Technical LED Intellectual Property, LLC v. BVGA Mipow (USA) Co., Ltd

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 TECHNICAL LED INTELLECTUAL Case No. 19-cv-00393-JCS

PROPERTY, LLC,

8 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING WITHOUT 9 PREJUDICE ADMINISTRATIVE v. MOTION TO FILE UNDER SEAL 10 BVGA MIPOW (USA) CO., LTD, Re: Dkt. No. 29 11 Defendant.

12 13 On January 6, 2020, Plaintiff Technical LED Intellectual Property, LLC (“Technical 14 LED”) filed an administrative motion to file under seal supplemental evidence in support of its 15 motion for default judgment. See Admin. Mot. (dkt. 29). In a federal civil action, documents 16 “more than tangentially related to the underlying cause of action”—a standard met here for 17 documents offered to prove Technical LED’s damages—may be filed under seal only for 18 “compelling reasons.” See Ctr. for Auto Safety v. Chrysler Grp., LLC, 809 F.3d 1092, 1096–99, 19 1101 (9th Cir. 2016). Requests to file under seal “must be narrowly tailored to seek sealing only 20 of sealable material,” which often requires redactions rather than sealing of…