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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:
`650.988.8500
`Facsimile:
`650.938.5200
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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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`DECLARATION OF RAVI R. RANGA-
`NATH IN SUPPORT OF ADMINIS-
`TRATIVE MOTION TO FILE UNDER
`SEAL EXHIBIT 9 TO THE
`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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`v.
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`AMAZON.COM, INC., and AMAZON WEB
`SERVICES, INC.,
`Counterdefendants.
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`DECLARATION OF RAVI R. RANGANATH ISO AM-
`AZON’S ADMIN. MOTION TO FILE UNDER SEAL
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`I, Ravi R. Ranganath, hereby declare as follows:
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`I am an attorney duly licensed to practice law in the state of California and am an
`associate with the law firm of Fenwick & West LLP, counsel for Amazon.com, Inc., and Amazon
`Web Services, Inc. (collectively, “Amazon”) in the above-captioned action. I have personal
`knowledge of the facts set forth in this declaration.
`2.
`Amazon seeks to file under seal the following document (“Requested Sealed Mate-
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`rial”):
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`Document
`Exhibit 9 to Shamilov Dec-
`laration in support of Ama-
`zon’s summary judgment
`motion (“Shamilov Decl.”)
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`Document description
`Excerpts of Plaintiffs’ supplemental
`infringement contentions, U.S. Patent
`No. 7,802,310 claim chart in E.D.
`Texas Case No. 6:11-cv-00658-LED,
`served October 31, 2012.
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`Portion to be Sealed
`Entire document
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`3.
`The Requested Sealed Material reflects sensitive business information, namely in-
`fringement contentions reproducing confidential and proprietary source code for Amazon’s Simple
`Storage Service (“S3”). A party seeking to file documents under seal in connection with a dispos-
`itive 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). The
`confidential source code Amazon seeks to file under seal meets this standard: it represents Ama-
`zon’s trade secrets regarding the detailed operations of S3. See Opperman v. Path, Inc., No. 3-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). Though the source code relates to the
`operation of S3 from several years ago, as explained in the concurrently-filed Declaration of Seth
`Markle in support of Amazon’s summary judgment motion, S3 works in essentially the same way
`then as now, meaning the public disclosure of this information would reveal critical information
`about the way in which S3 operates today.
`4.
`Pursuant to the stipulated protective order entered in this case, Amazon has desig-
`nated information relating to its confidential and proprietary source code as “HIGHLY CONFI-
`DENTIAL – SOURCE CODE”. Amazon.com, Inc. v. PersonalWeb Technologies, LLC et al, No.
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`5:18-md-02834-BLF, Dkt. 76. Amazon has also designated its source code as “HIGHLY CONFI-
`DENTIAL – SOURCE CODE” 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. 89.
`5.
`Accordingly, Amazon now requests that the Court seal the entirety of Exhibit 9 to
`Shamilov Declaration.
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`In light of the foregoing, there is a compelling interest in maintaining the confiden-
`tiality of the Requested Sealed Material described above. Public disclosure of this highly confi-
`dential information would put Amazon at undue risk of serious harm by revealing trade secrets that
`may put Amazon at a competitive disadvantage relative to competitors and competing services.
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` declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States that the foregoing is
`true and correct.
`Executed this 28th of November, 2018, in Mountain View, California.
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`/s/ Ravi R. Ranganath
`Ravi R. Ranganath
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