Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC, et al. v. MaxLinear, Inc.

Nature of the Document

The provided text is a letter motion from MaxLinear, not a judicial opinion or order. MaxLinear asks the court to keep specified redactions in Comcast’s responses permanently sealed. The text does not include the court’s ruling on that request.

Background

Comcast filed responses to the court’s October 17, 2025 order regulating proceedings. The court had previously granted Comcast permission to file those responses with temporary redactions of information that MaxLinear and Entropic had designated confidential under a protective order. MaxLinear states that the court had also permanently sealed the patent purchase agreement between MaxLinear and Entropic.

Requested Relief

MaxLinear asks that the following portions of Comcast’s responses remain permanently sealed:

- All redacted statements on page 2; - The statement set off by em dashes in clause (i) on page 11; - The entirety of clause (iv) on page 11; and - The entire redacted statement on page 14.

MaxLinear explains that the identified statements disclose either the terms of the patent purchase agreement, confidential settlement communications between MaxLinear and Entropic concerning that agreement, or both. MaxLinear says the agreement contains competitively sensitive information and that it owes Entropic confidentiality obligations concerning the settlement communications. Comcast does not oppose the requested relief.

MaxLinear does not seek permanent sealing of the redacted statement on page 3, the statement following the second em dash in clause (i) on page 11, or the redactions in clauses (ii) and (iii) on page 11.

Legal Basis Asserted

MaxLinear relies on the principle that public access to judicial documents is presumptive but not absolute. It cites decisions recognizing that trade secrets, confidential business information, and confidential settlement communications may justify sealing when the information has limited relevance to the dispute and competing confidentiality interests outweigh public access. MaxLinear also argues that the limited scope of the proposed redactions would leave nearly all of Comcast’s responses publicly available.

Disposition

The text does not state that Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein granted, denied, or otherwise resolved MaxLinear’s current request for permanent sealing. It only records the request and identifies the court’s earlier rulings on temporary redactions and the patent purchase agreement.