j2 Global Communications Inc v. Captaris Inc

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PROTECTIVE ORDER by Magistrate Judge Andrew J. Wistrich re Stipulation for Protective Order 238 . See document for details. (yb)

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Robert A. Sacks (SBN 150146)
[e-mail]
Brian R. England (SBN 211335)
[e-mail]
SULLIVAN & CROMWELL LLP
1888 Century Park East, Suite 2100
Los Angeles, California 90067-1725
Tel.: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Attorneys for Plaintiffs-Counterdefendants
j2 Global Communications, Inc. and Advanced
Messaging Technologies, Inc.
Laura A. Wytsma (State Bar No. 189527)
[e-mail]
LOEB & LOEB LLP
10100 Santa Monica Boulevard, Ste. 2200
Los Angeles, California 90067-4120
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Attorneys for Defendants-Counterplaintiffs
Captaris, Inc. and Open Text Corporation
[additional counsel on signature page]
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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J2 GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS,
INC. and ADVANCED MESSAGING
TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
PlaintiffsCounterdefendants,

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Case No.: CV 09-4150 DDP (AJWx)
AMENDED PROTECTIVE
ORDER

v.
CAPTARIS, INC. and OPEN TEXT
CORPORATION,
DefendantsCounterclaimants.

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The parties to this action stipulate to, and seek entry of, the following
Protective Order:
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"Confidential" information is information that, in good faith, a person

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producing information under this Order, whether or not a party to this action (the

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“Producing Person”), believes to contain (a) proprietary or commercially sensitive

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information which is not publicly known and which its owner would not reveal to

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others except in confidence; (b) personal financial information; or (c) information

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that should otherwise be subject to confidential treatment under the Federal Rules of

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Civil Procedure. If a Producing Person designates information as "Confidential,"

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the designated information shall be treated as Confidential unless successfully

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challenged under ¶ 12. When producing documents, the Producing Person shall

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mark each page containing Confidential information as "Confidential."

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2.

"Restricted Confidential" information shall be limited to information

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that, in good faith, a party believes to contain (a) current and past (to the extent they

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reflect on current) business planning and financial information; (b) trade secrets; (c)

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past or current company personnel or employee information; (d) source code; and

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(e) information concerning a party's sales or the design, structure or workings of a

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party's products or systems which would, if it became known to other parties, harm

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the competitive position of its owner. If a Producing Person designates information

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as Restricted Confidential under this Order, the designated information shall be

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treated as Restricted Confidential unless successfully challenged under ¶ 12. When

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producing documents, the Producing Person shall mark each page containing

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Restricted Confidential information as "Restricted Confidential."

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Any Producing Person, whether or not a party to this action, may

designate information as Confidential or Restricted Confidential under this Order.
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Producing Persons that are not parties to this action, and that produce

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documents pursuant to a subpoena or otherwise respond to discovery requests in this

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action, are intended beneficiaries of this Order and have the right to enforce the

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terms of this Order as necessary to, inter alia, protect the confidentiality of the

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materials they produce. However, nothing herein shall prevent such Producing

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Persons from seeking or negotiating different confidentiality terms than those

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provided for herein.
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When a document is designated as Confidential or Restricted

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Confidential, the designation includes not only the document so designated, but also

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any information derived from that document, and any copies, excerpts, summaries,

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or compilations thereof.
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A person receiving information under this Order (the "Receiving

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Person") shall use Confidential or Restricted Confidential information (together,

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Protected Information") only to conduct this litigation or any other litigation

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involving Captaris, Inc. and/or Open Text Corp., on the one hand, and j2 Global

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Communications, Inc. and/or Advanced Messaging Technologies, Inc., on the other

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hand.

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By receiving information under this Order, all Receiving Persons agree

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to be subject to the jurisdiction of this Court concerning their use of Protected

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Information. All receiving persons other than attorneys, their staff, and independent

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companies engaged by outside litigation counsel to perform litigation support

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service, shall sign an acknowledgment in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A,

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indicating that they have read and understood the terms of this Order and agree to

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submit to the jurisdiction of the Central District of California for enforcement of this

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Order. Counsel for each party shall maintain all original acknowledgments, and will

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produce the same to the opposing party when so ordered by the Court.

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8.

A Receiving Person may disclose Restricted Confidential information

only to the following:
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outside litigation counsel retained by a party in this action or in
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any other litigation involving Captaris, Inc. and/or Open Text Corp., on the one

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hand, and j2 Global Communications, Inc. and/or Advanced Messaging

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Technologies, Inc., on the other hand, including attorneys, their staff, and

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independent companies engaged by outside litigation counsel to perform litigation

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support services;
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any person giving testimony in this action at deposition, trial or

counsel;

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independent experts or consultants retained by outside litigation

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hearing witnesses, but only if the person giving testimony is the creator, author or

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recipient of the Restricted Confidential information, provided that such persons may

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not retain any documents containing Restricted Confidential information provided to

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them at such deposition, trial or hearing;
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taking or transcribing testimony in this action; and
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the Court, its personnel and any court reporters involved in

any other person by written agreement of the parties or by order

of the Court.
Any person who receives Restricted Confidential information is prohibited

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from prosecuting, preparing or having any substantive involvement with any patent

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application on behalf of any party to this action relating to e-mail to fax or fax to e-

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mail services, products, systems, or methods.

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A Receiving Person may disclose Confidential information only to the

following:

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Persons listed in ¶ 8; and

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b.

Any person giving testimony in this action at deposition, trial or

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hearing witnesses, but only for purposes of reasonable, material, and relevant

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testimony or preparation of such testimony in the litigation, provided that such

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persons may not retain any documents containing Protected Information; and

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c.

Employees of the Receiving Person to whom disclosure is
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reasonably necessary for the management, supervision, or oversight of the litigation.
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Before a Receiving Person can share Protected Information received

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from a Producing Person with an independent expert or consultant under the

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Receiving Person shall provide the Producing Person (and, if the Producing Person

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is not a party to this action, the other parties to this action) written notice of its

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intention, which shall include the proposed expert's curriculum vitae as well as a list

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of any previous or current relationship with any party to this action. If the

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Producing Person objects to the disclosure, it must send a written objection,

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including a detailed explanation of its objection, that is received within ten business

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days after the Producing Person's receipt of the written notice. Absent a timely

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written objection, the Receiving Person may share Protected Information with the

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independent expert. If the Producing Person makes a timely written objection, the

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Receiving Person shall not share Protected Information with the independent expert

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until the objection is resolved by agreement or by the Court. If the Producing

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Person and Receiving Person cannot resolve this dispute, they may proceed under

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the Local Rules addressing discovery disputes, with the Producing Person bearing

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the burden of filing a motion and establishing good cause to support its objection. A

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party shall not seek discovery with respect to a consultant or other non-testifying

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expert of a party who was disclosed as a result of this paragraph regarding any

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information, opinions or documents developed, identified and/or obtained as result

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of, or in the course of the engagement or consultation by a party, absent a Court

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order pursuant to a motion made by the party.

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If not so designated in the transcript, deposition testimony shall be

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deemed Restricted Confidential until thirty days following the reporter's distribution

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of the final transcript. During those thirty days, a Producing Person may designate

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portions of the transcript under ¶ 1 or ¶ 2 by sending written designations to all

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parties to this action.

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If a Receiving Person disagrees with a designation of information under
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¶ 1 or ¶ 2, it shall provide the Producing Person written notice of its challenge. If

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the Producing Person and Receiving Person cannot resolve this dispute, they may

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proceed under the Local Rules addressing discovery disputes, with the Producing

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Person bearing the burden of filing a motion and showing that the information is

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Confidential or Restricted Confidential. If the Producing Person and Receiving

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Person are not able to resolve the dispute, and the Producing Person does not file a

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motion for Protective Order within thirty (30) days of receipt of written notice, the

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information shall lose its designation of Confidential or Restricted Confidential.

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Failure to challenge a designation immediately does not waive a Receiving Person's

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ability to bring a later challenge.
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Source code designated "Restricted Confidential" and produced in

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electronic form shall be maintained in the sole custody and control of the Producing

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Person and shall be maintained, respectively, at the Los Angeles office of outside

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counsel for Captaris, Inc. and Open Text Corp. (with respect to source code

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produced by Captaris and/or Open Text) and at the New York office of outside

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counsel for j2 Global Communications, Inc. and Advanced Messaging

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Technologies, Inc. (with respect to source code produced by j2 and/or AMT). The

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parties may vary the location by mutual agreement. The source code shall be made

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accessible to outside counsel for the Receiving Person and their independent experts

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or consultants who are actively assisting in the litigation during normal business

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hours upon five (5) days advance notice of the review.

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(a)

The Producing Person shall make its source code available in

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electronic form—if it exists in such form -on a stand-alone, i.e., non- networked,

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standard personal computer with Microsoft Windows operating system installed in

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accordance with its standard installation processes. In the event that the source code

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to be produced does not exist in electronic form, the Producing Person shall so

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certify in writing and will meet and confer in good faith to make arrangements for

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the mutually-convenient review of such code consistent with the other provisions of
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this paragraph, to the extent possible.
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The Producing Person shall provide a dedicated, stand-alone

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printer connected to the computer used for source code review, and it shall be

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loaded with paper bearing pre-printed production control numbering. The

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Receiving Party's outside counsel and/or independent experts or consultants may

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print excerpts of the Restricted Source Code that they in good faith consider to be

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relevant to the claim or defense of any party and only to the extent necessary to

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perform his or her responsibilities in connection with the action. No more than 500

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pages of hard copies of source code may be printed, absent consent by the

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Producing Person (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld). The

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originals of any printouts shall be provided to counsel for the Producing Person on

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that same day. The Producing Person's counsel shall deliver copies of the printouts

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to the Receiving Person's outside counsel within two (2) business days. The

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printouts of source code excerpts are to be maintained at all times in a secure

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location at the offices of outside counsel for the Receiving Person and may be

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reviewed by experts, consultants, and outside counsel only at outside counsel's

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offices. The printouts or any of the information contained in the hard copies shall

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not be converted into an electronic format, without the express consent of the

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Producing Person, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

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The Receiving Person's outside counsel and/or independent

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experts or consultants shall be permitted to save, to a file on the hard drive of the

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stand-alone computer used for source code review, excerpts of the Producing

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Person's source code for storage or future potential printing. Such file(s) shall be

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preserved by the Producing Person until the conclusion of the Action.

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In the event that the Receiving Person's outside counsel and/or

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independent experts or consultants requests that any source code analytical software

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be installed on the computer to be used for source code review, the Receiving

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Person's outside counsel shall notify the Producing Person's counsel and provide a
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copy of the source code analytical software to be installed. The Producing Person

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shall install such source code analytical software within three (3) business days of

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the Receiving Person's request. If the Producing Person objects to the installation of

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the requested source code analytical software requested and provided by the

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Receiving Person, the burden shall be on the Producing Person to promptly meet

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and confer and, if the issue cannot be resolved, to seek relief from the Court.

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Further, if the Receiving Person's outside counsel and/or independent experts or

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consultants desires such analytical software to be installed or configured in a

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particular manner, counsel for the Receiving Person shall provide instructions to the

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Producing Person and the Producing Person shall make every reasonable effort to

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comply with the Receiving Person's request. By way of example, such source code

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analytical software may include (but will not be limited to) text editors, such as

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Emacs, Unix utilities, such as Grep, environments such as Visual Studio and

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Cygwyn, and multi-file text search tools, Visual Slick Edit, Source-Navigator,

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PowerGrep and ExamDiff Pro, or similar programs.

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All source code shall be produced for review in its native format

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and shall be in a form that is fully searchable, if possible. In the event that the

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native format of the source code is not searchable, the Receiving Person may elect

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whether to initially receive the code in native form or searchable form, with the

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Receiving Person reserving the right to subsequently request the production of

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relevant portions of code in both native and searchable formats, which request shall

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not be unreasonably denied. If the source code does not exist in searchable form,

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the Producing Person shall provide a written explanation and will meet and confer in

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good faith to reach a reasonable accommodation for the efficient review of such

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code consistent with the other provisions of this paragraph, to the extent possible.

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No source code produced pursuant to this Paragraph 12 shall be

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redacted, password protected, deleted, modified or otherwise concealed or withheld

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from review by the Receiving Person's outside counsel and/or independent experts
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or consultants.

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If a Producing Person inadvertently fails to designate material as

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Protected Information at the time of production, it shall notify all Receiving Persons

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of its failure as soon as possible after discovery. The Producing Person shall

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promptly supply all Receiving Persons with new copies of any documents bearing

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corrected confidentiality designations.

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Any discovery documents produced in this litigation may be later

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designated as "Attorney Client Privileged" or "Attorney Work Product" promptly

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upon discovery by the Producing Person that any such privileged or immune

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document was produced through inadvertence, mistake, or other error, and no

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waiver of privilege or immunity shall be deemed to have occurred. Upon such

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designation, the Receiving Person promptly shall make best efforts to collect all

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copies of the documents and return them to the Producing Person.

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In the event that any Protected Information is used in any proceeding in

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connection with this litigation, it shall not lose its Confidential or Restricted

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Confidential status through such use, and the parties shall take all steps reasonably

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required to protect its confidentiality during such use.

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To the extent that any Confidential or Restricted Confidential

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information subject to this Protective Order (or any pleading, motion, or

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memorandum referring to them) is proposed to be filed or is filed with the Court,

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those materials and papers, or any portion thereof which discloses Confidential or

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Restricted Confidential information, shall be presented to the judge (by the filing

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party) accompanied by an application to file under seal in accordance with the

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procedures set forth in Local Rule 79-5.1 and shall be marked "CONFIDENTIAL

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INFORMATION FILED UNDER SEAL" on the outside of the sealing envelopes;

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such application shall be directed to the judge to whom the papers are directed.

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Pending a ruling on the application submitted in accordance with Local Rule 79-

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5.1, the papers or portions thereof subject to the application shall be lodged under
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seal. However, only those portions of filings containing Confidential or Restricted

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Confidential information shall be filed under seal. The filing party shall also file

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with the Court for regular filing a redacted version of any filing submitted under

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Local Rule 79-5.1 in which any Confidential and/or Restricted Confidential

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information shall be redacted.

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Nothing in this Order precludes any person from disclosing or using in

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any manner its own information, or information not obtained under this Order, even

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if the same information is also produced under this Order.

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Nothing in this Order precludes any person from showing a document

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containing Protected Information to an individual who prepared or received the

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document, or from disclosing Protected Information to an officer, director or

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testifying corporate designee of the Producing Person.

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No information may be withheld from discovery on the ground that the

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material to be disclosed requires protection greater than that afforded by this

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Protective Order unless the party claiming a need for greater protection moves for

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an order providing such special protection pursuant to Rule 26(c) and Local Rules

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37-1 through 37-4.

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The Parties acknowledge and agree that nothing in this Protective

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Order is intended to be construed inconsistently with the rights and obligations of

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the Parties under Local Rules 37-1 through 37-4 governing cooperation during

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discovery, and that, in the event of any inconsistency, the procedures defined by the

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Local Rules shall govern. If the Parties wish to file the Joint Stipulation (or portions

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thereof) required by Local Rule 37-2 under seal, the Parties may file a separate

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stipulation to that effect, or the moving party may tile an ex parte application

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making the appropriate request. The Parties acknowledge and agree that the

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stipulation or ex parte application must demonstrate good cause as to why the Joint

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Stipulation or portions thereof should be filed under seal.

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Within sixty days of the termination of all litigation between the
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parties, all Protected Information shall be destroyed or returned to the Producing

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Person, except that outside litigation counsel of record for each party may, in

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accordance with the access restrictions of this Order, maintain in its files one copy

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of each deposition, hearing and/or trial transcript and any exhibits thereto, each

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document filed with or presented to the Court (which also may include copies of the

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foregoing items), any correspondence transmitted between outside counsel for the

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parties to this action, and any memoranda, notes or other attorney work product

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even if it contains Protected Information.

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So ORDERED AND SIGNED this 14th day of December, 2011.

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HON. ANDREW J. WISTRICH
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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EXHIBIT A

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CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE

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I, ________________________ (print name), declare as follows:

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certify that I have received a copy of the Stipulated Protective Order

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("Order") in the matter captioned j2 Global Communications, Inc. and Advanced

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Messaging Technologies, Inc. v. Captaris, Inc. and Open Text Corp. United States

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District Court for the Central District of California, Case No. CV-09-4150 DDP

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(AJWx), which governs the production and use of Protected Information in this

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case. I have read and understand the Order. I hereby acknowledge that I am bound

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by the Order, and I agree to abide by it. I further understand that the Protected

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Information many only be used in strict accordance with the terms of the Order and

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then only for the prosecution and defense of this litigation.

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I further acknowledge that I may be held responsible for any failure on my

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part to comply with the provisions of the Order, and I agree to subject myself to the

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jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Central District of California,

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for the purpose of enforcing the Order.

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I hereby declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and
correct.

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__________________________
(Signature)
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(Print Name)

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