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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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`ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO
`FILE UNDER SEAL CERTAIN
`LIMITED PORTIONS OF EXHIBITS 3
`AND 4 TO JOINT STATEMENT
`REGARDING DISCOVERY DISPUTE
`RELATING TO 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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`AMAZON’S ADMIN. MOTION TO FILE UNDER
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`Case 5:18-md-02834-BLF Document 324 Filed 12/11/18 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
`certain limited portions of Exhibits 3 and 4 to the joint statement regarding discovery dispute relating
`to motion for summary judgment (“Joint Statement”).
`Amazon requests leave to file certain limited portions of these exhibits under seal because
`they contain highly confidential business information. Specifically, the redacted portions reveal the
`specific terms of Amazon’s indemnification of its customers in the present lawsuit. Amazon does
`not make these terms publicly available.
`In the Ninth Circuit, a district court may override the presumption of public access to judicial
`documents where “good cause” is shown. See Phillips ex rel. Estates of Byrd v. General Motors
`Corp., 307 F.3d 1206, 1210 (9th Cir. 2002). “For good cause to exist, the party seeking protection
`bears the burden of showing specific prejudice or harm will result if no protective order is granted.”
`Id. at 1211 (internal citations omitted). As further explained in the declaration of Ravi R. Ranganath
`in Support of Amazon’s administrative motion to file under seal (“Ranganath Declaration”), Exhibits
`3 and 4, redacted to protect only the confidential terms of Amazon’s indemnity obligations to its
`customers, meet this standard. See Nicolosi Distributing, Inc. v. Finishmaster, Inc., No. 18-cv-
`03587-BLF, 2018 WL 3932554, at *3 (N.D. Cal. Aug. 16, 2018) (N.D. Cal. Aug. 16, 2018) (good
`cause to seal contracts exists where they contain confidential business practices); see also Phoenix
`Technologies Ltd. v. VMware, Inc., No. 15-cv-01414-HSG, 2018 WL 1169188, at *2 (N.D. Cal. Feb.
`14, 2018) (good cause exists to protect business information that might harm a litigant’s competitive
`standing if disclosed, and where the redaction is “sufficiently narrowly tailored” to only seal portions
`of the exhibit that might put sensitive business information at risk).
`Disclosure of the terms of Amazon’s indemnification of its customers in this case will reveal
`information about its litigation-related negotiations with third parties, and disadvantage Amazon in
`future indemnity negotiations. Amazon has designated information relating to the terms of its
`indemnity agreements as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” under the
`protective order in this case.
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`For these reasons, Amazon respectfully requests that the Court grant this motion for leave to
`file under seal certain limited portions of Exhibits 3 and 4 to the Joint Statement.
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`Dated: December 11, 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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`SEAL
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