PQ Labs, Inc. et al v. Qi et al

Filing 51

ORDER by Judge Claudia Wilken Granting 50 Stipulated Protective Order. (ndr, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 2/7/2013)

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1 5 OTTO O. LEE, CA Bar No. 173987 olee@iplg.com KEVIN VIAU, CA Bar No. 275556 kviau@iplg.com INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP LLP 12 South First Street, 12th Floor San Jose, California 95113 Telephone: (408) 286-8933 Facsimile: (408) 286-8932 6 Attorneys for Plaintiff PQ LABS, INC. 2 3 4 7 8 9 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP LLP 12 South First Street, 12th Floor San Jose, California 95113 10 11 12 Perry J. Narancic, CA Bar No. 206820 LEXANALYTICA, PC 1730 S El Camino Real, Suite 270 San Mateo, CA 94402 www.lexanalytica.com pjn@lexanalytica.com Telephone: (650) 814-7688 Attorneys for Defendants 13 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 14 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 15 OAKLAND DIVISION 16 17 PQ LABS, INC., Plaintiff, 18 v. 19 20 Case No.: 12-CV-00450-CW YANG QI, ZAAGTECH INC., JINPENG LI, and HAIPENG LI, 21 STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER FOR LITIGATION INVOLVING PATENTS, HIGHLY SENSITIVE CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, AND/OR TRADE SECRETS Defendants. 22 23 24 1. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS Disclosure and discovery activity in this action are likely to involve production of 25 confidential, proprietary, or private information for which special protection from public disclosure 26 and from use for any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation may be warranted. Accordingly, 27 the parties hereby stipulate to and petition the court to enter the following Stipulated Protective 28 Order. The parties acknowledge that this Order does not confer blanket protections on all disclosures Case No. 12-CV-00450-CW Stipulated Protective Order 1 1 or responses to discovery and that the protection it affords from public disclosure and use extends 2 only to the limited information or items that are entitled to confidential treatment under the applicable 3 legal principles. The parties further acknowledge, as set forth in Section 14.4, below, that this 4 Stipulated Protective Order does not entitle them to file confidential information under seal; Civil 5 Local Rule 79-5 and General Order 62 set forth the procedures that must be followed and the 6 standards that will be applied when a party seeks permission from the court to file material under 7 seal. 8 2. 9 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP LLP 12 South First Street, 12th Floor San Jose, California 95113 10 11 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 12 generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for protection under Federal Rule of 13 Civil Procedure 26(c). 14 2.3 15 their support staff). 16 2.4 17 18 Counsel (without qualifier): Outside Counsel of Record and House Counsel (as well as Designated House Counsel: House Counsel who seek access to “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” information in this matter. 2.5 Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that designates information or items that it 19 produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY 20 CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE 21 CODE.” 22 2.6 Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless of the medium 23 or manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained (including, among other things, testimony, 24 transcripts, and tangible things), that are produced or generated in disclosures or responses to 25 discovery in this matter. 26 2.7 Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter pertinent to the 27 litigation who (1) has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as an expert witness or as a 28 consultant in this action, (2) is not a past or current employee of a Party or of a Party’s competitor, Case No. 12-CV-00450-CW Stipulated Protective Order 2 1 and (3) at the time of retention, is not anticipated to become an employee of a Party or of a Party’s 2 competitor. 3 2.8 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” Information or Items: 4 extremely sensitive “Confidential Information or Items,” disclosure of which to another Party or 5 Non-Party would create a substantial risk of serious harm that could not be avoided by less restrictive 6 means. 7 2.9 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE” Information or Items: extremely 8 sensitive “Confidential Information or Items” representing computer code and associated comments 9 and revision histories, formulas, engineering specifications, or schematics that define or otherwise INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP LLP 12 South First Street, 12th Floor San Jose, California 95113 10 describe in detail the algorithms or structure of software or hardware designs, disclosure of which to 11 another Party or Non-Party would create a substantial risk of serious harm that could not be avoided 12 by less restrictive means. 13 14 15 16 17 2.10 House Counsel: attorneys who are employees of a party to this action. House Counsel does not include Outside Counsel of Record or any other outside counsel. 2.11 Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity not named as a Party to this action. 2.12 Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of a party to this action 18 but are retained to represent or advise a party to this action and have appeared in this action on behalf 19 of that party or are affiliated with a law firm which has appeared on behalf of that party. 20 21 22 23 24 2.13 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). 2.14 Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or Discovery Material in this action. 2.15 Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation support services (e.g., 25 photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or demonstrations, and organizing, storing, 26 or retrieving data in any form or medium) and their employees and subcontractors. 27 28 Case No. 12-CV-00450-CW Stipulated Protective Order 3 1 2.16 Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is designated as 2 “CONFIDENTIAL,” or as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” or as 3 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE.” 4 2.17 Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery Material from a 5 Producing Party. 6 3. SCOPE The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only Protected Material (as 7 8 defined above), but also (1) any information copied or extracted from Protected Material; (2) all 9 copies, excerpts, summaries, or compilations of Protected Material; and (3) any testimony, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP LLP 12 South First Street, 12th Floor San Jose, California 95113 10 conversations, or presentations by Parties or their Counsel that might reveal Protected Material. 11 However, the protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order do not cover the following 12 information: (a) any information that is in the public domain at the time of disclosure to a Receiving 13 Party or becomes part of the public domain after its disclosure to a Receiving Party as a result of 14 publication not involving a violation of this Order, including becoming part of the public record 15 through trial or otherwise; and (b) any information known to the Receiving Party prior to the 16 disclosure or obtained by the Receiving Party after the disclosure from a source who obtained the 17 information lawfully and under no obligation of confidentiality to the Designating Party. Any use of 18 Protected Material at trial shall be governed by a separate agreement or order. 19 4. DURATION Even after final disposition of this litigation, the confidentiality obligations imposed by this 20 21 Order shall remain in effect until a Designating Party agrees otherwise in writing or a court order 22 otherwise directs. Final disposition shall be deemed to be the later of (1) dismissal of all claims and 23 defenses in this action, with or without prejudice; and (2) final judgment herein after the completion 24 and exhaustion of all appeals, rehearings, remands, trials, or reviews of this action, including the time 25 limits for filing any motions or applications for extension of time pursuant to applicable law. 26 5. 27 28 DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL 5.1 Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for Protection. Each Party or Non-Party that designates information or items for protection under this Order must take care to limit Case No. 12-CV-00450-CW Stipulated Protective Order 4 1 any such designation to specific material that qualifies under the appropriate standards. To the extent 2 it is practical to do so, the Designating Party must designate for protection only those parts of 3 material, documents, items, or oral or written communications that qualify – so that other portions of 4 the material, documents, items, or communications for which protection is not warranted are not 5 swept unjustifiably within the ambit of this Order. 6 Mass, indiscriminate, or routinized designations are prohibited. Designations that are shown 7 to be clearly unjustified or that have been made for an improper purpose (e.g., to unnecessarily 8 encumber or retard the case development process or to impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on 9 other parties) expose the Designating Party to sanctions. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP LLP 12 South First Street, 12th Floor San Jose, California 95113 10 If it comes to a Designating Party’s attention that information or items that it designated for 11 protection do not qualify for protection at all or do not qualify for the level of protection initially 12 asserted, that Designating Party must promptly notify all other parties that it is withdrawing the 13 mistaken designation. 14 5.2 Manner and Timing of Designations. Except as otherwise provided in this Order (see, 15 e.g., second paragraph of Section 5.2(a) below), or as otherwise stipulated or ordered, Disclosure or 16 Discovery Material that qualifies for protection under this Order must be clearly so designated before 17 the material is disclosed or produced. 18 19 Designation in conformity with this Order requires: (a) for information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic documents, but 20 excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial proceedings), that the Producing Party 21 affix the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES 22 ONLY” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE” to each page that contains protected 23 material. If only a portion or portions of the material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing 24 Party also must clearly identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the 25 margins) and must specify, for each portion, the level of protection being asserted. 26 A Party or Non-Party that makes original documents or materials available for inspection 27 need not designate them for protection until after the inspecting Party has indicated which material it 28 would like copied and produced. During the inspection and before the designation, all of the material Case No. 12-CV-00450-CW Stipulated Protective Order 5 1 made available for inspection shall be deemed “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES 2 ONLY.” After the inspecting Party has identified the documents it wants copied and produced, the 3 Producing Party must determine which documents, or portions thereof, qualify for protection under 4 this Order. Then, before producing the specified documents, the Producing Party must affix the 5 appropriate legend (“CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES 6 ONLY” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE”) to each page that contains Protected 7 Material. If only a portion or portions of the material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing 8 Party also must clearly identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the 9 margins) and must specify, for each portion, the level of protection being asserted. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP LLP 12 South First Street, 12th Floor San Jose, California 95113 10 (b) for testimony given in deposition or in other pretrial or trial proceedings, that the 11 Designating Party identify on the record, before the close of the deposition, hearing, or other 12 proceeding, all protected testimony and specify the level of protection being asserted. When it is 13 impractical to identify separately each portion of testimony that is entitled to protection and it appears 14 that substantial portions of the testimony may qualify for protection, the Designating Party may 15 invoke on the record (before the deposition, hearing, or other proceeding is concluded) a right to have 16 up to 21 days to identify the specific portions of the testimony as to which protection is sought and to 17 specify the level of protection being asserted. Only those portions of the testimony that are 18 appropriately designated for protection within the 21 days shall be covered by the provisions of this 19 Stipulated Protective Order. Alternatively, a Designating Party may specify, at the deposition or up to 20 21 days afterwards if that period is properly invoked, that the entire transcript shall be treated as 21 “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” 22 Parties shall give the other parties notice if they reasonably expect a deposition, hearing or 23 other proceeding to include Protected Material so that the other parties can ensure that only 24 authorized individuals who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” 25 (Exhibit A) are present at those proceedings. The use of a document as an exhibit at a deposition shall 26 not in any way affect its designation as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – 27 ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” 28 Case No. 12-CV-00450-CW Stipulated Protective Order 6 1 Transcripts containing Protected Material shall have an obvious legend on the title page that 2 the transcript contains Protected Material, and the title page shall be followed by a list of all pages 3 (including line numbers as appropriate) that have been designated as Protected Material and the level 4 of protection being asserted by the Designating Party. The Designating Party shall inform the court 5 reporter of these requirements. Any transcript that is prepared before the expiration of a 21-day 6 period for designation shall be treated during that period as if it had been designated “HIGHLY 7 CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” in its entirety unless otherwise agreed. After the 8 expiration of that period, the transcript shall be treated only as actually designated. (c) for information produced in some form other than documentary and for any other 10 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP LLP 12 South First Street, 12th Floor San Jose, California 95113 9 tangible items, that the Producing Party affix in a prominent place on the exterior of the container or 11 containers in which the information or item is stored the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY 12 CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE 13 CODE”. If only a portion or portions of the information or item warrant protection, the Producing 14 Party, to the extent practicable, shall identify the protected portion(s) and specify the level of 15 protection being asserted. 5.3 16 Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected, an inadvertent failure to 17 designate qualified information or items does not, standing alone, waive the Designating Party’s right 18 to secure protection under this Order for such material. Upon timely correction of a designation, the 19 Receiving Party must make reasonable efforts to assure that the material is treated in accordance with 20 the provisions of this Order. 21 6. 22 CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS 6.1 Timing of Challenges. Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a designation of 23 confidentiality at any time. Unless a prompt challenge to a Designating Party’s confidentiality 24 designation is necessary to avoid foreseeable, substantial unfairness, unnecessary economic burdens, 25 or a significant disruption or delay of the litigation, a Party does not waive its right to challenge a 26 confidentiality designation by electing not to mount a challenge promptly after the original 27 designation is disclosed. 28 Case No. 12-CV-00450-CW Stipulated Protective Order 7 1 6.2 Meet and Confer. The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute resolution process 2 by providing written notice of each designation it is challenging and describing the basis for each 3 challenge. To avoid ambiguity as to whether a challenge has been made, the written notice must 4 recite that the challenge to confidentiality is being made in accordance with this specific paragraph of 5 the Protective Order. The parties shall attempt to resolve each challenge in good faith and must begin 6 the process by conferring directly (in voice to voice dialogue; other forms of communication are not 7 sufficient) within 14 days of the date of service of notice. In conferring, the Challenging Party must 8 explain the basis for its belief that the confidentiality designation was not proper and must give the 9 Designating Party an opportunity to review the designated material, to reconsider the circumstances, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP LLP 12 South First Street, 12th Floor San Jose, California 95113 10 and, if no change in designation is offered, to explain the basis for the chosen designation. A 11 Challenging Party may proceed to the next stage of the challenge process only if it has engaged in 12 this meet and confer process first or establishes that the Designating Party is unwilling to participate 13 in the meet and confer process in a timely manner. 14 6.3 Judicial Intervention. If the Parties cannot resolve a challenge without court 15 intervention, the Designating Party shall file and serve a motion to retain confidentiality under Civil 16 Local Rule 7 (and in compliance with Civil Local Rule 79-5 and General Order 62, if applicable) 17 within 21 days of the initial notice of challenge or within 14 days of the parties agreeing that the meet 18 and confer process will not resolve their dispute, whichever is earlier. Each such motion must be 19 accompanied by a competent declaration affirming that the movant has complied with the meet and 20 confer requirements imposed in the preceding paragraph. Failure by the Designating Party to make 21 such a motion including the required declaration within 21 days (or 14 days, if applicable) shall 22 automatically waive the confidentiality designation for each challenged designation. In addition, the 23 Challenging Party may file a motion challenging a confidentiality designation at any time if there is 24 good cause for doing so, including a challenge to the designation of a deposition transcript or any 25 portions thereof. Any motion brought pursuant to this provision must be accompanied by a competent 26 declaration affirming that the movant has complied with the meet and confer requirements imposed 27 by the preceding paragraph. 28 Case No. 12-CV-00450-CW Stipulated Protective Order 8 1 The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be on the Designating Party. 2 Frivolous challenges and those made for an improper purpose (e.g., to harass or impose unnecessary 3 expenses and burdens on other parties) may expose the Challenging Party to sanctions. Unless the 4 Designating Party has waived the confidentiality designation by failing to file a motion to retain 5 confidentiality as described above, all parties shall continue to afford the material in question the 6 level of protection to which it is entitled under the Producing Party’s designation until the court rules 7 on the challenge. 8 7. 9 ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL 7.1 Basic Principles. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that is disclosed or INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP LLP 12 South First Street, 12th Floor San Jose, California 95113 10 produced by another Party or by a Non-Party in connection with this case only for prosecuting, 11 defending, or attempting to settle this litigation. Such Protected Material may be disclosed only to the 12 categories of persons and under the conditions described in this Order. When the litigation has been 13 terminated, a Receiving Party must comply with the provisions of Section 15 below (FINAL 14 DISPOSITION). 15 16 17 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 18 the court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a Receiving Party may disclose any 19 information or item designated “CONFIDENTIAL” only to: 20 (a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this action, as well as 21 employees of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the 22 information for this litigation and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be 23 Bound” that is attached hereto as Exhibit A; 24 (b) the officers, directors, and employees (including House Counsel) of the Receiving 25 Party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have signed the 26 “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); 27 28 Case No. 12-CV-00450-CW Stipulated Protective Order 9 1 (c) Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to whom disclosure is 2 reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to 3 Be Bound” (Exhibit A); 4 (d) the court and its personnel; 5 (e) court reporters and their staff, professional jury or trial consultants, and 6 Professional Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have 7 signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); 8 9 (f) during their depositions, witnesses in the action to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP LLP 12 South First Street, 12th Floor San Jose, California 95113 10 unless otherwise agreed by the Designating Party or ordered by the court. Pages of transcribed 11 deposition testimony or exhibits to depositions that reveal Protected Material must be separately 12 bound by the court reporter and may not be disclosed to anyone except as permitted under this 13 Stipulated Protective Order; and 14 15 16 (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 17 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE” Information or Items. Unless otherwise ordered by 18 the court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a Receiving Party may disclose any 19 information or item designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” or 20 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE” only to: 21 (a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this action, as well as 22 employees of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the 23 information for this litigation and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be 24 Bound” that is attached hereto as Exhibit A; 25 (b) Designated House Counsel of the Receiving Party (1) who has no involvement in 26 competitive decision-making, (2) to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation, (3) 27 who has signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), and (4) as to whom 28 the procedures set forth in Paragraph 7.4(a)(1), below, have been followed; Case No. 12-CV-00450-CW Stipulated Protective Order 10 1 (c) Experts of the Receiving Party (1) to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for 2 this litigation, (2) who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), 3 and (3) as to whom the procedures set forth in Paragraph 7.4(a)(2), below, have been followed; 4 (d) the court and its personnel; 5 (e) court reporters and their staff, professional jury or trial consultants, and 6 Professional Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have 7 signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); and 8 9 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP LLP 12 South First Street, 12th Floor San Jose, California 95113 10 (f) 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 11 – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE” Information 12 or Items to Designated House Counsel or Experts. 13 (a)(1) Unless otherwise ordered by the court or agreed to in writing by the Designating 14 Party, a Party that seeks to disclose to Designated House Counsel any information or item that has 15 been designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” pursuant to 16 Paragraph 7.3(b) first must make a written request to the Designating Party that (1) sets forth the full 17 name of the Designated House Counsel and the city and state of his or her residence, and (2) 18 describes the Designated House Counsel’s current and reasonably foreseeable future primary job 19 duties and responsibilities in sufficient detail to determine if House Counsel is involved, or may 20 become involved, in any competitive decision-making. 21 (a)(2) Unless otherwise ordered by the court or agreed to in writing by the Designating 22 Party, a Party that seeks to disclose to an Expert (as defined in this Order) any information or item 23 that has been designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” or 24 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE” pursuant to Paragraph 7.3(c) first must make a 25 written request to the Designating Party that (1) identifies the general categories of “HIGHLY 26 CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE 27 CODE” information that the Receiving Party seeks permission to disclose to the Expert, (2) sets forth 28 the full name of the Expert and the city and state of his or her primary residence, (3) attaches a copy Case No. 12-CV-00450-CW Stipulated Protective Order 11 1 of the Expert’s current resume, (4) identifies the Expert’s current employer(s), (5) identifies each 2 person or entity from whom the Expert has received compensation or funding for work in his or her 3 areas of expertise or to whom the expert has provided professional services, including in connection 4 with a litigation, at any time during the preceding five years, and (6) identifies (by name and number 5 of the case, filing date, and location of court) any litigation in connection with which the Expert has 6 offered expert testimony, including through a declaration, report, or testimony at a deposition or trial, 7 during the preceding five years. 8 (b) A Party that makes a request and provides the information specified in the 9 preceding respective paragraphs may disclose the subject Protected Material to the identified INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP LLP 12 South First Street, 12th Floor San Jose, California 95113 10 Designated House Counsel or Expert unless, within 14 days of delivering the request, the Party 11 receives a written objection from the Designating Party. Any such objection must set forth in detail 12 the grounds on which it is based. 13 (c) A Party that receives a timely written objection must meet and confer with the 14 Designating Party (through direct voice to voice dialogue) to try to resolve the matter by agreement 15 within seven days of the written objection. If no agreement is reached, the Party seeking to make the 16 disclosure to Designated House Counsel or the Expert may file a motion as provided in Civil Local 17 Rule 7 (and in compliance with Civil Local Rule 79-5 and General Order 62, if applicable) seeking 18 permission from the court to do so. Any such motion must describe the circumstances with 19 specificity, set forth in detail the reasons why the disclosure to Designated House Counsel or the 20 Expert is reasonably necessary, assess the risk of harm that the disclosure would entail, and suggest 21 any additional means that could be used to reduce that risk. In addition, any such motion must be 22 accompanied by a competent declaration describing the parties’ efforts to resolve the matter by 23 agreement (i.e., the extent and the content of the meet and confer discussions) and setting forth the 24 reasons advanced by the Designating Party for its refusal to approve the disclosure. 25 In any such proceeding, the Party opposing disclosure to Designated House Counsel or the 26 Expert shall bear the burden of proving that the risk of harm that the disclosure would entail (under 27 the safeguards proposed) outweighs the Receiving Party’s need to disclose the Protected Material to 28 its Designated House Counsel or Expert. Case No. 12-CV-00450-CW Stipulated Protective Order 12 1 8. 2 PROSECUTION BAR Absent written consent from the Producing Party, any individual who receives access to 3 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – 4 SOURCE CODE” information shall not be involved in the prosecution of patents or patent 5 applications relating to the subject matter highly confidential technical information to be produced, 6 including without limitation the patents asserted in this action and any patent or application claiming 7 priority to or otherwise related to the patents asserted in this action, before any foreign or domestic 8 agency, including the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“the Patent Office”). For purposes 9 of this paragraph, “prosecution” includes directly or indirectly drafting, amending, advising, or INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP LLP 12 South First Street, 12th Floor San Jose, California 95113 10 otherwise affecting the scope or maintenance of patent claims. To avoid any doubt, “prosecution” as 11 used in this paragraph does not include representing a party challenging a patent before a domestic or 12 foreign agency (including, but not limited to, a reissue protest, ex parte reexamination or inter partes 13 reexamination). This Prosecution Bar shall begin when access to “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – 14 ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE” information is 15 first received by the affected individual and shall end one (1) year after final termination of this 16 action. 17 9. 18 SOURCE CODE (a) To the extent production of source code becomes necessary in this case, a 19 Producing Party may designate source code as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE” if it 20 comprises or includes confidential, proprietary or trade secret source code. 21 (b) Protected Material designated as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE 22 CODE” shall be subject to all of the protections afforded to “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – 23 ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” information including the Prosecution Bar set forth in Paragraph 8, 24 and may be disclosed only to the individuals to whom “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – 25 ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” information may be disclosed, as set forth in Paragraphs 7.3 and 7.4, 26 with the exception of Designated House Counsel. 27 28 (c) Any source code produced in discovery shall be made available for inspection, in a format allowing it to be reasonably reviewed and searched, during normal business hours or at other Case No. 12-CV-00450-CW Stipulated Protective Order 13 1 mutually agreeable times, at an office of the Producing Party’s counsel or another mutually agreed 2 upon location. The source code shall be made available for inspection on a secured computer in a 3 secured room without Internet access or network access to other computers, and the Receiving Party 4 shall not copy, remove, or otherwise transfer any portion of the source code onto any recordable 5 media or recordable device. The Producing Party may visually monitor the activities of the Receiving 6 Party’s representatives during any source code review, but only to ensure that there is no 7 unauthorized recording, copying, or transmission of the source code. (d) The Receiving Party may request paper copies of limited portions of source code 9 that are reasonably necessary for the preparation of court filings, pleadings, expert reports, or other 10 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP LLP 12 South First Street, 12th Floor San Jose, California 95113 8 papers, or for deposition or trial, but shall not request paper copies for the purposes of reviewing the 11 source code other than electronically as set forth in Paragraph (c) in the first instance. The Producing 12 Party shall provide all such source code in paper form including bates numbers and the label 13 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE.” The Producing Party may challenge the amount 14 of source code requested in hard copy form pursuant to the dispute resolution procedure and 15 timeframes set forth in Paragraph 6 whereby the Producing Party is the “Challenging Party” and the 16 Receiving Party is the “Designating Party” for purposes of dispute resolution. 17 (e) The Receiving Party shall maintain a record of any individual who has inspected 18 any portion of the source code in electronic or paper form. The Receiving Party shall maintain all 19 paper copies of any printed portions of the source code in a secured, locked area. The Receiving Party 20 shall not create any electronic or other images of the paper copies and shall not convert any of the 21 information contained in the paper copies into any electronic format. The Receiving Party shall only 22 make additional paper copies if such additional copies are (1) necessary to prepare court filings, 23 pleadings, or other papers (including a testifying expert’s expert report), (2) necessary for deposition, 24 or (3) otherwise necessary for the preparation of its case. Any paper copies used during a deposition 25 shall be retrieved by the Producing Party at the end of each day and must not be given to or left with 26 a court reporter or any other individual. 27 28 Case No. 12-CV-00450-CW Stipulated Protective Order 14 1 10. 2 LITIGATION 3 PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED PRODUCED IN OTHER If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other litigation that compels 4 disclosure of any information or items designated in this action as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY 5 CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE 6 CODE” that Party must: 7 8 (a) promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification shall include a copy of the subpoena or court order; 9 (b) promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena or order to issue in INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP LLP 12 South First Street, 12th Floor San Jose, California 95113 10 the other litigation that some or all of the material covered by the subpoena or order is subject to this 11 Protective Order. Such notification shall include a copy of this Stipulated Protective Order; and 12 13 (c) cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be pursued by the Designating Party whose Protected Material may be affected. 14 If the Designating Party timely seeks a protective order, the Party served with the subpoena or 15 court order shall not produce any information designated in this action as “CONFIDENTIAL” or 16 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – 17 SOURCE CODE” before a determination by the court from which the subpoena or order issued, 18 unless the Party has obtained the Designating Party’s permission. The Designating Party shall bear 19 the burden and expense of seeking protection in that court of its confidential material – and nothing in 20 these provisions should be construed as authorizing or encouraging a Receiving Party in this action to 21 disobey a lawful directive from another court. 22 11. 23 LITIGATION 24 A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE PRODUCED IN THIS (a) The terms of this Order are applicable to information produced by a Non-Party in 25 this action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ 26 EYES ONLY” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE.” Such information produced by 27 Non-Parties in connection with this litigation is protected by the remedies and relief provided by this 28 Case No. 12-CV-00450-CW Stipulated Protective Order 15 1 Order. Nothing in these provisions should be construed as prohibiting a Non-Party from seeking 2 additional protections. 3 (b) In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery request, to produce a 4 Non-Party’s confidential information in its possession, and the Party is subject to an agreement with 5 the Non-Party not to produce the Non-Party’s confidential information, then the Party shall: 6 7 1. promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the Non-Party that some or all of the information requested is subject to a confidentiality agreement with a Non-Party; 8 9 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP LLP 12 South First Street, 12th Floor San Jose, California 95113 10 2. promptly provide the Non-Party with a copy of the Stipulated Protective Order in this litigation, the relevant discovery request(s), and a reasonably specific description of the information requested; and 11 3. make the information requested available for inspection by the Non-Party. 12 (c) If the Non-Party fails to object or seek a protective order from this court within 14 13 days of receiving the notice and accompanying information, the Receiving Party may produce the 14 Non-Party’s confidential information responsive to the discovery request. If the Non-Party timely 15 seeks a protective order, the Receiving Party shall not produce any information in its possession or 16 control that is subject to the confidentiality agreement with the Non-Party before a determination by 17 the court. Absent a court order to the contrary, the Non-Party shall bear the burden and expense of 18 seeking protection in this court of its Protected Material. 19 12. 20 UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed Protected 21 Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this Stipulated Protective Order, 22 the Receiving Party must immediately (a) notify in writing the Designating Party of the unauthorized 23 disclosures, (b) use its best efforts to retrieve all unauthorized copies of the Protected Material, (c) 24 inform the person or persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the terms of this 25 Order, and (d) request such person or persons to execute the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be 26 Bound” that is attached hereto as Exhibit A. 27 28 Case No. 12-CV-00450-CW Stipulated Protective Order 16 1 13. INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE PROTECTED 2 MATERIAL 3 When a Producing Party gives notice to Receiving Parties that certain inadvertently produced 4 material is subject to a claim of privilege or other protection, the obligations of the Receiving Parties 5 are those set forth in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5)(B). This provision is not intended to 6 modify whatever procedure may be established in an e-discovery order that provides for production 7 without prior privilege review. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 502(d) and (e), insofar as the 8 parties reach an agreement on the effect of disclosure of a communication or information covered by 9 the attorney-client privilege or work product protection, the parties may incorporate their agreement INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP LLP 12 South First Street, 12th Floor San Jose, California 95113 10 in the stipulated protective order submitted to the court. 11 14. 12 13 14 MISCELLANEOUS 14.1 Right to Further Relief. Nothing in this Order abridges the right of any person to seek its modification by the court in the future. 14.2 Right to Assert Other Objections. By stipulating to the entry of this Protective Order 15 no Party waives any right it otherwise would have to object to disclosing or producing any 16 information or item on any ground not addressed in this Stipulated Protective Order. Similarly, no 17 Party waives any right to object on any ground to use in evidence of any of the material covered by 18 this Protective Order. 19 14.3 Export Control. Disclosure of Protected Material shall be subject to all applicable laws 20 and regulations relating to the export of technical data contained in such Protected Material, including 21 the release of such technical data to foreign persons or nationals in the United States or elsewhere. 22 The Producing Party shall be responsible for identifying any such controlled technical data, and the 23 Receiving Party shall take measures necessary to ensure compliance. 24 14.4 Filing Protected Material. Without written permission from the Designating Party or a 25 court order secured after appropriate notice to all interested persons, a Party may not file in the public 26 record in this action any Protected Material. A Party that seeks to file under seal any Protected 27 Material must comply with Civil Local Rule 79-5 and General Order 62. Protected Material may only 28 be filed under seal pursuant to a court order authorizing the sealing of the specific Protected Material Case No. 12-CV-00450-CW Stipulated Protective Order 17 1 at issue. Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5 and General Order 62, a sealing order will issue only upon 2 a request establishing that the Protected Material at issue is privileged, protectable as a trade secret, 3 or otherwise entitled to protection under the law. If a Receiving Party's request to file Protected 4 Material under seal pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5(d) and General Order 62 is denied by the court, 5 then the Receiving Party may file the Protected Material in the public record pursuant to Civil Local 6 Rule 79-5(e) unless otherwise instructed by the court. 7 15. Within 60 days after the final disposition of this action, as defined in Paragraph 4, each 8 9 FINAL DISPOSITION Receiving Party must return all Protected Material to the Producing Party or destroy such material. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP LLP 12 South First Street, 12th Floor San Jose, California 95113 10 As used in this subdivision, “all Protected Material” includes all copies, abstracts, compilations, 11 summaries, and any other format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected Material. Whether the 12 Protected Material is returned or destroyed, the Receiving Party must submit a written certification to 13 the Producing Party (and, if not the same person or entity, to the Designating Party) by the 60-day 14 deadline that (1) identifies (by category, where appropriate) all the Protected Material that was 15 returned or destroyed and (2) affirms that the Receiving Party has not retained any copies, abstracts, 16 compilations, summaries or any other format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected Material. 17 Notwithstanding this provision, Counsel are entitled to retain an archival copy of all pleadings, 18 motion papers, trial, deposition, and hearing transcripts, legal memoranda, correspondence, 19 deposition and trial exhibits, expert reports, attorney work product, and consultant and expert work 20 product, even if such materials contain Protected Material. Any such archival copies that contain or 21 constitute Protected Material remain subject to this Protective Order as set forth in Section 4 22 (DURATION). 23 // 24 // 25 // 26 // 27 // 28 // Case No. 12-CV-00450-CW Stipulated Protective Order 18 1 IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD. 2 3 Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), the filer hereby attests that concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from each signatory below as indicated by “/s/”. 4 5 Dated: February 6, 2013 6 7 8 By: /s/ Kevin Viau Otto O. Lee Kevin Viau INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP LLP 12 South First Street, 12th Floor San Jose, California 95113 Telephone: (408) 286-8933 Facsimile: (408) 286-8932 9 Attorneys for Plaintiff PQ LABS, INC. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP LLP 12 South First Street, 12th Floor San Jose, California 95113 10 11 Dated: February 6, 2013 12 13 14 By: /s/ Perry J. Narancic Perry J. Narancic LEXANALYTICA, PC 1730 S El Camino Real, Suite 270 San Mateo, CA 94402 Telephone: (650) 814-7688 Attorneys for Defendants 15 16 17 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 18 19 Dated: 2/7/2013 HON. CLAUDIA WILKEN United States District Judge 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Case No. 12-CV-00450-CW Stipulated Protective Order 19 1 EXHIBIT A 2 ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND 3 I, 4 [print or type full name], of [print or type full address], declare under penalty of perjury that I have read in its entirety and understand the 6 Stipulated Protective Order that was issued by the United States District Court for the Northern District of 7 California on 8 CW, I agree to comply with and to be bound by all the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order and I 9 understand and acknowledge that failure to so comply could expose me to sanctions and punishment in the 10 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP LLP 12 South First Street, 12th Floor San Jose, California 95113 5 nature of contempt. I solemnly promise that I will not disclose in any manner any information or item that is 11 subject to this Stipulated Protective Order to any person or entity except in strict compliance with the 12 provisions of this Order. [date] in the case of PQ Labs, Inc. v. Yang Qi, et al., Case No. 12-CV-00450- I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Northern District 13 14 of California for the purpose of enforcing the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order, even if such 15 enforcement proceedings occur after termination of this action. I hereby appoint 16 [print or type full name] of 17 [print or type full address and telephone number] as my California agent for 18 service of process in connection with this action or any proceedings related to enforcement of this Stipulated 19 Protective Order. 20 21 Date: 22 City and State where sworn and signed: 23 24 Printed name: [printed name] 25 26 Signature: 27 [signature] 28 Case No. 12-CV-00450-CW Stipulated Protective Order 20 1 2 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that on February 6, 2013, I electronically filed the foregoing STIPULATED 3 PROTECTIVE ORDER using the Court’s CM/ECF system, which will provide service of such filing 4 by email to the following parties: 5 6 7 Perry J. Narancic, Esq. LEXANALYTICA, PC 1730 S El Camino Real, Suite 270 San Mateo, CA 94402 pjn@lexanalytica.com 8 Attorney for Defendants Yang Qi, ZaagTech Inc., Jinpeng Li, and Haipeng Li 9 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP LLP 12 South First Street, 12th Floor San Jose, California 95113 10 11 By: /s/ Kevin Viau Kevin Viau 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Case No. 12-CV-00450-CW Stipulated Protective Order 21

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