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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 17:501 Copyright Infringement

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ORDER DENYING ADOBE'S ADMINISTRATIVE MOTIONS TO FILE ITS MOTION TO EXPEDITE

DISCOVERY AND RELATED PAPERS UNDER SEAL

C-01-20813 RMW

DOH 

E-FILED on 11/15/05 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

BROOKHAVEN TYPESETTING SERVICES,

INC.,

Plaintiff,

v.

ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC.,

Defendant.

No. C-01-20813 RMW

ORDER DENYING ADOBE'S

ADMINISTRATIVE MOTIONS TO FILE ITS

MOTION TO EXPEDITE DISCOVERY AND

RELATED PAPERS UNDER SEAL

[Re Docket No. 197, 208]

 On September 15, 2005 and October 14, 2005 Adobe filed administrative requests to file its

motion to expedite discovery and related papers under seal. Courts may only issue sealing orders for

portions of documents that are entitled to legal protection for some independent reason:

A sealing order may issue only upon a request that establishes that the document, or

portions thereof, is privileged or protectable as a trade secret or otherwise entitled to

protectionunderthe law. . . . The request must be narrowly tailored to seek sealing only

of sealable material . . . . A stipulation, or a blanket protective order that allows a party

to designate documents as sealable, will notsuffice to allow the filing of documents under

seal.

N.D. Cal. L.R. 79-5. Adobe argues that it is entitled to a sealing order to (1) avoid "embarass[ing]

Brookhaven's counsel" and (2) "minimize the risk of further dissemination" of allegedly defamatory

statements. Mot. at 2. Neither rationale provides an adequate basis to seal Adobe's filing. See Jacobson

v. Schwarzenegger, 357 F. Supp. 2d 1198, 1217 (C.D. Cal. 2004) (denying request to seal allegedly

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defamatory statement because "[t]he public enjoys a common law right of access to judicial proceedings"). 

The court thus orders Adobe to file publicly-available copies of its motion to expedite discovery and related

papers. 

DATED: 11/15/05 /s/ Ronald M. Whyte 

RONALD M. WHYTE

United States District Judge

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ORDER DENYING ADOBE'S ADMINISTRATIVE MOTIONS TO FILE ITS MOTION TO EXPEDITE

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Notice of this document has been electronically sent to: 

Counsel for Plaintiff(s):

Charles J. Ferrera chuckferrera@lava.net

Counsel for Defendant(s):

Christopher T. Holland cholland@kksrr.com

Kenneth E. Keller kkeller@kksrr.com

Dated: 11/15/05 DOH 

 Chambers of Judge Whyte

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