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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

POWER INTEGRATIONS, INC.,

Plaintiff,

 v.

FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR

INTERNATIONAL, INC., et al.,

Defendants. /

No. C-09-5235 MMC

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

TO FILE UNDER SEAL PORTION OF ITS

REPLY BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF MOTION

FOR PREJUDGMENT INTEREST, AND

SUPPORTING EXHIBIT; DIRECTIONS

TO PLAINTIFF

Before the Court is plaintiff’s Administrative Motion to Seal (Doc. No. 968), filed April

15, 2016, by which plaintiff seeks permission to seal Exhibit C to its reply brief in support of

its Motion for Prejudgment Interest, as well a portion of the reply brief referencing said

exhibit. Having read and considered the administrative motion, the Court rules as follows.

“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

protection under the law.” Civil L.R. 79-5(a). “The request must be narrowly tailored to

seek sealing only of sealable material.” Id.

According to plaintiff, all of the material sought to be sealed has been designated

confidential by defendants. Pursuant to the Local Rules of this district, defendants were

required to file by April 19, 2016, a responsive declaration in support of sealing the material

they have designated as confidential. See Civil L.R. 79-5(d)-(e) (providing, where party

seeks to file under seal material designated confidential by another party, designating party

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must file, within four days, “a declaration . . . establishing that all of the designated

information is sealable”). To date, no such declaration has been filed. 

Accordingly, as defendants have not shown the subject material is confidential, the

motion to seal is hereby DENIED, and plaintiff is hereby DIRECTED to file in the public

record, no later than May 27, 2016, unredacted versions of its reply brief and Exhibit C

thereto.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 16, 2016 

MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Judge

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