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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 15:1126 Patent Infringement

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

FINJAN, INC.,

Plaintiff,

v.

BLUE COAT SYSTEMS, INC.,

Defendant.

Case No. 15-cv-03295-BLF 

ORDER REGARDING MOTIONS TO

SEAL

[Re: ECF 70, 80]

Before the Court are the parties’ administrative motions to file under seal portions of their 

briefing and exhibits. ECF 70, 80. For the reasons stated below, the motions are GRANTED.

I. LEGAL STANDARD

“Historically, courts have recognized a ‘general right to inspect and copy public records 

and documents, including judicial records and documents.’” Kamakana v. City and Cnty. of 

Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1178 (9th Cir. 2006) (quoting Nixon v. Warner Commc’ns, Inc., 435 

U.S. 589, 597 & n.7 (1978)). Consequently, access to motions and their attachments that are 

“more than tangentially related to the merits of a case” may be sealed only upon a showing of 

“compelling reasons” for sealing. Ctr. for Auto Safety v. Chrysler Grp., LLC, 809 F.3d 1092, 

1101–02 (9th Cir. 2016). Filings that are only tangentially related to the merits may be sealed 

upon a lesser showing of “good cause.” Id. at 1097. 

In addition, sealing motions filed in this district must be “narrowly tailored to seek sealing 

only of sealable material.” Civil L.R. 79-5(b). A party moving to seal a document in whole or in 

part must file a declaration establishing that the identified material is “sealable.” Civ. L.R. 79-

5(d)(1)(A). “Reference to a stipulation or protective order that allows a party to designate certain 

documents as confidential is not sufficient to establish that a document, or portions thereof, are 

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sealable.” Id. 

II. DISCUSSION

The Court has reviewed the parties’ sealing motions and respective declarations in support 

thereof. The Court finds the parties have articulated compelling reasons to seal the submitted 

documents. The proposed redactions are also narrowly tailored. The Court’s rulings on the 

sealing request are set forth in the tables below:

A. ECF 70

Identification of Documents 

to be Sealed

Description of Documents Court’s Order

Plaintiff Finjan, Inc.’s Notice 

of Motion and Motion for 

Preliminary Injunction 

Pursuant to Rule 65 

(“Motion”) at Page 2, l. 24; 

page 10, ll. 26-28; page 11, ll. 

1, 3-4, 6-7, 11-20, 27; page 12, 

ll. 1-6, 20-22, 27; page 13, ll. 

1-7; page 23, ll. 9-16. 

Blue Coat’s confidential 

technical and business 

information

GRANTED

Declaration of Dr. Eric Cole in 

Support of Finjan’s Motion 

(“Cole Decl.”) at Page 10, ll. 

15-22; page 16, ll. 1-10, 15-18, 

19, 22; page 12, ll. 20-21, page 

13, ll. 1-7, 12-23; page 14, ll. 

12-16; page 15, ll. 18, 24, 26; 

page 16, ll. 1-3, 19-27; page 

17, ll. 1-12, 18-27; page 18, ll. 

1-15, 18, 22-23; page 19, ll. 1-

7, 9, 11-16; page 20, ll. 4-19; 

page 21, ll. 1-12, 18-20, 25-26; 

page 22, ll. 1-8, 22-26; page 

23, ll. 1-7, 20-23. 

Reference to highly 

confidential Blue Coat 

information regarding products 

and functionality, operation, 

architecture, and development 

thereof, including reference to 

portions of Blue Coat’s source 

code

GRANTED

Exhibit 29 to Andre Decl. Highly confidential Blue Coat 

information regarding Blue 

Coat’s marketing and 

financials

GRANTED

Exhibit 30 to Andre Decl. at 

Pages 37, 51.

Highly confidential 

information regarding Blue 

Coat’s business and financials

GRANTED

Exhibit 34 to Andre Decl. Highly confidential Blue Coat 

information regarding Blue 

Coat’s trade secret and 

technology

GRANTED

Exhibit 35 to Andre Decl. Highly confidential Blue Coat 

information regarding Blue 

Coat’s trade secret and 

technology

GRANTED

Exhibit 36 to Andre Decl. Highly confidential Blue Coat GRANTED

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information regarding Blue 

Coat’s trade secret and 

technology

Exhibit 47 to Andre Decl. Highly confidential Blue Coat 

information regarding Blue 

Coat’s products and services

GRANTED

Exhibit 54 to Andre Decl. in its 

entirety

Discloses Finjan’s confidential 

business and financial

information. 

GRANTED.

B. ECF 80

Identification of Documents 

to be Sealed

Description of Documents Court’s Order

Exhibits 1-4 to the Declaration 

of Yuridia Caire in 

Support of Finjan’s Opposition 

to Blue Coat’s Administrative 

Motion for Expedited 

Discovery and Continuance of 

the Briefing Schedule and 

Finjan’s Cross-Motion for 

Expedited Hearing, in their 

entirety

Discloses Finjan’s confidential 

information concerning 

Finjan’s business, products and 

technical informa

GRANTED

Exhibits 7 to the Declaration of 

Yuridia Caire

Discloses Finjan’s confidential 

information concerning 

Finjan’s business, licensees, 

products and technical 

information.

GRANTED

III. ORDER

For the foregoing reasons, the sealing motions at ECF 70 and 80 are GRANTED. 

IT IS SO ORDERED

Dated: August 17, 2016

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BETH LABSON FREEMAN

United States District Judge

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