Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC v. MaxLinear, Inc.
- Alvin Hellerstein
- 1:23-cv-04436
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 3
In Comcast v. MaxLinear, MaxLinear asked to keep alleged trade-secret materials sealed; Judge Hellerstein’s court action is not shown in this text.
Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC, Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, and MaxLinear, Inc.; the requested sealing would affect public access to the identified court filings.
What happened
Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC v. MaxLinear, Inc. concerns a request to keep technical information filed with Comcast’s motion under seal. The text is a letter from MaxLinear’s lawyer, not a court ruling.
Comcast asked to seal parts of its motion to dismiss MaxLinear’s counterclaims and an exhibit. MaxLinear argued that the information came from a confidential presentation about FDX amplifier technology and included trade-secret designs, diagrams, descriptions, and testing information.
The text does not show what Judge Hellerstein decided. It only records MaxLinear’s request that the information remain permanently sealed.
The detailed version
- Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC v. MaxLinear, Inc. · No. 1:23-cv-04436
- Alvin Hellerstein
- Dec. 2, 2024
Nature of the Document
The provided text is a November 27, 2024 letter from MaxLinear’s counsel to Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein. It asks the court to maintain certain materials under seal. The text does not contain a judicial order or state how the court ruled.
Background
Comcast filed a request for permission to seal and redact parts of its memorandum supporting a motion to dismiss MaxLinear’s counterclaims, along with an exhibit to a supporting declaration. MaxLinear then asked the court to order that the redacted information remain permanently under seal.
Information at Issue
MaxLinear described the information as trade secrets and confidential business information. According to the letter, it included a December 2020 presentation that MaxLinear gave to Comcast under a nondisclosure agreement concerning FDX amplifier technology. It also included technical layouts, schematics, diagrams, descriptions, and performance-testing information concerning MaxLinear’s FDX amplifier design.
Legal Standard Cited
The letter cited the general presumption that judicial documents are available to the public, while noting that the presumption is not absolute. It cited cases stating that courts may seal trade secrets and confidential business information when protecting those interests outweighs public access.
Requested Relief and Disposition
MaxLinear requested that the trade-secret information in Comcast’s motion to dismiss and in Exhibit 8 to the supporting declaration remain permanently under seal. The provided text does not state whether Judge Hellerstein granted, denied, or otherwise ruled on that request.
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