Klauber Brothers Inc v. Tadashi Shoji & Associates, Inc. et al

Filing 48

PROTECTIVE ORDER by Magistrate Judge Frederick F. Mumm re Stipulation for Protective Order 47 (see attached) (jm)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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12 KLAUBER BROTHERS, INC.,
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Plaintiff,
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Case No.: CV16-02141-RGK-FFM
Honorable R. Gary Klausner Presiding
Referred to Honorable Frederick F.
Mumm

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DISCOVERY MATTER

16 TADASHI SHOJI & ASSOCIATES,
INC.; et al.,
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Defendants.
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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE
ORDER

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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

27 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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confidentiality agreement or obligation;

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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

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Agreements with third-parties, including license agreements,
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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Research and development information;

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Proprietary engineering or technical information, including

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product design, manufacturing techniques, processing

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information, drawings, memoranda and reports;

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

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licensing of technology or designs, product pricing, or other

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internal financial/accounting information, including non-public

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information related to financial condition or performance and

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income or other non-public tax information;

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information;

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Information related to past, current and future product
development;

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Information related to internal operations including personnel

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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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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,

4 commercial or personal information would result in prejudice or harm to the
5 producing party by revealing the producing party’s competitive confidential
6 information, which has been developed at the expense of the producing party and
7 which represents valuable tangible and intangible assets of that party.
8 Additionally, privacy interests must be safeguarded. Accordingly, the parties
9 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

11 and conditions shall apply to this civil action.
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Designated Material.

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Information or material may be designated for confidential treatment

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pursuant to this Protective Order by any party, person or entity producing or

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lodging it in this action (the “Designating Party”), if: (a) produced or

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served, formally or informally, pursuant to the Federal Rules of Civil

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Procedure or in response to any other formal or informal discovery request

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in this action; and/or (b) filed or lodged with the Court. All such

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information and material and all information or material derived from it

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constitutes “Designated Material” under this Protective Order.

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

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the parties, all Designated Materials designated under this Protective Order

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shall be used by the parties and persons receiving such Designated Materials

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solely for conducting the above-captioned litigation and any appellate

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proceeding relating thereto. Designated Material shall not be used by any

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party or person receiving them for any business or any other purpose. No

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party or person shall disclose Designated Material to any other party or

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person not entitled to receive such Designated Material under the specific
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terms of this Protective Order. For purposes of this Protective Order,

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“disclose” or “disclosed” means to show, furnish, reveal or provide,

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indirectly or directly, any portion of the Designated Material or its contents,

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orally or in writing, including the original or any copy of the Designated

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Material.

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Access to Designated Materials.
2.1

Materials Designated “CONFIDENTIAL”: Subject to the

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

The financial performance or results of the Designating Party,

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

Corporate and strategic planning by the Designating Party, including

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

Names, addresses, and other information that would identify

22 customers or prospective customers, or the distributors or prospective distributors
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Technical data, research and development data, and any other

25 confidential commercial information, including but not limited to trade secrets of
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Information used by the Designating Party in or pertaining to its trade

28 or business, which information the Designating Party believes in good faith has
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1 competitive value, which is not generally known to others and which the
2 Designating Party would not normally reveal to third parties except in confidence,
3 or has undertaken with others to maintain in confidence;
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Information which the Designating Party believes in good faith falls

5 within the right to privacy guaranteed by the laws of the United States or
6 California; and
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Information which the Designating Party believes in good faith to

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constitute, contain, reveal or reflect proprietary, financial, business,

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technical, or other confidential information.

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

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other sections of this Protective Order does not, by itself, render the

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item or category discoverable.

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2.1.0 Materials designated “CONFIDENTIAL” may be disclosed

14 only to the following Designees:
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2.1.1 Persons who appear on the face of Designated Materials

16 marked “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

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

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

4 house counsel.
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2.1.5 The Court, its clerks and secretaries, and any court reporter

6 retained to record proceedings before the Court;
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Materials Designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –

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

23 ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” materials may be disclosed only to the following
24 Designees:
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2.2.1 Persons who appear on the face of Designated Materials

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

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

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

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2.2.5 Court reporters retained to transcribe depositions.

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If any party wishes to disclose information or materials

9 designated under this Protective Order as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL,”
10 “CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” to any Consultant, it must
11 first identify that individual to the Counsel for the Designating Party and submit a
12 Certification of Consultant pursuant to Section 3. CONFIDENTIAL –
13 ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY
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Legal Effect of Designation. The designation of any

15 information or materials as “CONFIDENTIAL,” “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –
16 ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” is intended solely to facilitate the conduct of this
17 litigation. Neither such designation nor treatment in conformity with such
18 designation shall be construed in any way as an admission or agreement by any
19 party that the Designated Materials constitute or contain any trade secret or
20 confidential information. Except as provided in this Protective Order, no party to
21 this action shall be obligated to challenge the propriety of any designation, and a
22 failure to do so shall not preclude a subsequent attack on the propriety of such
23 designation.
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Nothing herein in any way restricts the ability of the receiving

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

2 infringers’ full identities and Plaintiff may be informed as to the Defendants’ total
3 revenue and total gross profit on sales of the Accused Products for the purpose of
4 settlement of this lawsuit notwithstanding any party’s designation of documents
5 showing such information as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’
6 EYES ONLY”. This paragraph 2.6 does not act as a waiver of the “HIGHLY
7 CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” designation on any document
8 so designated that may form the basis of knowledge of Defendants’ total revenue
9 and total gross profit on sales of the Accused Products; this paragraph 2.6 acts to
10 permit Plaintiff to ascertain revenue and gross profit knowledge to facilitate
11 settlement of this lawsuit.
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Certificates Concerning Designated Materials. Each Consultant as

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

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

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Documents, discovery responses and other written materials shall be

3 designated as “CONFIDENTIAL,” “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –
4 ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” whether in whole or in part, as follows.
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The producing party shall designate materials by placing the legend

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“CONFIDENTIAL,” “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’

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EYES ONLY” on each page so designated prior to production. If the

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first or cover page of a multi-page document bears the legend

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“CONFIDENTIAL,” “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’

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EYES ONLY” the entire document shall be deemed so designated,

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and the absence of marking each page shall not constitute a waiver of

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the terms of this Order. If the label affixed to a computer disk

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containing multiple files bears the legend “CONFIDENTIAL,”

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“CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” the entire disk

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shall be deemed so protected, and the absence of marking of each file

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shall not constitute a waiver of the terms of this Order.

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A designation of ““CONFIDENTIAL,” or “HIGHLY

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CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” as to any item,

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thing or object that cannot otherwise be categorized as a document,

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shall be made: (1) by placing the legend “CONFIDENTIAL,” or

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“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” on the

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thing, object or container within which it is stored; or (2) by

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specifically identifying, in writing, the item and the level of

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confidentiality designation, where such labeling is not feasible.

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5.4

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

26 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” materials produced
27 by someone other than the Designating Party (a “Producing Party”), such
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5.4.1 Within fifteen (15) business days from the date that the

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

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

10 or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” material
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a. The material being produced was provided to or developed by such

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

19 material of the Designating Party under Section 2.1 of this Agreement if it were in
20 the possession of the Designating Party.
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5.5

Upon notice of designation, all persons receiving notice of the

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

24 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

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

2 ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” material or information contained therein is
3 disclosed to any person other than those entitled to disclosure in the manner
4 authorized by this Protective Order, the party responsible for the disclosure shall,
5 immediately upon learning of such disclosure, inform the Designating Party in
6 writing of all pertinent facts relating to such disclosure, and shall make every effort
7 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

10 may be designated as “CONFIDENTIAL,” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –
11 ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” during the deposition or after, in which case the
12 portion of the transcript containing Designated Material shall be identified in the
13 transcript by the Court Reporter as “CONFIDENTIAL,” or “HIGHLY
14 CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” The designated testimony
15 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

17 Designating Party shall have the right to exclude, at those portions of the
18 deposition, all persons not authorized by the terms of this Protective Order to
19 receive such Designated Material.
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Within thirty (30) days after a deposition transcript is certified

21 by the court reporter, any party may designate pages of the transcript and/or its
22 exhibits as Designated Material. During such thirty (30) day period, the transcript
23 in its entirety shall be treated as “CONFIDENTIAL” (except for those portions
24 identified earlier as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY”
25 which shall be treated accordingly from the date of designation). If any party so
26 designates such material, the parties shall provide written notice of such
27 designation to all parties within the thirty (30) day period. Designated Material
28 within the deposition transcript or the exhibits thereto may be identified in writing
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1 by page and line, or by underlining and marking such portions
2 “CONFIDENTIAL,” “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES
3 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

5 Designated Materials shall be subject to the terms of this Protective Order.
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Court Procedures.
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Disclosure of Designated Material to Court Officials. Subject

8 to the provisions of this section, Designated Material may be disclosed to the
9 Court, Court officials or employees involved in this action (including court
10 reporters, persons operating video recording equipment at depositions, and any
11 special master, referee, expert, technical advisor or Third-Party Consultant
12 appointed by the Court), and to the jury in this action, and any interpreters
13 interpreting on behalf of any party or deponent.
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Filing Designated Materials with the Court. Nothing in this Order

15 shall vary the requirements for filing under Seal imposed by the Federal Rules of
16 Civil Procedure or the Local Rules of this Court. If a party wishes to file with the
17 Court any document, transcript or thing containing information which has been
18 designated “CONFIDENTIAL,” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –
19 ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” the Party shall designate the material as set forth
20 herein and file it with the Court in an application for filing under seal under the
21 Local Rules of this Court, with the material bearing the legend:
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“[CONFIDENTIAL, or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’

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EYES ONLY]”

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The Application for Filing under Seal must show good cause for the under

25 seal filing. Filing the document under seal shall not bar any party from unrestricted
26 use or dissemination of those portions of the document that do not contain material
27 designated “CONFIDENTIAL,” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –
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1 “CONFIDENTIAL,” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES
2 ONLY,” any party who in good faith believes that designation and filing under seal
3 is required by this Protective Order may move the Court to file said information
4 under seal within five (5) days of learning of the defective filing. Notice of such
5 designation shall be given to all parties. Nothing in this provision relieves a party
6 of liability for damages caused by failure to properly file Designated Material
7 under seal.
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Retrieval of Designated Materials. The party responsible for

9 lodging or filing the Designated Materials shall be responsible for retrieving such
10 Designated Materials from the Court following the final termination of the action
11 (including after any appeals).
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9.1

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

14 designation of confidentiality at any time (the “Challenging Party”). Unless a
15 prompt challenge to a Designating Party’s confidentiality designation is necessary
16 to avoid foreseeable, substantial unfairness, unnecessary economic burdens, or a
17 significant disruption or delay of the litigation, a Party does not waive its right to
18 challenge a confidentiality designation by electing not to mount a challenge
19 promptly after the original designation is disclosed.
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Meet and Confer. The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute

21 resolution process by providing written notice of each designation it is challenging
22 and describing the basis for each challenge. To avoid ambiguity as to whether a
23 challenge has been made, the written notice must recite that the challenge to
24 confidentiality is being made in accordance with this specific paragraph of the
25 Protective Order. The parties shall attempt to resolve each challenge in good faith
26 and must begin the process by conferring directly (in voice to voice dialogue; other
27 forms of communication are not sufficient) within 14 days of the date of service of
28 notice. In conferring, the Challenging Party must explain the basis for its belief
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1 that the confidentiality designation was not proper and must give the Designating
2 Party an opportunity to review the designated material, to reconsider the
3 circumstances, and, if no change in designation is offered, to explain the basis for
4 the chosen designation. A Challenging Party may proceed to the next stage of the
5 challenge process only if it has engaged in this meet and confer process first or
6 establishes that the Designating Party is unwilling to participate in the meet and
7 confer process in a timely manner.
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Judicial Intervention. If the Parties cannot resolve a challenge without

9 court intervention, the Challenging Party shall file and serve a motion to challenge
10 confidentiality under Civil Local Rule 37 (and in compliance with Civil Local Rule
11 79-5.1, if applicable) within 21 days of the initial notice of challenge or within 14
12 days of the parties agreeing that the meet and confer process will not resolve their
13 dispute, whichever is earlier. Each such motion must be accompanied by the joint
14 stipulation required by Local Rule 37 and a competent declaration affirming that
15 the movant has complied with the meet and confer requirements imposed in the
16 preceding paragraph. Failure by the Challenging Party to make such a motion
17 including the required declaration within 21 days (or 14 days, if applicable) shall
18 automatically waive the ability to challenge the confidentiality designation for each
19 challenged designation. In addition, the Designating Party may file a motion for a
20 protective order preserving the confidential designation at any time if there is good
21 cause for doing so. Any motion brought pursuant to this provision must be
22 accompanied by a competent declaration affirming that the movant has complied
23 with the meet and confer requirements imposed by the preceding paragraph.
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The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be on the

25 Challenging P party contending that the material is entitled to protection.
26 Frivolous challenges and those made for an improper purpose (e.g., to harass or
27 impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may expose the
28 Challenging Party to sanctions. Until such time as a determination has been made
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1 on any such motion by the Court, all parties shall continue to afford the material in
2 question the level of protection to which it is entitled under the Producing Party’s
3 designation until the court rules on the challenge.
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10.

Client Communication. Nothing in this Protective Order shall prevent

5 or otherwise restrict counsel from rendering advice to their clients and, in the
6 course of rendering such advice, relying upon the examination of Designated
7 Material. In rendering such advice and otherwise communicating with the client,
8 however, counsel shall not disclose any Designated Material, except as otherwise
9 permitted by this Protective Order.
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No Prejudice.
11.1 This Protective Order shall not diminish any existing obligation

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

15 or nonexistence of a designation under this Protective Order shall not be
16 admissible 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

18 inadvertently produced any Designated Material without marking it with the
19 appropriate legend, or inadvertently produced any Designated Material with an
20 incorrect legend, the producing party may give written notice to the receiving party
21 or parties, including appropriately stamped substitute copies of the Designated
22 Material. If the parties collectively agree to replacement of the Designated
23 Material, then the documents will be so designated. Within five (5) business days
24 of receipt of the substitute copies, the receiving party shall return the previously
25 unmarked or mismarked items and all copies thereof. If the parties do not
26 collectively agree to replacement of the Designated Material, the producing party
27 shall comply with the procedure of Local Rule 37 in seeking protection for the
28 inadvertently produced material.
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11.4 Neither the provisions of this Protective Order, nor the filing of

2 any material under seal, shall prevent the use in open court, in deposition, at any
3 hearing, or at trial of this case of any material that is subject to this Protective
4 Order or filed under seal pursuant to its provisions. At deposition, the party using
5 Designated Material must request that the portion of the proceeding where use is
6 made be conducted so as to exclude persons not qualified to receive such
7 Designated Material. At trial, the party using Designated Material must request
8 that the judicial officer presiding over the proceedings adopt such measures as
9 he deems proper to protect the Designated Material. portion of the proceeding
10 where use is made be conducted so as to exclude persons not qualified to receive
11 such Designated Material. All confidentiality designations or legends placed
12 pursuant to this Stipulated Protective Order shall be removed from any document
13 or thing used as a trial exhibit in this case. The removal of such confidentiality
14 designations or legends under the preceding sentence shall not affect the treatment
15 of such documents and things as Designated Material under this Stipulated
16 Protective Order. Upon request of a party, the parties shall meet and confer
17 concerning the use and protection of Designated Material in open court at any
18 hearing. Prior to the pretrial conference, the parties shall meet and confer
19 concerning appropriate methods for dealing with Designated Material at trial.
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11.5 Any inadvertent production of documents containing privileged

21 information shall not be deemed to be a waiver of the attorney-client privilege,
22 work product doctrine, or any other applicable privilege or doctrines. All parties
23 specifically reserve the right to demand the return of any privileged documents that
24 it may produce inadvertently during discovery if the producing party determines
25 that such documents contain privileged information. After receiving notice of such
26 inadvertent production by the producing party, the receiving party agrees to make
27 reasonable and good faith efforts to locate and return to the producing party all
28 such inadvertently produced documents.
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12.

If a party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in

2 other litigation that compels disclosure of any Confidential Material, that
3 party must:
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(a) promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification

5 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

7 order to issue in the other litigation that some or all of the material covered by
8 the subpoena or order is subject to this Protective Order. Such notification
9 shall include a copy of this Protective Order; and
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(c) cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be

11 pursued by the Designating Party whose Designated Material may be affected.
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If the designating person timely seeks a protective order, the party

13 served with the subpoena or court order shall not produce any Designated
14 Material in response thereto before a determination by the court from which
15 the subpoena or order issued, unless the party has obtained the Designating
16 Party’s permission. The Designating Party shall bear the burden and expense
17 of seeking protection in that court of its confidential material and nothing in
18 these provisions should be construed as authorizing or encouraging any party
19 in this Action to disobey a lawful directive from another court.
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Modification and Survival.
13.1 Modification. The parties reserve the right to seek modification

22 of this Protective Order at any time for good cause. The parties agree to meet and
23 confer prior to seeking to modify this Protective Order for any reason. The
24 restrictions imposed by this Protective Order may only be modified or terminated
25 by written stipulation of all parties approved by the Court or by order of this
26 Court. Parties entering into this Protective Order will not be deemed to have
27 waived any of their rights to seek later amendment to this Protective Order.
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13.2 Survival and Return of Designated Material. This Protective

2 Order shall survive termination of this action prior to trial of this action. Upon
3 final termination of the action prior to trial of this action, and at the written request
4 of the Designating Party, all Designated Material, including deposition testimony,
5 and all copies thereof, shall be returned to counsel for the Designating Party (at the
6 expense of the Designating Party) or (at the option and expense of the requesting
7 party) shall be destroyed. Upon request for the return or destruction of Designated
8 Materials, counsel shall certify their compliance with this provision and shall serve
9 such certification to counsel for the Designating Party not more than ninety (90)
10 days after the written request to return or destroy Designated Materials. Counsel
11 who have submitted one or more Certificate(s) prepared pursuant to Section 3 do
12 not need to retain such Certificate(s) past the ninety (90) day period.
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No Contract. This Protective Order shall not be construed to create a

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Court’s Retention of Jurisdiction. The Court retains jurisdiction after

16 final termination of the action prior to trial, to enforce this Stipulation.
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Exception for Public Information. Nothing in this Stipulation shall be

18 deemed in any way to restrict the use of documents or information which are
19 lawfully obtained or publicly available to a party independently of discovery in this
20 action, whether or not the same material has been obtained during the course of
21 discovery in the action and whether or not such documents or information have
22 been designated hereunder. However, in the event of a dispute regarding such
23 independent acquisition, a party wishing to use any independently acquired
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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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/S/ FREDERICK F. MUMM
The Honorable FREDERICK F. MUMM
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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KLAUBER BROTHERS, INC.,

Case No.: CV16-02141-RGK-FFM
Honorable R. Gary Klausner Presiding
Referred to Honorable Frederick F.
Mumm

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v.

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DISCOVERY MATTER

10 TADASHI SHOJI & ASSOCIATES,
INC.; et al.,
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Defendants.
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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE
ORDER

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The undersigned hereby acknowledges that he/she has read the
STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER entered in the above captioned litigation,
and that he/she fully understands and agrees to abide by the obligations and
conditions thereof.

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(Signature)

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(Print Name)

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