TP Link Systems Inc. v. Shenzhen Cudy Technology Co., Ltd.

Summary

The United States District Court for the District of Nevada granted Plaintiff TP Link Systems Inc.'s motions to seal exhibits filed in connection with a motion to compel and an opposition to a motion to strike. Applying the good-cause standard for nondispositive materials, the court found that the exhibits contained proprietary information concerning product design, testing, development, sales, marketing, and promotional strategies.

Holdings

1. The good-cause standard applies to documents attached to a nondispositive motion when those documents are only tangentially related to the underlying cause of action.
2. Good cause existed to maintain ECF Nos. 81 and 96 under seal because the exhibits contained proprietary business, product-development, testing, marketing, and promotional information whose disclosure could harm Cudy's business.

Questions Presented

1. Whether exhibits attached to nondispositive motions and only tangentially related to the underlying cause of action should be sealed under the good-cause standard.
2. Whether the information in the exhibits established good cause to overcome the presumption of public access.

Disposition

other