Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. et al v. Veterinary Orthopedic Implants, Inc., No. 3:2018cv01342 - Document 476 (M.D. Fla. 2022)

Court Description: ORDER granting motions for leave to file items under seal 405, 408, 410, 412, 418, 419, 425, 426, 427, 442, 450, 451. See order for details. Signed by Magistrate Judge Patricia D. Barksdale on 12/14/2022. (ASL)

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Depuy Synthes Products, Inc. et al v. Veterinary Orthopedic Implants, Inc. Doc. 476 Case 3:18-cv-01342-HES-PDB Document 476 Filed 12/14/22 Page 1 of 6 PageID 22805 United States District Court Middle District of Florida Jacksonville Division DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC., & DEPUY SYNTHES SALES, INC., Plaintiffs, NO. 3:18-cv-1342-HES-PDB v. VETERINARY ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANTS, INC., ETC., Defendants. VETERINARY ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANTS, INC., Counterclaimant, v. DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC., & DEPUY SYNTHES SALES, INC., Counter-Defendants. Order Before the Court are unopposed motions for leave to file items under seal summarized in the following chart. Docs. 405, 408, 410, 412, 418, 419, 425, 426, 427, 442, 450, 451. Dockets.Justia.com Case 3:18-cv-01342-HES-PDB Document 476 Filed 12/14/22 Page 2 of 6 PageID 22806 Public Doc. Presumption Redacted (R) of Public Sealed (S) Doc. Unredacted (UR) Access Placeholder (PH) Applies? Sealing concerns exhibits supporting Fidelio’s supplemental brief in support of motion to dismiss PH 407-2 (Ex. B) S 407-11 (Ex. B) PH 407-3 (Ex. C) S 407-12 (Ex. C) 408 PH 407-4 (Ex. D) Yes S 407-13 (Ex. D) 434 PH 407-5 (Ex. E) S 407-14 (Ex. E) PH 407-6 (Ex. F) S 407-15 (Ex. F) UR 434-1 (Ex. F) Sealing concerns VOI’s motion to exclude opinions and testimony of DePuy’s experts and exhibits supporting the motion PH 409 (motion) PH 409-1 (Ex. 1) PH 409-2 (Ex. 2) S 409-8 (motion) PH 409-3 (Ex. 3) 410 S 409-9 (Ex. 1) PH 409-7 (Ex. 7) Yes 427 S 409-10 (Ex. 2) R 439 (motion) 435 S 409-11 (Ex. 3) R 435-1 (Ex. 1) S 409-12 (Ex. 7) R 435-2 (Ex. 2) R 435-3 (Ex. 3) R 435-4 (Ex. 7) Sealing concerns exhibits supporting VOI’s motion in limine PH 411-1 (Ex. 1) 412 S 411-7 (Ex. 1) PH 411-4 (Ex. 4) Yes 433 S 411-8 (Ex. 4) R 433-1 (Ex. 1) R 433-2 (Ex. 4) Sealing concerns DePuy’s supplemental brief in response to Fidelio’s motion to dismiss and supporting exhibits PH 399 (brief) S 399-4 (brief) R 429 (brief) S 399-5 (Ex. 1) PH 429-1 (Ex. 1) 419 Yes S 399-9 (Ex. 5) PH 429-5 (Ex. 5) 437 S 399-10 (Ex. 6) PH 429-6 (Ex. 6) S 399-11 (Ex. 7) PH 429-7 (Ex. 7) S 399-12 (Ex. 8) PH 429-8 (Ex. 8) Sealing concerns exhibits to the declaration of Andrew Krause supporting DePuy’s pretrial motions S 413-17 (Ex. 7) PH 413-1 (Exs. 7, 10, 12−14) S 413-18 (Ex. 10) R 430-6 (Ex. 7) S 413-19 (Ex. 12) R 430-7 (Ex. 10) 425 Yes S 413-20 (Ex. 12) R 430-8 (Ex. 12) S 413-21 (Ex. 13) R 430-9 (Ex. 13) S 413-22 (Ex. 14) R 430-10 (Ex. 14) Sealing concerns DePuy’s motion to strike expert testimony PH 415 426 Yes S 415-1 R 432 Motion to Seal and Supplement 2 Case 3:18-cv-01342-HES-PDB Document 476 Filed 12/14/22 Page 3 of 6 PageID 22807 Sealing concerns exhibits supporting VOI’s response to DePuy’s motion to strike expert testimony S 441-13 (Ex. E) PH 441-5 (Ex. E) 442 S 441-14 (Ex. H) PH 441-8 (Ex. H) Yes S 441-16 (Ex. J) PH 441-10 (Ex. J) Sealing concerns DePuy’s response to VOI’s motion to exclude opinions and testimony of DePuy’s experts 450 S 443-1 PH 443 Yes Sealing concerns DePuy’s response to VOI and Fidelio’s motion in limine S 444-7 (response) S 444-8 (Ex. R-7) S 444-9 (Ex. R-8) 451 PH 444 (response) Yes S 444-10 (Ex. R-9) S 444-11 (Ex. R-10) S 444-12 (Ex. R-11) S 444-13 (Ex. R-12) Sealing concerns Fidelio’s response to DePuy’s withdrawn motion to compel jurisdictional discovery 405 R 406 (response) S 404 (response) No 438 R 438-1 (response) Sealing concerns DePuy’s withdrawn motion to compel jurisdictional discovery and supporting exhibits PH 396 (motion) S 396-1 (motion) R 428 (motion) S 396-4 (Ex. 3) PH 428-3 (Ex. 3) S 396-6 (Ex. 5) PH 428-5 (Ex. 5) 418 S 396-7 (Ex. 6) No PH 428-6 (Ex. 6) 436 S 396-8 (Ex. 7) PH 428-7 (Ex. 7) S 396-10 (Ex. 9) PH 428-9 (Ex. 9) S 396-11 (Ex. 10) PH 428-10 (Ex. 10) S 396-13 (Ex. 12) PH 428-12 (Ex. 12) The governing law is in Local Rule 1.11; the orders entered on April 9, 2019, Doc. 47, July 5, 2019, Doc. 90, and August 29, 2019, Doc. 106; and the appellate opinion decided on March 12, 2021, Doc. 253. Applying that law to the circumstances presented by the movants, the Court grants the motions for the reasons stated in the motions and supplements. For sealing concerning the motion to compel, the Court grants the motions for the additional reason that the motion to compel was withdrawn and the Court therefore had no need to consider the sealed items. 3 Case 3:18-cv-01342-HES-PDB Document 476 Filed 12/14/22 Page 4 of 6 PageID 22808 The following items must remain sealed for the duration of this case, including any appeal: S-Doc. 396-1 (motion) S-Doc. 396-4 (Ex. 3) S-Doc. 396-6 (Ex. 5) S-Doc. 396-7 (Ex. 6) S-Doc. 396-8 (Ex. 7) S-Doc. 396-10 (Ex. 9) S-Doc. 396-11 (Ex. 10) S-Doc. 396-13 (Ex. 12) S-Doc. 399-4 (brief) S-Doc. 399-5 (Ex. 1) S-Doc. 399-9 (Ex. 5) S-Doc. 399-10 (Ex. 6) S-Doc. 399-11 (Ex. 7) S-Doc. 399-12 (Ex. 8) S-Doc. 404 (response) S-Doc. 407-11 (Ex. B) S-Doc. 407-12 (Ex. C) S-Doc. 407-13 (Ex. D) S-Doc. 407-14 (Ex. E) S-Doc. 409-8 (motion) S-Doc. 409-9 (Ex. 1) S-Doc. 409-10 (Ex. 2) S-Doc. 409-11 (Ex. 3) S-Doc. 409-12 (Ex. 7) S-Doc. 411-7 (Ex. 1) S-Doc. 411-8 (Ex. 4) S-Doc. 413-17 (Ex. 7) S-Doc. 413-18 (Ex. 10) S-Doc. 413-19 (Ex. 12) S-Doc. 413-20 (Ex. 12) S-Doc. 413-21 (Ex. 13) S-Doc. 413-22 (Ex. 14) S-Doc. 415-1 S-Doc. 441-13 (Ex. E) S-Doc. 441-14 (Ex. H) S-Doc. 441-16 (Ex. J) S-Doc. 443-1 S-Doc. 444-7 (response) 4 Case 3:18-cv-01342-HES-PDB Document 476 Filed 12/14/22 Page 5 of 6 PageID 22809 S-Doc. 444-8 (Ex. R-7) S-Doc. 444-9 (Ex. R-8) S-Doc. 444-10 (Ex. R-9) S-Doc. 444-11 (Ex. R-10) S-Doc. 444-12 (Ex. R-11) S-Doc. 444-13 (Ex. R-12) No earlier than January 3, 2023, the clerk must unseal Exhibit F to Fidelio’s supplemental brief supporting its motion to dismiss, docketed as SDoc. 407-15. Fidelio originally asked the Court to seal the item, see Doc. 408 at 2, but no longer asks the Court to seal the item, see generally Doc. 434, and has filed the item on the public docket, see Doc. 434-1. VOI provisionally filed under seal its response to DePuy’s motion to strike certain expert testimony and Exhibit I to the response. See Doc. 441 (placeholder response); Doc. 441-9 (placeholder Exhibit I); S-Doc. 441-12 (sealed response); S-Doc. 441-15 (sealed Exhibit I). VOI explained the items contain DePuy’s confidential information. Doc. 442 at 3 n.1. DePuy has filed no motion to maintain the items under seal. No earlier than January 3, 2023, the clerk must unseal the response, S-Doc. 441-12, and Exhibit I, S-Doc. 44115, The clerk must unseal DePuy’s motion in limine, now filed under seal at S-Doc. 414-1. DePuy has filed the motion on the public docket. See Doc. 431. VOI and Fidelio explained they prepared and would be filing redacted versions of DePuy’s response to VOI and Fidelio’s motions in limine (now filed as a placeholder at Doc. 444 and under seal at Doc. 444-7); Exhibit R-8 (a VOI email from Cassandra Dygert dated February 2, 2016; VOI_035042; now filed under seal at Doc. 444-9); and Exhibit R-12 (a VOI email from Steve McQueen dated August 19, 2013; VOI_032380; now filed under seal at Doc. 444-13). See 5 Case 3:18-cv-01342-HES-PDB Document 476 Filed 12/14/22 Page 6 of 6 PageID 22810 Doc. 451 at 3. No later than December 31, 2022, VOI and Fidelio must file the redacted versions. Ordered in Jacksonville, Florida, on December 14, 2022. 6

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