. Finjan, Inc. v. Proofpoint,
`Inc., No. 13-CV-05808-HSG, 2015 WL 9023164, at *1 (N.D. Cal. Dec. 16, 2015) (internal citation
`omitted). Because the documents attached to non-dispositive motions “are often unrelated, or only
`tangentially related, to the underlying cause of action,” parties moving to seal must meet the lower
`“good cause” standard of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 26(c). Id. (internal quotation
`marks omitted). The “good cause” standard requires a “particularized showing” that “specific
`prejudice or harm will result” if the information is disclosed. Phillips ex rel. Estates of Byrd v. Gen.
`Motors Corp., 307 F.3d 1206, 1210-11 (9th Cir. 2002) (internal quotation marks omitted); see Fed.
`R. Civ. P. 26(c). “Broad allegations of harm, unsubstantiated by specific examples of articulated
`reasoning” will not suffice. Beckman Indus., Inc. v. Int'l Ins. Co., 966 F.2d 470, 476 (9th Cir. 1992).
`Sealing is appropriate where the requesting party “establishes that the document, or portions thereof
`is privileged or protectable as a trade secret or otherwise entitled to protection under the law.” N.D.
`Cal. Civ. L.R. 79–5(a). A party must “narrowly tailor” its request to sealable material only. Id.
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`B.
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`SonicWall’s Administrative Motion to Seal Is Supported By Good Cause and Is
`Narrowly Tailored
`As noted in the table above, SonicWall seeks to seal select portions of its Reply in Support
`of its Motion for Partial Summary Judgment (“Reply”) at the pages listed in the table above and
`Exhibits 2-10 to the Declaration of Jarrad Gunther. SonicWall’s Reply quotes from or references
`the one or more exhibits that SonicWall is filing under seal which were designated as “HIGHLY
`CONFIDENTIAL-ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” or
`“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –
`ATTORNEY’S EYES ONLY – SOURCE CODE” pursuant to the terms of the Stipulated Protective
`Order. See Declaration of Nicole E. Grigg in Support of Administrative Motion to File Documents
`Under Seal (“Grigg Declaration”), ¶¶ 2-5. Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5, SonicWall has publicly
`filed the relevant excerpts of information that are not confidential. Attached hereto are redacted and
`unredacted versions of SonicWall’s Motion and unredacted versions of the exhibits in support thereof
`that SonicWall seeks to seal.
`SonicWall seeks to seal Exhibits 41-44; 46-47 to the Declaration of Jarrad Gunther because
`they reflect or contain information that SonicWall has designated as “Highly Confidential –
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`Attorneys’ Eyes Only” or “Highly Confidential – Attorney’s Eyes Only – Source Code” pursuant to
`the Stipulated Protective Order. If filed publicly, this confidential information could be used to
`SonicWall’s disadvantage by competitors as it concerns the identification, organization, and or
`operation of SonicWall’s proprietary products. See Grigg Declaration, ¶¶ 2-5.
`SonicWall contends that public disclosure of this information would cause irreparable harm
`to SonicWall. Id.; see also Andrx Pharms., LLC v. GlaxoSmithKline, 236 F.R.D. 583, 586 (S.D. Fla.
`2006) (“Courts dress technical information with a heavy cloak of judicial protection because of the
`threat of serious economic injury to the disclosure of scientific information.”); Network Appliance,
`Inc. v. Sun Microsys. Inc., 2010 WL 841274, at *5 (N.D. Cal. Mar. 10, 2010) (granting application
`to seal “information regarding NetApp’s internal usability testing of its software”).
`SonicWall is sealing Exhibit 45 because it contains information designated by Finjan as
`“Highly Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes Only” pursuant to the Stipulated Protective Order
`SonicWall’s administrative motion is narrowly tailored and only seeks to seal the exhibits
`associated with SonicWall’s Reply that were either designated in their entirety by Plaintiff Finjan or
`Defendant SonicWall as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” or
`“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY – SOURCE CODE” or reflect
`information from which confidential and proprietary technical or financial information of SonicWall
`could be ascertained. See Kowalsky v. Hewlett-Packard Co., 2012 WL 892427, at *2 (N.D. Cal.
`Mar. 14, 2012) (finding sealing appropriate where “[t]he proposed redactions contain[ed] . . .
`confidential product development information, the disclosure of which could harm [the defendant's]
`competitive advantage in the marketplace.”).
`III. CONCLUSION
`For these reasons, SonicWall respectfully requests that the Court grant its Administrative
`Motion to Seal.
`Dated: December 31, 2020
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`DUANE MORRIS LLP
`
`/s/ Nicole E. Grigg
`Nicole E. Grigg
`D. Stuart Bartow
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`Matthew C. Gaudet (admitted pro hac vice)
`Robin McGrath (admitted pro hac vice)
`David C. Dotson (admitted pro hac vice)
`Jennifer H. Forte (admitted pro hac vice)
`Joseph A. Powers (admitted pro hac vice)
`Jarrad M. Gunther (admitted pro hac vice)
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`Attorneys for Defendant
`SONICWALL INC.
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`The undersigned hereby certifies that a true and correct copy of the above and foregoing
`document has been served on December 31, 2020, to all counsel of record who are deemed to have
`consented to electronic service via the Court’s CM/ECF system.
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