Technical LED Intellectual Property, LLC v. BVGA Mipow (USA) Co., Ltd
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 TECHNICAL LED INTELLECTUAL Case No. 19-cv-00393-JCS
PROPERTY, LLC,
8 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING WITHOUT PREJUDICE ADMINISTRATIVE v. MOTION TO FILE UNDER SEAL 10 BVGA MIPOW (USA) CO., LTD, Re: Dkt. No. 29 11 Defendant.
12 On January 6, 2020, Plaintiff Technical LED Intellectual Property, LLC (“Technical LED”) filed an administrative motion to file under seal supplemental evidence in support of its motion for default judgment. See Admin. Mot. (dkt. 29). In a federal civil action, documents “more than tangentially related to the underlying cause of action”—a standard met here for documents offered to prove Technical LED’s damages—may be filed under seal only for “compelling reasons.” See Ctr. for Auto Safety v. Chrysler Grp., LLC, 809 F.3d 1092, 1096–99, 1101 (9th Cir. 2016). Requests to file under seal “must be narrowly tailored to seek sealing only of sealable material,” which often requires redactions rather than sealing of…