Uniloc USA, Inc. v. Apple Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNILOC USA, INC., et al., No. C 18-00358 WHA Plaintiffs, No. C 18-00360 WHA No. C 18-00363 WHA v. No. C 18-00365 WHA No. C 18-00572 WHA APPLE, INC.,

Defendant.

ORDER RE SEALING

15 INTRODUCTION This order addresses the sealing of evidence submitted in a patent infringement suit. Accepting that several courts of appeal have held certain licensing and financial records sealable at times, on the record provided, the sealing motions are DENIED. STATEMENT Previous orders detail the background (No. C 18-00358, Dkt. No. 186, No. C 18-00360, Dkt. No. 157). In brief, these patent infringement suits have been funded by an entity called Fortress Credit Co. LLC, which took a broad license in the asserted patents as security and imposed annual monetization goals on plaintiff Uniloc. Accused-infringer Apple later discovered that when Uniloc filed these cases, it had failed…