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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:271 Patent Infringement

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NO. C 07-02346 RS

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California 

*E-Filed 03/29/2010* 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION 

AQUA-LUNG AMERICA, INC., a 

Delaware Corporation, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

AMERICAN UNDERWATER 

PRODUCTS, INC., d/b/a OCEANIC, a 

California Corporation; and TWO FORTY 

DEUCE CORPORATION, a Colorado 

Corporation, 

 Defendants. 

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No. C 07-02346 RS 

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND 

DENYING IN PART MOTIONS TO 

FILE UNDER SEAL 

 Plaintiff Aqua-Lung has moved to file under seal its reply brief in support of its motion to 

dismiss Defendant Two Forty Deuce’s fraud claim, as well as Exhibits C, D, E, and F thereto. 

Thereafter, pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5(d), defendant Two Forty Deuce, as designating party, 

filed a declaration in support of Aqua-Lung’s sealing motion. The declaration waived 

confidentiality as to Exhibit C, but requested that the remainder of the sealing motion be granted. 

Therefore, good cause appearing, Aqua-Lung’s sealing motion will be granted in part and denied in 

part as follows: 1) as to the reply brief in support of Aqua-Lung’s motion to dismiss Two Forty 

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Deuce’s fraud claim, the motion to seal is GRANTED; 2) as to Exhibit C thereto, the motion is 

DENIED; 3) as to Exhibits D, E, and F thereto, the motion is GRANTED. 

 Aqua-Lung has also moved to file under seal its reply brief in support of its motion for 

summary judgment on Two Forty Deuce’s trade secret misappropriation claim, as well as Exhibits 

A, C, D, F, G, H, and I thereto. Thereafter, pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5(d), Two Forty Deuce, 

as designating party, filed a declaration in support of Aqua-Lung’s sealing motion. The declaration 

waived confidentiality as to Exhibits C, F, G, and I. It requests the sealing order be granted as to the 

reply itself and Exhibits A and D. As to Exhibit H, neither the Court nor Two Forty Deuce has 

received a copy. Therefore, good cause appearing, Aqua-Lung’s sealing motion will be granted in 

part and denied in part as follows: 1) as to the reply brief in support of Aqua-Lung’s motion for 

summary judgment on the trade secret misappropriation claim, the motion to seal is GRANTED; 2) 

as to Exhibits A and D thereto, the motion to seal is GRANTED; and 3) as to Exhibits C, F, G, H, 

and I, the motion to seal is DENIED. 

 In accordance with Civil Local Rule 79-5(e), the Clerk’s office in the San Francisco 

Division is directed to hold the lodged documents that are the subject of this sealing order until 

March 31, 2010, for Aqua-Lung, the submitting party, to retrieve them. Thereafter, if they are not 

retrieved, the Clerk should dispose of them. Aqua-Lung should then re-submit two reply briefs and 

their accompanying exhibits in accordance with Civil Local Rule 79-5(c)(3)-(5). Note that the 

lodged copies discussed in Rule 79-5(c)(3) & (4) should be filed with the Clerk’s office in the San 

Jose Division. 

 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 03/29/2010 

RICHARD SEEBORG 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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