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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1338 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

NICHIA CORPORATION,

Plaintiff,

 v.

SEOUL SEMICONDUCTOR CO.,LTD., et al.,

Defendants /

No. C 06-0162 MMC

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS’ 

ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO FILE

PORTIONS OF MOTION AND

DECLARATION UNDER SEAL;

DIRECTIONS TO CLERK; DIRECTIONS

TO DEFENDANTS; DIRECTIONS TO

PLAINTIFF

Before the Court is defendants’ “Administrative Motion to File Portions of Seoul

Semiconductor Defendants’ Motion for Claim Construction and for Summary Judgment and

Supporting Declaration of Chi Soo Kim Under Seal,” filed June 15, 2007. Having reviewed

the motion and the declarations offered in support thereof, the Court rules as follows:

1. The motion is hereby GRANTED in part, and the Clerk is hereby DIRECTED to

file under seal unredacted versions of the following two documents:

a. Defendants Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd. and Seoul Semiconductor,

Inc.’s Motion for Claim Construction and for Summary Judgment; and

b. Declaration of Chi Soo Kim in Support of Seoul Semiconductor

Defendants’ Motion for Claim Construction and for Summary Judgment.

2. Because plaintiff has withdrawn its confidential designations or denied having

designated as confidential five exhibits attached to the above-described Kim Declaration,

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Defendants represent, and plaintiff has not disputed, that plaintiff designated the

entirety of the six subject exhibits as confidential.

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(see Julian Decl., filed July 6, 2007, ¶ 12), and has not responded to defendants’ assertion

that an additional exhibit, specifically, Exhibit P to the Kim Declaration, was designated as

confidential by plaintiff, the motion is hereby DENIED as to such exhibits, and defendants

are hereby DIRECTED to file in the public record, no later than July 30, 2007, Exhibits B, P,

R, W, Z, and LL to the Kim Declaration. If defendants fail to timely file such exhibits in the

public record, the Court will not consider them in ruling on defendants’ motion for claim

construction and for summary judgment.

3. Plaintiff has adequately shown that “portions” of seven exhibits that consist of

excerpts from deposition testimony, specifically, Exhibits C, G, M, Q, S, T, and U, contain

information that is confidential. (See id. ¶¶ 9, 10.) Plaintiff, however, has not shown that

the entirety of those seven exhibits are confidential, and has failed to specifically identify

the portions that are confidential. A party may not designate an entire document as

confidential on the ground that “portions” of the document contain confidential information. 

See Civil L.R. 79-5(a) (providing request to file document under seal “must be narrowly

tailored to seek sealing only of sealable material”).1 Accordingly, plaintiff is hereby

DIRECTED to file in the public record, no later than July 30, 2007, redacted versions of

Exs. C, G, M, Q, S, T, and U to the Kim Declaration. If plaintiff fails to timely file such

redacted versions in the public record, the Court will direct the Clerk to file the entirety of

such exhibits in the public record.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 25, 2007 

MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Judge

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