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Nature of Suit Code: 840
Nature of Suit: Trademark
Cause of Action: 15:1114 Trademark Infringement

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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* E-filed 11/5/07 *

NOT FOR CITATION

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

3M COMPANY,

Plaintiff,

v.

MAURICE KANBAR, MK ENTERPRISES,

INC., ROLLIT, LLC, AND REX PRODUCTS,

INC.,

Defendants.

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Case No. CV 06-01225 HRL

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

DENYING IN PART MOTIONS TO FILE

DOCUMENTS UNDER SEAL

Re: Docket Nos. 124, 136

Pursuant to Local Rule 79-5 and 7-11, both parties move to file under seal Defendants'

Unredacted Memorandum of Points and Authorities (Docket No. 128) in Opposition to

Plaintiff's Motion for a Protective Order on 30(b)(6) Deposition Topics and the following

exhibits to the Landry Declaration in Support of the same (Docket No. 129):

1. Exhibit G (Plaintiff's Supplemental Response to Interrogatories)

2. Exhibit H (Settlement Agreements)

3. Exhibit L (3M internal e-mails)

4. Exhibit N (Audits performed by 3M)

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JW (HRL)

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Defendants oppose the designation of Exhibits G and L, arguing that 3M has made

public the allegedly confidential aspect of Exhibit G (the range of colors) and that Exhibit L is

over ten years old and no longer requires protection. 

In response, Plaintiff declares that Exhibit H contains sensitive settlement terms. It

further declares that Exhibit N contains sensitive commercial and business information,

including confidential research reports. The court agrees with the Plaintiff on these points and

GRANTS the motion with respect to these exhibits. Furthermore, because the unredacted

Memorandum refers to those documents, it too, is properly designated to be filed under seal. 

With respect to Exhibit L, the court agrees with Plaintiff that the ten year constraint is

not applicable in this situation. This document contains confidential and sensitive business

information and should be filed under seal.

Finally, Plaintiff's declaration includes correspondence between the parties over the dedesignation of certain Interrogatory Responses contained in Exhibit G. Plaintiff agreed to do so

for all responses except for those to Interrogatory Nos. 9, 10, 12, 13, and 17. The declaration

sets forth Plaintiff's reasons for maintaining these responses as confidential.

Accordingly, the Court orders as follows: 

• The Unredacted version of Docket No. 128 (Defendants' Memorandum of Points

and Authorities in Opposition ) shall be filed under seal.

• Exhibits H, L, and N to the Landry Declaration in Support of Defendants'

Opposition (Docket No. 129) shall be filed under seal. 

• Defendants shall resubmit (for filing in the public record) Exhibit G with the

responses to Interrogatory Nos. 9, 10, 12, 13, and 17 redacted. The unredacted

version of Exhibit G (currently lodged with the court) shall be filed under seal.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 11/2/07 

HOWARD R. LLOYD

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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THIS SHALL CERTIFY THAT A COPY OF THIS ORDER WILL BE SENT TO:

John Cameron Adkisson jca@fr.com, mla@fr.com 

Juanita R. Brooks brooks@fr.com, njohnson@fr.com 

Ann N. Cathcart Chaplin cathcartchaplin@fr.com, lindstedt@fr.com 

Robert Reeves Cross rcross@sideman.com, jcuago@sideman.com, ldinglasan@sideman.com,

mthomas@sideman.com 

Michael L. Gannon mgannon@mmm.com 

Michelle Lee Landry mlandry@kanbar.com 

Joel D. Leviton leviton@fr.com, lindner@fr.com 

David James Miclean miclean@fr.com, arceo@fr.com 

Kevin H. Rhodes krhodes@mmm.com 

Constance Jiun-Yee Yu cyu@sideman.com 

* Counsel are responsible for providing copies of this order to co-counsel.

Dated: 11/5/2007 

 /s/ KRO 

 Chambers of Magistrate Judge Lloyd

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