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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LASER DESIGN INTERNATIONAL, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

 vs.

BJ CRYSTAL, INC., et al.,

Defendants.

 

AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIMS

___________________________________/

No. C 03-1179 JSW (MEJ)

ORDER DIRECTING DEFENDANTS TO

MAKE A SHOWING RE: PLAINTIFFS'

REQUEST TO FILE DOCUMENTS

UNDER SEAL

On July 21, 2005, Plaintiffs filed a miscellaneous administrative request to file under seal, certain

exhibits to the Declaration of Brian E. Mitchell in support of their motion for sanctions against Vitro Laser

GmbH ("Vitro"), Cerion GmbH ("Cerion"), and Perkins Coie LLP. Plaintiffs filed their sealing motion

based on their belief that Vitro and Cerion may allege the information contained in the exhibits are

confidential.

As a public forum, the Court will only entertain requests to seal that establish good cause and are

narrowly tailored to seal only the particular information that is genuinely privileged or protectable as a trade

secret or otherwise has a compelling need for confidentiality. Here, Plaintiffs relying on their belief that

Defendants may allege the information contained in the exhibits are confidential. Therefore, Defendants are

hereby ORDERED to either:

1) make a showing as to why the exhibits attached to the Mitchell Declaration should be filed

under seal; or 

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United States District Court

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2) if the information is not confidential, then Defendants shall file a stipulation stating as such. 

Furthermore, Defendants shall file their response to this order no later than August 12, 2005. The Court

shall reserve ruling on Plaintiffs' request to file certain documents under seal pending the receipt of

Defendants' response to this order.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 2, 2005 

MARIA-ELENA JAMES

United States Magistrate Judge

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