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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
`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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`Case No.: 5:18-cv-00767-BLF
`Case No.: 5:18-cv-05619-BLF
`DECLARATION OF VIVIANA BOERO
`HEDRICK IN SUPPORT OF
`AMAZON.COM, INC., AMAZON WEB
`SERVICES, INC., AND TWITCH
`INTERACTIVE INC.’S
`ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO
`FILE UNDER SEAL
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`AMAZON.COM, INC. and AMAZON WEB
`SERVICES, INC.,
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`Plaintiffs,
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`v.
`PERSONALWEB TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
`and LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC,
`Defendants.
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`PERSONALWEB TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
`and LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC,
`Counterclaimants,
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`v.
`AMAZON.COM, INC. and AMAZON WEB
`SERVICES, INC.,
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`Counterdefendants.
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`DECLARATION OF VIVIANA BOERO HEDRICK
`ISO ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION
`TO FILE UNDER SEAL
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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, a
`Texas limited liability company, and
`LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC, a
`Delaware limited liability company
`Plaintiffs,
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`v.
`TWITCH INTERACTIVE, INC. a Delaware
`corporation,
`Defendant.
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`DECLARATION OF VIVIANA BOERO HEDRICK
`ISO ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION
`TO FILE UNDER SEAL
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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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`Case 5:18-md-02834-BLF Document 633 Filed 09/08/20 Page 3 of 7
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`Ur-PUJNH
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`DECLARATION OF VIVIANA BOERO HEDRICK
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`I. Viviana Boero Hedrick. declare as follows:
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`1.
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`I am an attorney duly licensed to practice law in the state of California and am of cormsel
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`with the law firnr of Stubbs Aldertorr & Markiles, LLP, counsel for PersonalWeb Technologies, LLC
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`(“PersonalWeb”) in the above captioned actions.
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`I have personal knowledge of the facts set forth in
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`this declaration.
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`2.
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`I submit this declaration in support of the Administrative Motion to File Under Seal (Case
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`No. 18-md-02834-BLF. Dkt. 611; Case No. 18-cv-OO767-BLF, Dkt. 194; Case No. 18-cv-05619-
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`BLF. Dkt. 98) (“Administrative Motion”) filed by Amazon.con1, Inc. and Amazon Web Services.
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`Inc. (“Amazon”) and Twitch Interactive. Inc. (“Twitch”). The Administrative Motion was filed in
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`support of Amazon and Twitch’s Reply in Support of Motion for Attorney Fees and Costs (Case No.
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`18-1nd-02834-BLF, Dkt. 612: Case No. 18-cv-00767-BLF. Dkt. 195; Case No. 18-rnd-05619-BLF.
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`Dkt. 99).
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`3. The Administrative Motion seeks an order sealing the following documents:
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`Document Description
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`Portion to be Sealed
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`Amazon’s and
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`Twitch’s Reply in
`Support of Motion
`for Attorney Fees and
`Costs (“Reply”)
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`Portions of the Reply that
`reference or describe
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`documents designated
`as “Highly Confidential —
`Attorney’s Eyes Only” by
`PersonalWeb
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`Exhibit 1 to the Reply
`Declaration of
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`Todd Gregorian in
`support of the Reply
`(“Gregorian Declaration”
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`Excerpts of the August 22.
`2019 deposition testimony of
`Kevin Bermeister that
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`PersonalWeb has designated as
`“Highly Confidential
`— Attorney’s Eyes Only”
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`Exhibit 9 to the Gregorian
`Declaration
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`January 25, 2018 emails
`between PersonalWeb and its
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`
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`counsel that PersonalWeb has
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`designated as “Highly
`Confidential — Attorney’s
`Eyes Only”
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`Exhibit 10 to the
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`Patent and licensing settlement
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`4:3: 12:5. 8-10,12.14-15.17-
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`18. 22-25: 13:1-3.
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`Entire document.
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`Entire document.
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`Entire document.
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`DECLARATION OF VIVIANA BOERO HEDRICK
`ISO ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION
`TO FILE UNDER SEAL
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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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`Gregorian Declaration
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`Exhibit 11 to the
`Gregorian Declaration
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`Exhibit 13 to the
`Gregorian Declaration
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`agreement concerning the
`patents-in-suit that
`PersonalWeb has designated
`as “Highly Confidential –
`Attorney’s Eyes Only”
`June 2015 letter from
`PersonalWeb’s counsel to an
`accused infringer of the
`patents-in-suit that
`PersonalWeb has designated as
`“Highly Confidential
`Attorney’s Eyes Only”
`Emails between
`PersonalWeb’s counsel and
`counsel for an accused
`infringer of the patents-in-suit
`from January to March 2018
`that PersonalWeb has
`designated as “Highly
`Confidential – Attorney’s Eyes
`Only”
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`Entire document.
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`Entire document.
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`4. The material requested to be sealed comprises information designated as “HIGHLY
`CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” pursuant to the Stipulated Protective Order
`(Case No. 18-md-02834-BLF, Dkt. No. 290). PersonalWeb requests that the Court maintain under
`seal only Exhibits 1 and 10 to the Gregorian Declaration and the portions of the Reply that reference
`or describe the contents of Exhibits 1 and 10, found in the Reply at 12:12-21 (the “Requested Sealed
`Material”).
`5. The excerpts of the deposition testimony of Kevin Bermeister attached as Exhibit 1 to the
`Gregorian Declaration are designated “Highly Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes Only” pursuant to the
`Stipulated Protective Order. This exhibit contains excerpts of the deposition transcript of
`PersonalWeb’s Non-Executive Chairman, Kevin Bermeister. In this testimony, Mr. Bermeister
`provides non-public and sensitive financial information describing settlements negotiations and
`licensing agreements entered into between PersonalWeb and third parties that are not part of this
`MDL proceeding, and that relate to the resolution of cases that also were never a part of this MDL
`proceeding.
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`DECLARATION OF VIVIANA BOERO HEDRICK
`ISO ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION
`TO FILE UNDER SEAL
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`6. Similarly, Exhibit 10 to the Gregorian Declaration is a settlement agreement between
`PersonalWeb and VigLink that was designated as “Highly Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes Only”
`under the Stipulated Protective Order. This is a settlement agreement between PersonalWeb and an
`entity that is not now and was never a party to this MDL proceeding. Additionally, this settlement
`agreement contains highly sensitive financial information as it discloses revenue information
`belonging to Viglink, which is confidential information that PersonalWeb agreed to maintain as
`confidential under the terms of that settlement agreement.
`7.
`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).
`8. Courts have found that “confidential business information” in the form of “license
`agreements, financial terms, details of confidential licensing negotiations, and business strategies”
`satisfies the “compelling reasons” standard. See In re Qualcomm Litig., No. 3:17-cv-0108-
`GPCMDD, 2017 WL 5176922, at *2 (S.D. Cal. Nov. 8, 2017) (observing that sealing such
`information “prevent[ed] competitors from gaining insight into the parties’ business model and
`strategy”); Finisar Corp. v. Nistica, Inc., No. 13-cv-03345-BLF (JSC), 2015 WL 3988132, at *5
`(N.D. Cal. June 30, 2015) (observing that courts “regularly find that litigants may file under seal
`contracts with third parties that contain proprietary and confidential business information”).
`9. Here, the portions of the documents PersonalWeb seeks to file under seal are narrowly
`tailored to include only material eligible for sealing under the law of this Court. There is a
`compelling interest in maintaining the confidentiality of the Requested Sealed Material described
`above as both the settlement agreement between PersonalWeb and VigLink and Mr. Bermeister’s
`testimony detailing the negotiations, terms, and discussions surrounding licensing agreements with
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`DECLARATION OF VIVIANA BOERO HEDRICK
`ISO ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION
`TO FILE UNDER SEAL
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`third parties constitutes confidential business information in precisely the form of “license
`agreements, financial terms [and] details of confidential licensing negotiations.” In re Qualcomm
`Litig., 2017 WL 5176922, at *2.
`10. Moreover, documents attached to motions that are only “tangentially related to the merits of
`a case” are not subject to the strong presumption of access. Ctr. for Auto Safety v. Chrysler Grp.,
`LLC, 809 F.3d 1092, 1101 (9th Cir. 2016). Accordingly, parties moving to seal such records need
`only meet the lower “good cause” standard of Rule 26(c). Id. at 1097. The “good cause” standard
`requires a “particularized showing” that “specific prejudice or harm will result” if the information is
`disclosed. Phillips, supra, 307 F.3d at 1210–11 (citation and internal quotation marks omitted); see
`also Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(c). Here, good cause exists to keep the Requested Sealed Material under seal
`because the this third-party confidential financial information is only tangentially related to the
`merits of this case as it does not relate to Amazon, Twitch, or any entity that is a party to this MDL
`proceeding, nor does it reflect any conduct undertaken by PersonalWeb during the duration of this
`proceeding. PersonalWeb, VigLink and the other third parties discussed in the Requested Sealed
`Material will suffer prejudice if the Requested Sealed Material is unsealed because the public will
`then be privy to the details surrounding the confidential licensing negotiations and ultimate financial
`terms of those negotiations which might harm these PersonalWeb’s and these third parties’
`competitive standing if disclosed to the public. See 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 party’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).
`11. PersonalWeb therefore respectfully requests that the Court maintain under seal Exhibits 1
`and 10 to the Gregorian Declaration and the portions of the Reply that reference or describe the
`aforementioned documents found at Reply at 12:12-21.
`I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the
`foregoing is true and correct.
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`DECLARATION OF VIVIANA BOERO HEDRICK
`ISO ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION
`TO FILE UNDER SEAL
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`Executed on September 8, 2020 in Sherman Oaks, California.
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`/s/ Viviana Boero Hedrick
`Viviana Boero Hedrick
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`DECLARATION OF VIVIANA BOERO HEDRICK
`ISO ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION
`TO FILE UNDER SEAL
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