Teradata Corporation v. SAP SE
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 TERADATA CORPORATION, et al., Case No. 18-cv-03670-WHO (JCS)
Plaintiffs,
ORDER REGARDING
v. ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO FILE
UNDER SEAL
SAP SE, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 339 Defendants.
12 Plaintiffs Teradata Corporation; Teradata US, Inc.; and Teradata Operations, Inc. (collectively, “Teradata”) moved to file under seal exhibits to a joint letter brief. Defendants SAP SE; SAP of America, Inc.; and SAP Labs, LLC (collectively, “SAP”) filed a responsive declaration withdrawing some of SAP’s assertions of confidentiality but supporting sealing some of the material at issue. In civil action in federal court, a party generally must show “compelling reasons” to file a document under seal rather than in the public record. Ctr. for Auto Safety v. Chrysler Grp., LLC, 809 F.3d 1092, 1096 (9th Cir. 2016). Where discovery documents designated as confidential under a protective order are filed in connection with a motion that is not “more than tangentially 22…