Cypress Semiconductor Corporation v. Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR Case No. 20-CV-00193-LHK

CORPORATION,

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

Plaintiff,

DENYING IN PART

ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO

v.

SEAL

15 FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED, Re: Dkt. No. 7 et al., Defendants. 18 On January 9, 2020, Plaintiff Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (“Cypress”) filed an ex 19 parte application for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction (“TRO 20 Application”). ECF No. 8. On the same day, Cypress filed an administrative motion to seal 21 certain exhibits filed in support of Cypress’s TRO Application. ECF No. 7. Pursuant to Civil 22 Local Rule 79-5(d)(1)(A), Cypress’s sealing motion is supported by a declaration from Michael R. 23 Headley. ECF No. 7-1 (“Headley Decl.”). 24 For the reasons below, the Court GRANTS in part and DENIES in part Cypress’s 25 administrative motion to file under seal.

I. LEGAL STANDARD

27 “Historically, courts have recognized a ‘general right to inspect and copy public records and documents,…