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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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`NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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`SAN JOSE DIVISION
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`SYNOPSYS, INC.,
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`Plaintiff,
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`REAL INTENT, INC.,
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`Defendant.
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`Case No. 5:20-cv-02819-EJD
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`ORDER RE COPYRIGHTABILITY
`HEARING; DENYING MOTION TO
`SEAL
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`Re: ECF Nos. 179, 180, 181
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`Before the Court is Defendant Real Intent, Inc.’s request for the Court to hold a
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`copyrightability hearing, which Plaintiff Synopsys, Inc. opposes. Real Intent made its request at
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`the Trial Setting Conference held on May 4, 2023, and the Court called for additional briefing.
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`ECF No. 173. Having considered the parties’ arguments at hearing and in their briefs (ECF Nos.
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`180, 181), the Court finds that a copyrightability hearing is not warranted and DENIES Real
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`Intent’s request. Closer to trial, the Court will decide on the best procedure for addressing
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`copyrightability, with the input of the parties.
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`The Court also DENIES Synopsys’s motion to seal its brief regarding the propriety of a
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`copyrightability hearing (ECF No. 179), because Synopsys sought to seal information designated
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`as confidential by Real Intent, but Real Intent does not oppose unsealing (ECF No. 186).
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`Accordingly, the Clerk is directed to unseal ECF No. 179-2.
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`IT IS SO ORDERED.
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`Dated: June 26, 2023
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`Case No.: 5:20-cv-02819-EJD
`ORDER RE COPYRIGHTABILITY HEARING; DEN. MOT. TO SEAL
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`EDWARD J. DAVILA
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