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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

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

FINISAR CORPORATION,

Plaintiff,

v.

NISTICA, INC.,

Defendant.

Case No. 13-cv-03345-BLF 

ORDER GRANTING 

ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO FILE 

UNDER SEAL

[Re: ECF 141]

Before the Court is plaintiff Finisar Corporation’s Administrative Motion to File Under 

Seal, whereby Plaintiff seeks to seal portions of its motion to dismiss or strike portions of 

defendant Nistica’s Second Amended Answer, as well as Exhibit B in support thereof. Admin. 

Mot., ECF 141. 

Plaintiff represents that Exhibit B is a confidential settlement agreement entered between 

Plaintiff and Defendant in 2009, and that the portions of its motion sought to be sealed “addresses, 

quotes from, and cites to” this confidential agreement. Id. at 4; see also Decl. of Robin M. Davis ¶¶ 

2-3, ECF 141-1. The 2009 settlement agreement contains a confidentiality provision prohibiting 

both parties from publicly disclosing the terms of the agreement. Admin. Mot. 4. 

The Court finds pursuant to Kamakana v. City & Cnty. of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172 (9th 

Cir. 2006) and Civil Local Rule 79-5(b) that compelling reasons weigh in favor of granting 

Plaintiff’s sealing request, and that the redacted portions of Plaintiff’s brief are narrowly tailored 

to only the sealable material. 

Plaintiff’s Administrative Motion to File Under Seal is accordingly GRANTED. The 

unredacted version of Plaintiff’s motion (ECF 141-4) and Exhibit B in support thereof (ECF 141-

6) shall remain under seal.

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 13, 2015

______________________________________

BETH LABSON FREEMAN

United States District Judge

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