Stefan Bucher v. Good Technology, Inc. et al

Filing 28

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER by Magistrate Judge Stephen J. Hillman re REQUEST for Protective Order for Disclosures and Discovery Stipulated Protective Order 27 (sbu)

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Robert J. Muller, SBN 189651
[e-mail]
Douglas P. Roy, SBN 241607
[e-mail]
CYPRESS LLP
11111 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 500
Los Angeles, California 90025
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Attorneys for Defendant
Good Technology Corporation

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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CYPRESS, LLP

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STEFAN BUCHER, an individual,

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Plaintiff,
vs.

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GOOD TECHNOLOGY, INC., a
Delaware Corporation; BASEJUMP
STUDIOS, LLC, a California Limited
Liability Company; SCOTT SMITH, an
individual; and DOES 1 through 10,
inclusive,

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Defendants.
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Case No. 2:14-cv-03958-JFW-SH
Hon. John F. Walter
STIPULATED PROTECTIVE
ORDER
DISCOVERY MATTER –
Magistrate Judge Stephen J. Hillman
Compl. Filed:
May 22, 2014
1st Am. Compl.: July 16, 2014
Trial Date:
March 31, 2015

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PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS

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Disclosure and discovery activity in this action are likely to involve

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production of confidential, proprietary, or private information for which special

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protection from public disclosure and from use for any purpose other than

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prosecuting this litigation may be warranted. Accordingly, the parties hereby

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stipulate to and petition the court to enter the following Stipulated Protective Order.

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The parties acknowledge that this Order does not confer blanket protections on all

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disclosures or responses to discovery and that the protection it affords from public

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disclosure and use extends only to the limited information or items that are entitled
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to confidential treatment under the applicable legal principles. The parties further

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acknowledge, as set forth in Section 12.3, below, that this Stipulated Protective

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Order does not entitle them to file confidential information under seal; Local Rule

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79-5.1 sets forth the procedures that must be followed and the standards that will be

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applied when a party seeks permission from the court to file material under seal.

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2.

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DEFINITIONS
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Challenging Party: a Party or Non-Party that challenges the

designation of information or items under this Order.
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“CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information (regardless of

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how it is generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that: (1) qualify for

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protection under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c); (2) are not generally known

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to the public; (3) contain confidential, proprietary, and/or sensitive information

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regarding financial, business, trade secret, or personal matters; and (4) the

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Designating Party in good faith believes will, if disclosed, have the effect of

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causing harm to its competitive position.

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Counsel (without qualifier): Outside Counsel of Record and House

Counsel (as well as their support staff).
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Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that designates information

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or items that it produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as

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“CONFIDENTIAL.”

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Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless

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of the medium or manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained (including,

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among other things, testimony, transcripts, and tangible things), that are produced

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or generated in disclosures or responses to discovery in this matter.

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2.6

Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter

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pertinent to the litigation who has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as

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an expert witness or as a consultant in this action.

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House Counsel: attorneys who are employees of a party to this action.

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House Counsel does not include Outside Counsel of Record or any other outside

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counsel.
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Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association,

or other legal entity not named as a Party to this action.
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Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of a

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party to this action but are retained to represent or advise a party to this action and

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have appeared in this action on behalf of that party or are affiliated with a law firm

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which has appeared on behalf of that party.
2.10 Party: any party to this action, including all of its officers, directors,

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employees, consultants, retained experts, and Outside Counsel of Record (and their

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support staffs).
2.11 Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or

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Discovery Material in this action.

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2.12 Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation

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support services (e.g., photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or

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demonstrations, and organizing, storing, or retrieving data in any form or medium)

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and their employees and subcontractors.
2.13 Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is

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designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.”
2.14 Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery

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Material from a Producing Party.

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SCOPE

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The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only

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Protected Material (as defined above), but also (1) any information copied or

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extracted from Protected Material; (2) all copies, excerpts, summaries, or

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compilations of Protected Material; and (3) any testimony, conversations, or

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presentations by Parties or their Counsel that might reveal Protected Material.
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However, the protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order do not cover the

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following information: (a) any information that is in the public domain at the time

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of disclosure to a Receiving Party or becomes part of the public domain after its

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disclosure to a Receiving Party as a result of publication not involving a violation

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of this Order, including becoming part of the public record through trial or

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otherwise; and (b) any information known to the Receiving Party prior to the

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disclosure or obtained by the Receiving Party after the disclosure from a source

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who obtained the information lawfully and under no obligation of confidentiality to

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the Designating Party. Any use of Protected Material at trial shall be governed by a

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separate agreement or order.

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DURATION
Even after final disposition of this litigation, the confidentiality obligations

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imposed by this Order shall remain in effect until a Designating Party agrees

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otherwise in writing or a court order otherwise directs. Final disposition shall be

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deemed to be the later of (1) dismissal of all claims and defenses in this action, with

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or without prejudice; and (2) final judgment herein after the completion and

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exhaustion of all appeals, rehearings, remands, trials, or reviews of this action,

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including the time limits for filing any motions or applications for extension of time

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pursuant to applicable law.

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DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL
5.1

Manner and Timing of Designations. Except as otherwise provided in

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this Order, or as otherwise stipulated or ordered, Disclosure or Discovery Material

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that qualifies for protection under this Order must be clearly so designated before

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the material is disclosed or produced.

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Designation in conformity with this Order requires:
(a) for information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic
documents, but excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial

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proceedings), that the Producing Party affix the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” to each

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page that contains protected material.

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A Party or Non-Party that makes original documents or materials available

has indicated which material it would like copied and produced. During the

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inspection and before the designation, all of the material made available for

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inspection shall be deemed “CONFIDENTIAL.” After the inspecting Party has

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identified the documents it wants copied and produced, the Producing Party must

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determine which documents, or portions thereof, qualify for protection under this

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Order. Then, before producing the specified documents, the Producing Party must

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for inspection need not designate them for protection until after the inspecting Party

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affix the “CONFIDENTIAL” legend to each page that contains Protected Material.

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If only a portion or portions of the material on a page qualifies for protection, the

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Producing Party also must clearly identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making

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appropriate markings in the margins).
(b) for testimony given in deposition or in other pretrial or trial

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proceedings, that the Designating Party identify on the record, before the close of

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the deposition, hearing, or other proceeding, all protected testimony.
(c) for information produced in some form other than documentary

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and for any other tangible items, that the Producing Party affix in a prominent place

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on the exterior of the container or containers in which the information or item is

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stored the legend “CONFIDENTIAL.” If only a portion or portions of the

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information or item warrant protection, the Producing Party, to the extent

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practicable, shall identify the protected portion(s).

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5.2

Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected, an inadvertent

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failure to designate qualified information or items does not, standing alone, waive

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the Designating Party’s right to secure protection under this Order for such

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material. Upon timely correction of a designation, the Receiving Party must make

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reasonable efforts to assure that the material is treated in accordance with the

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provisions of this Order.

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CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS
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Timing of Challenges. Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a

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designation of confidentiality at any time. A Party does not waive its right to

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challenge a confidentiality designation by electing not to mount a challenge

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promptly after the original designation is disclosed.

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6.2

Meet and Confer. The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute

resolution process by providing written notice of each designation it is challenging,

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describing the basis for each challenge, and requesting a meet and confer

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conference pursuant to this paragraph and Local Rule 37-1. The parties shall

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attempt to resolve each challenge in good faith and must begin the process by

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conferring directly (in voice to voice dialogue; other forms of communication are

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not sufficient) within 10 days of the date of service of notice. In conferring, the

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Challenging Party must explain the basis for its belief that the confidentiality

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designation was not proper and must give the Designating Party an opportunity to

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review the designated material, to reconsider the circumstances, and, if no change

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in designation is offered, to explain the basis for the chosen designation. A

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Challenging Party may proceed to the next stage of the challenge process only if it

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has engaged in this meet and confer process first or establishes that the Designating

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Party is unwilling to participate in the meet and confer process in a timely manner.

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6.3

Judicial Intervention. If the Parties cannot resolve a challenge and

seek court intervention, the Party must comply with Local Rule 37-2.
The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be on the

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Designating Party. Frivolous challenges, and those made for an improper purpose

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(e.g., to harass or impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may

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expose the Challenging Party to sanctions. All parties shall continue to afford the

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material in question the level of protection to which it is entitled under the

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Producing Party’s designation until the court rules on the challenge.

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ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL
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Basic Principles. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that is

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disclosed or produced by another Party or by a Non-Party in connection with this

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case only for prosecuting, defending, or attempting to settle this litigation. Such

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Protected Material may be disclosed only to the categories of persons and under the

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conditions described in this Order. When the litigation has been terminated, a

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Receiving Party must comply with the provisions of section 13 below (FINAL

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DISPOSITION).

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7.2

Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items. Unless

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otherwise ordered by the court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a

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Receiving Party may disclose any information or item designated

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“CONFIDENTIAL” only to:
(a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this action, as

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well as employees of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably

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necessary to disclose the information for this litigation;
(b) the officers, directors, and employees (including House Counsel)

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of the Receiving Party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this

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litigation;

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(c) Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to whom

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disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have signed the

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“Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);

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(d) the court and its personnel;

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(e) court reporters and their staff;

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(f) professional jury or trial consultants, mock jurors, and Professional

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Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation and who

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have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);
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(g) during their depositions, witnesses in the action to whom

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disclosure is reasonably necessary. Pages of transcribed deposition testimony or

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exhibits to depositions that reveal Protected Material must be separately bound by

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the court reporter and may not be disclosed to anyone except as permitted under

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this Stipulated Protective Order.

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(h) the author or recipient of a document containing the information

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or a custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information.

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IN OTHER LITIGATION

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PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED PRODUCED

If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other litigation

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that compels disclosure of any information or items designated in this action as

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“CONFIDENTIAL,” that Party must:

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(a) promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification
shall include a copy of the subpoena or court order;

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(b) promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena or

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order to issue in the other litigation that some or all of the material covered by the

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subpoena or order is subject to this Protective Order. Such notification shall include

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a copy of this Stipulated Protective Order; and

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(c) cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be
pursued by the Designating Party whose Protected Material may be affected.
If the Designating Party timely seeks a protective order, the Party served

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with the subpoena or court order shall not produce any information designated in

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this action as “CONFIDENTIAL” before a determination by the court from which

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the subpoena or order issued, unless the Party has obtained the Designating Party’s

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permission. The Designating Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking

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protection in that court of its confidential material – and nothing in these provisions

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should be construed as authorizing or encouraging a Receiving Party in this action

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to disobey a lawful directive from another court.
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PRODUCED IN THIS LITIGATION

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A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE

(a) The terms of this Order are applicable to information produced by

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a Non-Party in this action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL.” Such information

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produced by Non-Parties in connection with this litigation is protected by the

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remedies and relief provided by this Order. Nothing in these provisions should be

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construed as prohibiting a Non-Party from seeking additional protections.

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(b) In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery request,
to produce a Non-Party’s confidential information in its possession, and the Party is

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subject to an agreement with the Non-Party not to produce the Non-Party’s

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confidential information, then the Party shall:
(1) promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the

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Non-Party that some or all of the information requested is subject to a

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confidentiality agreement with a Non-Party;
(2) promptly provide the Non-Party with a copy of the

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Stipulated Protective Order in this litigation, the relevant discovery request(s), and

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a reasonably specific description of the information requested; and
(3) make the information requested available for inspection by

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the Non-Party.
(c) If the Non-Party fails to object or seek a protective order from this

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court within 21 business days of receiving the notice and accompanying

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information, the Receiving Party may produce the Non-Party’s confidential

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information responsive to the discovery request. If the Non-Party timely seeks a

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protective order, the Receiving Party shall not produce any information in its

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possession or control that is subject to the confidentiality agreement with the Non-

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Party before a determination by the court. Absent a court order to the contrary, the

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Non-Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking protection in this court of

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its Protected Material.
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UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL

disclosed Protected Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized

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under this Stipulated Protective Order, the Receiving Party must immediately (a)

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use its best efforts to retrieve all unauthorized copies of the Protected Material, (b)

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inform the person or persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all

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the terms of this Order, and (c) request such person or persons to execute the

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“Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” that is attached hereto as Exhibit

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A.

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If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has

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PROTECTED MATERIAL

INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE

When a Producing Party gives notice to Receiving Parties that certain

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inadvertently produced material is subject to a claim of privilege or other

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protection, the obligations of the Receiving Parties are those set forth in Federal

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Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5)(B). This provision is not intended to modify

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whatever procedure may be established in an e-discovery order that provides for

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production without prior privilege review.

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12.

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MISCELLANEOUS
12.1 Right to Further Relief. Nothing in this Order abridges the right of any

person to seek its modification by the court in the future.
12.2 Right to Assert Other Objections. By stipulating to the entry of this

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Protective Order no Party waives any right it otherwise would have to object to

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disclosing or producing any information or item on any ground not addressed in

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this Stipulated Protective Order. Similarly, no Party waives any right to object on

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any ground to use in evidence of any of the material covered by this Protective

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Order.

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12.3 Filing Protected Material. Without written permission from the

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Designating Party or a court order secured after appropriate notice to all interested
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persons, a Party may not file in the public record in this action any Protected

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Material. A Party that seeks to file under seal any Protected Material must comply

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with Civil Local Rule 79-5.1. If a Receiving Party's request to file Protected

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Material under seal pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5.1 is denied by the court, then

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the Receiving Party may file the information in the public record unless otherwise

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instructed by the court.

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FINAL DISPOSITION

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Within 60 days after the final disposition of this action, as defined in

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paragraph 4, each Receiving Party must return all Protected Material to the

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Producing Party or destroy such material. As used in this subdivision, “all Protected

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Material” includes all copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries, and any other

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format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected Material. Whether the

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Protected Material is returned or destroyed, the Receiving Party must submit a

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written certification to the Producing Party (and, if not the same person or entity, to

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the Designating Party) by the 60 day deadline that (1) identifies (by category,

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where appropriate) all the Protected Material that was returned or destroyed and (2)

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affirms that the Receiving Party has not retained any copies, abstracts,

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compilations, summaries or any other format reproducing or capturing any of the

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Protected Material. Notwithstanding this provision, Counsel are entitled to retain an

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archival copy of all pleadings, motion papers, trial, deposition, and hearing

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transcripts, legal memoranda, correspondence, deposition and trial exhibits, expert

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reports, attorney work product, and consultant and expert work product, even if

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such materials contain Protected Material. Any such archival copies that contain or

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constitute Protected Material remain subject to this Protective Order as set forth in

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Section 4 (DURATION).

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IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

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DATED: September 9, 2014

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____/s/ Zachary Levine _______________

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Attorneys for Stefan Bucher

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DATED: September 9, 2014

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____/s/ Doug Roy____________________

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Attorneys for Good Technology Corporation

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DATED: September 9, 2014

SKAGGS FAUCETTE, LLP

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Attorneys for BaseJump Studios, LLC

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

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DATED: September 09, 2014

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EXHIBIT A

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND

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I, _____________________________ [print or type full name], of

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_________________ [print or type full address], declare under penalty of perjury

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that I have read in its entirety and understand the Stipulated Protective Order that

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was issued by the United States District Court for the Central District of California

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on [date] in the case of Bucher v. Good Technology, Inc., et al. I agree to comply

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with and to be bound by all the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order and I

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understand and acknowledge that failure to so comply could expose me to sanctions

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and punishment in the nature of contempt. I solemnly promise that I will not

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disclose in any manner any information or item that is subject to this Stipulated

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Protective Order to any person or entity except in strict compliance with the

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provisions of this Order.

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I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court

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for the Central District of California for the purpose of enforcing the terms of this

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Stipulated Protective Order, even if such enforcement proceedings occur after

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termination of this action.

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Date: ______________________________________

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City and State where sworn and signed: _________________________________

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Printed name: _______________________________

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Signature: __________________________________

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