Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH v. NVIDIA Corporation

Opinion

1 2 3 7 8 VALEO SCHALTER UND SENSOREN Case No. 23-cv-05721-PCP (VKD) GMBH, 9 Plaintiff, ORDER RE ADMINISTRATIVE v. 11 Re: Dkt. Nos. 46, 48 NVIDIA CORPORATION, 12 Defendant.

13 14 Before the Court are two administrative sealing motions (Dkt. Nos. 46, 48) regarding 15 materials submitted in connection with the parties’ now-resolved May 2, 2024 discovery dispute 16 (Dkt. No. 45). 17 Dkt. No. 46. In connection with the parties’ May 2, 2024 joint discovery dispute letter, 18 plaintiff Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH (“Valeo”) filed an administrative motion to consider 19 whether another party’s material should be sealed concerning defendant NVIDIA Corporation’s 20 (“NVIDIA”) interrogatory responses. See Dkt. No. 46. Valeo asks to seal this document in its 21 entirety on the ground that it contains information designated by NVIDIA as confidential under 22 the protective order in this case. See id. 23 The docket does not indicate that NVIDIA has responded to Valeo’s motion to seal. See 24 Civil L.R. 79-5(f); see also Civil L.R. 79-5(c). As this may have been an oversight, the Court 25 directs NVIDIA to respond to the motion to seal at Dkt. No. 46 by May 10, 2024 explaining why 26 the materials in question should remain under seal, either in whole or in part (if at all). 27 Dkt. No. 48. Valeo has also filed an administrative motion to seal its operative trade secret 1 order directing Valeo to file this disclosure contemplated that it could be sealed, see Dkt. No. 47 at 2 1, and, after reviewing Valeo’s motion, the Court agrees that good cause exists for the entire 3 document to be sealed. The disclosure contains descriptions of Valeo’s trade secrets, the 4 || disclosure of which would cause Valeo competitive harm. See Dkt. No. 48 at 2; Skillz Platform 5 || Inc. v. AviaGames Inc., No. 21-CV-02436-BLF, 2024 WL 40185, at *2 (N.D. Cal. Jan. 3, 2024) 6 (citing Kamakana y. City & Cnty. of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1179 (9th Cir. 2006)) (“Good 7 || cause exists to seal trade secrets.”). Accordingly, Valeo’s administrative motion to seal at Dkt. 8 No. 48 is granted. 10 Dated: May 7, 2024 11 2 Vuiguin®, QucMarcch VIRGINIA K. DEMARCHI 13 United States Magistrate Judge

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