Belkin Seeks to Protect Confidentiality of Documents It Produces in False-Ad Case

Belkin, trying to fend off allegations it falsely advertised the charging capacity of its power banks for mobile devices (see 2301300008), seeks the entry of a confidentiality order, now that the parties are deep into discovery, said its motion Thursday (docket 1:22-cv-06918) in U.S. District Court for Northern Illinois in Chicago. Plaintiff Dennis Gromov served Belkin with discovery requests that call for the production of documents “containing Belkin’s commercially sensitive, proprietary, and trade secret business information,” said the motion. Some of the documents requested also contain the personally identifiable information of Belkin’s customers, it said. The parties met and conferred about Belkin’s proposed draft confidentiality order, but Gromov’s counsel indicated Gromov won’t consent to the entry of a confidentiality order, it said. Belkin accordingly filed the motion “and submits that good cause exists” for the entry of its proposed order, it said.