Quintara Biosciences, Inc. v. Ruifeng Biztech Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

QUINTARA BIOSCIENCES, INC., Plaintiff, No. C 20-04808 WHA

v.

RUIFENG BIZTECH INC., et al., ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

VACATE OR AMEND THE

Defendants.

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE

ORDER

10 11 More than a year into this litigation, with trial imminent, defendants move to either vacate or amend the stipulated protective order for this action. In September 2020, all parties herein jointly stipulated to a protective order (SPO, Dkt. No. 21). An order dated September 17, 2020, adopted that stipulated protective order with conditions, warning the parties of unnecessarily broad sealing requests and that confidential materials used in open court would not be treated in any special manner (Dkt. No. 23). The parties litigated pursuant to the protective order without issue until November 2021, when new counsel for defendants Ruifeng Biztech Inc., RF Biotech LLC, Gangyou Wang, and Alan Li filed the instant motion. As of yet, new defense counsel has not signed the…