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Nature of Suit Code: 840
Nature of Suit: Trademark
Cause of Action: 28:1391 Personal Injury

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 The Declaration of Jose Monteiro, submitted by defendants pursuant to Civil Local

Rule 79-5(d) in support of their designation of Exhibit K, among other Exhibits, as

“confidential” or “highly confidential,” failed to specify those portions of Exhibit K that

defendants sought to have filed under seal. 

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BARE ESCENTUALS BEAUTY, INC.,

Plaintiff,

 v.

L’OREAL USA, INC., et al.,

Defendants.

 /

No. C-07-1669 MMC

ORDER DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFF’S

MOTION TO SEAL; DIRECTIONS TO

PLAINTIFF

 On April 15, 2008, the Court deferred ruling, in part, on plaintiff’s “Motion to File

Papers Under Seal,” specifically, with respect to Exhibit K to the Declaration of Joseph M.

Morris in Support of Plaintiff Bare Escentuals’ Opposition to L’Oréal S.A.’s Motion to

Dismiss for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction (“Morris Declaration”), which Exhibit was

designated as “highly confidential” by defendants. (See Order Granting in Part, Denying in

Part, and Deferring in Part Plaintiff’s Motion to Seal at 2:17-21.) The Court observed that

portions of Exhibit K were plainly not confidential, and afforded defendants the opportunity

to file a supplemental declaration identifying with particularity the portions thereof that

defendants claim are subject to sealing and the reason(s) therefor.1 (See id.)

On April 16, 2008, defendants filed the Supplemental Declaration of Jose Monteiro,

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in which defendants request “the identities of the travelers contained within Exhibit K” be

filed under seal for the asserted reason that “this specific information contains extremely

sensitive personal, operations [sic] and strategic information constituting research,

development and trade secret information.” (See Supp. Monteiro Decl. at 1:19-22.) Other

than such general assertion, which closely resembles the assertion offered in the initial

declaration submitted by defendants, (see Monteiro Decl. at 1:12-13 (stating designated

exhibits, including Exhibit K, contain “extremely sensitive personal, operational and

strategic information”)), defendants fail to provide any explanation as to how the “travelers’

identities,” (see Supp. Monteiro Decl. at 1:23), constitute trade secret or otherwise sealable

information, see Civil L.R. 79-5(a) (providing 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”).

Accordingly, to the extent plaintiff seeks to file under seal Exhibit K, the motion to

seal is hereby DENIED, for the reason that neither defendants’ initial nor supplemental

declaration substantiates the filing of such exhibit under seal. Plaintiff is hereby

DIRECTED to file in the public record, no later than April 21, 2008, Exhibit K to the Morris

Declaration. If plaintiff fails to timely file such exhibit in the public record, the Court will not

consider it in ruling on defendant L’Oréal S.A.’s motion to dismiss.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 17, 2008 

MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Judge

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