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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:271 Patent Infringement

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

VNUS MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Plaintiff

 v.

DIOMED HOLDINGS, INC., et al.,

Defendants /

No. C-05-2972 MMC

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

DENYING IN PART DEFERRED

PORTION OF DIOMED’S MOTION FOR

ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE TO FILE

DOCUMENTS UNDER SEAL;

DIRECTIONS TO DIOMED

Before the Court is the deferred portion of defendants Diomed Holdings, Inc. and

Diomed, Inc.’s (collectively, “Diomed”) motion for administrative relief to file documents

under seal, filed August 24, 2007, specifically, Diomed’s request to file under seal Exhibit 8

to the Declaration of Charles T. Steenburg in Opposition to VNUS’s Motion for Summary

Judgment.

Having reviewed the Declaration of Brian Farley, filed by plaintiff on September 12,

2007, the Court rules as follows:

1. Because plaintiff has demonstrated that Exhibit 8 contains material properly

sealable, the deferred portion of Diomed’s motion is hereby GRANTED in part, specifically,

the Clerk is directed to file under seal the unredacted version of Exhibit 8.

2. To the extent Diomed seeks leave to file the entirety of Exhibit 8 under seal, the

motion is hereby DENIED, for the reason plaintiff has withdrawn its prior designation of

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confidentiality as to any portion of Exhibit 8, other than page 69, line 5 to page 71, line 7. If

Diomed wishes the Court to consider the portions of Exhibit 8 that are no longer designated

as confidential by plaintiff, Diomed is hereby DIRECTED to electronically file in the public

record such page(s) no later than September 24, 2007.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 19, 2007 

MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Judge

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