UZBL, LLC v. Devicewear, LLC, et al
Filing
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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER by Magistrate Judge Karen E. Scott re Stipulation for Protective Order 43 . (See document for details.) (sbou)
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JOHN D. TRAN, Bar No. 231761
jdt@rhemalaw.com
ROSALIND T. ONG, Bar No. 234326
rto@rhemalaw.com
RHEMA LAW GROUP, P.C.
1 Park Plaza, 6th Floor
Irvine, CA 92614
Tel: (949) 852-4430
Fax: (866) 929-3519
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Attorneys for Plaintiff UZBL, LLC
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REX HWANG – State Bar No. 221079
rhwang@glaserweil.com
THOMAS P. BURKE, JR. – State Bar No. 288261
tburke@glaserweil.com
JUSTIN P. THIELE – State Bar No. 311787
jthiele@glaserweil.com
GLASER WEIL FINK HOWARD
AVCHEN & SHAPIRO LLP
10250 Constellation Boulevard, 19th Floor
Los Angeles, California 90067
Telephone: (310) 553-3000
Facsimile: (310) 556-2920
Attorneys for Defendants
Devicewear, LLC and Robert Dodge
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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SOUTHERN DIVISION
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UZBL, LLC, a California Limited
Liability Company,
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Plaintiff,
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CASE NO.: 8:17-cv-1978-JVS-KES
Hon. James V. Selna
[PROPOSED] STIPULATED
PROTECTIVE ORDER
DEVICEWEAR, LLC, a Delaware
Limited Liability Company; ROBERT
DODGE, an individual; DOES 1 through
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Defendants.
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I.
PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS
This action is likely to involve trade secret, valuable research, and commercial,
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financial, technical and/or proprietary information for which special protection from
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public disclosure and from use for any purpose other than prosecution of this action is
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warranted. Such confidential and proprietary materials and information consist of,
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among other things, confidential business or financial information, information
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regarding confidential business practices, or other confidential research, development,
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or commercial information, information otherwise generally unavailable to the public,
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or which may be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure under state or
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federal statutes, court rules, case decisions, or common law. Accordingly, to expedite
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the flow of information, to facilitate the prompt resolution of disputes over
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confidentiality of discovery materials, to adequately protect information the parties
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are entitled to keep confidential, to ensure that the parties are permitted reasonable
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necessary uses of such material in preparation for and in the conduct of trial, to
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address their handling at the end of the litigation, and to serve the ends of justice,
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Plaintiff UZBL, LLC (“UZBL”) and Defendants Devicewear, LLC (“Devicewear”)
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and Robert Dodge (“Dodge”) (collectively, “Defendants”) (individually “party” and
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collectively “parties”) hereby stipulate to and petition the court to enter the following
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Protective Order.
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The parties acknowledge that this Order does not confer blanket protections on
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all 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 to
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confidential treatment under the applicable legal principles. The parties further
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acknowledge, as set forth in Section 13.4 below, that this Protective Order does not
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entitle them to file confidential information under seal; Local Rule 79-5 sets forth the
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procedures that must be followed and the standards that will be applied when a Party
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seeks permission from the court to file material under seal.
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II.
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 designated as
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“CONFIDENTIAL” (regardless of how it is generated, stored, or maintained) shall
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mean and include any document, thing, deposition testimony, interrogatory answers,
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responses to requests for admissions and requests for production, disclosures pursuant
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to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26, or other information provided in discovery,
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settlement communications, negotiations, or in any other manner in this action, which
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contains information that is non-public, confidential, and/or proprietary, whether
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personal, such as information regarding employees’ personal and employment
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information including without limitation social security numbers and personal bank
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account numbers, or business related, such as information that constitutes, reflects, or
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concerns trade secrets, know-how or proprietary data, business, financial, or
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commercial information, the disclosure of which is likely to cause harm to the
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competitive position of the party making the confidentiality designation, including for
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example non-public customer lists, past product development, past business/strategic
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plans, past sales projections, past marketing plans, and non-public contracts. Certain
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limited types of “CONFIDENTIAL” information may be further designated, as
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defined and detailed below, as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL - ATTORNEYS’ EYES
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ONLY.”
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Counsel (without qualifier): Outside Counsel of Record.
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Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that designates information or
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items that it produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as
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“CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES
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ONLY.”
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Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless 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 or
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generated in disclosures or responses to discovery in this matter.
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Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter
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pertinent to the litigation who (1) has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve
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as an expert witness or as a consultant in this action, (2) is not a past or current
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employee of a Party or of a Party’s competitor, and (3) at the time of retention, is not
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anticipated to become an employee of a Party or of a Party's competitor.
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“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY”
Information or Items: extremely sensitive “Confidential Information or Items,”
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disclosure of which to another Party or Non-Party would create a substantial risk of
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serious harm that could not be avoided by less restrictive means. This type of
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information and items includes, but is not limited to, pending patent applications,
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products currently in development and not yet commercially released, technical
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specifications, documents regarding the design or development of the accused product
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or system, current business/strategic plans, future sales/financial projections, future
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marketing plans, detailed sales and financial data, or other highly sensitive or
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proprietary competitive or financial information.
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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 party
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to this action but are retained to represent or advise a party to this action and have
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appeared in this action on behalf of that party or are affiliated with a law firm which
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has appeared on behalf of that party.
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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).
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2.11 Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or
Discovery Material in this action.
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2.12 Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation support
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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” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’
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EYES ONLY.”
2.14 Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery Material
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from a Producing Party.
III.
SCOPE
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The protections conferred by this Protective Order cover not only Protected
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Material (as defined above), but also (1) any information copied or extracted from
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Protected Material; (2) all copies, excerpts, summaries, or compilations of Protected
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Material; and (3) any testimony, conversations, or presentations by Parties or their
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Counsel that might reveal Protected Material. However, the protections conferred by
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this Protective Order do not cover the following information: (a) any information that
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is in the public domain at the time of disclosure to a Receiving Party or becomes part
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of the public domain after its disclosure to a Receiving Party as a result of publication
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not involving a violation of this Order, including becoming part of the public record
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through trial or otherwise; and (b) any information known to the Receiving Party
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prior to the disclosure or obtained by the Receiving Party after the disclosure from a
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source who obtained the information lawfully and under no obligation of
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confidentiality to the Designating Party. Any use of Protected Material at trial shall be
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governed by a separate agreement or order.
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IV.
DURATION
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Even after final disposition of this litigation and the applicability of the
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requirements of Section 14 (FINAL DISPOSITION), 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, a court order otherwise directs, or the confidentiality obligations
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expire pursuant to this Order. Final disposition shall be deemed to be the later of (1)
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dismissal of all claims and defenses in this action, with or without prejudice; and (2)
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final judgment herein after the completion and exhaustion of all appeals, rehearings,
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remands, trials, or reviews of this action, including the time limits for filing any
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motions or applications for extension of time pursuant to applicable law.
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V.
DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL
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5.1
Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for Protection.
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Each Party or Non-Party that designates information or items for protection
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under this Order must take care to limit any such designation to specific material that
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qualifies under the appropriate standards.
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Mass, indiscriminate, or routinized designations are prohibited. Designations
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that are shown to be clearly unjustified or that have been made for an improper
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purpose (e.g., to unnecessarily encumber or retard the case development process or to
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impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) expose the Designating
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Party to sanctions.
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If it comes to a Designating Party’s attention that information or items that it
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designated for protection do not qualify for protection at all or do not qualify for the
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level of protection initially asserted, that Designating Party must promptly notify all
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other Parties that it is withdrawing the mistaken designation.
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5.2
Manner and Timing of Designations. Except as otherwise provided in
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this Order (see, e.g., second paragraph of Section 5.2(a) below), or as otherwise
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stipulated or ordered, Disclosure or Discovery Material that qualifies for protection
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under this Order must be clearly so designated before the material is disclosed or
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produced.
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Designation in conformity with this Order requires:
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(a) for information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic documents,
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but excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial proceedings), that the
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Producing Party affix the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY
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CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” to each page that contains
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Protected Material.
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A Party or Non-Party that makes original documents or materials available for
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inspection need not designate them for protection until after the inspecting Party has
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indicated which material it would like copied and produced. During the inspection
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and before the designation, all of the material made available for inspection shall be
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deemed “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” After the
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inspecting Party has identified the documents it wants copied and produced, the
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Producing Party must determine which documents qualify for protection under this
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Order. Then, before producing the specified documents, the Producing Party must
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affix the appropriate legend (“CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –
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ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY”) to each page that contains Protected Material.
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(b) for testimony given in deposition or in other pretrial or trial proceedings,
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that the Designating Party identify on the record, before the close of the deposition,
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hearing, or other proceeding, all protected testimony and specify the level of
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protection being asserted. When it is impractical to identify separately each portion of
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testimony that is entitled to protection and it appears that substantial portions of the
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testimony may qualify for protection, the Designating Party may invoke on the record
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(before the deposition, hearing, or other proceeding is concluded) a right to have up to
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21 days to identify the specific portions of the testimony as to which protection is
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sought and to specify the level of protection being asserted. Only those portions of the
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testimony that are appropriately designated for protection within the 21 days shall be
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covered by the provisions of this Protective Order. Alternatively, a Designating Party
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may specify, at the deposition or up to 21 days afterwards if that period is properly
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invoked, that the entire transcript shall be treated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or
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“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,”
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Parties shall give the other parties notice if they reasonably expect a deposition,
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hearing, or other proceeding to include Protected Material so that the other parties can
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ensure that only authorized individuals who have signed the “Acknowledgment and
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Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A) are present at those proceedings. The use of a
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document as an exhibit at a deposition shall not in any way affect the document’s
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designation as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –
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ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.”
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Transcripts containing Protected Material shall have an obvious legend on the
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title page that the transcript contains Protected Material, and the title page shall be
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followed by a list of all pages (including line numbers as appropriate) that have been
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designated as Protected Material and the level of protection being asserted by the
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Designating Party. The Designating Party shall inform the court reporter of these
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requirements. Any transcript that is prepared before the expiration of a 21-day period
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for designation shall be treated during that period as if it had been designated
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“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” in its entirety unless
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otherwise agreed. After the expiration of that period, the transcript shall be treated
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only as actually designated.
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(c) for information produced in some form other than documentary and for any
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other tangible items, that the Producing Party affix in a prominent place on the
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exterior of the container or containers in which the information or item is stored the
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legend “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES
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ONLY.”
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5.3
Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected following the
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Designating Party’s discovery of an inadvertent failure to designate, an inadvertent
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failure to designate qualified information or items does not, standing alone, waive the
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Designating Party’s right to secure protection under this Order for such material.
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Upon timely correction of a designation, the Receiving Party must make reasonable
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efforts to assure that the material is treated in accordance with the provisions of this
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Order.
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VI.
CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS
6.1
Timing of Challenges. Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a
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designation of confidentiality at any time. Unless a prompt challenge to a Designating
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Party’s confidentiality designation is necessary to avoid foreseeable, substantial
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unfairness, unnecessary economic burdens, or a significant disruption or delay of the
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litigation, a Party does not waive its right to challenge a confidentiality designation by
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electing not to mount a challenge 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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and describing the basis for each challenge. To avoid ambiguity as to whether a
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challenge has been made, the written notice must recite that the challenge to
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confidentiality is being made in accordance with this specific paragraph of the
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Protective Order. The parties shall attempt to resolve each challenge in good faith and
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must begin the process by conferring directly (in voice to voice dialogue; other forms
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of communication are not sufficient) within 10 days of the date of service of notice. In
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conferring, the Challenging Party must explain the basis for its belief that the
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confidentiality designation was not proper and must give the Designating Party an
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opportunity to review the designated material, to reconsider the circumstances, and, if
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no change 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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Nothing in this Order shall be construed as releasing a Party from its obligation to
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resolve discovery disputes, including a dispute over a confidentiality designation,
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pursuant to Central District of California Local Rule 37-1.
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Judicial Intervention. If the Parties cannot resolve a challenge without
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court intervention, the Challenging Party shall file and serve a motion to challenge the
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confidentiality designation under Civil Local Rule 37-2 (and in compliance with Civil
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Local Rule 79-5, if applicable) within 21 days of the initial notice of challenge or
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within 14 days of the parties agreeing that the meet and confer process will not
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resolve their dispute, whichever is later. Each such motion must be accompanied by a
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competent declaration affirming that the movant has complied with the meet and
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confer requirements imposed in the preceding paragraph.
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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 Producing
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Party’s designation until the court rules on the challenge.
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VII. ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL
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7.1
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 case
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only for prosecuting, defending, or attempting to settle this litigation, unless otherwise
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permitted by this Protective Order. Such Protected Material may be disclosed only to
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the categories of persons and under the conditions described in this Order. When the
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litigation has been terminated, a Receiving Party must comply with the provisions of
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Section 14 below (FINAL DISPOSITION).
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Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving Party at a
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location and in a secure manner that ensures that access is limited to the persons
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authorized under this Order.
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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:
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(a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this action, as well as
employees of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably necessary;
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(b) the officers, directors, and employees 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);
(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, professional jury or trial consultants, and
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Professional Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation
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and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit
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A);
(f) during their depositions, witnesses in the action to whom disclosure is
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reasonably necessary and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to
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Be Bound” (Exhibit A), unless otherwise agreed by the Designating Party or
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ordered by the court. Pages of transcribed deposition testimony or exhibits to
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depositions that reveal Protected Material must be separately bound by the court
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reporter and may not be disclosed to anyone except as permitted under this Protective
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Order.
(g) the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a
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custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information.
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Disclosure of “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES
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ONLY” Information or Items. Unless otherwise ordered by the court or permitted in
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writing by the Designating Party, a Receiving Party may disclose any information or
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item designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” only
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to:
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(a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this action, as well as
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employees of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably necessary to
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disclose the information for this litigation;
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(b) Experts of the Receiving Party (1) to whom disclosure is reasonably
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necessary for this litigation, (2) who have signed the “Acknowledgment and
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Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), and (3) as to whom the procedures set forth in
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paragraph 7.4(a)(2), below, have been followed;
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(c) the Court and its personnel;
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(d) court reporters and their staff, professional jury or trial consultants, and
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Professional Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation
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and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit
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A); and
(e) the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a
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custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information.
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Procedures for Approving or Objecting to Disclosure of “HIGHLY
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CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” Information or Items to Experts.
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(a) Unless otherwise ordered by the court or agreed to in writing by the
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Designating Party, a Party that seeks to disclose to an Expert (as defined in this
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Order) any information or item that has been designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL
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– ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” pursuant to paragraph 7.3(c) first must make a
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written request to the Designating Party that (1) identifies the general categories of
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“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” information that the
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Receiving Party seeks permission to disclose to the Expert, (2) sets forth the full name
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of the Expert and the city and state of his or her primary residence, (3) attaches a copy
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of the Expert’s current resume, (4) identifies the Expert’s current employer(s), (5)
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identifies each person or entity from whom the Expert has received compensation or
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funding for work in his or her areas of expertise or to whom the expert has provided
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professional services, including in connection with a litigation, at any time during the
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preceding five years,1 and (6) identifies (by name and number of the case, filing date,
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If the Expert believes any of this information is subject to a confidentiality
obligation to a third-party, then the Expert should provide whatever information the
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and location of court) any litigation in connection with which the Expert has offered
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expert testimony, including through a declaration, report, or testimony at a deposition
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or trial, during the preceding five years.
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(b) A Party that makes a request and provides the information specified in the
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preceding respective paragraphs may disclose the subject Protected Material to the
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identified Expert unless, within seven (7) calendar days of delivering the request, the
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Party receives a written objection from the Designating Party. Any such objection
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must set forth in detail the grounds on which it is based.
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(c) A Party that receives a timely written objection must meet and confer with
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the Designating Party (through direct voice to voice dialogue) to try to resolve the
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matter by agreement within seven (7) calendar days of the written objection. If no
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agreement is reached, the Party seeking to make the disclosure to the Expert may file
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a motion as provided in Civil Local Rule 37-2 (and in compliance with Civil Local
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Rule 79-5, if applicable) seeking permission from the court to do so. Any such motion
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must describe the circumstances with specificity, set forth in detail the reasons why
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disclosure to the Expert is reasonably necessary, assess the risk of harm that the
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disclosure would entail, and suggest any additional means that could be used to
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reduce that risk. In addition, any such motion must be accompanied by a competent
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declaration describing the parties’ efforts to resolve the matter by agreement (i.e., the
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extent and the content of the meet and confer discussions) and setting forth the
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reasons advanced by the Designating Party for its refusal to approve the disclosure.
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In any such proceeding, the Party opposing disclosure to the Expert shall bear
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the burden of proving that the risk of harm that the disclosure would entail (under the
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safeguards proposed) outweighs the Receiving Party’s need to disclose the Protected
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Material to its Expert.
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Expert believes can be disclosed without violating any confidentiality agreements,
and the Party seeking to disclose to the Expert shall be available to meet and confer
with the Designating Party regarding any such engagement.
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The Party opposing disclosure to the Expert shall use its best efforts to make
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any objection under this provision as early as possible to ensure that the other Party
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does not lose the ability to file a motion regarding a dispute under this provision. If a
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Party objects to an Expert under this provision at such a time that does not leave
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enough time under the Court’s schedule for the other Party to file a discovery motion
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to resolve the dispute, the parties shall jointly move to shorten time on any such
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motion.
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VIII. PROSECUTION AND ACQUISITION BAR
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Absent written consent from the Producing Party, no information designated
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“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” may be disclosed to
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UZBL or any person acting on its behalf before any foreign or domestic agency,
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including the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“the Patent Office”),
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relating to the subject matter of this action, including without limitation the products
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accused of infringement and the patent asserted in this action or any patent or
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application claiming priority to or otherwise related to the patent asserted in this
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action. In addition, no person acting on UZBL’s behalf who received information
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marked “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” shall
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prosecute, or assist in the prosecution of, any patent application relating to the subject
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matter of this action, including without limitation the patent asserted in this action and
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any patent or application claiming priority to or otherwise related to the patent
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asserted in this action and including in connection with a reissue application, ex parte
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reexamination, inter partes reexamination, inter partes review, post-grant review,
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review under the transitional program for covered business method patents, or
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derivation proceedings of a patent asserted in this action or any patent or application
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claiming priority to or otherwise related to the patent asserted in this action, anywhere
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in the world until two (2) years after final termination of this action, including any
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appeals. It does not preclude any person from doing any of the following activities on
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behalf of a party challenging the validity of a patent: filing or participating in a
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reexamination or a inter partes or other post-grant review, or from otherwise
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participating in any other proceeding challenging the validity of a patent. For
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purposes of this paragraph, “prosecution” includes directly or indirectly drafting,
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amending, advising, or otherwise affecting the scope or maintenance of patent claims
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and also includes participating on behalf of a party defending the validity of a patent
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in any patent office proceedings that allow for claim scope amendment.2 This
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Prosecution Bar shall begin when the affected individual first receives “HIGHLY
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CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” information and shall end two (2)
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years after final termination of this action.
Additionally, any individual acting on behalf of UZBL that reviews and/or
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learns, in whole or in part, any technical “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY
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CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” information under this Order
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shall not substantively supervise or assist in the acquisition of any patents related to
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the subject matter of this action for the purpose of asserting infringement claims
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against the Producing Party (or any related entity) on behalf of any client/the
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Receiving Party for two (2) years after final termination of this action, including any
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appeals.
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IX.
PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED PRODUCED
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IN OTHER LITIGATION
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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” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES
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ONLY,” that Party must:
(a) promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification shall
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include a copy of the subpoena or court order;
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Prosecution includes, for example, original prosecution, reissue and reexamination
proceedings, inter partes review proceedings, covered business method review
proceedings, and post-grant review proceedings.
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(b) promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena or order to
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issue in the other litigation that some or all of the material covered by the subpoena or
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order is subject to this Protective Order. Such notification shall include a copy of this
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Protective Order; and
(c) cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be pursued by
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the Designating Party whose Protected Material may be affected.3
If the Designating Party seeks a protective order within a reasonable period
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after receiving the notification in subsection (a) above, the Party served with the
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subpoena or court order shall not produce any information designated in this action as
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“CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES
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ONLY” before a determination by the court from which the subpoena or order issued,
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unless the Party has obtained the Designating Party’s permission. The Designating
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Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking protection in that court of its
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confidential material – and nothing in these provisions should be construed as
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authorizing or encouraging a Receiving Party in this action to disobey a lawful
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directive from another court.
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A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE
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PRODUCED IN THIS LITIGATION
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The terms of this Order are applicable to information produced by a Non-Party
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in this action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL
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– ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” Such information produced by Non-Parties in
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connection with this litigation is protected by the remedies and relief provided by this
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Order. Nothing in these provisions should be construed as prohibiting a Non-Party
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from seeking additional protections.
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The purpose of imposing these duties is to alert the interested parties to the existence
of this Protective Order and to afford the Designating Party in this case an opportunity
to try to protect its confidentiality interests in the court from which the subpoena or
order issued.
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XI.
UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL
If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed
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Protected Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this
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Protective Order, the Receiving Party must immediately (a) notify in writing the
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Designating Party of the unauthorized disclosures, (b) use its best efforts to retrieve
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all unauthorized copies of the Protected Material, (c) inform the person or persons to
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whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the terms of this Order, and (d)
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request such person or persons to execute the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to
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Be Bound” that is attached hereto as Exhibit A.
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XII. INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE
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PROTECTED MATERIAL
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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 protection,
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the obligations of the Receiving Parties are those set forth in Federal Rule of Civil
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Procedure 26(b)(5)(B). This provision is not intended to modify whatever procedure
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may be established in an e-discovery order that provides for production without prior
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privilege review. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 502(d) and (e), insofar as the
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parties reach an agreement on the effect of disclosure of a communication or
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information covered by the attorney-client privilege or work product protection, the
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parties may incorporate their agreement in the stipulated protective order submitted to
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the court.
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XIII. MISCELLANEOUS
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13.1 Right to Further Relief. Nothing in this Protective Order abridges the
right of any person to seek its modification by the court in the future.
13.2 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 this
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Protective Order. Similarly, no Party waives any right to object on any ground to use
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in evidence of any of the material covered by this Protective Order.
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13.3 Export Control. Disclosure of Protected Material shall be subject to all
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applicable laws and regulations relating to the export of technical data contained in
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such Protected Material, including the release of such technical data to foreign
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persons or nationals in the United States or elsewhere. The Producing Party shall be
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responsible for identifying any such controlled technical data, and the Receiving Party
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shall take measures necessary to ensure compliance.
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13.4 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 Material.
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A Party that seeks to file under seal any Protected Material must comply with Civil
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Local Rule 79-5. Protected Material may only be filed under seal pursuant to a court
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order authorizing the sealing of the specific Protected Material at issue. If a Receiving
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Party's request to file Protected Material under seal pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-
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5.2.2 is denied by the Court on the merits, then the Receiving Party may file the
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Protected Material in the public record unless otherwise instructed by the Court.
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XIV. FINAL DISPOSITION
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Within 60 days after the final disposition of this action, as defined in Section 4,
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each Receiving Party must return all Protected Material to the Producing Party or
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destroy such material. As used in this subdivision, “all Protected Material” includes
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all copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries, and any other format reproducing or
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capturing any of the Protected Material. Whether the Protected Material is returned or
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destroyed, the Receiving Party must submit a written certification to the Producing
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Party (and, if not the same person or entity, to the Designating Party) by the 60 day
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deadline that (1) identifies (by category, where appropriate) all the Protected Material
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that was returned or destroyed, and (2) affirms that the Receiving Party has not
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retained any copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries or any other format
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reproducing or capturing any of the Protected Material. Notwithstanding this
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provision, Counsel are entitled to retain an archival copy of all pleadings, motion
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papers, trial, deposition, and hearing transcripts, legal memoranda, correspondence,
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deposition and trial exhibits, expert reports, attorney work product, and consultant and
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expert work product, even if such materials contain Protected Material. Any such
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archival copies that contain or constitute Protected Material remain subject to this
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Protective Order as set forth in Section 4 (DURATION).
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IT IS SO ORDERED.
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DATED: August 20, 2018
By:
Honorable Karen E. Scott
United States Magistrate Judge
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Exhibit A
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Acknowledgement and Agreement to Be Bound
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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SOUTHERN DIVISION
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UZBL, LLC, a California Limited
Liability Company,
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Plaintiff,
v.
CASE NO.: 8:17-cv-1978-JVS-KES
Hon. James V. Selna
STIPULATED PROTECTIVE
ORDER
DEVICEWEAR, LLC, a Delaware
Limited Liability Company; ROBERT
DODGE, an individual; DOES 1 through
10, inclusive,
Defendants.
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The undersigned hereby acknowledges that he/she has read the STIPULATED
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PROTECTIVE ORDER entered in the above-captioned litigation, and that he/she
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fully understands and agrees to abide by all the obligations and conditions thereof.
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Dated: ____________________
_____________________________
(Signature)
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(Print Name)
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