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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

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

VNUS MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Plaintiff

 v.

DIOMED HOLDINGS, INC., et al.,

Defendants

 /

No. C-05-2972 MMC

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

DENYING IN PART JOINT STIPULATED

MOTION FOR ADMINISTRATIVE RELIEF

TO FILE DOCUMENTS UNDER SEAL

(DOCKET NO. 528)

Before the Court is the parties’ Joint Stipulated Motion for Administrative Relief to

File Documents Under Seal, filed October 12, 2007, by which plaintiff seeks leave to file

under seal unredacted versions of certain documents submitted in opposition to

defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment of No Willful Infringement. Having reviewed the

parties’ submissions filed in support of the motion, the Court rules as follows:

1. The motion is GRANTED in part, specifically, as to the following documents that

defendants Diomed Holdings, Inc. and Diomed, Inc. have shown contain material properly

filed under seal, (see Wylie Decl., filed October 19, 2007, ¶ 4):

a. Plaintiff VNUS Medical Technologies, Inc.’s Opposition to Defendants’

Motion for Summary Judgment of No Willful Infringement; and

b. Exhibits 13, 22, 23, and 31 to the Declaration of Suong T. Nguyen in

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Support of Plaintiff VNUS Medical Technologies, Inc.’s Opposition to Defendants’ Motion

for Summary Judgment of No Willful Infringement.

2. The motion is DENIED in part, specifically, with respect to Exhibits 19, 25, 26,

and 28 to the Declaration of Suong T. Nguyen in Support of Plaintiff VNUS Medical

Technologies, Inc.’s Opposition to Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment of No Willful

Infringement, because, as to each such exhibit, no defendant has, within the time provided

by Civil Local Rule 79-5(d), submitted a supporting declaration; the Clerk is directed to file

said exhibits in the public record.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 23, 2007 

MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Judge

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