APPLE INC. v. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Nos. 2012-1600, 2012-1606, 2013-1146.

727 F.3d 1214 (2013)

APPLE INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Samsung Electronics America, Inc., and Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC, Defendants-Cross Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

August 23, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William F. Lee , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, of Boston, MA, argued for plaintiff-appellant. With him on the brief were Mark C. Fleming , Louis W. Tompros and Andrew J. Danford ; Rachel L. Weiner , of Washington, DC; and Mark D. Selwyn , of Palo Alto, CA. Of counsel on the brief were Harold J. McElhinny and Michael A. Jacobs , Morrison & Foerster LLP, of San Francisco, CA.

Victoria F. Maroulis , Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, of Redwood Shores, CA, argued for defendants-cross appellants. With her on the brief were William B. Adams and Kathleen M. Sullivan , of New York, NY.

Gregg P. Leslie , The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, of Arlington, VA, for amicus curiae The Reporter Committee for Freedom of the Press, et al. With him on the brief was Bruce D. Brown.

William R. Stein , Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, of Washington, DC, for amicus curiae The First Amendment Coalition, of Washington, DC. With him on the brief was Eric S. Parnes.

Before PROST, BRYSON, and O'MALLEY, Circuit Judges.


PROST, Circuit Judge.

In these consolidated appeals, Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd., Samsung Electronics America, Inc., and Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC (collectively "Samsung") challenge orders of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California denying requests to seal various confidential exhibits attached to pre-trial and post-trial motions. See Apple, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., No. 11-CV-01846, 2012 WL...

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