Unicorn Energy AG v. Tesla, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 6 UNICORN ENERGY GMBH, Case No. 21-cv-07476-BLF
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING
v. ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO
SEAL
TESLA INC., [Re: ECF No. 309] Defendant.
Before the Court is Tesla’s Administrative Motion to File Under Seal Order Denying Unicorns Motion for Relief from Nondispositive Pretrial Order of Magistrate Judge Dkt. 307. ECF No. 309 (“Motion”). For the reasons discussed below the Motion is GRANTED. I. LEGAL STANDARD “Because a motion to amend infringement or invalidity contentions is a non-dispositive motion” for sealing purposes, “the ‘good cause’ standard applies.” Verinata Health, Inc. v. Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc., No. C 12-05501 SI, 2014 WL 12642225 (N.D. Cal. Apr. 17, 2014). The Ninth Circuit has held that the presumption of access to judicial records does not apply where the documents at issue, as here, are being filed in connection with a non-dispositive motion. See…