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Nature of Suit Code: 820
Nature of Suit: Copyright
Cause of Action: 17:101 Copyright 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

SYNOPSYS, INC.,

Plaintiff,

 v.

ATOPTECH, INC.,

Defendant. /

No. C-13-2965 MMC

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFF’S

MOTION TO FILE UNDER SEAL (1)

PORTIONS OF ITS MOTION FOR

PERMANENT INJUNCTION AND (2)

CERTAIN SUPPORTING

DECLARATIONS AND EXHIBITS;

DIRECTIONS TO PLAINTIFF

Before the Court is plaintiff Synopsys, Inc.’s (“Synopsys”) Administrative Motion to

Seal, filed April 7, 2016, by which Synopsys seeks permission to seal the following

material: (a) the entirety of the “Declaration of Dr. David T. Blaauw in Support of

Synopsys’s, Inc.’s Motion for Permanent Injunction and for Disposition of Infringing Copies

and Means” (“Blaauw Declaration”), as well as Exhibits 2 - 5 thereto; (b) the entirety of the

“Declaration of James A. Storer in Support of Synopsys, Inc.’s Motion for Permanent

Injunction and for Disposition of Infringing Copies and Means” (“Storer Declaration”), as

well as Exhibits 2 - 5 thereto; (c) Exhibits 4 - 6 to the “Declaration of Patrick T. Michael in

Support of Plaintiff Synopsys, Inc.’s Motion for Permanent Injunction and for Disposition of

Infringing Copies and Means” (“Michael Declaration”); and (d) certain portions of

Synopsys’s Motion for Permanent Injunction. The Blaauw and Storer Declarations, as well

as Exhibit 3 to each said declaration, have been designated confidential by both parties. 

Portions of the Motion for Permanent Injunction; Exhibits 2, 4, and 5 to the Blaauw

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Declaration; Exhibits 2, 4, and 5 to the Storer Declaration; and Exhibits 4 - 6 to the Michael

Declaration have been designated confidential by defendant ATopTech, Inc. (“ATopTech”). 

Concurrently with the instant motion, Synopsys filed a declaration in support of

sealing its confidential material . See Civil L. R. 79-5(d) (providing motion to file document

under seal must be “accompanied by . . . [a] declaration establishing that the document

sought to be filed under seal, or portions thereof, are sealable”). Pursuant to the Local

Rules of this district, ATopTech was required to file, no later than April 11, 2016, a

responsive declaration in support of sealing the material it had designated. See Civil L.R.

79-5(d)-(e) (providing, where party seeks to file under seal material designated confidential

by another party, designating party must file, within four days, “a declaration . . .

establishing that all of the designated information is sealable”). To date, no such

declaration has been filed. Having read and considered the administrative motion and

Synopsys’s declaration, the Court rules as follows.

“A sealing order may issue only upon a request that establishes that the document,

or portions thereof, is privileged or protectable as a trade secret or otherwise entitled to

protection under the law.” Civil L.R. 79-5(a). “The request must be narrowly tailored to

seek sealing only of sealable material.” Id. 

To the extent the administrative motion seeks permission to seal the entirety of

Exhibit 3 to the Blaauw Declaration and Exhibit 3 to the Storer Declaration, as well as those

portions of the Blaauw and Storer Declarations containing material designated confidential

by Synopsys, the Court finds good cause has been shown, and, accordingly, the motion is

hereby GRANTED. 

To the extent the administrative motion seeks permission to seal the remainder of

the Blaauw and Storer Declarations, portions of the Motion for Permanent Injunction, the

entirety of Exhibits 2, 4, and 5 to the Blaauw Declaration, the entirety of Exhibits 2, 4, and 5

to the Storer Declaration, and the entirety of Exhibits 4 - 6 to the Michael Declaration, the

motion is hereby DENIED, as ATopTech has not shown such material is sealable. 

Synopsys is hereby DIRECTED to file in the public record, no earlier than May 23, 2016,

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and no later than May 27, 2016, unredacted versions of said exhibits, an unredacted

version of the Motion for Permanent Injunction, and versions of the Blaauw and Storer

Declarations in which only Synopsys’s confidential material is redacted.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 16, 2016 

MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Judge

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