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`Case 5:18-md-02834-BLF Document 549 Filed 10/25/19 Page 1 of 6
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`MICHAEL A. SHERMAN (SBN 94783)
`masherman@stubbsalderton.com
`JEFFREY F. GERSH (SBN 87124)
`jgersh@stubbsalderton.com
`SANDEEP SETH (SBN 195914)
`sseth@ stubbsalderton.com
`WESLEY W. MONROE (SBN 149211)
`wmonroe@stubbsalderton.com
`STANLEY H. THOMPSON, JR. (SBN 198825)
`sthompson@stubbsalderton.com
`VIVIANA B. HEDRICK (SBN 239359)
`vhedrick@stubbsalderton.com
`STUBBS ALDERTON MARKILES, LLP
`15260 Ventura Boulevard, 20TH Floor
`Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
`Telephone:
`(818) 444-4500
`Facsimile:
`(818) 444-4520
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`Attorneys for PersonalWeb Technologies, LLC
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
`SAN JOSE DIVISION
`CASE NO.: 5:18-md-02834-BLF
`IN RE PERSONAL WEB TECHNOLOGIES,
`LLC, ET AL., PATENT LITIGATION
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`AMAZON.COM, INC. and AMAZON WEB
`SERVICES, INC.,
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`v.
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`PERSONALWEB TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
`and LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC,
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`Defendants.
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`Plaintiffs,
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`Case No.: 5:18-cv-00767-BLF
`Case No.: 5:18-cv-05619-BLF
`ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO FILE
`UNDER SEAL PERSONALWEB’S NON-
`OPPOSITION TO AMAZON’S MOTION
`FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND
`OPPOSITION TO MOTION RE
`STANDING, EXHIBIT 1 TO
`DECLARATION OF ERIK DE LA
`IGLESIA, EXHIBIT 2 TO
`DECLARATION OF MICHAEL A.
`SHERMAN, AND EXHIBITS 2, 7, 8 TO
`DECLARATION OF VIVIANA BOERO
`HEDRICK IN SUPPORT OF
`PERSONALWEB TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
`NON-OPPOSITION/OPPOSITIONS TO
`AMAZON.COM, INC. AND AMAZON
`WEB SERVICES, INC.’S AND TWITCH
`INTERACTIVE, INC.’S MOTIONS FOR
`SUMMARY JUDGMENT
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`CASE NO: 5:18-MD-02834-BLF
`CASE NO: 5:18-CV-00767-BLF
`CASE NO: 5:18-CV-05619-BLF
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`PERSONALWEB TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
`and LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC,
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`Counterclaimants,
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`AMAZON.COM, INC. and AMAZON WEB
`SERVICES, INC.,
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`Counterdefendants.
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`ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO FILE
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`Case 5:18-md-02834-BLF Document 549 Filed 10/25/19 Page 2 of 6
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`PERSONALWEB TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, a
`Texas limited liability company, and
`LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC, a
`Delaware limited liability company
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`Plaintiffs,
`v.
`TWITCH INTERACTIVE, INC. a Delaware
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`ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO FILE
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`Case 5:18-md-02834-BLF Document 549 Filed 10/25/19 Page 3 of 6
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`Pursuant to Civil Local Rules 7-11 and 79-5(d), PersonalWeb Technologies, LLC
`(“PersonalWeb”) hereby moves for administrative relief to file the following items under seal in
`connection with PersonalWeb’s Non-Opposition to Amazon.com, Inc. and Amazon Web Services,
`Inc.’s (collectively, “Amazon”) Motion for Summary Judgment of Noninfringement and Opposition
`to Motion Regarding Standing (“Response to Amazon”), and PersonalWeb’s Non-Opposition to
`Twitch Interactive, Inc.’s (“Twitch”) Motion for Summary Judgment of Noninfringement and Partial
`Opposition to Motion to Exclude Testimony of Erik de la Iglesia. (“Response to Twitch”):
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`• PersonalWeb’s Response to Amazon at page:line nos.: 14:14-15. 14:21-23, 14:25, 26,
`15:6-7, 15:9-10.
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`• Exhibit 2 to the Declaration of Michael A. Sherman in Support of PersonalWeb’s
`Response to Amazon (“Sherman Declaration”) is the unsigned de la Iglesia
`Declaration.
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`• Exhibit 1 to the Declaration of Erik de la Iglesia in Support of PersonalWeb’s
`Response to Twitch (“de la Iglesia Declaration”) is the redacted Technical Expert
`Report of Erik de la Iglesia, dated August 23, 2019 (“Redacted de la Iglesia Expert
`Report”).
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`• Exhibit 2 to the Declaration of Viviana Boero Hedrick in Support of PersonalWeb’s
`Response to Amazon and Response to Twitch (“Hedrick Declaration”) is excerpts
`from the January 17, 2014 deposition of Ronald Lachman (“Lachman Deposition”).
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`• Exhibit 7 to the Hedrick Declaration is excerpts from the October 1, 2019 deposition
`transcript of James Richard (“Richard Deposition”).
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`• Exhibit 8 to the Hedrick Declaration is excerpts from the July 24, 2019 Amazon
`30(b)(6) deposition transcript of Matthew Baldwin (“Baldwin Deposition”).
`PersonalWeb requests leave to file its Response to Amazon, Exhibit 2 to the Sherman
`Declaration, Exhibit 1 to the de la Iglesia Declaration, and Exhibits 2, 7, and 8 to the Hedrick
`Declaration under seal.
`PersonalWeb seeks leave to file under seal the entire unsigned de la Iglesia Declaration
`(Sherman Declaration, Exhibit 2) and the Redacted de la Iglesia Expert Report (de la Iglesia
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`Declaration, Exhibit 1) because both contain the impressions and analysis of PersonalWeb’s
`technical expert, Erik de la Iglesia (“de la Iglesia”). Mr. de la Iglesia’s unsigned Declaration and
`Redacted de la Iglesia Expert Report includes references to, and analysis of, Twitch’s propriety
`source code, which Twitch has designated as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES
`ONLY”. PersonalWeb files this administrative motion to abide by the terms of the Stipulated
`Protective Order as to the information discussed above, which Twitch marked confidential and
`which meets the standard for filing under seal in the Ninth Circuit. See, e.g., 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).
`PersonalWeb further seeks leave to file under seal its Response to Amazon and Exhibit 2 to
`the Hedrick Declaration, which contain excerpts of testimony from the Lachman Deposition
`regarding non-public aspects of the business negotiations between Kinetech, Inc. and Digital Island,
`Inc. PersonalWeb designated this item as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES
`ONLY” (“AEO”) under the Stipulated Amended Protective Order entered by the Court in the
`pending actions under Case No. 5:18-md-02834-BLF (Dkt. No. 427), 5:18-cv-00767-BLF (Dkt. No.
`107) and 5:18-cv-05621-BLF (Dkt. No. 290) (“Current Actions”), and additionally, these deposition
`excerpts were previously designated as confidential in the prior action, PersonalWeb Technologies,
`LLC, et al. v. Microsoft Corp., Case 6:12-cv-00663-LED.
`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). 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 explained in the accompanying Declaration of Viviana Boero Hedrick in Support of
`Administrative Motion to File Under Seal, (“Hedrick MFUS Declaration”), the confidential
`excerpted deposition testimony in the Lachman Deposition meets the Foltz standard. See Phoenix
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`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 non-public details
`regarding the negotiation and business deadlines between Digital Island and Kinetech, would put
`PersonalWeb at a competitive disadvantage with respect to competitors and competing services.
`PersonalWeb also requests leave to file Exhibits 7 and 8 under seal. These deposition
`transcripts were designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” by
`Amazon and/or Twitch. With respect to these two exhibits, PersonalWeb seeks leave to file under
`seal only to abide by the terms of the Stipulated Amended Protective Order in the Current Actions
`and to facilitate the filing of their Motions. By filing this administrative motion, PersonalWeb does
`not waive its right to contest Amazon and/or Twitch’s designations and expressly reserves its right to
`contest the propriety of the designations, in whole or in part.
`Because Exhibit 2 to the Hedrick Declaration was previously designated as confidential in
`the prior action and the remaining exhibits have designated as highly confidential by
`Amazon/Twitch or they contain information that Amazon/Twitch have designated as highly
`confidential, PersonalWeb also seeks leave to file the corresponding excerpts in PersonalWeb’s
`Amazon Response under seal for the same reason outlined above.
`For these reasons, PersonalWeb respectfully requests that the Court grant this motion for
`leave to file under seal portions of its Response to Amazon, Exhibit 2 to the Sherman Declaration,
`Exhibit 1 to the de la Iglesia Declaration, and Exhibits 2, 7, and 8 to the Hedrick Declaration.
`Respectfully submitted,
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`Dated: October 25, 2019
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`STUBBS, ALDERTON & MARKILES, LLP
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`ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO FILE
`UNDER SEAL
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`By: /s/ Michael A. Sherman
`Michael A. Sherman
`Jeffrey F. Gersh
`Sandeep Seth
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`Stanley H. Thompson
`Viviana Boero Hedrick
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`Patent Attorneys for PERSONALWEB
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