BLATCHFORD PRODUCTS LIMITED et al v. FREEDOM INNOVATIONS, LLC

Filing 21

PROTECTIVE ORDER. Signed by Judge Sandra S Beckwith on 3/2/15. (mb)

/

w

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO
WESTERN DIVISION

BLATCHFORD PRODUCTS LIMITED
Civil Action No. l:14-cv-00529-SSB

and

BLATCHFORD, INC.

Plaintiffs,

Judge Sandra S. Beckwith

v.

FREEDOM INNOVATIONS, LLC
Defendant.

PROTECTIVE ORDER

The Court recognizes thatdisclosure and discovery activity are likely to arise that will

require the disclosure oftrade secrets, confidential research, development, manufacturing,
financial, process, marketing, and business information, orother commercial information within
the meaning ofFederal Rule ofCivil Procedure 26(c). Good cause exists toprotect this

infonnation from public disclosure. In the absence ofa suitable protective order safeguarding the
confidentiality ofsuch information, the parties would be hampered in their ability to produce
such infonnation.

Accordingly, the Court ORDERS that the parties shall adhere to the following:
1.

DESIGNATION OF PROTECTED MATERIAL

1.1

This Order shall govern alldocuments and other products of discovery obtained

by the parties from one another, and from third parties, all information copied or derived
therefrom, as well as all copies, excerpts, summaries orcompilations thereof, including