Andersen
Andersen v. Stability AI Ltd.
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 SARAH ANDERSEN, et al., Case No. 23-cv-00201-WHO (LJC)
8 Plaintiffs,
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’
9 v. REQUEST REGARDING
DISCLOSURE TO DR. ZHAO
10 STABILITY AI LTD., et al., Re: Dkt. No. 300 Defendants. 11
12 13 Before the Court is the parties’ joint discovery letter regarding disclosure of highly 14 confidential materials to Plaintiffs’ expert, Dr. Ben Yanbin Zhao. ECF No. 300. Defendants 15 object to Plaintiffs disclosing highly confidential material designated as “ATTORNEYS’ EYES 16 ONLY” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE” to Dr. Zhao. Plaintiffs wish to be 17 able to disclose highly confidential material to Dr. Zhao, who, they contend is “one of the 18 preeminent researchers in” the field of AI image generation and thus an invaluable expert. Id. at 19 300. 20 Dr. Zhao is a computer science professor at the University of Chicago who researches 21 generative AI and machine learning. ECF No. 300-1 (Zhao Decl.) ¶¶ 1-2. As part of his academic 22 research, Dr.…