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`J. DAVID HADDEN (CSB No. 176148)
`dhadden@fenwick.com
`SAINA S. SHAMILOV (CSB No. 215636)
`sshamilov@fenwick.com
`TODD R. GREGORIAN (CSB No. 236096)
`tgregorian@fenwick.com
`PHILLIP J. HAACK (CSB No. 262060)
`phaack@fenwick.com
`RAVI R. RANGANATH (CSB No. 272981)
`rranganath@fenwick.com
`CHIEH TUNG (CSB No. 318963)
`ctung@fenwick.com
`FENWICK & WEST LLP
`Silicon Valley Center
`801 California Street
`Mountain View, CA 94041
`Telephone:
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`Facsimile:
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`Counsel for AMAZON.COM, INC.
`and AMAZON WEB SERVICES, INC.
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
`SAN JOSE DIVISION
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`IN RE: PERSONAL WEB TECHNOLOGIES,
`LLC ET AL., PATENT LITIGATION
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` Case No. 5:18-md-02834-BLF
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` Case No.: 5:18-cv-00767-BLF
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`ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO
`FILE UNDER SEAL EXHIBIT 9 TO
`SHAMILOV DECLARATION IN
`SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR
`SUMMARY JUDGMENT
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`AMAZON.COM, INC., and AMAZON WEB
`SERVICES, INC.,
`Plaintiffs,
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`PERSONALWEB TECHNOLOGIES, LLC and
`LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC,
`Defendants.
`PERSONALWEB TECHNOLOGIES, LLC and
`LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC,
`Counterclaimants,
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`AMAZON.COM, INC., and AMAZON WEB
`SERVICES, INC.,
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`Case 5:18-md-02834-BLF Document 314 Filed 11/28/18 Page 2 of 3
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`Pursuant to Civil Local Rules 7-11 and 79-5(d), Amazon.com, Inc. and Amazon Web
`Services, Inc. (collectively, “Amazon”) hereby move for administrative relief to file under seal
`Exhibit 9 to the Declaration of Saina S. Shamilov in support of Amazon’s motion for summary
`judgment (“Shamilov Declaration”).
`Amazon requests leave to file this exhibit under seal because it contains, characterizes, or
`refers to highly confidential business information. Specifically, the exhibit comprises infringement
`contentions served by PersonalWeb Technologies, LLC and Level 3 Communications, LLC
`(“PersonalWeb”) in a prior case. In these contentions, PersonalWeb reproduces portions of highly
`sensitive source code for Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3). Amazon does not make this code
`publicly available and limits access to this code to employees at Amazon responsible for this service.
`In the Ninth Circuit, a party seeking to file documents under seal in connection with a dispositive
`motion must establish compelling reasons for doing so to rebut the presumption against public
`access. See Foltz v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 331 F.3d 1122, 1136 (9th Cir. 2003). As further
`explained in the declaration of Ravi R. Ranganath in Support of Amazon’s administrative motion to
`file under seal (“Ranganath Declaration”), the confidential source code Amazon seeks to file under
`seal meets this standard. See Opperman v. Path, Inc., No. 13-cv-00453-JST, 2017 WL 1036652, at
`*2 (N.D. Cal. Mar. 17, 2017) (sealing excerpts of developers’ proprietary source code in summary
`judgment pleadings).
`Disclosure of Amazon’s proprietary S3 source code will reveal key information about the
`operation of the service and would put Amazon at a competitive disadvantage with respect to
`competitors and competing services. Amazon has designated information relating to its sensitive
`and proprietary source code for its S3 technology as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE
`CODE” under the protective order in this case, and under the protective order entered in a prior
`action, PersonalWeb Techs., LLC v. Amazon.com Inc., No. 6:11-cv-00658 (E.D. Tex. Filed Dec. 8,
`2011), Dkt. No. 89.
`For these reasons, Amazon respectfully requests that the Court grant this motion for leave to
`file under seal Exhibit 9 to the Shamilov Declaration.
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`Dated: November 28, 2018
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`FENWICK & WEST LLP
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /s/ Ravi R. Ranganath
`J. David Hadden (CSB No. 176148)
`Saina S. Shamilov (CSB No. 215636)
`Todd R. Gregorian (CSB No. 236096)
`Phillip J. Haack (CSB No. 262060)
`Ravi R. Ranganath (CSB No. 272981)
`Chieh Tung (CSB No. 318963)
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`Counsel for AMAZON. COM, INC. and
`AMAZON WEB SERVICES, INC.
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