Unicolors Inc v. Macy's Inc., et al

Filing 178

ORDER TO STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER by Magistrate Judge Suzanne H. Segal re Stipulation for Protective Order 177 . (See document for details). (mr)

1 Stephen M. Doniger (SBN 179314)
[e-mail]
2 Scott A. Burroughs (SBN 235718)
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Trevor W. Barrett (SBN 287174)
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5 DONIGER / BURROUGHS
603 Rose Avenue
6 Venice, California 90291
7 Telephone: [phone]
8 Attorneys for Plaintiff
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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13 UNICOLORS, INC.,

Case No.: CV14-8611 RGK (SSx)
Honorable R. Gary Klausner Presiding
Referred to Honorable Suzanne H. Segal

14 Plaintiff,
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vs.
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DISCOVERY MATTER

17 MACY’S, INC., et al.,

ORDER TO STIPULATED
PROTECTIVE ORDER

18 Defendants.
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Having considered the parties’ pleadings on file to date, and the parties’
jointly submitted Stipulated Protective Order to govern the handling of information
and materials produced in the course of discovery or filed with the Court in this
action, the Court determines as follows:

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GOOD CAUSE STATEMENT
It is the intent of the parties and the Court that information will not be
designated as confidential for tactical reasons in this case and that nothing shall be

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1 designated without a good faith belief that there is good cause why it should not be
2 part of the public record of this case. Examples of confidential information that the
3 parties may seek to protect from unrestricted or unprotected disclosure include:
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(a)

confidentiality agreement or obligation;

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(b)

The names, or other information tending to reveal the identity
of a party’s supplier, designer, distributor, or customer;

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Information that is the subject of a non-disclosure or

(c)

Agreements with third-parties, including license agreements,

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distributor agreements, manufacturing agreements, design

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agreements, development agreements, supply agreements, sales

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agreements, or service agreements;

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(d)

Research and development information;

(e)

Proprietary engineering or technical information, including

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product

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information, drawings, memoranda and reports;

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Information related to budgets, sales, profits, costs, margins,

income or other non-public tax information;

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(g)

Information related to internal operations including personnel
information;

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processing

information related to financial condition or performance and

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techniques,

internal financial/accounting information, including non-public

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manufacturing

licensing of technology or designs, product pricing, or other

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design,

(h)

Information related to past, current and future product
development;
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(i)

Information related to past, current and future market analyses

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and business and marketing development, including plans,

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strategies, forecasts and competition; and

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(j)

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information is located).

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Trade secrets (as defined by the jurisdiction in which the

Unrestricted or unprotected disclosure of such confidential technical,

8 commercial or personal information would result in prejudice or harm to the
9 producing party by revealing the producing party’s competitive confidential
10 information, which has been developed at the expense of the producing party and
11 which represents valuable tangible and intangible assets of that party.
12 Additionally, privacy interests must be safeguarded. Accordingly, the parties
13 respectfully submit that there is good cause for the entry of this Protective Order.
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The parties agree, subject to the Court’s approval, that the following terms

15 and conditions shall apply to this civil action.
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1.

Designated Material.

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1.1

Information or material may be designated for confidential treatment

18 pursuant to this Protective Order by any party, person or entity producing or
19 lodging it in this action (the “Designating Party”), if: (a) produced or served,
20 formally or informally, pursuant to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or in
21 response to any other formal or informal discovery request in this action; and/or
22 (b) filed or lodged with the Court. All such information and material and all
23 information or material derived from it constitutes “Designated Material” under
24 this Protective Order.
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1.2

Unless and until otherwise ordered by the Court or agreed to in

writing by the parties, all Designated Materials designated under this Protective
Order shall be used by the parties and persons receiving such Designated
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1 Materials solely for conducting the above-captioned litigation and any appellate
2 proceeding relating thereto. Designated Material shall not be used by any party
3 or person receiving them for any business or any other purpose. No party or
4 person shall disclose Designated Material to any other party or person not entitled
5 to receive such Designated Material under the specific terms of this Protective
6 Order. For purposes of this Protective Order, “disclose” or “disclosed” means to
7 show, furnish, reveal or provide, indirectly or directly, any portion of the
8 Designated Material or its contents, orally or in writing, including the original or
9 any copy of the Designated Material.
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2.

Access to Designated Materials.

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2.1

Materials Designated “CONFIDENTIAL”: Subject to the limitations

12 set forth in this Protective Order, Designated Material may be marked
13 “CONFIDENTIAL” for the purpose of preventing the disclosure of information
14 or materials that the designating party in good faith believes is confidential.
15 Before designating any specific information or material “CONFIDENTIAL,” the
16 Designating Party’s counsel shall make a good faith determination that the
17 information warrants protection under Rule 26(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil
18 Procedure. Such information may include, but is not limited to:
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(a)

The financial performance or results of the Designating Party,

20 including without limitation income statements, balance sheets, cash flow
21 analyses, budget projections, and present value calculations;
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(b)

Corporate and strategic planning by the Designating Party, including

23 without limitation marketing plans, competitive intelligence reports, sales
24 projections and competitive strategy documents;
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(c)

Names, addresses, and other information that would identify

26 customers or prospective customers, or the distributors or prospective distributors
27 of the Designating Party;
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(d)

Technical data, research and development data, and any other

2 confidential commercial information, including but not limited to trade secrets of
3 the Designating Party;
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(e)

Information used by the Designating Party in or pertaining to its

5 trade or business, which information the Designating Party believes in good faith
6 has competitive value, which is not generally known to others and which the
7 Designating Party would not normally reveal to third parties except in
8 confidence, or has undertaken with others to maintain in confidence;
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(f)

Information which the Designating Party believes in good faith falls

10 within the right to privacy guaranteed by the laws of the United States or
11 California; and
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(g)

Information which the Designating Party believes in good faith to

13 constitute, contain, reveal or reflect proprietary, financial, business, technical, or
14 other confidential information.
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(h)

The fact that an item or category is listed as an example in this or

16 other sections of this Protective Order does not, by itself, render the item or
17 category discoverable.
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2.1.0 Materials designated “CONFIDENTIAL” may be disclosed only to

19 the following Designees:
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2.1.1 Persons who appear on the face of Designated Materials marked

21 “CONFIDENTIAL” as an author, addressee, or recipient thereof;
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2.1.2 Counsel retained as outside litigation attorneys of record in this

23 action, and their respective associates, clerks, legal assistants, stenographic,
24 videographic and support personnel, and other employees of such outside
25 litigation attorneys, and organizations retained by such attorneys to provide
26 litigation support services in this action and the employees of said organizations.
27 “Counsel” explicitly excludes any in-house counsel whether or not they are
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1 attorneys of record in this action.
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2.1.3 Consultants, including non-party experts and consultants retained or

3 employed by Counsel to assist in the preparation of the case, to the extent they
4 are reasonably necessary to render professional services in this action, and subject
5 to the disclosure requirements of section 2.3. Each consultant must sign a
6 certification that he or she has read this Stipulated Protective Order, will abide by
7 its provisions, and will submit to the jurisdiction of this Court regarding the
8 enforcement of this Order’s provisions.
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2.1.4 A party’s officers and/or employees, which may include in-house

10 counsel.
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2.1.5 The Court, its clerks and secretaries, and any court reporter retained

12 to record proceedings before the Court;
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2.2

Materials Designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’

14 EYES ONLY”: Subject to the limitations in this Protective Order, Designated
15 Materials may be marked “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES
16 ONLY” for the purpose of preventing the disclosure of information or materials
17 which, if disclosed to the receiving party, might cause competitive harm to the
18 Designating Party. Information and material that may be subject to this
19 protection includes, but is not limited to, technical and/or research and
20 development data, intellectual property, financial, marketing and other sales data,
21 and/or information having strategic commercial value pertaining to the
22 Designating Party’s trade or business. Nothing in paragraph 2.1 shall limit the
23 information or material that can be designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –
24 ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” under this paragraph. Before designating any
25 specific information “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES
26 ONLY,” the Designating Party’s counsel shall make a good faith determination
27 that the information warrants such protection.
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2.2.0 Materials designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’

2 EYES ONLY” materials may be disclosed only to the following Designees:
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2.2.1 Persons who appear on the face of Designated Materials marked

4 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” as an author,
5 addressee, or recipient thereof;
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2.2.2 Counsel for the parties to this action, as defined in section 2.1.2;

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2.2.3 Consultants for the parties to this action, as defined in section 2.1.3;

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2.2.4 The Court, its clerks and secretaries, and any court reporter retained

10 to record proceedings before the Court.
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2.2.5 Court reporters retained to transcribe depositions.

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2.3

If any party wishes to disclose information or materials designated

13 under this Protective Order as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL,” “CONFIDENTIAL
14 – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” to any Consultant, it must first identify that
15 individual to the Counsel for the Designating Party and submit a Certification of
16 Consultant pursuant to Section 3. CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES
17 ONLY
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2.4

Legal Effect of Designation. The designation of any information or

19 materials as “CONFIDENTIAL,” “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’
20 EYES ONLY” is intended solely to facilitate the conduct of this litigation.
21 Neither such designation nor treatment in conformity with such designation shall
22 be construed in any way as an admission or agreement by any party that the
23 Designated Materials constitute or contain any trade secret or confidential
24 information. Except as provided in this Protective Order, no party to this action
25 shall be obligated to challenge the propriety of any designation, and a failure to
26 do so shall not preclude a subsequent attack on the propriety of such designation.
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2.5

Nothing herein in any way restricts the ability of the receiving party

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1 to use “CONFIDENTIAL,” “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’
2 EYES ONLY” material produced to it in examining or cross-examining any
3 employee or consultant of the Designating Party.
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The parties agree that the Plaintiff may be provided the alleged

5 infringers’ full identities, revenues, and gross profits numbers, notwithstanding
6 any party’s designation of documents showing such figures as “HIGHLY
7 CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY”.
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Certificates Concerning Designated Materials. Each Consultant as

9 defined in section 2.1.3, to whom any Designated Materials will be disclosed
10 shall, prior to disclosure of such material, execute the Acknowledgement of
11 Stipulated Protective Order in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. Counsel
12 who makes any disclosure of Designated Materials shall retain each executed
13 Acknowledgement of Stipulated Protective Order and shall circulate copies to all
14 Counsel for the opposing party concurrently with the identification of the
15 Consultant to the attorneys for the Designating Party pursuant to Section 2.3.
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Use of Designated Materials by Designating Party. Nothing in this

17 Protective Order shall limit a Designating Party’s use of its own information or
18 materials, or prevent a Designating Party from disclosing its own information or
19 materials to any person. Such disclosure shall not affect any designations made
20 pursuant to the terms of this Protective Order, so long as the disclosure is made in
21 a manner that is reasonably calculated to maintain the confidentiality of the
22 information.
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Manner of Designating Written Materials.

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5.1

Documents, discovery responses and other written materials shall be

25 designated as “CONFIDENTIAL,” “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –
26 ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” whether in whole or in part, as follows.
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5.2

The producing party shall designate materials by placing the legend

2 “CONFIDENTIAL,” “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES
3 ONLY” on each page so designated prior to production. If the first or cover page
4 of a multi-page document bears the legend “CONFIDENTIAL,” “HIGHLY
5 CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” the entire document shall be
6 deemed so designated, and the absence of marking each page shall not constitute
7 a waiver of the terms of this Order. If the label affixed to a computer disk
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multiple

files

bears

the

legend

“CONFIDENTIAL,”

9 “CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” the entire disk shall be
10 deemed so protected, and the absence of marking of each file shall not constitute
11 a waiver of the terms of this Order.
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A

designation

of

““CONFIDENTIAL,”

or

“HIGHLY

13 CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” as to any item, thing or
14 object that cannot otherwise be categorized as a document, shall be made: (1) by
15 placing the legend “CONFIDENTIAL,” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –
16 ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” on the thing, object or container within which it is
17 stored; or (2) by specifically identifying, in writing, the item and the level of
18 confidentiality designation, where such labeling is not feasible.
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5.4

When a party wishes to designate as “CONFIDENTIAL,” or

20 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” materials
21 produced by someone other than the Designating Party (a “Producing Party”),
22 such designation shall be made:
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5.4.1 Within fifteen (15) business days from the date that the Designating

24 Party receives copies of the materials from the producing or disclosing entity; and
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5.4.2 By notice to all parties to this action and to the Producing Party, if

26 such party is not a party to this action, identifying the materials to be designated
27 with particularity (either by production numbers or by providing other adequate
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1 identification of the specific material). Such notice shall be sent by facsimile and
2 regular mail.
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5.4.3. A party shall be permitted to designate as “CONFIDENTIAL,” or

4 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” material produced
5 by a Producing Party only where:
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a. The material being produced was provided to or developed by such

7 Producing Party: (i) under a written confidentiality agreement with the Designating
8 Party; or (ii) within a relationship with the Designating Party (or a party operating
9 under the control thereof) in which confidentiality is imposed by law (including,
10 but not limited, to the employment relationship and the vendor-customer
11 relationship); and
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b. The material being produced would be considered confidential material

13 of the Designating Party under Section 2.1 of this Agreement if it were in the
14 possession of the Designating Party.
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5.5

Upon notice of designation, all persons receiving notice of the

16 requested designation of materials shall:
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5.5.1 Make no further disclosure of such Designated Material or

18 information contained therein, except as allowed in this Protective Order;
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5.5.2 Take reasonable steps to notify any persons known to have

20 possession of or access to such Designated Materials of the effect of such
21 designation under this Protective Order; and
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5.5.3 If “CONFIDENTIAL,” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –

23 ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” material or information contained therein is
24 disclosed to any person other than those entitled to disclosure in the manner
25 authorized by this Protective Order, the party responsible for the disclosure shall,
26 immediately upon learning of such disclosure, inform the Designating Party in
27 writing of all pertinent facts relating to such disclosure, and shall make every
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1 effort to prevent further disclosure by the unauthorized person(s).
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Manner of Designating Deposition Testimony.

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Deposition transcripts and portions thereof taken in this action may

4 be designated as “CONFIDENTIAL,” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –
5 ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” during the deposition or after, in which case the
6 portion of the transcript containing Designated Material shall be identified in the
7 transcript by the Court Reporter as “CONFIDENTIAL,” or “HIGHLY
8 CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” The designated testimony
9 shall be bound in a separate volume and marked by the reporter accordingly.
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6.2

Where testimony is designated during the deposition, the

11 Designating Party shall have the right to exclude, at those portions of the
12 deposition, all persons not authorized by the terms of this Protective Order to
13 receive such Designated Material.
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6.3

Within thirty (30) days after a deposition transcript is certified by the

15 court reporter, any party may designate pages of the transcript and/or its exhibits
16 as Designated Material. During such thirty (30) day period, the transcript in its
17 entirety shall be treated as “CONFIDENTIAL” (except for those portions
18 identified earlier as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES
19 ONLY” which shall be treated accordingly from the date of designation). If any
20 party so designates such material, the parties shall provide written notice of such
21 designation to all parties within the thirty (30) day period. Designated Material
22 within the deposition transcript or the exhibits thereto may be identified in
23 writing by page and line, or by underlining and marking such portions
24 “CONFIDENTIAL,” “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES
25 ONLY” and providing such marked-up portions to all counsel.
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Copies. All complete or partial copies of a document that disclose

27 Designated Materials shall be subject to the terms of this Protective Order.
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Court Procedures.

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8.1

Disclosure of Designated Material to Court Officials. Subject to the

3 provisions of this section, Designated Material may be disclosed to the Court,
4 Court officials or employees involved in this action (including court reporters,
5 persons operating video recording equipment at depositions, and any special
6 master, referee, expert, technical advisor or Third-Party Consultant appointed by
7 the Court), and to the jury in this action, and any interpreters interpreting on
8 behalf of any party or deponent.
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8.2

Filing Designated Materials with the Court. Nothing in this Order

10 shall vary the requirements for filing under Seal imposed by the Federal Rules of
11 Civil Procedure or the Local Rules of this Court. If a party wishes to file with the
12 Court any document, transcript or thing containing information which has been
13 designated “CONFIDENTIAL,” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –
14 ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” the Party shall designate the material as set forth
15 herein and file it with the Court in an application for filing under seal under the
16 Local Rules of this Court, with the material bearing the legend:
17 “[CONFIDENTIAL, or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES
ONLY] INFORMATION SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER.”
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19 The Application for Filing under Seal must show good cause for the under seal
20 filing. Filing the document under seal shall not bar any party from unrestricted use
21 or dissemination of those portions of the document that do not contain material
22 designated “CONFIDENTIAL,” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –
23 ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” If a filing party fails to designate information as
24 “CONFIDENTIAL,” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES
25 ONLY,” any party who in good faith believes that designation and filing under seal
26 is required by this Protective Order may move the Court to file said information
27 under seal within five (5) days of learning of the defective filing. Notice of such
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1 designation shall be given to all parties. Nothing in this provision relieves a party
2 of liability for damages caused by failure to properly file Designated Material
3 under seal.
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8.3

Retrieval of Designated Materials. The party responsible for lodging

5 or filing the Designated Materials shall be responsible for retrieving such
6 Designated Materials from the Court following the final termination of the action
7 (including after any appeals).
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Objections

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9.1

A party may challenge any designation under this Protective Order at

10 any time, on the grounds that the information or material does not meet the
11 standards of Sections 1 and 2, by following the procedure of Local Rule 37 of this
12 Court.
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9.2

The parties shall meet and confer in good faith prior to the filing of

14 any motion under this section.
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10.

Client Communication. Nothing in this Protective Order shall

16 prevent or otherwise restrict counsel from rendering advice to their clients and, in
17 the course of rendering such advice, relying upon the examination of Designated
18 Material. In rendering such advice and otherwise communicating with the client,
19 however, counsel shall not disclose any Designated Material, except as otherwise
20 permitted by this Protective Order.
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11.

No Prejudice.

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11.1 This Protective Order shall not diminish any existing obligation or

23 right with respect to Designated Material, nor shall it prevent a disclosure to
24 which the Designating Party consented in writing before the disclosure takes
25 place.
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11.2 Unless the parties stipulate otherwise, evidence of the existence or

27 nonexistence of a designation under this Protective Order shall not be admissible
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1 for any purpose during any proceeding on the merits of this action.
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11.3 If any party required to produce documents contends that it

3 inadvertently produced any Designated Material without marking it with the
4 appropriate legend, or inadvertently produced any Designated Material with an
5 incorrect legend, the producing party may give written notice to the receiving
6 party or parties, including appropriately stamped substitute copies of the
7 Designated Material. If the parties collectively agree to replacement of the
8 Designated Material, then the documents will be so designated. Within five (5)
9 business days of receipt of the substitute copies, the receiving party shall return
10 the previously unmarked or mismarked items and all copies thereof. If the parties
11 do not collectively agree to replacement of the Designated Material, the
12 producing party shall comply with the procedure of Local Rule 37 in seeking
13 protection for the inadvertently produced material.
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11.4 Neither the provisions of this Protective Order, nor the filing of any

15 material under seal, shall prevent the use in open court, in deposition, at any
16 hearing, or at trial of this case of any material that is subject to this Protective
17 Order or filed under seal pursuant to its provisions. At deposition, the party using
18 Designated Material must request that the portion of the proceeding where use is
19 made be conducted so as to exclude persons not qualified to receive such
20 Designated Material. At trial, the party using Designated Material must request
21 that the portion of the proceeding where use is made be conducted so as to
22 exclude persons not qualified to receive such Designated Material. All
23 confidentiality designations or legends placed pursuant to this Stipulated
24 Protective Order shall be removed from any document or thing used as a trial
25 exhibit in this case. The removal of such confidentiality designations or legends
26 under the preceding sentence shall not affect the treatment of such documents and
27 things as Designated Material under this Stipulated Protective Order. Upon
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1 request of a party, the parties shall meet and confer concerning the use and
2 protection of Designated Material in open court at any hearing. Prior to the
3 pretrial conference, the parties shall meet and confer concerning appropriate
4 methods for dealing with Designated Material at trial.
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11.5 Any inadvertent production of documents containing privileged

6 information shall not be deemed to be a waiver of the attorney-client privilege,
7 work product doctrine, or any other applicable privilege or doctrines. All parties
8 specifically reserve the right to demand the return of any privileged documents
9 that it may produce inadvertently during discovery if the producing party
10 determines that such documents contain privileged information. After receiving
11 notice of such inadvertent production by the producing party, the receiving party
12 agrees to make reasonable and good faith efforts to locate and return to the
13 producing party all such inadvertently produced documents.
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Modification and Survival.

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12.1 Modification. The parties reserve the right to seek modification of

17 this Protective Order at any time for good cause. The parties agree to meet and
18 confer prior to seeking to modify this Protective Order for any reason. The
19 restrictions imposed by this Protective Order may only be modified or terminated
20 by written stipulation of all parties or by order of this Court. Parties entering into
21 this Protective Order will not be deemed to have waived any of their rights to
22 seek later amendment to this Protective Order.
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12.2 Trial. The parties understand that this Protective Order does not

24 extend to trial of this Action. Once the case proceeds to trial, all of the
25 information that was designated as confidential and/or kept and maintained
26 pursuant to the terms of this Protective Order becomes public and will be
27 presumptively available to all members of the public, including the press, unless
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1 good cause is shown to the district judge in advance of the trial to proceed
2 otherwise.
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12.3 Survival and Return of Designated Material. This Protective Order

4 shall survive termination of this action prior to trial of this action. Upon final
5 termination of the action prior to trial of this action, and at the written request
6 of the Designating Party, all Designated Material, including deposition
7 testimony, and all copies thereof, shall be returned to counsel for the
8 Designating Party (at the expense of the Designating Party) or (at the option
9 and expense of the requesting party) shall be destroyed. Upon request for the
10 return or destruction of Designated Materials, counsel shall certify their
11 compliance with this provision and shall serve such certification to counsel
12 for the Designating Party not more than ninety (90) days after the written
13 request to return or destroy Designated Materials. Counsel who have
14 submitted one or more Certificate(s) prepared pursuant to Section 3 do not
15 need to retain such Certificate(s) past the ninety (90) day period.
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13.

No Contract. This Protective Order shall not be construed to

17 create a contract between the parties or between the parties and their
18 respective counsel.
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14.

Court’s Retention of Jurisdiction. The Court retains jurisdiction

20 after final termination of the action prior to trial, to enforce this Stipulation.
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15.

Exception for Public Information. Nothing in this Stipulation shall be

22 deemed in any way to restrict the use of documents or information which are
23 lawfully obtained or publicly available to a party independently of discovery in this
24 action, whether or not the same material has been obtained during the course of
25 discovery in the action and whether or not such documents or information have
26 been designated hereunder. However, in the event of a dispute regarding such
27 independent acquisition, a party wishing to use any independently acquired
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1 documents or information shall bear the burden of proving independent
2 acquisition.
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16.

Any material designated “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY

4 CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” by a party will be deemed by
5 the Designating Party to this agreement to be authentic and a business record of the
6 Designating Party, and the Designating Party will be precluded from challenging
7 the authenticity of any document so designated at any time during this litigation,
8 including during any necessary collection or appeal proceedings. To the extent that
9 such material is not a business record of the Designating Party and was not created
10 by the Designating Party, the non-producing party for which the material is a
11 business record shall have opportunity to challenge the authenticity of the material
12 so designated.
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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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_________________/S/____________________
Honorable Suzanne H. Segal
United States Magistrate Judge

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Exhibit A

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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UNICOLORS, INC.,

Case No.: CV14-8611 RGK (SSx)
Referred to Hon. Suzanne H. Segal
[DISCOVERY MATTER]

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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE
ORDER

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10 MACY’S, INC., et al.,
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The undersigned hereby acknowledges that he/she has read the

15 STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER entered in the above captioned litigation,
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Dated: _____________________

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(Signature)

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(Print Name)

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(PROPOSED) ORDER TO STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER