Apple Inc. v. Rivos, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 APPLE INC., Case No. 22-cv-02637-PCP
Plaintiff,
SEALING ORDER
v. 9 Re: Dkt. Nos. 254, 255, 275 RIVOS, INC., et al., Defendants.
12 Before the Court are three administrative sealing motions. First, Apple seeks to seal portions of its Third Amended Complaint containing its own confidential information. Dkt. No. 254. Second, Apple seeks to seal portions of the same document that Defendants have designated as confidential. Dkt. No. 255. Defendants, however, do not seek to seal any portion of that document. Dkt. No. 262. Third, Defendants seek to seal portions of their Answer to Apple’s Third Amended Complaint as well as their Counterclaims and a corresponding exhibit. Dkt. No. 275. Apple supports sealing some but not all of this information. Dkt. No. 278. There is a “strong presumption in favor of access” of court records. Kamakana v. City & Cnty. of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1178 (9th Cir. 2006). A party who wishes to seal a court record “must articulate…