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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

For the Northern District of California

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ORDER REGARDING STIPULATION AND MOTION TO SEAL—No. C-08-05568 RMW

CCL

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

E-FILED on 8/4/10

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

THE CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR

EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS, a Japanese

corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.

THE JACKSON LABORATORY, a Maine

corporation,

Defendant.

No. C-08-05568 RMW

ORDER REGARDING STIPULATION AND

MOTION TO SEAL

[Re Docket Nos. 176, 177, 183, 185, 186]

On July 23, 2010, the Jackson Laboratory ("Jackson") filed a motion for leave to amend its

supplemental answer and counterclaims and for attorneys fees. Both Jackson and the Central

Institute for Experimental Animals ("CIEA") moved to file under seal: (1) portions of Jackson's

motion for leave to amend its supplemental answer and counterclaims and for attorneys fees and (2)

portions of Exhibit A to the Declaration of Michael N. Rader, which contains Jackson's amended

supplemental answer and counterclaims. On August 4, 2010, the parties filed a stipulation, in which

CIEA agreed to permit Jackson to file an amended supplemental answer and counterclaims so long

as Jackson withdraws its request for attorneys fees. Accordingly, Jackson withdrew its request for

attorneys fees. 

 

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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ORDER REGARDING STIPULATION AND MOTION TO SEAL—No. C-08-05568 RMW

CCL 2

In light of the parties' stipulation permitting Jackson to file an amended supplemental answer

and counterclaims, Jackson's motion is moot, and the motion to file under seal portions of Jackson's

motion is denied. Pursuant to the parties' stipulation, CIEA will have 21 days to answer or

otherwise respond to Jackson's amended supplemental answer and counterclaims after they are filed. 

The only remaining matter for the court's consideration is the parties' motion to file portions

of Jackson's amended supplemental answer and counterclaims under seal. A request to seal must

establish that the document, or portions thereof, is privileged or protectable as a trade secret or

otherwise entitled to protection under the law. Civ. L. R. 79-5(a). Having reviewed the portions of

the amended supplemental answer and counterclaims that the parties seek to file under seal, the

court finds that there does not appear to be a basis for filing this material under seal. Nonetheless, in

an abundance of caution, the court provides CIEA with another opportunity to explain why this

designated material is sealable. If CIEA does not submit a satisfactory explanation within ten days,

the motion to file under seal portions of Jackson's amended supplemental answer and counterclaims

will be denied. 

DATED: 8/4/10

RONALD M. WHYTE

United States District Judge

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