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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 ANGIODYNAMICS’

MOTION TO FILE DOCUMENTS UNDER

SEAL; DIRECTIONS TO

ANGIODYNAMICS

Before the Court is defendant AngioDynamics, Inc.’s (“AngioDynamics”) motion to

file documents under seal, filed August 31, 2007. Having reviewed the Declaration of Brian

Farley, filed September 5, 2007 by plaintiff VNUS Medical Technologies, Inc. (“VNUS”),

2007, the Court rules as follows:

1. AngioDynamics’s motion is hereby GRANTED in part, specifically, as to the

following documents that VNUS has shown contain material properly filed under seal:

a. Defendants’ Reply Memorandum in Support of Joint Motion for Summary

Judgment of Invalidity Under 35 U.S.C. §§ 112; and

b. Exhibits A, B, and C to the Declaration of Eric E. Grondahl in Support of

Defendants’ Reply Memorandum Regarding Motion for Summary Judgment of Invalidity

Under 35 U.S.C. § 112.

2. With respect to Exhibits A and C to the Declaration of Eric E. Grondahl, only a

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portion of those exhibits are, for the reasons stated by VNUS, properly filed under seal. 

Accordingly, AngioDynamics’s motion is hereby DENIED to the extent AngioDynamics

seeks to file the entirety of said exhibits under seal. If AngioDynamics wishes the Court to

consider the portion of said exhibits not designated as confidential by VNUS, specifically,

any portion thereof not identified as confidential in the Declaration of Brian Farley filed

September 5, 2007, (see Farley Decl. Ex. ¶ 4), AngioDynamics is hereby DIRECTED to

electronically file in the public record such portion(s) no later than September 25, 2007.

3. AngioDynamics’s motion is hereby DENIED to the extent AngioDynamics seeks

leave to file under seal Exhibit D, because VNUS has not claimed any portion thereof is

confidential. If AngioDynamics wishes the Court to consider such exhibit, AngioDynamics

is hereby DIRECTED to electronically file it in the public record no later than September 25,

2007.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 20, 2007 

MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Judge

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