Spectrum Dynamics Medical Limited v. General Electric Company
- Vernon Broderick
- 1:18-cv-11386
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Spectrum Dynamics Medical Limited v. General Electric Company, Judge Broderick granted Spectrum’s motion to seal a supplemental trade-secrets table.
Spectrum Dynamics Medical Limited and the parties and members of the public seeking access to ECF No. 601.
What happened
Spectrum Dynamics Medical Limited asked the court to seal its Second Supplemental Table of Spectrum Trade Secrets, which it said contained highly confidential information and described its trade secrets.
The court found that the request was narrowly tailored to protect potentially competitively sensitive information. It granted the motion and ordered that the document filed at ECF No. 601 could remain under seal.
In Spectrum Dynamics Medical Limited v. General Electric Company, Judge Broderick granted the plaintiff’s motion to seal on December 1, 2022.
The detailed version
- Spectrum Dynamics Medical Limited v. General Electric Company · No. 1:18-cv-11386
- Vernon Broderick
- Dec. 1, 2022
Background
Spectrum Dynamics Medical Limited asked for permission to file its Second Supplemental Table of Trade Secrets under seal. Spectrum stated that the table contained highly confidential information and described its trade secrets. The opinion also states that the court had previously allowed Spectrum to file its original and First Supplemental Tables of Trade Secrets under seal.
Ruling
The court granted the application. It concluded that the motion to seal was narrowly tailored to protect potentially competitively sensitive information and was consistent with the cited Second Circuit standard. The document filed at ECF No. 601 may remain under seal.
Effect
The ruling concerns access to the identified filing; it does not decide the parties’ underlying trade-secrets dispute. Judge Vernon Broderick granted Spectrum’s motion to seal.
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