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Nature of Suit Code: 410
Nature of Suit: Antitrust
Cause of Action: 28:1337 Sherman-Clayton Act

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

IPTRONICS INC., et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES U.S., INC., et 

al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 14-cv-05647-BLF 

ORDER GRANTING 

ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO FILE 

UNDER SEAL

[Re: ECF 3]

Before the Court is the Administrative Motion to File Document Under Seal by Plaintiffs 

IPTronics, Inc. and Mellanox Technologies Denmark APS. Admin. Mot., ECF 3. Plaintiffs seek 

to seal portions of their Complaint that contain confidential information subject to a protective 

order entered in proceedings before the International Trade Commission (“ITC”).

Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5(e), defendant Avago Technologies U.S., Inc. (“Avago”) 

submitted a declaration in support of the sealing request. Decl. of Ary Chang, ECF 29. Avago 

avers that the portions of the Complaint sought to be sealed contain or discuss statements allegedly 

made by Avago representatives during confidential settlement negotiations in the ITC 

proceedings, as well as statements made as part of the ITC’s Mediation Program, for which the 

parties in the ITC proceedings signed non-disclosure agreements. Chang Decl. ¶¶ 8-11. Avago 

contends that these statements are confidential under federal law, as well as the ITC’s protective 

order and non-disclosure agreements, and that Plaintiffs’ proposed redactions are narrowly tailored 

to seal only the sealable information. Id. ¶ 11. 

Pursuant to Kamakana v. City & County of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172 (9th Cir. 2006), and 

Civil Local Rule 79-5, the Court finds compelling reasons to seal the portions of the Complaint 

that contain or discuss confidential statements made during settlement or mediation. Plaintiffs’ 

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Administrative Motion to File Under Seal is accordingly GRANTED, and those portions of the 

Complaint at 10:17-22 and 10:27-11:2 shall remain under seal. See ECF 1 (redacted Complaint). 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 5, 2015

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BETH LABSON FREEMAN

United States District Judge

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