Kimera Labs Inc. v. Jayashankar, et al.

Summary

The United States District Court for the Southern District of California grants Kimera Labs Inc.'s two motions to seal portions of reply briefs supporting Daubert motions. The court finds that the filings contain confidential production-process information, purported trade secrets, and financial information, and directs the Clerk to file the identified documents under seal.

Holdings

1. For filings more than tangentially relevant to the merits of a case, a request to seal must satisfy the compelling-reasons standard; filings not meeting that threshold are subject to the good-cause standard.
2. Confidential production-process information asserted to constitute trade secrets, together with information concerning profits and sales, constitutes the type of confidential business information that may justify sealing when the public docket contains appropriately redacted versions.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the court should apply the compelling-reasons standard to requests to seal portions of reply briefs concerning pending Daubert motions.
2. Whether the identified confidential production-process, profits, and sales information justified sealing the requested portions of the briefs.

Disposition

other