Bridgestone Americas, Inc. v. International Business Machines Corporation

Filing 480

ORDER granting 478 Motion to Seal Documents. MOTION GRANTED Signed by Chief Judge Kevin H. Sharp on 9/13/16. (am)

MOTION GRANTED
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
NASHVILLE DIVISION
BRIDGESTONE AMERICAS, INC.,
Plaintiff,
vs.
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
MACHINES CORPORATION,
Defendant.
-----------------------------------------------------INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
MACHINES CORPORATION,

Civil Docket No. 3:13-CV-1196
JURY DEMANDED
Judge Sharp
Magistrate Judge Brown

Counterclaim Plaintiff,
vs.
BRIDGESTONE AMERICAS, INC. and
BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION,
Counterclaim Defendants.

IBM’s MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE DOCUMENTS UNDER SEAL
Defendant/Counterclaim-Plaintiff International Business Machines Corporation (“IBM”)
moves this Court for leave to file its Response to Bridgestone Corporation’s Motion to Dismiss,
as well as the Declaration of Christine P. Payne and its exhibits, under seal pursuant to Fed. R.
Civ. P. 5.2(d) and Administrative Order No. 167, Section 5.07. In support of this motion, IBM
states as follows:
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IBM’s Response to Bridgestone Corporation’s Motion to Dismiss contains

information from documents and excerpts from deposition transcripts designated confidential
under the Amended Protective Order. See Dkt. 141.
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