Uniloc USA, Inc. v. Apple Inc.

1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 3 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

5 UNILOC USA, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, No. C 18-00358 WHA v. ? APPLE, INC., ORDER GRANTING IN PART Defendant. MOTION TO SEAL TO

Apple moves to seal, as confidential to Uniloc, several excerpts and a deposition transcript (Dkt. No. 128) attached to its request for discovery (Dkt. No. 129). Uniloc withdraws all confidentiality designations except the dollar amounts in Apple’s Exhibit C, at page 139, lines 17 and 20, which are sensitive financial information from business negotiations a (Dkt. No. 131 at 2). There is a strong public policy in favor of openness in our court system and the public is entitled to know to whom we are providing relief (or not). See Kamakana vy. City & Cty. of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1180 (9th Cir. 2006). But, in discovery matters, outside of the merits of the case, “a party need only satisfy the…