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Nature of Suit Code: 840
Nature of Suit: Trademark
Cause of Action: 28:1391 Personal Injury

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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

BARE ESCENTUALS BEAUTY, INC.,

Plaintiff,

 v.

L’OREAL USA, INC., et al.,

Defendants.

 /

No. C-07-1669 MMC

ORDER GRANTING IN PART, DENYING

IN PART, AND DEFERRING IN PART

PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO SEAL;

DIRECTIONS TO PLAINTIFF;

DIRECTIONS TO DEFENDANTS

Before the Court is plaintiff’s “Motion to File Papers Under Seal,” filed April 4, 2008,

by which plaintiff seeks to file under seal Exhibits F through R and Exhibits AA and BB to

the Declaration of Joseph M. Morris in Support of Plaintiff Bare Escentuals’ Opposition to

L’Oréal S.A.’s Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction (“Morris Declaration”), as

well as those portions of plaintiff’s opposition in which plaintiff refers to such Exhibits, such

Exhibits having been designated as either “confidential” or “highly confidential” by

defendants. Having reviewed the motion and the Declaration of Jose Monteiro offered by

defendants in support thereof, the Court rules as follows:

1. To the extent plaintiff seeks leave to file under seal Exhibits I, O, P, Q, AA, and

BB, the motion is hereby GRANTED, and the Clerk is directed to file under seal unredacted

versions of said Exhibits.

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 This example is provided for illustrative purposes only, and is not intended to set

forth all of the material that appears to be of a nonconfidential nature.

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 Plaintiff represents, and defendants have not disputed, that defendants designated

the entirety of the subject exhibit as confidential.

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2. To the extent plaintiff seeks leave to file under seal Exhibits F, G, H, J, L, M, N,

and R, the motion is hereby DENIED, for the reason that defendants’ responsive

declaration does not seek to substantiate the filing of such Exhibits under seal, nor have 

defendants filed any other declaration addressing such Exhibits. See Civil L.R. 79-5(d)

(providing that, if the designating party does not file, within five days of filing of motion for

sealing order, “a declaration establishing that the designated information is sealable,” the

proposed filings “will be made part of the public record”). Plaintiff is hereby DIRECTED to

file in the public record, no later than April 18, 2008, Exhibits F, G, H, J, L, M, N, and R to

the Morris Declaration. If plaintiff fails to timely file such exhibits in the public record, the

Court will not consider them in ruling on defendant L’Oréal S.A.’s motion to dismiss.

3. With respect to Exhibit K, defendants have not shown the entirety of such exhibit

is confidential, and portions thereof plainly are not. (See, e.g., Morris Decl. Ex. K at 2:23-

26, 3:20-4:13 (listing names of L’Oréal S.A.’s employees who “participated in, received, or

observed any communications regarding the BARE NATURALE mark”).1

 A party may not

designate an entire document as confidential when only part of the document contains

confidential information. See Civil L.R. 79-5(a) (providing request to file document under

seal “must be narrowly tailored to seek sealing only of sealable material”).2 Accordingly,

the Court will defer ruling on the motion with respect to Exhibit K, to afford defendants the

opportunity to file, no later than April 18, 2008, a supplemental declaration identifying with

particularity the portions thereof that defendants claim are subject to sealing and the

reason(s) therefor.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 15, 2008 

MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Judge

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