Cerveceria Modelo de Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V. v. CB Brand Strategies, LLC

Nature of the Filing

The provided text is a letter from counsel for defendants CB Brand Strategies, LLC, Crown Imports LLC, and Compania Cervecera de Coahuila, S. de R.L. de C.V. The letter asks the court for permission to seal or redact portions of the defendants’ forthcoming memorandums opposing plaintiffs’ motions to exclude the defendants’ proposed expert evidence, along with certain exhibits.

Materials at Issue

The requested sealing or redaction covered documents produced in the case and designated confidential or highly confidential under a stipulated protective order, excerpts from fact and expert depositions bearing those designations, and portions or all of expert reports designated confidential or highly confidential under the protective order.

Arguments Described in the Letter

The defendants argued that the materials’ confidentiality outweighed the presumption that judicial documents should be publicly accessible. They asserted that disclosure could cause financial harm and cited cases involving confidential research and development information, marketing plans, revenue, pricing, product development, costs, and budgeting.

The letter stated that the defendants would file the motion papers under seal under the protective order, provide full unredacted versions of the exhibits, and seek permission to file public versions of the motion papers within seven days of the sealed filing.

Disposition

The provided text does not clearly identify a court ruling granting or denying the request. Although a judge’s signature and partially legible text appear at the end, the disposition cannot be determined reliably from the supplied text.