Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH v. NVIDIA Corporation
- Virginia Demarchi
- 5:23-cv-05721
- U.S. District Court · Northern District of California
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In Valeo v. NVIDIA, Judge DeMarchi granted Valeo’s motion to seal a trade-secret disclosure and ordered NVIDIA to respond to another.
Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH and NVIDIA Corporation; the order directly concerns documents containing alleged confidential information, including Valeo’s trade-secret disclosure and material concerning NVIDIA’s interrogatory responses.
What happened
In Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH v. NVIDIA Corporation, the court considered two requests to keep materials private after the parties resolved a discovery dispute. Valeo filed both requests.
For the first request, Valeo asked to seal a document containing information NVIDIA had marked confidential under the case’s protective order. The docket did not show a response from NVIDIA.
Judge Virginia K. DeMarchi ordered NVIDIA to explain by May 10 why that material should remain sealed, in whole or in part. She granted Valeo’s second request to seal its trade-secret disclosure because it described trade secrets whose disclosure could cause competitive harm.
The detailed version
- Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH v. NVIDIA Corporation · No. 5:23-cv-05721
- Virginia Demarchi
- May 7, 2024
Background
The court addressed two administrative motions to seal materials submitted in connection with the parties’ now-resolved May 2, 2024 discovery dispute.
Dkt. No. 46
Valeo asked to seal in its entirety a document concerning NVIDIA’s interrogatory responses. Valeo stated that the document contained information NVIDIA had designated as confidential under the protective order. The docket did not show that NVIDIA had responded.
The court directed NVIDIA to respond by May 10, 2024, explaining why the materials should remain sealed, either in whole or in part, if at all. The opinion did not decide whether the materials covered by Dkt. No. 46 would remain sealed.
Dkt. No. 48
Valeo also moved to seal its operative trade-secret disclosure. The court found good cause to seal the entire document because it contained descriptions of Valeo’s trade secrets and disclosure could cause Valeo competitive harm.
Disposition
The court granted Valeo’s administrative motion to seal at Dkt. No. 48. It directed NVIDIA to respond to the sealing motion at Dkt. No. 46 by May 10, 2024.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.