Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. v. Topcon Med. Sys.

Full title: CARL ZEISS MEDITEC, INC., Plaintiff, v. TOPCON MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.…

Court: United States District Court, Northern District of California

Date published: Jun 10, 2022

4:19-cv-04162-SBA (LB) (N.D. Cal. Jun. 10, 2022)

Opinion

4:19-cv-04162-SBA (LB)

06-10-2022

CARL ZEISS MEDITEC, INC., Plaintiff, v. TOPCON MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC., TOPCON HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS, INC., TOPCON CORPORATION, TOBIAS KURZKE, GREG HOFFMEYER, GENEVIEVE FAY, KATALIN SPENCER, TERRY KEITH BROCK, CHARLES GUIBORD, JR., JOSEPH CICCANESI, AND MICHAEL CHEN, Defendants.

JASON A. GELLER (SBN 168149) PAUL GRECO, admitted pro hac vice ANTHONY M. ISOLA (SBN 274987) BRANDON K. KAHOUSH (SBN 311560) FISHER & PHILLIPS LLP STEVEN C. CARLSON (SBN 206451) KEVIN M. PASQUINELLI (SBN 246985) ROBINS KAPLAN LLP Attorneys for Defendants TOPCON MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. and TOPCON HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS, INC.

Richard Seeborg United States District Court Judge

Dated: November 10, 2021

Trial Dated: October 3, 2022

JASON A. GELLER (SBN 168149) PAUL GRECO, admitted pro hac vice ANTHONY M. ISOLA (SBN 274987) BRANDON K. KAHOUSH (SBN 311560) FISHER & PHILLIPS LLP STEVEN C. CARLSON (SBN 206451) KEVIN M. PASQUINELLI (SBN 246985) ROBINS KAPLAN LLP Attorneys for Defendants TOPCON MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. and TOPCON HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS, INC.

Before: Hon. Saundra Brown Armstrong

ORDER GRANTING TOPCON MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. AND TOPCON HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS, INC.'S MOTION TO FILE DOCUMENTS UNDER SEAL PURSUANT TO CIVIL LOCAL RULE 7-11

Richard Seeborg United States District Court Judge

Based on the papers submitted herein and for the compelling reasons shown, the Court grants Defendants Topcon Medical Systems, Inc. and Topcon Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (collectively “Topcon”) Administrative Motion to File Documents Under Seal as to the following documents:

EXHIBIT	PORTION TO BE SEALED	REASON FOR SEALING
Topcon's Opposition to Zeiss' Motion for Order to Show Cause Regarding Preliminary Injunction	Entire document	Contains Topcon's confidential business information, disclosure of which would release trade secrets of Topcon and cause competitive harm to Topcon. Contains information that Zeiss alleges is Zeiss' confidential and sensitive business information, disclosure of which could release alleged trade secrets of Zeiss and may cause competitive harm to Zeiss.
Declaration of Arthur Kowalski in Support of the Opposition	Entire document	Contains Topcon's confidential business information, disclosure of which would release trade secrets of Topcon and cause competitive harm to Topcon. Contains information that Zeiss alleges is Zeiss' confidential and sensitive business information, disclosure of which could release alleged trade secrets of Zeiss and may cause competitive harm to Zeiss.
Declaration of Tony Ko in Support of the Opposition	Entire document	Contains Topcon's confidential business information, disclosure of which would release trade secrets of Topcon and cause competitive harm to Topcon.

Declaration of Dr. Milan Sonka in Support of the Opposition	Entire document	Contains Topcon's confidential business information, disclosure of which would release trade secrets of Topcon and cause competitive harm to Topcon. Contains information that Zeiss alleges is Zeiss' confidential and sensitive business information, disclosure of which could release alleged trade secrets of Zeiss and may cause competitive harm to Zeiss.
Declaration of Greg Hoffmeyer in Support of the Opposition	Entire document	Contains information that Topcon believes that Zeiss alleges is Zeiss' confidential and sensitive business information, disclosure of which could release alleged trade secrets of Zeiss and may cause competitive harm to Zeiss.

IT IS SO ORDERED.