Silicon Genesis Corporation v. EV Group E.Thallner GmbH

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SILICON GENESIS CORPORATION, Case No. 22-cv-04986-JSC

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE: MOTION FOR

v. PROTECTIVE ORDER

EV GROUP E.THALLNER GMBH, Re: Dkt. No. 36 Defendant.

12 Before the Court is Defendant’s motion for a protective order. (Dkt. No. 36.) Defendant seeks to impose a slightly modified version of the Northern District’s Model Protective Order for Litigation Involving Patents, Highly Sensitive Confidential Information and/or Trade Secrets, which allows two tiers of designation: Confidential and Highly Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes Only (“AEO”). Plaintiff seeks the District’s Protective Order for Standard Litigation, which allows only a Confidential designation. To facilitate the mediation set for April 6, 2023, the Court imposed the former to govern this case as an interim measure. (Dkt. No. 41.) After carefully considering the parties’ briefing, the Court concludes oral argument is unnecessary, see N.D. Cal. Civ. L.R. 7-1(b),…