Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., No. 12-1600 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 23, 2013)

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In t hese consolidated appeals , Apple Inc. and Sa m- sung Electronics Company, Ltd., Samsung Electronics America, Inc., and Samsung Telecommunications Amer i- ca, 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 3283478 (N.D. Cal. Aug. 9, 2012) (“August Order”) ; Apple, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co. , No.