by A court in California has ordered Apple to produce an unredacted version of its recent patent agreement with HTC, after Samsung Electronics said the agreement was relevant to its dispute with Apple.
However, the document will only be made available for viewing by the attorneys in the patent lawsuit, Magistrate Judge Paul S. Grewal of U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, San Jose division, wrote in an order on Wednesday.
HTC had earlier agreed to produce a version of its Patent License and Settlement Agreement (PLSA) with Apple, provided it was redacted to exclude the terms disclosing the consideration paid under the PLSA, including how the amounts were calculated. The redacted document was also to be marked “Highly Confidential —Attorneys’ Eyes Only” as provided under a protective order entered by the court.
The compensation terms it seeks to redact are highly “competition-sensitive,” HTC wrote in the filing.
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