Nextdoor.com, Inc. v. Abhyanker

Filing 102

STIPULATION AND ORDER re 101 Protective Order filed by Monsoon Company, Nextdoor.com, Inc., Sandeep Sood, Prakesh Janakiraman, Raj Abhyanker, PROTECTIVE ORDER. Signed by Judge Edward M. Chen on 7/31/13. (bpf, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 7/31/2013)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 LAURENCE F. PULGRAM (CSB No. 115163) lpulgram@fenwick.com JENNIFER L. KELLY (CSB No. 193416) jkelly@fenwick.com CLIFFORD C. WEBB (CSB No. 260885) cwebb@fenwick.com FENWICK & WEST LLP 555 California Street, 12th Floor San Francisco, CA 94104 Telephone: 415.875.2300 Facsimile: 415.281.1350 8 Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counterdefendant NEXTDOOR.COM, INC., and Counterdefendant PRAKASH JANAKIRAMAN 9 Additional counsel listed on signature page SAN FRANCISCO NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 12 ATTORNEYS AT LAW UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 11 F ENWICK & W EST LLP 10 SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 13 14 15 NEXTDOOR.COM, INC., a Delaware corporation, 18 STIPULATED [PROPOSED] PROTECTIVE ORDER Plaintiff, 16 17 Case No.: 3:12-cv-05667-EMC v. RAJ ABHYANKER, an individual, Defendant. 19 20 RAJ ABHYANKER, an individual , 21 Counterclaimant, 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 v. NEXTDOOR.COM, INC., a Delaware corporation; PRAKASH JANAKIRAMAN, an individual; BENCHMARK CAPTIAL PARTNERS, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership company; SANDEEP SOOD, an individual; MONSOON ENTERPRISES, INC., a California corporations, and DOES 1-50, inclusive, Counterdefendants. STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 1 Case No.: 3:12-cv-05667-EMC 1 2 1. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS 3 Disclosure and discovery activity in this action are likely to involve production of 4 confidential, proprietary, or private information for which special protection from public 5 disclosure and from use for any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation may be warranted. 6 Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to and petition the court to enter the following Stipulated 7 Protective Order. The parties acknowledge that this Order does not confer blanket protections on 8 all disclosures or responses to discovery and that the protection it affords from public disclosure 9 and use extends only to the limited information or items that are entitled to confidential treatment SAN FRANCISCO Section 13.3, below, that this Stipulated Protective Order does not entitle them to file confidential 12 ATTORNEYS AT LAW under the applicable legal principles. The parties further acknowledge, as set forth in 11 F ENWICK & W EST LLP 10 information under seal; Civil Local Rule 79-5 and General Order 62 set forth the procedures that 13 must be followed and the standards that will be applied when a party seeks permission from the 14 court to file material under seal. 15 2. 16 17 18 DEFINITIONS 2.1 Challenging Party: a Party or Non-Party that challenges the designation of information or items under this Order. 2.2 “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information (regardless of how it is 19 generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for protection under Federal Rule 20 of Civil Procedure 26(c). 21 2.3 Counsel: Outside Counsel of Record including their support staff. 22 2.4 Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that designates information or items that it 23 produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as “CONFIDENTIAL,” “HIGHLY 24 CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE 25 CODE.” 26 27 2.5 Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless of the medium or manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained (including, among other things, 28 STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 2 Case No.: 3:12-cv-05667-EMC 1 testimony, transcripts, and tangible things), that are produced or generated in disclosures or 2 responses to discovery in this matter. 3 2.6 Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter pertinent to 4 the litigation who (1) has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as an expert witness or 5 as a consultant in this action, (2) is not a Party, a past or current employee of a Party or of a 6 Party’s competitor, and (3) at the time of retention, is not anticipated to become an employee of a 7 Party or of a Party’s competitor. 8 2.7 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” Information or Items: extremely sensitive “Confidential Information or Items,” disclosure of which to another 10 Party or Non-Party would create a substantial risk of serious harm that could not be avoided by 11 less restrictive means. SAN FRANCISCO 12 ATTORNEYS AT LAW F ENWICK & W EST LLP 9 2.8 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE” Information or Items: 13 extremely sensitive “Confidential Information or Items” representing computer code and 14 associated comments and revision histories, formulas, engineering specifications, or schematics 15 that define or otherwise describe in detail the algorithms or structure of software or hardware 16 designs, disclosure of which to another Party or Non-Party would create a substantial risk of 17 serious harm that could not be avoided by less restrictive means. 18 19 20 2.9 Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity not named as a Party to this action. 2.10 Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not parties or employees of a party 21 to this action but are retained to represent or advise a party to this action and have appeared in this 22 action on behalf of that party. 23 24 25 26 27 28 2.11 Party: any party to this action, including all of its officers, directors, employees, consultants, retained experts, and Outside Counsel of Record (and their support staffs). 2.12 Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or Discovery Material in this action. 2.13 Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation support services (e.g., photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or demonstrations, and STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 3 Case No.: 3:12-cv-05667-EMC 1 organizing, storing, or retrieving data in any form or medium) and their employees and 2 subcontractors. 3 2.14 Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is designated as 4 “CONFIDENTIAL,” “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” or as 5 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE.” 6 2.15 Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery Material from a 7 Producing Party. 8 3. SCOPE all copies, excerpts, summaries, or compilations of Protected Material; and (3) any testimony, 12 SAN FRANCISCO (as defined above), but also (1) any information copied or extracted from Protected Material; (2) 11 ATTORNEYS AT LAW The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only Protected Material 10 F ENWICK & W EST LLP 9 conversations, or presentations by Parties or their Counsel that might reveal Protected Material. 13 However, the protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order do not cover the following 14 information: (a) any information that is in the public domain at the time of disclosure to a 15 Receiving Party or becomes part of the public domain after its disclosure to a Receiving Party as 16 a result of publication not involving a violation of this Order, including 17 becoming part of the public record through trial or otherwise; and (b) any information known to 18 the Receiving Party prior to the disclosure or obtained by the Receiving Party after the disclosure 19 from a source who obtained the information lawfully and under no obligation of confidentiality to 20 the Designating Party. Any use of Protected Material at trial shall be governed by a separate 21 agreement or order. 22 4. DURATION 23 Even after final disposition of this litigation, the confidentiality obligations imposed by 24 this Order shall remain in effect until a Designating Party agrees otherwise in writing or a court 25 order otherwise directs. Final disposition shall be deemed to be the later of (1) dismissal of all 26 claims and defenses in this action, with or without prejudice; and (2) final judgment herein after 27 the completion and exhaustion of all appeals, rehearings, remands, trials, or reviews of this action, 28 STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 4 Case No.: 3:12-cv-05667-EMC 1 including the time limits for filing any motions or applications for extension of time pursuant to 2 applicable law. 3 5. 4 DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL 5.1 Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for Protection. Each Party 5 or Non-Party that designates information or items for protection under this Order must take care 6 to limit any such designation to specific material that qualifies under the appropriate standards. 7 To the extent it is practical to do so, the Designating Party must designate for protection only 8 those parts of material, documents, items, or oral or written communications that qualify – so that 9 other portions of the material, documents, items, or communications for which protection is not 10 Mass, indiscriminate, or routinized designations are prohibited. Designations that are SAN FRANCISCO 12 ATTORNEYS AT LAW F ENWICK & W EST LLP 11 warranted are not swept unjustifiably within the ambit of this Order. shown to be clearly unjustified or that have been made for an improper purpose (e.g., to 13 unnecessarily encumber or retard the case development process or to impose unnecessary 14 expenses and burdens on other parties) expose the Designating Party to sanctions. 15 If it comes to a Designating Party’s attention that information or items that it designated 16 for protection do not qualify for protection at all or do not qualify for the level of protection 17 initially asserted, that Designating Party must promptly notify all other parties that it is 18 withdrawing the mistaken designation. 19 5.2 Manner and Timing of Designations. Except as otherwise provided in this Order 20 (see, e.g., second paragraph of section 5.2(a) below), or as otherwise stipulated or ordered, 21 Disclosure or Discovery Material that qualifies for protection under this Order must be clearly so 22 designated before the material is disclosed or produced. 23 Designation in conformity with this Order requires: 24 (a) for information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic documents, but 25 excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial proceedings), that the Producing 26 Party affix the legend “CONFIDENTIAL,” “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ 27 EYES ONLY,” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE” to each page that contains 28 protected material. If only a portion or portions of the material on a page qualifies for protection, STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 5 Case No.: 3:12-cv-05667-EMC 1 the Producing Party also must clearly identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making 2 appropriate markings in the margins) and must specify, for each portion, the level of protection 3 being asserted. 4 A Party or Non-Party that makes original documents or materials available for inspection 5 need not designate them for protection until after the inspecting Party has indicated which 6 material it would like copied and produced. During the inspection and before the designation, all 7 of the material made available for inspection shall be deemed “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – 8 ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” After the inspecting Party has identified the documents it wants 9 copied and produced, the Producing Party must determine which documents, or portions thereof, SAN FRANCISCO Producing Party must affix the appropriate legend (“CONFIDENTIAL,” “HIGHLY 12 ATTORNEYS AT LAW qualify for protection under this Order. Then, before producing the specified documents, the 11 F ENWICK & W EST LLP 10 CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE 13 CODE) to each page that contains Protected Material. If only a portion or portions of the material 14 on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify the protected 15 portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the margins) and must specify, for each 16 portion, the level of protection being asserted. 17 (b) for testimony given in deposition or in other pretrial or trial proceedings, that the 18 Designating Party identify on the record, before the close of the deposition, hearing, or other 19 proceeding, all protected testimony and specify the level of protection being asserted. When it is 20 impractical to identify separately each portion of testimony that is entitled to protection and it 21 appears that substantial portions of the testimony may qualify for protection, the Designating 22 Party may invoke on the record (before the deposition, hearing, or other proceeding is concluded) 23 a right to have up to 21 days to identify the specific portions of the testimony as to which 24 protection is sought and to specify the level of protection being asserted. Only those portions of 25 the testimony that are appropriately designated for protection within the 21 days shall be covered 26 by the provisions of this Stipulated Protective Order. Alternatively, a Designating Party may 27 specify, at the deposition or up to 21 days afterwards if that period is properly invoked, that the 28 STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 6 Case No.: 3:12-cv-05667-EMC 1 entire transcript shall be treated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – 2 ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” 3 Parties shall give the other parties notice if they reasonably expect a deposition, hearing or 4 other proceeding to include Protected Material so that the other parties can ensure that only 5 authorized individuals who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” 6 (Exhibit A) are present at those proceedings. The use of a document as an exhibit at a deposition 7 shall not in any way affect its designation as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY 8 CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” 9 Transcripts containing Protected Material shall have an obvious legend on the title page SAN FRANCISCO pages (including line numbers as appropriate) that have been designated as Protected Material and 12 ATTORNEYS AT LAW that the transcript contains Protected Material, and the title page shall be followed by a list of all 11 F ENWICK & W EST LLP 10 the level of protection being asserted by the Designating Party. The Designating Party shall 13 inform the court reporter of these requirements. Any transcript that is prepared before the 14 expiration of a 21-day period for designation shall be treated during that period as if it had been 15 designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” in its entirety unless 16 otherwise agreed. After the expiration of that period, the transcript shall be treated only as 17 actually designated. 18 (c) for information produced in some form other than documentary and for any other 19 tangible items, that the Producing Party affix in a prominent place on the exterior of the container 20 or containers in which the information or item is stored the legend “CONFIDENTIAL,” 21 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL 22 – SOURCE CODE”. If only a portion or portions of the information or item warrant protection, 23 the Producing Party, to the extent practicable, shall identify the protected portion(s) and specify 24 the level of protection being asserted. 25 5.3 Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected, an inadvertent failure to 26 designate qualified information or items does not, standing alone, waive the Designating Party’s 27 right to secure protection under this Order for such material. Upon timely correction of a 28 STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 7 Case No.: 3:12-cv-05667-EMC 1 designation, the Receiving Party must make reasonable efforts to assure that the material is 2 treated in accordance with the provisions of this Order. 3 6. 4 CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS 6.1 Timing of Challenges. Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a designation of 5 confidentiality at any time. Unless a prompt challenge to a Designating Party’s confidentiality 6 designation is necessary to avoid foreseeable, substantial unfairness, unnecessary economic 7 burdens, or a significant disruption or delay of the litigation, a Party does not waive its right to 8 challenge a confidentiality designation by electing not to mount a challenge promptly after the 9 original designation is disclosed. 10 6.2 Meet and Confer. The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute resolution SAN FRANCISCO process by providing written notice of each designation it is challenging and describing the basis 12 ATTORNEYS AT LAW F ENWICK & W EST LLP 11 for each challenge. To avoid ambiguity as to whether a challenge has been made, the written 13 notice must recite that the challenge to confidentiality is being made in accordance with this 14 specific paragraph of the Protective Order. The parties shall attempt to resolve each challenge in 15 good faith and must begin the process by conferring directly (in voice to voice dialogue; other 16 forms of communication are not sufficient) within 14 days of the date of service of notice. In 17 conferring, the Challenging Party must explain the basis for its belief that the confidentiality 18 designation was not proper and must give the Designating Party an opportunity to review the 19 designated material, to reconsider the circumstances, and, if no change in designation is offered, 20 to explain the basis for the chosen designation. A Challenging Party may proceed to the next 21 stage of the challenge process only if it has engaged in this meet and confer process first or 22 establishes that the Designating Party is unwilling to participate in the meet and confer process in 23 a timely manner. 24 6.3 Judicial Intervention. If the Parties cannot resolve a challenge without court 25 intervention, the Designating Party shall file and serve a motion to retain confidentiality under 26 Civil Local Rule 7 (and in compliance with Civil Local Rule 79-5 and General Order 62, if 27 applicable) within 21 days of the initial notice of challenge or within 14 days of the parties 28 agreeing that the meet and confer process will not resolve their dispute, whichever is earlier. Each STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 8 Case No.: 3:12-cv-05667-EMC 1 such motion must be accompanied by a competent declaration affirming that the movant has 2 complied with the meet and confer requirements imposed in the preceding paragraph. Failure by 3 the Designating Party to make such a motion including the required declaration within 21 days (or 4 14 days, if applicable) shall automatically waive the confidentiality designation for each 5 challenged designation. In addition, the Challenging Party may file a motion challenging a 6 confidentiality designation at any time if there is good cause for doing so, including a challenge to 7 the designation of a deposition transcript or any portions thereof. Any motion brought pursuant to 8 this provision must be accompanied by a competent declaration affirming that the movant has 9 complied with the meet and confer requirements imposed by the preceding paragraph. SAN FRANCISCO Party. Frivolous challenges and those made for an improper purpose (e.g., to harass or impose 12 ATTORNEYS AT LAW The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be on the Designating 11 F ENWICK & W EST LLP 10 unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may expose the Challenging Party to 13 sanctions. Unless the Designating Party has waived the confidentiality designation by failing to 14 file a motion to retain confidentiality as described above, all parties shall continue to afford the 15 material in question the level of protection to which it is entitled under the Producing Party’s 16 designation until the court rules on the challenge. 17 7. 18 ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL 7.1 Basic Principles. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that is disclosed or 19 produced by another Party or by a Non-Party in connection with this case only for prosecuting, 20 defending, or attempting to settle this litigation. Such Protected Material may be disclosed only to 21 the categories of persons and under the conditions described in this Order. When the litigation has 22 been terminated, a Receiving Party must comply with the provisions of section 15 below (FINAL 23 DISPOSITION). 24 Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving Party at a location and 25 in a secure manner that ensures that access is limited to the persons authorized under this Order. 26 7.2 Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items. Unless otherwise ordered 27 by the court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a Receiving Party may disclose any 28 information or item designated “CONFIDENTIAL” only to: STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 9 Case No.: 3:12-cv-05667-EMC 1 (a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this action, as well as employees 2 of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the information 3 for this litigation and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” that 4 is attached hereto as Exhibit A; 5 (b) the officers, directors, and employees of the Receiving Party to whom disclosure is 6 reasonably necessary for this litigation (or the Receiving Party if the Receiving Party is an individual) 7 and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); 8 9 (c) Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and SAN FRANCISCO (d) the court and its personnel; 12 ATTORNEYS AT LAW Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); 11 F ENWICK & W EST LLP 10 (e) court reporters and their staff, professional jury or trial consultants, and Professional 13 Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have signed the 14 “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); 15 (f) during their depositions, witnesses in the action to whom disclosure is reasonably 16 necessary and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), 17 unless otherwise agreed by the Designating Party or ordered by the court. Pages of transcribed 18 deposition testimony or exhibits to depositions that reveal Protected Material must be separately 19 bound by the court reporter and may not be disclosed to anyone except as permitted under this 20 Stipulated Protective Order. 21 22 23 (g) the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information. 7.3 Disclosure of “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” and 24 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE” Information or Items. Unless otherwise 25 ordered by the court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a Receiving Party may 26 disclose any information or item designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ 27 EYES ONLY” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE” only to: 28 STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 10 Case No.: 3:12-cv-05667-EMC 1 (a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this action, as well as employees 2 of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the information 3 for this litigation (except for any employee who is a Party) and who have signed the 4 “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” that is attached hereto as Exhibit A; 5 (b) Experts of the Receiving Party (1) to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this 6 litigation, (2) who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), 7 and (3) as to whom the procedures set forth in paragraph 7.4(a)(2), below, have been followed; (c) the court and its personnel; 9 (d) court reporters and their staff, professional jury or trial consultants, and Professional 10 Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have signed the 11 “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); and SAN FRANCISCO 12 ATTORNEYS AT LAW F ENWICK & W EST LLP 8 13 14 (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 15 CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE 16 CODE” Information or Items to Experts. 17 (a) Unless otherwise ordered by the court or agreed to in writing by the Designating 18 Party, a Party that seeks to disclose to an Expert (as defined in this Order) any information or item 19 that has been designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” or 20 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE” pursuant to paragraph 7.3(c) first must make a 21 written request to the Designating Party that (1) identifies the general categories of “HIGHLY 22 CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE 23 CODE” information that the Receiving Party seeks permission to disclose to the Expert, (2) sets 24 forth the full name of the Expert and the city and state of his or her primary residence, (3) 25 attaches a copy of the Expert’s current resume, (4) identifies the Expert’s current employer(s), (5) 26 identifies each person or entity from whom the Expert has received compensation or funding for 27 work in his or her areas of expertise or to whom the expert has provided professional services, 28 STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 11 Case No.: 3:12-cv-05667-EMC 1 including in connection with a litigation, at any time during the preceding five years,1 and (6) 2 identifies (by name and number of the case, filing date, and location of court) any litigation in 3 connection with which the Expert has offered expert testimony, including through a declaration, 4 report, or testimony at a deposition or trial, during the preceding five years. 5 (b) A Party that makes a request and provides the information specified in the preceding Designating Party. Any such objection must set forth in detail the grounds on which it is based. 9 (c) A Party that receives a timely written objection must meet and confer with the 10 Designating Party (through direct voice to voice dialogue) to try to resolve the matter by 11 agreement within seven days of the written objection. If no agreement is reached, the Party 12 SAN FRANCISCO within 14 days of delivering the request, the Party receives a written objection from the 8 ATTORNEYS AT LAW respective paragraphs may disclose the subject Protected Material to the identified Expert unless, 7 F ENWICK & W EST LLP 6 seeking to make the disclosure to the Expert may file a motion as provided in Civil Local Rule 7 13 (and in compliance with Civil Local Rule 79-5 and General Order 62, if applicable) seeking 14 permission from the court to do so. Any such motion must describe the circumstances with 15 specificity, set forth in detail the reasons why the disclosure to the Expert is reasonably necessary, 16 assess the risk of harm that the disclosure would entail, and suggest any additional means that 17 could be used to reduce that risk. In addition, any such motion must be accompanied by a 18 competent declaration describing the parties’ efforts to resolve the matter by agreement (i.e., the 19 extent and the content of the meet and confer discussions) and setting forth the reasons advanced 20 by the Designating Party for its refusal to approve the disclosure. 21 In any such proceeding, the Party opposing disclosure to the Expert shall bear the burden 22 of proving that the risk of harm that the disclosure would entail (under the safeguards proposed) 23 outweighs the Receiving Party’s need to disclose the Protected Material to its Expert. 24 8. SOURCE CODE 25 26 27 28 1 If the Expert believes any of this information is subject to a confidentiality obligation to a thirdparty, then the Expert should provide whatever information the 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. STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 12 Case No.: 3:12-cv-05667-EMC 1 (a) To the extent production of source code becomes necessary in this case, a 2 Producing Party may designate source code as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL - SOURCE CODE” 3 if it comprises or includes confidential, proprietary or trade secret source code. 4 (b) Protected Material designated as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE 5 CODE” shall be subject to all of the protections afforded to “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – 6 ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” information, and may be disclosed only to the individuals to 7 whom “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” information may be 8 disclosed, as set forth in Paragraphs 7.3 and 7.4. 9 (c) Any source code produced in discovery shall be made available for inspection, in a SAN FRANCISCO other mutually agreeable times, at an office of the Producing Party’s counsel or another mutually 12 ATTORNEYS AT LAW format allowing it to be reasonably reviewed and searched, during normal business hours or at 11 F ENWICK & W EST LLP 10 agreed upon location. The source code shall be made available for inspection on a secured 13 computer in a secured room without Internet access or network access to other computers, and the 14 Receiving Party shall not copy, remove, or otherwise transfer any portion of the source code onto 15 any recordable media or recordable device. The Producing Party may visually monitor the 16 activities of the Receiving Party’s representatives during any source code review, but only to 17 ensure that there is no unauthorized recording, copying, or transmission of the source code. 18 (d) The Receiving Party may request paper copies of limited portions of source code 19 that are reasonably necessary for the preparation of court filings, pleadings, expert reports, or 20 other papers, or for deposition or trial, but shall not request paper copies for the purposes of 21 reviewing the source code other than electronically as set forth in paragraph (c) in the first 22 instance. The Producing Party shall provide all such source code in paper form including bates 23 numbers and the label “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL - SOURCE CODE.” The Producing Party 24 may challenge the amount of source code requested in hard copy form pursuant to the dispute 25 resolution procedure and timeframes set forth in Paragraph 6 whereby the Producing Party is the 26 “Challenging Party” and the Receiving Party is the “Designating Party” for purposes of dispute 27 resolution. 28 STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 13 Case No.: 3:12-cv-05667-EMC 1 (e) The Receiving Party shall maintain a record of any individual who has inspected 2 any portion of the source code in electronic or paper form. The Receiving Party shall maintain all 3 paper copies of any printed portions of the source code in a secured, locked area. The Receiving 4 Party shall not create any electronic or other images of the paper copies and shall not convert any 5 of the information contained in the paper copies into any electronic format. The Receiving Party 6 shall only make additional paper copies if such additional copies are (1) necessary to prepare 7 court filings, pleadings, or other papers (including a testifying expert’s expert report), 8 (2) necessary for deposition, or (3) otherwise necessary for the preparation of its case. Any paper 9 copies used during a deposition shall be retrieved by the Producing Party at the end of each day and must not be given to or left with a court reporter or any other individual. 11 9. SAN FRANCISCO 12 ATTORNEYS AT LAW F ENWICK & W EST LLP 10 13 PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED PRODUCED IN OTHER LITIGATION If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other litigation that compels 14 disclosure of any information or items designated in this action as “CONFIDENTIAL,” 15 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL 16 – SOURCE CODE” that Party must: 17 18 (a) promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification shall include a copy of the subpoena or court order; 19 (b) promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena or order to issue in the 20 other litigation that some or all of the material covered by the subpoena or order is subject to this 21 Protective Order. Such notification shall include a copy of this Stipulated Protective Order; and 22 23 (c) cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be pursued by the Designating Party whose Protected Material may be affected.2 24 25 If the Designating Party timely seeks a protective order, the Party served with the subpoena or court order shall not produce any information designated in this action as 26 27 28 2 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. STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 14 Case No.: 3:12-cv-05667-EMC 1 “CONFIDENTIAL,” “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” or 2 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE” before a determination by the court from 3 which the subpoena or order issued, unless the Party has obtained the Designating Party’s 4 permission. The Designating Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking protection in that 5 court of its confidential material – and nothing in these provisions should be construed as 6 authorizing or encouraging a Receiving Party in this action to disobey a lawful directive from 7 another court. 8 10. A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE PRODUCED IN THIS LITIGATION 9 (a) 10 The terms of this Order are applicable to information produced by a Non-Party in SAN FRANCISCO this action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL,” “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – 12 ATTORNEYS AT LAW F ENWICK & W EST LLP 11 ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE”. Such 13 information produced by Non-Parties in connection with this litigation is protected by the 14 remedies and relief provided by this Order. Nothing in these provisions should be construed as 15 prohibiting a Non-Party from seeking additional protections. (b) 16 In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery request, to produce a 17 Non-Party’s confidential information in its possession, and the Party is subject to an agreement 18 with the Non-Party not to produce the Non-Party’s confidential information, then the Party shall: 1. 19 promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the Non-Party that 20 some or all of the information requested is subject to a confidentiality agreement with a Non- 21 Party; 2. 22 promptly provide the Non-Party with a copy of the Stipulated Protective 23 Order in this litigation, the relevant discovery request(s), and a reasonably specific description of 24 the information requested; and 25 3. 26 (c) make the information requested available for inspection by the Non-Party. If the Non-Party fails to object or seek a protective order from this court within 14 27 days of receiving the notice and accompanying information, the Receiving Party may produce the 28 Non-Party’s confidential information responsive to the discovery request. If the Non-Party timely STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 15 Case No.: 3:12-cv-05667-EMC 1 seeks a protective order, the Receiving Party shall not produce any information in its possession 2 or control that is subject to the confidentiality agreement with the Non-Party before a 3 determination by the court.3 Absent a court order to the contrary, the Non-Party shall bear the 4 burden and expense of seeking protection in this court of its Protected Material. 5 11. 6 UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed Protected 7 Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this Stipulated Protective 8 Order, the Receiving Party must immediately (a) notify in writing the Designating Party of the 9 unauthorized disclosures, (b) use its best efforts to retrieve all unauthorized copies of the SAN FRANCISCO made of all the terms of this Order, and (d) request such person or persons to execute the 12 ATTORNEYS AT LAW Protected Material, (c) inform the person or persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were 11 F ENWICK & W EST LLP 10 “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” that is attached hereto as Exhibit A. 13 12. INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE PROTECTED MATERIAL 14 When a Producing Party gives notice to Receiving Parties that certain inadvertently 15 16 produced material is subject to a claim of privilege or other protection, the obligations of the 17 Receiving Parties are those set forth in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5)(B). However, the 18 Receiving Party of an inadvertently produced document may not “sequester” or in any way use the 19 document(s) pending resolution of a challenge to the claim of privilege or other protection to the extent it 20 would be otherwise allowed by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5)(B). This provision is not 21 intended to modify whatever procedure may be established in an e-discovery order that provides 22 for production without prior privilege review. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 502(d) and 23 (e), insofar as the parties reach an agreement on the effect of disclosure of a communication or 24 information covered by the attorney-client privilege or work product protection, the parties may 25 incorporate their agreement in the stipulated protective order submitted to the court. 26 27 28 3 The purpose of this provision is to alert the interested parties to the existence of confidentiality rights of a Non-Party and to afford the Non-Party an opportunity to protect its confidentiality interests in this court. STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 16 Case No.: 3:12-cv-05667-EMC 1 13. 2 3 MISCELLANEOUS 13.1 Right to Further Relief. Nothing in this Order abridges the right of any person to seek its modification by the court in the future. 4 13.2 Right to Assert Other Objections. By stipulating to the entry of this Protective 5 Order no Party waives any right it otherwise would have to object to disclosing or producing any 6 information or item on any ground not addressed in this Stipulated Protective Order. Similarly, no 7 Party waives any right to object on any ground to use in evidence of any of the material covered 8 by this Protective Order. 9 13.3 Filing Protected Material. Without written permission from the Designating Party SAN FRANCISCO the public record in this action any Protected Material. A Party that seeks to file under seal any 12 ATTORNEYS AT LAW or a court order secured after appropriate notice to all interested persons, a Party may not file in 11 F ENWICK & W EST LLP 10 Protected Material must comply with Civil Local Rule 79-5 and General Order 62. Protected 13 Material may only be filed under seal pursuant to a court order authorizing the sealing of the 14 specific Protected Material at issue. Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5 and General Order 62, a 15 sealing order will issue only upon a request establishing that the Protected Material at issue is 16 privileged, protectable as a trade secret, or otherwise entitled to protection under the law. If a 17 Receiving Party’s request to file Protected Material under seal pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79- 18 5(d) and General Order 62 is denied by the court, then the Receiving Party may file the Protected 19 Material in the public record pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5(e) unless otherwise instructed by 20 the court. 21 14. 22 FINAL DISPOSITION Within 60 days after the final disposition of this action, as defined in paragraph 4, each 23 Receiving Party must return all Protected Material to the Producing Party or destroy such 24 material. As used in this subdivision, “all Protected Material” includes all copies, abstracts, 25 compilations, summaries, and any other format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected 26 Material. Whether the Protected Material is returned or destroyed, the Receiving Party must 27 submit a written certification to the Producing Party (and, if not the same person or entity, to the 28 Designating Party) by the 60-day deadline that (1) identifies (by category, where appropriate) all STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 17 Case No.: 3:12-cv-05667-EMC 1 the Protected Material that was returned or destroyed and (2) affirms that the Receiving Party has 2 not retained any copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries or any other format reproducing or 3 capturing any of the Protected Material. Notwithstanding this provision, Counsel are entitled to 4 retain an archival copy of all pleadings, motion papers, trial, deposition, and hearing transcripts, 5 legal memoranda, correspondence, deposition and trial exhibits, expert reports, attorney work 6 product, and consultant and expert work product, even if such materials contain Protected 7 Material. Any such archival copies that contain or constitute Protected Material remain subject to 8 this Protective Order as set forth in Section 4 (DURATION). 9 10 IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD. Dated: July 24, 2013 FENWICK & WEST LLP SAN FRANCISCO 12 ATTORNEYS AT LAW F ENWICK & W EST LLP 11 By: /s/ Jennifer L. Kelly Jennifer L. Kelly 13 Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counterdefendant NEXTDOOR.COM, INC., and Counterdefendant PRAKASH JANAKIRAMAN 14 15 16 17 18 Dated: July 24, 2013 ROYSE LAW FIRM, PC 19 20 By: /s/ Harpreet S. Walia Harpreet S. Walia Lisa M. Chapman 21 22 Attorneys for Counterdefendants SANDEEP SOOD and MOONSOON ENTERPRISES, INC. 23 24 25 26 27 28 STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 18 Case No.: 3:12-cv-05667-EMC 1 Dated: July 24, 2013 LEGALFORCE RAJ ABHYANKER, P.C. 2 3 By: /s/ Bruno W. Tarabichi Bruno W. Tarabichi Roy Montgomery 4 5 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 13 dwa Judge E ER 14 15 A H SAN FRANCISCO RT ATTORNEYS AT LAW 12 hen rd M. C NO F ENWICK & W EST LLP 11 OO IT IS S R NIA 10 Hon. Edward M. Chen United States District ED Judge RDER Court FO 9 RT U O July 31, 2013 DATED: ________________________ UNIT ED 8 S DISTRICT TE C TA _________________________________________ LI 7 S 6 Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaimant RAJ ABHYANKER N F D IS T IC T O R C 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 19 Case No.: 3:12-cv-05667-EMC 1 EXHIBIT A 2 ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND 3 I, _____________________________ [print or type full name], of _________________ the Northern District of California on [date] in the case of ___________ [insert formal name of 7 the case and the number and initials assigned to it by the court]. I agree to comply with and to 8 be bound by all the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order and I understand and acknowledge 9 that failure to so comply could expose me to sanctions and punishment in the nature of contempt. 10 I solemnly promise that I will not disclose in any manner any information or item that is subject 11 to this Stipulated Protective Order to any person or entity except in strict compliance with the 12 SAN FRANCISCO understand the Stipulated Protective Order that was issued by the United States District Court for 6 ATTORNEYS AT LAW [print or type full address], declare under penalty of perjury that I have read in its entirety and 5 F ENWICK & W EST LLP 4 provisions of this Order. 13 I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the 14 Northern District of California for the purpose of enforcing the terms of this Stipulated Protective 15 Order, even if such enforcement proceedings occur after termination of this action. 16 I hereby appoint __________________________ [print or type full name] of 17 _______________________________________ [print or type full address and telephone 18 number] as my California agent for service of process in connection with this action or any 19 proceedings related to enforcement of this Stipulated Protective Order. 20 21 Date: _________________________________ 22 City and State where sworn and signed: _________________________________ 23 Printed name: ______________________________ [printed name] 24 25 26 Signature: __________________________________ [signature] 27 28 STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 20 Case No.: 3:12-cv-05667-EMC

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