Intertrust Technology Corporation v. Dolby Laboratories, Inc.

Filing 34

ORDER by Chief Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero granting 3 14 18 Administrative Motions to File Under Seal, and admonishing Respondent to provide adequate declarations in support of any future requests to file under seal. (jcslc2S, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 6/10/2021)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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INTERTRUST TECHNOLOGIES
CORPORATION,

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Movant,
v.
DOLBY LABORATORIES, INC.,

Case No. 20-mc-80184-EMC (JCS)
ORDER GRANTING
ADMINISTRATIVE MOTIONS TO
FILE UNDER SEAL
Re: Dkt. Nos. 3, 14, 18

Respondent.

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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The Court has reviewed the parties’ administrative motions to file under seal at docket

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entries 3, 14 and 18. Each is supported only by a declaration from an attorney for Dolby

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Laboratories stating that Dolby designated the material at issue as highly confidential, and that any

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material so designated is sensitive and would harm Dolby if disclosed. See 1st Spencer Decl. (dkt.

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9); 2d Spencer Decl. (dkt. 16); Wang Decl. (dkt. 18-1).

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This Court’s local rules provide that “[r]eference to a stipulation or protective order that

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allows a party to designate certain documents as confidential is not sufficient to establish that a

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document, or portions thereof, are sealable.” Civ. L.R. 79-5(d)(1)(A). Dolby’s declarations are

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therefore inadequate.

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Nevertheless, the Court has reviewed the material at issue and determined that it meets the

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relaxed “good cause” standard for sealing applicable to the discovery disputes for which it was

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filed. The motions are therefore GRANTED. Dolby is admonished that, going forward, any

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declarations submitted in support of filing documents under seal must set forth particular reasons

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why disclosure would harm Dolby, or some other specific grounds for sealing beyond the mere

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fact that Dolby designated the material at issue as confidential.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: June 10, 2021

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JOSEPH C. SPERO
Chief Magistrate Judge