H.W.J. Designs for Agribusiness, Inc. et al v. Rethceif Enterprises, LLC et al
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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER. Order signed by Magistrate Judge Sheila K. Oberto on 9/19/2017. (Timken, A)
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VICTOR DE GYARFAS, CA Bar No. 171950
vdegyarfas@foley.com
2 FOLEY & LARDNER LLP
555 SOUTH FLOWER STREET, SUITE 3500
3 LOS ANGELES, CA 94104-1520
TEL: 213.972.4500 FACSIMILE: 213.486.0065
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MICHAEL R. HOUSTON, Pro Hac Vice
mhouston@foley.com
FOLEY & LARDNER LLP
6 321 NORTH CLARK STREET, SUITE 2800
CHICAGO, IL 60654
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Attorneys for Plaintiffs H.W.J. DESIGNS FOR
AGRIBUSINESS, INC. AND SAMUEL
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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H.W.J. DESIGNS FOR AGRIBUSINESS,
INC. and SAMUEL STRAPPING
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RETHCEIF ENTERPRISES, LLC A/K/A )
RETHCEIF PACKAGING, and L.P.
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BROWN COMPANY, INC. D/B/A
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INTERNATIONAL FIBER PACKAGING, )
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The parties, subject to the approval of this Honorable Court, stipulate to the terms of this
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Stipulated Protective Order:
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PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS
Disclosure and discovery activity in this action are likely to involve production of confidential,
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proprietary, or private information for which special protection from public disclosure and from use for
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any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation and any related proceedings before the United States
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Patent and Trademark Office (e.g., inter partes review) concerning U.S. Patent Nos. 8,336,404 and
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9,463,885, may be warranted. Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to and petition the Court to enter
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the following Stipulated Protective Order. The parties acknowledge that this Order does not confer
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blanket protections on all disclosures or responses to discovery and that the protection it affords from
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public disclosure and use extends only to the limited information or items that are entitled to confidential
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treatment under the applicable legal principles. The parties further acknowledge, as set forth in Section
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13.3, below, that this Stipulated Protective Order does not entitle them to file confidential information
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under seal; Civil Local Rule 141 sets forth the procedures that must be followed and the standards that
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will be applied when a party seeks permission from the Court to file material under seal. This Stipulated
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Protective Order, and any and all motions or other applications made to the Court pursuant to or for
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enforcement of its provisions, shall be governed by Civil Local Rules 141.1 and 251.
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DEFINITIONS
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Challenging Party: a Party or Non-Party that challenges the designation of information or
items under this Order.
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“CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information (regardless of how it is generated,
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stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for protection under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure
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26(c), such as confidential personal information, medical or psychiatric information, trade secrets,
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personnel records, or such other sensitive commercial information that is not publicly available.
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their support staff).
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Counsel (without qualifier): Outside Counsel of Record and House Counsel (as well as
Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that designates information or items that it
produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY
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CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.”
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Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless of the medium or
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manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained (including, among other things, testimony,
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transcripts, and tangible things), that are produced or generated in disclosures or responses to discovery
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encompassed within the scope of Fed. R. Civ. P. 26-37 and 45 in this action.
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Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter pertinent to the
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litigation who has been or is retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as a testifying or consulting
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expert within the meaning of Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2)(B) or 26(b)(4)(D). The term “Expert” shall not
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include, and neither Party shall retain as a testifying or consulting expert, any person employed or
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retained by the opposing Party or any affiliate of the opposing Party at any time within the three years
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preceding the commencement of this action.
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“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” Information or Items:
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extremely sensitive “Confidential Information or Items,” disclosure of which to another Party or Non-
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Party would create a substantial risk of serious harm that could not be avoided by less restrictive means,
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such as current or future business or technical trade secrets and plans more sensitive or strategic than
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information designated CONFIDENTIAL as defined in Section 2.2, the disclosure of which is likely to
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significantly harm that party’s competitive position, or the disclosure of which would contravene an
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obligation of confidentiality to a third party or to a court.
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House Counsel: attorneys who are employees of a Party to this action and their support
staff, but never including Outside Counsel of Record or any other outside counsel.
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Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity
not named as a Party to this action.
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Outside Counsel of Record: An attorney who is counsel of record for a Party in this
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action, or a law partner or employed associate attorney or support staff thereof, at the time(s) such status
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is determined; but never including House Counsel.
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Party: any party to this action.
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Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or Discovery Material in
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Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation support services (e.g.,
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photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or demonstrations, and organizing, storing, or
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retrieving data in any form or medium) and their employees and subcontractors.
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Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is designated as
“CONFIDENTIAL,” or as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.”
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Party.
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Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery Material from a Producing
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SCOPE
The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only Protected Material (as
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defined above), but also (1) any information copied or extracted from Protected Material; (2) all copies,
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excerpts, summaries, or compilations of Protected Material; and (3) any testimony, conversations, or
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presentations by Parties or their Counsel that might reveal Protected Material. However, the protections
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conferred by this Stipulation and 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 of the public
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domain after its disclosure to a Receiving Party as a result of publication not involving a violation of this
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Order, including becoming part of the public record through trial or otherwise; and (b) any information
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known to the Receiving Party prior to the disclosure or obtained by the Receiving Party after the
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disclosure from a 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 governed by a
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separate agreement or order.
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DURATION
Even after final disposition of this litigation, the confidentiality obligations imposed by this
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Order shall remain in effect until a Designating Party agrees otherwise in writing or a court order
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otherwise directs. Final disposition shall be deemed to be the later of (1) dismissal of all claims and
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defenses in this action, with or without prejudice; and (2) final judgment herein after the completion and
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exhaustion of all appeals, rehearings, remands, trials, or reviews of this action, including the time limits
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for filing any motions or applications for extension of time pursuant to applicable law.
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5.1
Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for Protection. Each Party or Non-
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Party that designates information or items for protection under this Order must take care to limit any
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such designation to specific material that qualifies under the appropriate standards. To the extent it is
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practical to do so, the Designating Party must designate for protection only those parts of material,
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documents, items, or oral or written communications that qualify, so that other portions of the material,
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documents, items, or communications for which protection is not warranted are not swept unjustifiably
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within the ambit of this Order. If it comes to a Designating Party’s attention that information or items
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that it designated for protection do not qualify for protection at all or do not qualify for the level of
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protection initially asserted, that Designating Party must promptly notify all other parties that it is
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withdrawing the mistaken designation.
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Manner and Timing of Designations. Except as otherwise provided in this Order (see,
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e.g., second paragraph of section 5.2(a) and section 5.3 below), or as otherwise stipulated or ordered,
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Disclosure or Discovery Material that qualifies for protection under this Order must be clearly so
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designated before the material is disclosed or produced. Designation in conformity with this Order
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requires:
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(a) for information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic documents, but excluding
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transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial proceedings), that the Producing Party affix the legend
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“CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” to each page that
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contains protected material; or, in the case of electronic documents, comply with the provisions of a
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separate order governing electronic discovery that pertain to such designation. If only a portion or
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portions of the material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify
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the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the margins) and must specify, for
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each portion, the level of protection being asserted.
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A Party or Non-Party that makes original documents or materials available for inspection shall
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have the option to defer designating them for protection until after the inspecting Party has indicated
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which material it would like copied and produced. If the producing Party or Non-Party elects that
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option, then during the inspection and before the designation, all of the material made available for
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inspection shall temporarily be deemed “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.”
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After the inspecting Party has identified the documents it wants copied and produced, the Designating
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Party must promptly determine which documents, or portions thereof, qualify for protection under this
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Order; designate or make arrangements to have such documents designated as prescribed in the
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preceding paragraph of this section 5.2(a); and then complete or allow completion of the production.
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(b) for testimony given in deposition or in other pretrial proceedings, that the Designating Party
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identify on the record, before the close of the deposition, hearing, or other pretrial proceeding, all
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protected testimony and exhibits introduced during the testimony, specifying the level of protection
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being asserted. When it is impractical to identify separately each portion of testimony and/or exhibits
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that are entitled to protection and it appears that substantial portions of the testimony and/or exhibits
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may qualify for protection, the Designating Party may invoke on the record (before the deposition,
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hearing, or other proceeding is concluded) a right to have up to 21 days from its receipt of the transcript
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to identify the specific portions of the testimony and exhibits as to which protection is sought and to
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specify the level of protection being asserted. During the time period between such an optional
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invocation and the designation of protected testimony as provided above, the entire transcript and the
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identified exhibits will be temporarily treated as having been designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –
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ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” subject to the reading and signing rights of the witness. Only those
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portions of the testimony and accompanying exhibits that are appropriately designated for protection
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within the 21 days shall be covered by the provisions of this Stipulated Protective Order. The Parties
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will seek a further order from the Court regarding designation and protection of live trial testimony prior
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to any full or bifurcated trial.
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Parties shall give the other Parties notice if they reasonably expect a deposition, hearing or other
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proceeding to include Protected Material so that the other Parties can ensure that only authorized
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individuals (including any who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound”
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(Exhibit A)) are present at those proceedings. The use of a document as an exhibit at a deposition shall
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not in any way affect its designation as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –
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ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” If a document or information is brought to a deposition by the witness
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or proposed to be shown or disclosed to the witness under circumstances where a Party has not
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previously had the opportunity to consider whether to designate the document as “CONFIDENTIAL” or
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“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY”, counsel examining the witness shall
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first show the document to all other counsel present and allow counsel the opportunity for his or her
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client to become a Designating Party with respect to that document or information. Terms of this
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Protective Order applicable to the designation of documents or information shall otherwise apply in such
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situations.
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(c) for information produced in some form other than documentary or testimonial and for any
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other tangible items, that the Producing Party affix in a prominent place on the exterior of the container
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or containers in which the information or item is stored the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY
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CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” If only a portion or portions of the information or
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item warrant protection, the Producing Party, to the extent practicable, shall identify the protected
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portion(s) and specify the level of protection being asserted.
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Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected, an inadvertent failure to designate
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qualified information or items does not, standing alone, waive the Designating Party’s right to secure
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protection under this Order for such material. Actions taken by a Party prior to any such correction by a
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Designating Party shall not be deemed a violation of this Order, provided that upon timely correction of
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a designation, each Receiving Party makes reasonable efforts to assure that the material is treated in
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accordance with the provisions of this Order from the time of correction going forward.
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CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS
6.1
Timing of Challenges. Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a designation of
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confidentiality at any time. Unless a prompt challenge to a Designating Party’s confidentiality
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designation is necessary to avoid foreseeable, substantial unfairness, unnecessary economic burdens, or
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a significant disruption or delay of the litigation, a Party does not waive its right to challenge a
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confidentiality designation by electing not to mount a challenge promptly after the original designation
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is disclosed.
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Communication and Resolution of Challenges. The Challenging Party shall initiate the
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dispute resolution process by providing written notice of each designation it is challenging and
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describing the basis for each challenge. To avoid ambiguity as to whether a challenge has been made,
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the written notice must recite that the challenge to confidentiality is being made in accordance with this
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specific section of the Protective Order. The parties shall attempt to resolve each challenge in good faith
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and must begin the process by conferring directly (in voice-to-voice dialogue; other forms of
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communication are not sufficient) within 5 business days of the date of service of notice. In conferring,
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the Challenging Party must explain the basis for its belief that the confidentiality designation was not
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proper and must give the Designating Party an opportunity to review the designated material, to
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reconsider the circumstances, and, if no change in designation is offered, to explain the basis for the
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chosen designation. A Challenging Party may proceed to the next stage of the challenge process only if
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it has engaged in this meet and confer process first or establishes that the Designating Party is unwilling
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to participate in the meet and confer process in a timely manner.
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Judicial Intervention. If the Parties cannot resolve a challenge without court intervention,
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the Challenging Party shall prepare and file a Joint Statement re Discovery Disagreement set forth in
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Civil Local Rule 251 within 15 days of the initial notice of challenge or within 10 business days of the
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parties agreeing that the meet-and-confer process will not resolve their dispute, whichever is earlier.
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The Challenging Party shall share a draft of the Joint Statement re Discovery Disagreement with the
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opposing party not less than 5 business days before it is filed.
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Any and each challenge shall be deemed encompassed and governed by Fed. R. Civ. P.
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26(g)(1)(B), and shall be addressed and resolved through the pre-motion consultation and motion
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procedures set forth in Civil Local Rules 141.1 and 251. Motions for resolution of disputes under this
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section shall be governed by Fed. R. Civ. P. 11(b) to the same extent as all other motions. The meet and
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confer requirements imposed by Civil Local Rule 251(b shall apply in such motion practice and
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compliance shall be demonstrated in the manner required by that Rule).
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The burden of proof and persuasion in any such dispute between the parties regarding the
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propriety of designations shall be on the Designating Party regardless of which party files the Joint
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Statement re Discovery Disagreement, to the same extent such burden would exist in an opposed motion
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for protective order under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(c); provided however that all parties shall continue to
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afford the material in question the level of protection to which it is entitled under the Producing Party’s
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designation until the Court rules on the challenge.
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ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL
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7.1
Basic Principles. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that is disclosed or
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produced by another Party or by a Non-Party in connection with this case only for prosecuting,
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defending, or attempting to settle this litigation and any related proceedings before the United States
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Patent and Trademark Office (e.g., inter partes review) concerning U.S. Patent Nos. 8,336,404 and
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9,463,885, provided however that any Protected Material is covered by a similar designation in any
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proceeding before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (e.g., the PTAB Default Protective
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Order). Such Protected Material may be disclosed only to the categories of persons and under the
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conditions described in this Order. When the litigation has been terminated, a Receiving Party must
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comply with the provisions of section 14 below (FINAL DISPOSITION).
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Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving Party at a location and in a
secure manner that ensures that access is limited to the persons authorized under this Order.
7.2
Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items. Unless otherwise ordered by the
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court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a Receiving Party may disclose any information
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or item designated “CONFIDENTIAL” only to:
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(a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this action;
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(b) House Counsel of the Receiving Party; and such officers, directors, and employees/agents of
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the Receiving Party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for the management of the litigation;
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(c) Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to whom disclosure is reasonably
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necessary for the performance of their services in the litigation;
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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 Professional Vendors
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to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for the conduct of the litigation;
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(f) during their depositions, for witnesses to whom disclosure is believed by deposing counsel to
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be reasonably necessary, after the document(s) in question have been presented to opposing counsel and
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opposing counsel has been given the opportunity to object to their disclosure to the witness;
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(g) the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a custodian or other
person who otherwise possessed or knew the information.
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Disclosure of “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” Information
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or Items. Unless 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 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –
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ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” only to:
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(a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this action;
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(b) Experts of the Receiving Party (1) to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for the
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performance of their services in the litigation, (2) who have signed the “Acknowledgment and
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Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A hereto), and (3) as to whom the restrictions set forth in section 7.4
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below, have been complied with;
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(c) the Court and its personnel;
(d) court reporters and their staff, professional jury or trial consultants, and Professional Vendors
to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for the conduct of the litigation; and
(e) the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a custodian or other
person who otherwise possessed or knew the information.
7.4 Procedures for Approving or Objecting to Disclosure of “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –
ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” Information or Items to Experts.
(a) Unless otherwise ordered by the Court or agreed to in writing by the Designating Party, a
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Party that seeks to disclose to an Expert (as defined in this Order) any information or item that has been
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designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” pursuant to paragraph 7.3(c)
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first must make a written request to the Designating Party that (1) sets forth the full name of the Expert
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and the city and state of his or her primary residence, (2) attaches a copy of the Expert’s current resume
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or curriculum vitae, (3) identifies the Expert’s current employer(s) and identifies any past employment
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or paid consultations for any Party (regardless of time period); and (4) identifies (by name and number
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of the case, filing date, and location of court to the extent the Expert has such information or can obtain
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it without unreasonable burden) any litigation in connection with which the Expert has offered expert
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testimony or otherwise been retained, including through a declaration, report, or testimony at a
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deposition or trial, during the preceding three years, wherein the case or testimony involved the subject
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matter of the patents-in-suit or other products in the strapping/baling industry.
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(b) A Party that makes a request and provides the information specified in the preceding
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respective paragraphs may disclose the subject Protected Material to the identified Expert unless, within
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5 business days of delivering the request, the Party receives a written objection from the Designating
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Party. Any such objection 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 the Designating
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Party (through direct voice-to-voice dialogue) to try to resolve the matter by agreement within 3
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business days of the written objection. If no agreement is reached, the Party seeking to make the
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disclosure to the Expert may file a motion 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 the disclosure to the
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Expert is reasonably necessary, assess the risk of harm that the disclosure would entail, and suggest any
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additional means that could be used to reduce that risk.
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PROSECUTION BAR
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Absent written consent from the Producing Party, any individual who receives access to
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information or items designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY”
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pursuant to this Order shall not be involved in the prosecution of patents or patent applications relating
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to the below-defined subject matter before any foreign or domestic agency, including the United States
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Patent and Trademark Office (“the Patent Office”). For purposes of this section, “prosecution” includes
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directly or indirectly drafting, amending, advising, or otherwise affecting the scope or maintenance of
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patent claims. To avoid any doubt, “prosecution” as used in this section does not include representing
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either a Party or Non-Party challenging a patent before a domestic or foreign agency (including, but not
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limited to, a reissue protest; ex parte reexamination; or inter partes, covered business method, or post
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grant review). This Prosecution Bar shall begin when access to “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –
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ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” information is first received by the affected individual and shall end two
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(2) years after final termination of this action. The subject matter of this Prosecution Bar is any patent
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or patent application relating to automated wrapping of cotton bales. For the avoidance of doubt, (a)
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there is no such restriction if the subject matter relates to handling, processing, or other commercial
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activities occurring before the cotton fiber is separated from the seed; and (b) such restriction does not
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apply to seedcotton module wrapping.
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PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED PRODUCED IN OTHER
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If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other litigation that compels
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disclosure of any information or items designated in this action as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY
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CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” and that Party has any such information or items
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responsive to such subpoena or court order, that Party must:
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(a) promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification shall include a copy of
the subpoena or court order;
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(b) promptly notify in writing the party in the other litigation who caused the subpoena or order
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to issue that some or all of the material covered by the subpoena or order is subject to this Protective
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Order. Such notification shall include a copy of this Stipulated Protective Order; and
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(c) cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be pursued by the Designating
Party whose Protected Material may be affected.
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If the Designating Party timely seeks a protective order in the other litigation, the Party served
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with the subpoena or court order shall not produce any information designated in this action as
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“CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” before a
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determination by the court from which the subpoena or order issued or otherwise authorized to make
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such determination, permitting such production, unless either (a) the Party has obtained the Designating
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Party’s permission, or (b) applicable law dictates such production, notwithstanding the absence of court
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determination. The Designating Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking protection in that
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court of its Protected Material – and nothing in these provisions should be construed as authorizing or
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encouraging a Receiving Party in this action to disobey a lawful directive from another court.
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A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE PRODUCED IN THIS
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LITIGATION
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(a) The terms of this Order are applicable to information and items produced by a Non-Party in
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this action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’
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EYES ONLY.” Such information and items produced by Non-Parties in connection with this litigation
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shall be protected by the remedies and relief provided by this Order.
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(b) In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery request served in this action, to
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produce a Non-Party’s confidential information or items in its possession, and the Party is subject to an
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agreement with the Non-Party not to produce the Non-Party’s confidential information or items, then the
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Party shall:
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promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the Non-Party that some or all of the
information and/or items requested is subject to a confidentiality agreement with a Non-Party;
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promptly provide the Non-Party with a copy of the Stipulated Protective Order in this
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litigation, the relevant discovery request(s), and a reasonably specific description of the information
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and/or items requested; and
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(c) If the Non-Party fails to object or seek a protective order from this Court or another court
make the information and/or items requested available for inspection by the Non-Party.
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empowered to grant such protection within 15 business days of receiving the notice and accompanying
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information, then this Protective Order shall not preclude the Receiving Party from producing the Non-
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Party’s confidential information and/or items responsive to the discovery request. If the Non-Party
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timely seeks a protective order, the Receiving Party shall not produce any information or items in its
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possession or control that are subject to the confidentiality agreement with the Non-Party before a
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determination by the appropriate Court.
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UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL
If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed Protected Material
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to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this Stipulated Protective Order, the
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Receiving Party must immediately (a) notify in writing the Designating Party of the unauthorized
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disclosures, (b) use its best efforts to retrieve all unauthorized copies of the Protected Material, (c)
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inform the person or persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the terms of this Order,
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and (d) request such person or persons to execute the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound”
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that is attached hereto as Exhibit A.
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INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE PROTECTED
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When a Producing Party gives notice to Receiving Parties that certain inadvertently produced
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material is subject to a claim of privilege or other protection, the obligations of the Receiving Parties are
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those set forth in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5)(B).
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Right to Further Relief. Nothing in this Order abridges the right of any person to seek its
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modification or vacation by the Court in the future. This Order is a stipulation by the Parties; and while
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it has been entered by the Court to provide the protections intended by such stipulation, it is not the
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result of an actual adjudication by the Court of any contested issue. Accordingly, the Court’s
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consideration of any motion to modify or vacate this Order shall be de novo.
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Right to Assert Other Objections. Neither this Protective Order nor any Party’s
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stipulation to its provisions shall be construed to constitute or evidence any waiver or preclusion of any
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right any Party or Non-Party otherwise would have to object to disclosing or producing any information
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or item on any ground not addressed in this Stipulated Protective Order. Moreover, the existence of this
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Protective Order shall not preclude any Party or Non-Party from objecting to the production of any
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information or item on the ground that protective measures greater than and/or different from those in
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this Order should be granted before such production is required; provided that if production of
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information and/or items is objected to and withheld by a Party on that ground, the burden of showing
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that the provisions of this Order are not sufficient shall be on the Party making that assertion, to the
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same extent such burden would exist in an ordinary opposed motion for protective order under Fed. R.
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Civ. P. 26(c). Similarly, no Party waives any right to object on any ground to use in evidence of any
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information or items covered by this Protective Order or otherwise.
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Filing Protected Material. Without written permission from the Designating Party or a
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court order secured after appropriate notice to all interested persons, a Party may not file in the public
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record in this action any Protected Material. A Party that seeks to file under seal any Protected Material
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must comply with Civil Local Rule 141.
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Effect of Violation. Non-compliance with any provision of this Protective Order by a
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Party, Counsel, Expert, Professional Vendor, private Court Reporter, witness, or Non-Party, as
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applicable, including violation of Fed. R. Civ. P. 11(b) or 26(g)(1), may be remedied by the Court in any
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manner authorized by applicable law after proper notice and opportunity to be heard; but action taken or
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omitted to be taken based on a good faith, reasonable belief in its propriety under this Order, or due to
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circumstances outside the control of an alleged violator, shall not be deemed a Contempt of Court.
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FINAL DISPOSITION
Within 90 days after the final disposition of this action, as defined in section 4, each Receiving
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Party must return all Protected Material to the Producing Party or destroy such material. As used in this
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section, “all Protected Material” includes all copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries, and any other
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format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected Material. Whether the Protected Material is
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returned or destroyed, the Receiving Party must submit a written certification to the Producing Party
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(and, if not the same person or entity, to the Designating Party) by the 90-day deadline that affirms that
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the Receiving Party has not retained any copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries or any other format
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reproducing or capturing any of the Protected Material of the Producing and/or Designating Party.
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Notwithstanding this 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, deposition and trial
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exhibits, expert reports, attorney work product, and consultant and expert work product, even if such
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materials contain Protected Material. Any such archival copies that contain or constitute Protected
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Material shall remain subject to this Protective Order as set forth in Section 4 (DURATION).
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IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.
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/s/ Victor de Gyarfas
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FOLEY & LARDNER LLP
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Attorneys for Plaintiff H.W.J. DESIGNS FOR AGRIBUSINESS, INC. and SAMUEL STRAPPING
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SYSTEMS, INC.
Date: September 15, 2017
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/s/ R. Eric Gaum
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HAHN LOESER & PARKS LLP
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Attorneys for Defendant RETHCEIF ENTERPRISES, LLC a/k/a RETHCEIF PACKAGING
Date: September 15, 2017
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/s/ Steven D. Moore
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KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP
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Attorneys for Defendant L.P. BROWN CO., INC.
Date: September 15, 2017
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ORDER
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IT IS SO ORDERED.
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Dated:
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September 19, 2017
/s/
Sheila K. Oberto
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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
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EXHIBIT A
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND
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I, _____________________________[print full name], of __________________________
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____________________________________[print or type full address], declare under penalty of perjury
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that I have read in its entirety and understand the Stipulated Protective Order that was issued by the
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United States District Court for the Eastern District of California in the case of H.W.J. DESIGNS FOR
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AGRIBUSINESS, INC. et al. v. RETHCEIF ENTERPRISES, LLC et al., No. 1:17-cv-00272-AWI-
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SKO. I agree to comply with and to be bound by all the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order and I
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understand and acknowledge that failure to so comply could expose me to sanctions and punishment in
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the nature of contempt. I solemnly promise that I will not disclose in any manner any information or
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item that is subject to this Stipulated Protective Order to any person or entity except in strict compliance
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with the provisions of this Order.
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I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Eastern
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District of California for the purpose of enforcing the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order, even if
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such enforcement proceedings occur after termination of this action.
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Date: _________________________________
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City and State where sworn and signed: _________________________________
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Printed name: ______________________________
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Signature: __________________________________
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