Synkloud Technologies, LLC v. Adobe, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SYNKLOUD TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Plaintiff, No. C 20-07760 WHA

v.

ADOBE INC., OMNIBUS ORDER RE SEALING Defendant.

15 16 In this patent dispute, defendant Adobe Inc. moves to seal records supporting a variety of motions filed prior to the parties’ settlement of all claims, including the parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment (Dkt. Nos. 104, 109, 115, 116, 126, 127 132, 134). There is a strong public policy in favor of openness in our court system and the public is entitled to know to whom we are providing relief (or not). See Kamakana v. City & Cty. of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1178–80 (9th Cir. 2006). To seal records in connection with a “dispositive” motion, or one “more than tangentially related to the merits of a case,” requires “compelling reasons supported by specific factual findings that outweigh the general history of access and the public policies favoring disclosure”; sealing records connected with non- …