Cybergun S.A. et al v. JAG Precision
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PROTECTIVE ORDER Signed by Magistrate Judge George Foley, Jr on 3/6/2012. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - SLR)
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J. Stephen Peek, Esq.
Nevada Bar No. 1758
Michael W. Wadley, Esq.
Nevada Bar No. 12119
HOLLAND & HART LLP
9555 Hillwood Drive, 2nd Floor
Las Vegas, Nevada 89134
702-669-4600
702-669-4650 – fax
speek@hollandhart.com
mwwadley@hollandhart.com
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Brett L. Foster, Esq. (pro hac admission)
Richard T. Jackson, Esq. (pro hac admission)
HOLLAND & HART LLP
222 S. Main Street, Suite 2200
Salt Lake City, Utah 84101
801-799-5800
801-799-5700 – fax
blfoster@hollandhart.com
rtjackson@hollandhart.com
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Attorneys for Plaintiffs
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HOLLAND & HART LLP
9555 Hillwood Drive, 2nd Floor
Las Vegas, Nevada 89134
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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DISTRICT OF NEVADA
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CYBERGUN S.A., a French Corporation, and
16 FN HERSTAL, S.A., a Belgian Corporation,
CASE NO. 2:12-cv-00074-KJD-GWF
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JOINT MOTION FOR ENTRY OF
STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER
Plaintiffs,
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Defendant.
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Plaintiffs Cybergun S.A. and FN Herstal, S.A. (“Plaintiffs”) and Defendant Jag Precision
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(“Defendant”) jointly move this Court for entry of a protective order in this case pursuant to Rule
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26(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The parties present the terms of the Stipulated
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Protective Order for the Court’s approval and entry in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. The
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parties jointly request that the Court enter the Stipulated Protective Order to aid them in handling
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of confidential and proprietary material during the course of this case.
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DATED March 2, 2012.
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/s/ Richard T. Jackson, Esq.
J. Stephen Peek, Esq.
Michael W. Wadley, Esq.
HOLLAND & HART LLP
9555 Hillwood Drive, 2nd Floor
Las Vegas, NV 89134
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Brett L. Foster, Esq. (pro hac admission)
Richard T. Jackson, Esq. (pro hac admission)
HOLLAND & HART LLP
222 S. Main Street, Suite 2200
Salt Lake City, UT 84101
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Attorneys for Plaintiffs
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/s/ Thomas I. Rozsa, Esq.
HOLLAND & HART LLP
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9555 Hillwood Drive, 2nd Floor
Las Vegas, Nevada 89134
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(Signed by Filing Attorney with Permission of
Defendant Attorney)
Thomas I. Rozsa, Esq. (Pro Hac Admission)
ROZSA LAW GROUP, LC
18757 Burbank Boulevard, Suite 220
Tarzana, CA 91356
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James A. Kohl, Esq.
HOWARD & HOWARD
3800 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 1400
Las Vegas, NV 89169
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Attorneys for Defendant
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EXHIBIT A
EXHIBIT A
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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DISTRICT OF NEVADA
3 CYBERGUN S.A., a French Corporation, and
FN HERS TAL, S.A., a Belgian Corporation,
CASE NO. 2: 12-cv-00074-KJD-GWF
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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER
Plaintiffs,
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v.
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JAG PRECISION, a California Corporation,
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Defendant.
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WHEREAS, the parties believe certain information to be revealed in the course of this
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action is of proprietary andlor confidential nature, including sales data, advertising expenses,
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marketing documents, documents relating to the selection of the trademarks at issue, market
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research, and channels oftrade information;
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IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and between the parties, through their
attorneys, and ORDERED BY THE COURT that:
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This Agreement applies to all documents, information, electronically stored
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information, tangible things, and testimony disclosed during discovery in this action ("Discovery
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Material") by a party in this action or by a third party ("Disclosing Party") to another party(ies)
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("Receiving Party") including all portions of transcripts of depositions, exhibits, answers to
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interrogatories, responses to requests for admission, documents or things, which are designated by
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the Disclosing Party in accordance herewith as containing or comprising confidential or
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proprietary infonnation within the meaning of Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(c) (hereinafter "Confidential
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Information" and "Highly Confidential Information") as more fully set forth herein.
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"Confidential Information" and "Highly Confidential Information" are intended to
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mean information of the type contemplated by Rule 26 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure,
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and which has not been made public by the Disclosing Party and which a Disclosing Party regards
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as proprietary, as more fully defined in Paragraphs 4 and 7.
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3.
Unless the Parties agree in writing otherwise, all Discovery Material containing
Confidential Information or Highly Confidential Information shall be used solely for the
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prosecution or defense of this action. Any such Discovery Material designated as Confidential
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Information or Highly Confidential Information shall not be used for any business, commercial,
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competitive, personal, or other purpose.
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Information shall not be disseminated to anyone, nor made public, nor used, except as permitted by
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this Protective Order or by order of the Court.
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Disclosing Party in any manner with regard to use or disclosure of its own Confidential
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Information or Highly Confidential Information.
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Confidential Information and Highly Confidential
Nothing in this Agreement shall restrict a
A Disclosing Party may designate as "Confidential Information" any Discovery
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Material that contains proprietary or9ther confidential information of either its own or of another
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which the Disclosing Party is under a duty to maintain confidential. Confidential Information as
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used in this Agreement shall refer to any so designated material and all copies thereof, and shall
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also refer to the information contained in such materials. No designation shall be made unless
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counsel of record believes in good faith that the designated material is entitled to protection under
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Rule 26 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
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Except as provided in Paragraph 10, all documents containing Confidential
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Information shall be marked at the time that copies are produced to a Receiving Party with the
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legend "CONFIDENTIAL" stamped or labelled on each page (or on the first page only of a bound
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document) in lettering at least y,; high and in a manner so as not to interfere with the legibility
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thereof. Documents must be so designated at the time of delivery to a Receiving Party pursuant to
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Fed. R. Civ. P. 33(c).
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Discovery Material designated as Confidential Information shall be maintained in
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confidence by the Receiving Party pursuant to the requirements of Paragraph 3 herein, and shall
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not be disclosed to any person except:
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the Court and its officers, under seal;
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lead and local outside counsel of record and employees of such counsel of
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record;
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in-house counsel and their support staff;
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officers and employees of the Receiving Party provided that any such officer
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or employee of the Receiving Party has signed a declaration in the fonn of
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Exhibit A hereto (copies of which signed declaration shall be provided to
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the other parties herein upon request); and
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an independent expert or consultant engaged by counselor the parties to
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assist in this litigation who is not a past or current employee or director of a
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party (hereinafter "Expert") provided that such Expert has signed an
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undertaking in the form of Exhibit A hereto (copies of which signed
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declaration shall be provided to the other parties herein only upon a showing
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of good cause).
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A Disclosing Party may designate as "Highly Confidential Information" any
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Discovery Material that contains Confidential Information that constitutes trade secret or other
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proprietary competitive information that the Disclosing Party believes in good faith should not be
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disclosed to non-experts or non-attorneys of the Receiving Party, including, but not limited to,
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confidential financial information or other proprietary business or technical information. Highly
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Confidential Information shall refer to any so designated material and all copies thereof and shall
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also refer to the information contained in such materials. No designation shall be made unless
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counsel of record believes in good faith that the designated material is entitled to protection under
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Rule 26 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the standard set forth herein.
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Except as provided in Paragraph 10, all documents containing Highly Confidential
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Information shall be marked at the time that copies are produced to a Receiving Party with the
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legend "HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY" or the legend "HIGHLY
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CONFIDENTIAL COUNSEL ONLY" stamped or labelled on each page (or on the first page only
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of a bound document) in lettering at least
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legibility thereof. Documents must be so designated at the time of inspection by, or delivery to, a
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Receiving Party pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 33(c).
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Discovery Material designated as Highly Confidential Infonnation shall be
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maintained in confidence for use by litigation counsel who must have access to such
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documentation solely for use in connection with this action and shall not be disclosed to any
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person except:
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the Court and its officers, under seal;
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lead and local outside counsel of record and employees of such counsel of
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record;
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one (1) in house counsel for each party; and
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Experts, provided that each such Expelt(s) has signed an undertaking in the
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form of Exhibit A hereto (copies of which signed declaration shall be
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provided to the other parties herein only upon a showing of good cause).
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When producing files and records for inspection, no marking need be made by the
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Disclosing Party in advance of the inspection. For purposes of the inspection by the Receiving
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Party, all documents produced shall be considered as "Highly Confidential Information."
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Thereafter, upon selection of specified documents for copying by the Receiving Party, or should
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the Disclosing Party copy and produce documents directly without an initial inspection, the
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Disclosing Party shall mark the documents as provided for in Paragraphs 5 and 8.
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The transcript of any deposition or hearing and all exhibits or attachments shall be
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considered Highly Confidential Information for 30 days following the date such transcript is
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available. During that 30-day period, either party may designate the portions of the transcript, and
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any specific exhibits or attachments, that are to be treated as Confidential Information or Highly
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Confidential Information, in accordance with this Protective Order. Appropriate stampings or
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markings should be made during this time. If no such designations are made during the 30-day
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period, then the entire transcript and exhibits will be considered unprotected.
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A party that seeks to disclose to an Expert any Confidential Information or Highly
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Confidential Information must first provide written notification to the Disclosing Party that (1) sets
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forth the full name of the Expert and the city and state of his or her primary residence, (2) attaches
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a copy of the Expert' s current resume Icurriculum vitae, and (3) identifies the Expert's current
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employer(s).
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thereafter disclose to such Expert any such Confidential Information or Highly Confidential
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Infonnation in accordance with this Agreement unless the Disclosing Party, within the seven-day
Seven calendar days after providing such written notification, such party may
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period, provides a written objection to the other party including an explanation and grounds for
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such objection. Counsel that receives a timely written objection shall promptly confer in good
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faith, in person or by telephone, with counsel for the Disclosing Party to reconsider the challenged
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designation. If after conferring the parties are unable to reach agreement as to the objection, the
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objection is deemed waived unless the objecting party files a motion for a determination by the
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Court as to the unresolved objections within seven days after the parties first conferred on the
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issue. The objecting party shall have the burden of proving the propriety of the objection.
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Any employee, officer, or Rule 30(b)(6) witness of the Disclosing Party may be
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shown a document designated as Confidential Information or Highly Confidential Infonnation by
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the Disclosing Party for the purpose of interrogation by the Receiving Party at a deposition or
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hearing. Any person who is not a party or officer or employee of a party, but who was the author
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or copy recipient of a document designated as Confidential Information or Highly Confidential
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purpose of interrogation of such person at a deposition or hearing.
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pursuant to this Agreement sha1l constitute or be construed as an acknowledgement or admission
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that any Discovery Materials designated by a Disclosing Party as such are in fact Confidential
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Information or Highly Confidential Information or entitled to confidential treatment.
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Agreement shall be without prejudice to either party to question or challenge at any time whether
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or not any particular infonnation is Confidential Information or Highly Confidential Infonnation.
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Nothing in this Agreement nor acceptance by a party of disclosure of information
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Each party agrees that if it designates any Discovery Material as Confidential
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Information or Highly Confidential Infonnation, and the Receiving Party objects in writing that the
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designation is not warranted or justified as to all or any part of the designated material, then within
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14 days of the written objection, the Disclosing Party shall confer in good faith, in person or by
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telephone, with the Receiving Party to reconsider the challenged designation. If after conferring
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the Receiving and Disclosing Parties are unable to reach agreement as to the challenged
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designation, then the objecting party may file a motion for a determination by the Court as to the
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unresolved objections and the appropriateness of the challenged designation. lfthe objecting party
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does not file a motion challenging the designation within 30 days from the date the Receiving and
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Disclosing Parties first confer on the issue (or within 14 days if discovery has closed), and unless
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otherwise ordered by the Court, the challenged designation shall stand. The Disclosing Party shan
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have the burden of proving the propriety of the challenged designation.
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Nothing in this Agreement shall preclude any Receiving Party, or any other person
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who is bound by this Agreement, from utilizing information that was known to or possessed by the
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Receiving Party or other person before the Receiving Party or other person became bound by this
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Agreement, or which lawfully came into the Receiving Party's or other person's possession outside
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of the discovery process in this action. Any such use of such infonnation shall not constitute a
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violation of this Agreement. Nevertheless, each Disclosing Party retains the right to pursue any
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claim or defense it may have against any Receiving Party or other person arising from such use of
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such information. However, if a Disclosing Party disputes the Receiving Party's or other person's
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position, it shall object in writing, and shall proceed as set forth in Paragraph 15 hereto. If the
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Order, the infonnation in question appears to be of a type that should be characterized as
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Confidential Information or Highly Confidential Information, then any Receiving Party or other
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person claiming that the information has been in the possession of such Receiving Party or other
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person or has been in the public domain prior to disclosure of such information through discovery,
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shall have the burden of proving such prior or public knowledge or possession.
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Any person in possession of another party's Confidential Information or Highly
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Confidential Information who receives a subpoena (or other process) from any person (including
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natural persons, corporations, partnership, firms, governmental agencies, departments or bodies,
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boards, or associations) that is not a party to this Agreement seeking production or other disclosure
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of such Confidential Information or Highly Confidential Information shall, if not otherwise
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prohibited by law, give prompt written notice to counsel for the Disclosing Party of such
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infonnation, identifying the material sought and enclosing a copy of the subpoena or other process.
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Where possible, at least ten (10) business days notice before production or other disclosure shall be
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given. In no event shall production or disclosure be made before the latest of: (1) the date on
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which the notice is given, or (2) the return date of the subpoena or other process. The party
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receiving the subpoena (or other process) shall reasonably cooperate with efforts by the Disclosing
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PaIiy to oppose production pursuant to the subpoena or to condition production upon the
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imposition of conditions to protect against public disclosure of Confidential Information and
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Highly Confidential Information. Further, if production pursuant to the subpoena or other process
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is required before reasonable notice can be given to counsel for the Disclosing Party of such
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information, counsel for the party receiving the subpoena shall object in writing to the production
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by stating that the information sought has been designated Confidential Information or Highly
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Confidential Information.
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Nothing herein shall be construed to affect in any way the admissibility of any
Discovery Material affected or designated under this Agreement.
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Within thirty (30) days of final termination of this action, including any appeals (or
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such other aIllount oftline on which counsel mutually agree), each Receiving Party shall be under
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obligation to assemble and return to the Disclosing Party, or alternatively, upon mutual agreement
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of the parties and counsel, to destroy and provide a certificate of destruction of, all material
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received, directly or indirectly from the Disclosing Party embodying Confidential Information or
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Highly Confidential Information, including all copies of such material which may have been made.
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The return of such material shall be acknowledged by the Disclosing Party in writing.
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Furthermore, counsel shall destroy all copies with any attorneys' markings, and any digests or
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summaries thereof which have been made, or prepared from such documents in the course of
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creating attorney work product. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent such material is
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incorporated into any attorney work product or document or exhibit properly filed with the COUli,
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a single copy of such material may be retained in outside counsel's files.
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The attorneys for the parties shall make good faith efforts to resolve any dispute
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about the interpretation of andlor the conduct or activities of any party or person under this
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Protective Order. If a dispute cannot be resolved, then a dissatisfied party may seek relief from or
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clarification or modification or enforcement of this Protective Order by means of a motion to the
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Court.
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The Court shall retain jurisdiction over the pru1ies for purposes of enforcement of
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this Order.
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IT IS SO ORDERED.
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Dated: _ _ dayof
March
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT
GEORGE FOLEY, JR.
COURT JUDGE
United States Magistrate Judge
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APPROVED FOR ENTRY:
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CYBERGUN S.A. and FN HERSTAL, S.A.
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Brett L. Foster
Richard T. Jackson
HOLLAND & HART LLP
222 S. Main Street, Suite 2200
Salt Lake City, UT 84101
J. Stephen Peek, Esq.
Michael W. Wadley, Esq.
HOLLAND & HART LLP
9555 Hillwood Drive, 2nd Floor
Las Vegas, NV 89134
Thomas I. Rozsa
ROZSA LAW GROUP LC
18757 Burbank Blvd., Suite 220
Tarzana, CA 91356-3346
Attorneys for Defendant
Jag Precision
Attorneysfor Plaintiffs
Cybergun S.A. and FN Herstal, S.A.
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EXHIBIT A
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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DISTRICT OF NEV ADA
4 CYBERGUN S.A., a French Corporation, and
FN HERSTAL, S.A., a Belgian Corporation,
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Plaintiffs,
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v.
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JAG PRECISION, a California Corporation,
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Defendant.
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CASE NO. 2:12-cv-00074-KJD-GWF
DECLARATION OF
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PROTECTIVE ORDER WITH
RESPECT TO CONFIDENTIAL
INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTS
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I, _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _-', declare that:
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My address is _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
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My present employer is _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and the address of my present
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employmentis _ _ _ _ _ _ __ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___
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I have read and know the contents of the Stipulated Protective Order that the Court
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entered on ______ _, 2012.
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I am one of the persons described in the Order, and I am executing this Declaration
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and agreeing to be bound by its terms in order to satisfy the conditions provided in the Order prior
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to the disclosure to me of any confidential information under the Order.
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I have read and I shall be fully bound by the terms of the aforesaid Order.
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All such documents and information which are disclosed to me pursuant to the
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Order shall be maintained by me in strict confidence and I shall not disclose or use the original or
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any copy of, or the subject of, such documents and/or information except in accordance with the
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aforesaid Order.
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I shall not use or refer to any of the aforesaid documents and/or information, or
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copies thereof, other than in connection with the above-entitled action and as provided in the
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Order.
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I shall, upon being notified of the termination of the above-entitled action, return all
copies of such documents to counsel from whom I receive such documents, and I shall destroy any
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notes and/or memoranda r have regarding the aforesaid documents and/or infonnation.
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J do and shall subject myself to the continuing jurisdiction of the United States
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District Court for the Central District of California over my person, wherever
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enforcement of the aforesaid Order.
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foregoing is true and correct.
Date:
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