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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1338 Patent 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

NICHIA CORPORATION,

Plaintiff,

 v.

SEOUL SEMICONDUCTOR CO.,LTD., et al.,

Defendants /

No. C 06-0162 MMC

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS’ 

ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO SEAL

PORTIONS OF DECLARATION OF

BRUCE MCFARLANE UNDER SEAL;

DIRECTIONS TO CLERK; DIRECTIONS

TO DEFENDANTS

Before the Court is defendants’ “Administrative Motion to Seal Portions of the

Declaration of Bruce McFarlane in Support of Seoul’s Sur-Reply,” filed January 18, 2008. 

Having reviewed the motion and the declaration offered in support thereof, the Court rules

as follows:

1. Defendants have shown Exhibit B to the “Declaration of Bruce McFarlane in

Support of Seoul Semiconductor’s Sur-Reply to Nichia Corporation’s Reply to Seoul’s

Opposition to Nichia’s Motion for Permanent Injunction” is properly sealable, and the Court

has previously found the matter referenced in said declaration at 3:19 is properly sealable. 

(See Order, filed January 9, 2008, at 1:27-28.) Accordingly, the motion is hereby

GRANTED in part, and the Clerk is hereby DIRECTED to file under seal the unredacted

version of the McFarlane Declaration.

2. To the extent defendants seek, based on asserted confidentiality designations by

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plaintiff, leave to file under seal other portions of the McFarlane Declaration, the motion is

hereby DENIED, because plaintiff has not submitted a declaration establishing any such

material is properly sealable. See Civil L.R. 79-5(d). Accordingly, defendants are hereby

DIRECTED to file in the public record, no later than February 5, 2008, the following portions

of the McFarlane Declaration: Page 3:10, 25; Page 4:1, 7-10, 13, 15-17, 20-23; Page 5:5-

18, 20-23; Page 6:25; Page 7:1; Exhibits C, D, E, F, J, K, L, M, N, and O. If defendants fail

to timely file such exhibits in the public record, the Court will not consider them in ruling on

plaintiff’s motion for a permanent injunction.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 31, 2008 

MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Judge

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