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Case 2:21-cv-00283-TS-DAO Document 277 Filed 04/04/23 PageID.17028 Page 1 of 4
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`Brent O. Hatch (5715)
`Hatch Law Group, PC
`22 E. 100 S. Suite 400
`Salt Lake City, Utah 84111
`Telephone: (801) 869-1919
`hatch@hatchpc.com
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`Attorney for Defendant – Additional counsel listed in signature
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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE DISTRICT OF UTAH
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`EAGLE VIEW TECHNOLOGIES, INC. and
`PICTOMETRY INTERNATIONAL CORP.,
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` Plaintiffs,
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`v.
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`NEARMAP US, INC.,
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` Defendant.
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`DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO SEAL
`DOCUMENT PURSUANT TO
`DUCivR 5-3
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`Seal Plaintiff’s First Amended
`Complaint and Exhibit 31 Thereto
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`Case No.: 2:21-cv-00283
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`Judge: Ted Stewart
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`Magistrate Judge: Daphne A. Oberg
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`Pursuant to DUCivR 5-3, Defendant Nearmap US, Inc. (“Nearmap”) respectfully moves
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`this Court for leave to file under seal Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint (“Amended
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`Complaint”) and Exhibit 31 thereto.
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`The Court may at any time order all or a portion of the documents filed in a pending civil
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`case to be sealed for good cause. DUCivR 5-3. “[A] court, in its discretion, may seal documents
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`‘if the public’s right of access is outweighed by competing interests.’” United States v. Hickey,
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`767 F.2d 705, 708 (10th Cir. 1985). “Documents can only be sealed on motion and with a
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`showing of ‘good cause.’” AH Aero Serv., LLC v. Heber City, Case No. 2:17-CV-01118, 2020
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`WL 6135819, at *2 (D. Utah Oct. 19, 2020). There is good cause for the Court to seal
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`documents that “contain information that is highly sensitive and of a proprietary nature.” Braun
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`v. Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc., 719 Fed. Appx. 782, 801 n.8 (10th Cir. 2017) (citing Nixon v.
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`Warner Commc’ns, Inc., 435 U.S. 589, 598 (1978)).
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`There is good cause to enter an order restricting public access to, and/or sealing the
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`Amended Complaint and Exhibit 31 thereto. Specifically, the Court should restrict public access
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`because Nearmap’s countervailing interest in preserving the confidentiality of its commercially
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`sensitive information outweighs the limited public interest in access.
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`The Amended Complaint and Exhibit 31 thereto contain sensitive technical information,
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`competitive technical information, sensitive business information, and competitive business
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`information that is CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY pursuant
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`to the Standard Protective Order. See DUCivR 26-2. Accordingly, Nearmap requests that the
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`Court seal these documents pursuant to DUCivR 5-3.
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`The Amended Complaint and Exhibit 31 thereto contain commercially sensitive
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`information that may be damaging to Nearmap if made available to the public, including its
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`competitors. Thus, the Court should afford limited weight to the presumption of public access
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`under the circumstances. There are countervailing interests that outweigh the public’s limited
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`interest in access to the Amended Complaint and Exhibit 31 thereto filed in this private
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`commercial dispute.
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`Further, “the public’s right of access is outweighed by” the possible competitive harm to
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`Nearmap from public disclosure of its commercially sensitive information. Finally, the relief
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`sought through this motion is narrowly tailored under the circumstances because Nearmap does
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`not seek to seal the entire case.
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`Because there are compelling reasons to keep under seal the Amended Complaint and
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`Exhibit 31 thereto, which contains confidential information, and because Nearmap is requesting
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`to seal only the documents necessary to protect Nearmap’s substantial commercial interests, the
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`Amended Complaint and Exhibit 31 thereto should be sealed.
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`CONCLUSION
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`Nearmap respectfully requests leave to file the Amended Complaint and Exhibit 31
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`thereto under seal. Nearmap further requests that the Court restrict public access to and/or seal
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`the Amended Complaint and Exhibit 31 thereto.
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`Submitted this 4th day of April, 2023
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`By: /s/ Brent O. Hatch
`Brent O. Hatch
`HATCH LAW GROUP, PC
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`Of Counsel:
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`Nicholas Groombridge
`Jennifer H. Wu
`Jenny C. Wu
`Jennifer Rea Deneault
`Scott E. Miller
`GROOMBRIDGE, WU,
` BAUGHMAN & STONE LLP
`565 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2900
`New York, New York 10017
`332-269-0030 (telephone)
`nick.groombridge@groombridgewu.com
`jennifer.wu@groombridgewu.com
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`jenny.wu@groombridgewu.com
`jenna.deneault@groombridgewu.com
`scott.miller@groombridgewu.com
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`Attorneys for Defendant Nearmap US, Inc.
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