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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:145 Patent Infringement

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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NOT FOR CITATION

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

HALO ELECTRONICS, INC.,

Plaintiff,

 v.

BEL FUSE INC., E & E MAGNETIC

PRODUCTS LIMITED, ELEC & ELTEK

(USA) CORPORATION, WURTH

ELECTRONICS MIDCOM, INC., WURTH

ELEKTRONIK GMBH & CO. KG, and

XFMRS, INC.,

Defendants. /

No. C07-06222 RMW (HRL)

ORDER RE DEFENDANT E&E USA’S

MOTION TO SEAL

[Re: Docket No. 229]

Defendant Elec & Eltek (USA) Corporation (“E&E USA”) moves to seal Exhibit A to

Declaration of Kent Lambert filed in opposition to plaintiff’s motion to compel jurisdictional

discovery. This court has not, however, received an unredacted copy of Exhibit A, which

reportedly is a copy of E&E USA’s responses to plaintiff’s first set of requests for production. 

Additionally, E&E USA seeks to justify the seal merely by asserting that the information has

been designated “Confidential Attorneys’ Eyes Only.” This falls far short of the requisite

showing. E&E USA must establish that the subject document (or portions of it) is privileged or

protectable as a trade secret or otherwise entitled to protection under the law. CIV. L. R. 79-

5(a).

Accordingly, no later than June 21, 2010, E&E USA shall (a) deliver an unredacted

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copy of Exhibit A to this court’s chambers; and (b) submit declaration(s) from appropriate

person(s) showing why sealing is warranted. Absent a satisfactory showing, the motion to seal

will be denied.

SO ORDERED.

Dated:

 

HOWARD R. LLOYD

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

June 17, 2010

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5:07-cv-06222-RMW Notice has been electronically mailed to:

A. Neal Seth nseth@bakerlaw.com, nseth@bakerlaw.com

Andrew P. Nemiroff anemiroff@cozen.com, jcipriani@cozen.com, rbrenner@cozen.com

Christopher Todd Norris todd.norris@bullivant.com, sanfranciscodocketing@bullivant.com

David Moorman drmoorman@maginot.com

Emily Rita Frank efrank@bakerlaw.com

Harold C. Moore hcmoore@maginot.com

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

Joshua L. Raskin JRaskin@WOLFBLOCK.com

Juanita R. Brooks brooks@fr.com, gonzales@fr.com, srodriguez@fr.com

Kent Andrew Lambert klambert@bakerdonelson.com, lhunter@bakerdonelson.com,

psigmon@bakerdonelson.com

Limin Zheng zheng@fr.com, horsley@fr.com

Martin C. Fliesler mcf@fdml.com, cakinselledge@fdml.com, etf@fdml.com,

jgeringson@fdml.com, mme@fdml.com

Martin G. Raskin mraskin@cozen.com, jcipriani@cozen.com, rbrenner@cozen.com

Michael J Kane kane@fr.com, skarboe@fr.com, stenen@fr.com

Michael J. Pape pape@fr.com, mla@fr.com

Michael Joseph Powell mpowell@bakerdonelson.com, pburks@bakerdonelson.com

Rex Hwang rhwang@fdml.com, cakinselledge@fdml.com

Samuel F Miller smiller@bakerdonelson.com

Sarah Katherine Casey skcasey@bakerdonelson.com

Terry John Mollica tjm@cmlawoffices.com

William R. Woodford woodford@fr.com, skarboe@fr.com, stenen@fr.com

Counsel are responsible for distributing copies of this document to co-counsel who have not

registered for e-filing under the court’s CM/ECF program.

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