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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:145 Patent Infringement

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC., 

a Delaware corporation, 

Plaintiff-Counterclaim Defendant, 

v. 

SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC., 

a Delaware corporation, 

Defendant-Counterclaim Plaintiff. 

Case No. C-07-06053 EDL 

[PROPOSED] FIRST AMENDED 

PROTECTIVE ORDER 

 The Court issues this First Amended Protective Order to facilitate document disclosure 

and production under the Local Rules of this Court and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 

Unless modified upon proper application to this Court, this Order shall remain in effect through 

the conclusion of this litigation. 

 In support of this order, the Court finds that: 

1. Documents or information containing confidential proprietary and business information 

and/or trade secrets (“Confidential Information,” “Highly Confidential Information,” and 

“Proprietary Source Code”) is likely to be disclosed or produced during the course of 

discovery in this litigation by both parties and non-parties; 

2. The parties and non-parties to this litigation may assert that public dissemination and 

disclosure of Confidential Information, Highly Confidential Information, or Proprietary 

Source Code could severely injure or damage the party or non-party disclosing or 

producing the Confidential Information, Highly Confidential Information, or Proprietary 

Source Code, and could place that party or non-party at a competitive disadvantage; 

3. To protect the respective interests of the parties and non-parties, and to facilitate the 

progress of disclosure and discovery in this case, the following Order should issue. 

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IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED THAT: 

1. This Protective Order shall apply to all information, documents, and/or things subject to 

discovery in this action (“Discovery Material”) which contain proprietary, confidential 

and/or commercially sensitive information, as well as pleadings, testimony and other 

information, documents and/or things designated CONFIDENTIAL, ATTORNEYS’ 

EYES ONLY, and/or ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY—SOURCE CODE. As used herein, 

“Producing Party” shall refer to any party, including the parties to this action and 

non-parties, who disclose and/or produce any Discovery Material in this action. 

“Receiving Party” shall refer to the parties to this action who receive Discovery Material 

from a Producing Party. 

2. Documents, discovery responses, or testimony containing Confidential Information, 

Highly Confidential Information, or Proprietary Source Code disclosed or produced by 

any Producing Party in this litigation are referred to as “Protected Materials.” Except as 

otherwise indicated below, all documents, discovery responses, or testimony designated 

by the Producing Party as “CONFIDENTIAL,” “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” or 

“ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY—SOURCE CODE,” and which are disclosed or produced 

to the attorneys for the other parties to this litigation, are Protected Materials and are 

entitled to confidential treatment as described below. 

3. Protected Materials shall not include (a) materials that on their face show that they have 

been published to the general public, (b) documents that have been submitted to any 

governmental entity without request for confidential treatment, (c) source code distributed 

to the open source community, (d) information that the Receiving Party can demonstrate 

that it has derived independently without reference to the Protected Material, and 

(e) information that the Receiving Party can demonstrate was disclosed to the Receiving 

Party by a third party without breach of a confidentiality agreement. 

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4. Protected Materials and any information contained therein shall be used solely for the

purpose of this litigation and shall not be used for any other purpose other than as set forth 

in paragraph 6(a). 

5. At any time after the delivery of Protected Materials, counsel for the Receiving Party or 

Parties may challenge the confidentiality designation of all or any portion of the Protected 

Materials by providing written notice thereof to counsel for the Producing Party. The 

challenging Party must explain the basis for its belief that the confidentiality designation 

was not proper and must give the Producing Party an opportunity to review the designated 

material, to reconsider the circumstances and, if no change in designation is offered, to 

explain the basis for the chosen designation. A party that elects to press a challenge to a 

confidentiality designation after considering the justification offered by the Producing 

Party may file and serve a motion under Civil Local Rule 7 (and in compliance with Civil 

Local Rule 79-5, if applicable) within ten (10) days after delivery of the written notice that 

identifies the challenged material and sets forth in detail the basis for the challenge. 

Each such motion must be accompanied by a competent declaration that affirms that the 

movant complied with the meet-and-confer requirements set forth above, and that sets 

forth with specificity the justification for the confidentiality designation that was given by 

the Producing Party in the meet and confer process. The burden of persuasion in any 

such challenge proceeding shall be on the Producing Party. Until the Court rules on the 

challenge, all parties shall continue to afford the material in question the level of 

protection to which it is entitled under the Producing Party’s designation 

6. Confidential Treatment. Protected Materials and any information contained therein shall 

not be used or shown, disseminated, copied, or in any way communicated to anyone for 

any purpose whatsoever, except as provided for in this Order. 

 a. The Parties agree that all documents produced in this action will be deemed 

produced in the Sun Microsystems, Inc. v. Network Appliance, Inc., Case No. C-07-5488 

EDL (“the C-07-5488 Case”). The parties further agree that all documents produced by 

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a party in the C-07-5488 Case will be deemed produced in this action. The parties 

further agree that any such document so deemed can be used for all purposes in either 

action, subject to the limitations imposed by the respective Protective Orders. 

7. “Confidential Information” as used herein refers to information that has not been made 

public, the disclosure of which the Producing Party contends could cause harm to the 

business operations of the disclosing party or provide improper advantage to others, 

including, but not limited to, trade secrets within the meaning of the Uniform Trade 

Secrets Act and information that concerns or relates to (i) sales or marketing, (ii) financial 

performance, (iii) manufacturing or other costs of doing business, (iv) license or other 

confidential agreements, (v) design, manufacturing or research and development, or 

(vi) technical characteristics of products or manufacturing processes. Any document that 

contains Confidential Information should be so designated by the Producing Party at the 

time of disclosure by placing the notation “CONFIDENTIAL” on every page of each 

document so designated. In the case of Confidential Information disclosed in a 

non-paper medium (e.g., videotape, audiotape, computer disks, etc.), the notation 

“CONFIDENTIAL” shall be affixed to the outside of the medium and its container, if any, 

so as to clearly give notice of the designation. 

8. Documents marked CONFIDENTIAL, and any information contained therein, shall be 

disclosed only to the following persons: 

 (a) Outside counsel of record in this action for the party or parties receiving 

Protected Materials or any information contained therein; 

 (b) Employees of outside counsel of record assigned to and necessary to assist 

such counsel in this action; 

 (c) Three employees of the Receiving Party identified in writing to the Producing 

Party; 

 (d) Outside technical or litigation consultants and experts, including their support 

and clerical personnel, who are engaged by the party or parties receiving Protected 

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Materials for the purposes of this litigation and who are designated by each party 

respectively pursuant to paragraph 14 below; 

 (e) Outside vendors that provide photocopying, document processing, translation 

or graphics services to outside counsel to assist such counsel in the preparation and trial of 

this action; 

(f) The Court, jury, and court personnel; and 

(g) Any other person with the prior written consent of the Producing Party. 

9. “Highly Confidential Information” as used herein refers to information that has not been 

made public, the disclosure of which to employees of the Receiving Party the Producing 

Party contends could cause harm to the business operations of the disclosing party or 

provide improper advantage to others, including, but not limited to, trade secrets within 

the meaning of the Uniform Trade Secrets Act and information that concerns or relates to 

(i) design, manufacturing or research and development, or (ii) technical characteristics of 

products or manufacturing processes. Any document that contains Highly Confidential 

Information should be so designated by the Producing Party at the time of disclosure by 

placing the notation “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” on every page of each document so 

designated. In the case of Highly Confidential Information disclosed in a non-paper 

medium (e.g., videotape, audiotape, computer disks, etc.), the notation “ATTORNEYS’ 

EYES ONLY” shall be affixed to the outside of the medium and its container, if any, so as 

to clearly give notice of the designation. 

10. Documents marked “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” and any information contained 

therein, shall be disclosed only to the following persons: 

(a) Outside counsel of record in this action for the party or parties receiving 

Protected Materials or any information contained therein; 

(b) Employees of outside counsel of record assigned to and necessary to assist 

such counsel in this action; 

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(c) One in-house counsel of the Receiving Party, approved by the Producing Party, 

who is not involved in patent prosecution or patent licensing activities, who is not 

otherwise involved in “competitive decision making” as that term is used in the U.S. Steel 

Corp. v. U.S., 730 F.2d 1465 (Fed. Cir. 1984) line of cases, and who agrees to be bound 

by the terms of the Protective Order by executing Exhibit A; 

(d) Outside technical or litigation consultants and experts, including their support 

and clerical personnel, who are engaged by the party or parties receiving Protected 

Materials for the purposes of this litigation and who are designated by each party 

respectively pursuant to paragraph 14 below; 

(e) Outside vendors that provide photocopying, document processing, translation or 

graphics services to outside counsel to assist such counsel in the preparation and trial of 

this action; 

(f) The Court, jury, and court personnel; and 

(g) Any other person with the prior written consent of the Producing Party. 

11. The Producing Party may designate Discovery Material as “ATTORNEYS’ EYES 

ONLY—SOURCE CODE” if it comprises or includes confidential, proprietary and/or 

trade secret source code (“Proprietary Source Code”). As used herein, the term “source 

code” means computer instructions and data definitions expressed in a form suitable for 

input to an assembler, compiler, or other translator. Nothing in this Order shall obligate 

the parties to produce any source code or act as an admission that any particular source 

code is discoverable. However, if Discovery Material designated as ATTORNEYS’ 

EYES ONLY—SOURCE CODE is produced, it shall be subject to the following 

provisions: 

(a) Any source code that is produced shall be made available for inspection in 

electronic format at the Silicon Valley office of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP where 

Producing Party is Network Appliance, Inc., and at the Silicon Valley office of DLA Piper 

US LLP where Producing Party is Sun Microsystems, Inc., seven days a week without 

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restriction on the number or timing of inspections. Between the hours of 8 a.m. and 

6 p.m., the Receiving Party shall provide 30 minutes notice of the inspection; between the 

hours of 6 p.m. and 10 p.m., the Receiving Party shall provide 1 hour notice of the 

inspection; between the hours of 10 p.m. and 8 a.m, the Receiving Party shall provide 2 

hours notice of the inspection. All notices of inspection of NetApp source code shall be 

made to Jose Gutierrez (or another person designated subsequently in writing) via email 

and telephone, with an email copy to Jeffrey Homrig; all notices of inspection of Sun 

source code shall be made to Laurie Ouchida (or another person designated subsequently 

in writing) via email and telephone, with an email copy to Carrie Williamson; 

(b) The source code will be made available during the inspection by the 

Producing Party to the Receiving Party’s outside counsel, consultants or experts in a 

private room on a non-networked computer (“the Source Code Computer”) attached to a 

stand-alone printer and without interference from the Producing Party or its counsel. A 

paralegal employed by outside counsel for the Producing Party shall be present in the 

room at all times during the inspection. The source code will be made available in the 

format in which it is kept in the ordinary course of business. During the inspection, the 

Receiving Party may print one copy of such portions of the source code as it deems in 

good faith to be necessary. This copy shall be provided to the paralegal observing the 

inspection, who will immediately label the copy with Bates numbers and the “Attorneys’ 

Eyes Only – Source Code” designation and return the copy to the Receiving Party while 

the Receiving Party is on site. Except as described above, the Receiving Party shall not 

copy, remove, or otherwise transfer any source code from the Source Code Computer 

including, without limitation, copying, removing, or transferring the source code onto any 

other computers or peripheral equipment. The Receiving Party shall not transmit any 

source code in any way from the Producing Party’s office of its outside counsel of record; 

(c) The Receiving Party’s outside counsel of record and designated consultant or 

expert shall maintain and store the paper copy of the source code produced under 

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paragraph 11(a) above at their offices in a manner that prevents duplication of, transmittal 

from, or unauthorized access to the source code, including, without limitation, storing the 

source code in a locked room or cabinet at all times when it is not in use, and shall return 

each paper copy of the source code produced under paragraph 11(a) to the Producing 

Party at the conclusion of this action. 

(d) The Receiving Party shall not create electronic images of the source code 

from the paper copy for use on a computer (e.g., shall not scan the source code to a PDF) 

and shall not reproduce the source code in any way (e.g., shall not re-type the source code 

into a word processing document or email). This paragraph 11(d) notwithstanding, the 

Receiving Party’s outside counsel of record may make no more than two (2) paper copies 

of the source code provided by the Producing Party under paragraph 11(a). These copies 

shall be stored in a manner that prevents duplication of or unauthorized access to the 

source code, including, without limitation, storing the source code in a locked room or 

cabinet at all times when it is not in use, and shall be returned to the Producing Party at 

the conclusion of this action. 

(e) The Receiving Party’s outside counsel may disclose the copies of the 

source code produced or created under paragraphs 11(a) and 11(d) only to individuals 

specified in paragraph 12 below. 

12. Discovery Material designated as “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY—SOURCE CODE” 

may only be disclosed to: 

(a) Outside counsel of record in this action for the party or parties receiving 

Protected Materials or any information contained therein; 

(b) Employees of outside counsel of record assigned to and necessary to assist 

such counsel in the preparation and trial of this action; 

(c) Outside technical or litigation consultants and experts, including their support 

and clerical personnel, who are engaged by the party or parties receiving Protected 

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Materials for the purposes of this litigation and who are designated by each party 

respectively pursuant to paragraph 14 below; 

(d) Outside vendors that provide photocopying, document processing, translation 

or graphics services to outside counsel to assist such counsel in the preparation and trial of 

this action; 

(e) The Court, jury, and court personnel; and 

(f) Any other person with the prior written consent of the Producing Party. 

13. Any natural person who reviews information designated as “ATTORNEYS’ EYES 

ONLY” or “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY—SOURCE CODE” shall not participate in any 

way, direct or indirect, in the prosecution or support of the prosecution of any patent 

application or reissue proceeding, or reexamination of a patent (except where challenging, 

or representing a party challenging, a patent through reexamination) on behalf of any 

entity listed in subparagraph (a) for a patent directed to technology described in 

subparagraph (b) for a period beginning upon the person’s first review of designated 

information and ending two years after (1) that person’s last review of the designated 

information, or (2) the final termination of the litigation, whichever is later, unless the 

Producing Party agrees otherwise. 

(a) Network Appliance, Inc.; Sun Microsystems, Inc.; the storage divisions of 

EMC, Hewlett Packard, Dell, Hitachi, and IBM. 

(b) Storage computers and storage software products designed primarily for 

storing and retrieving data to/from RAID arrays of hard disk drives and/or solid state 

storage devices in response to storage requests using NFS or CIFS protocols received over 

a computer communication channel from client computers, and having file systems for 

logically organizing the data as hierarchical structures which are used in servicing the 

requests. 

14. Prior to disclosing any Protected Materials to outside experts or consultants identified in 

paragraphs 8(d), 10(c) or 12(c), the party seeking to disclose the information under these 

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paragraphs shall: (1) have each outside expert or consultant sign a document in the form 

of Exhibit A hereto, and (2) provide the Producing Party (whose confidential information 

is at issue or who produced the information) with: (i) the person’s name; (ii) the person’s 

present employer and title, (iii) an up-to-date curriculum vitae of the person; (iv) an 

identification of any work performed by that person for or on behalf of any party in this 

action within the four-year period before the filing of this action; (v) a list of cases in 

which the expert or consultant has testified at deposition, at a hearing, or at trial within the 

last four years; and (vi) a general identification of the Protected Materials that it seeks to 

disclose (for example, and without limitation, all Protected Materials, only “Confidential” 

information, only designated information that is technical in nature, or only non-technical 

designated information). Within five (5) court days of submission of this information to 

the Producing Party, the Producing Party may object to the proposed outside expert or 

consultant on a reasonable basis, or, if it believes in good faith that it needs more 

information concerning the proposed expert or consultant to make a decision about 

whether to object, may request such additional information as it believes necessary for the 

decision. If the Producing Party requests additional information about the individual to 

whom the information is proposed to be disclosed, the deadline for the Producing Party to 

object to the disclosure is the later of: (a) five (5) court days after the information is 

provided, or (b) five (5) court days after the party seeking to disclose the confidential 

information declines to provide the requested information. 

(a) If an objection to disclosure is made within the time required, the parties 

shall meet and confer within five (5) court days and, if not resolved, the party seeking to 

disclose the information must file a motion as provided in Civil Local Rule 7 (and in 

compliance with Civil Local Rule 79-5, if applicable) seeking permission from the Court 

to do so. In any such proceeding, the Party opposing disclosure to the expert shall bear 

the burden of proving that the risk of harm that the disclosure would entail (under the 

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safeguards proposed) outweighs the Receiving Party’s need to disclose the Protected 

Material to its expert. 

(b) Where an objection is made, no such information shall be disclosed to the 

consultant or expert until the objection is withdrawn or resolved by the Court. 

15. Nothing in this Protective Order shall bar counsel from rendering advice to their client 

with respect to this litigation and, in the course thereof, relying upon any Protected 

Materials, provided that counsel does not disclose Protected Materials in a manner not 

specifically authorized under this Protective Order. 

16. The term “copy” as used herein means any photographic, mechanical or computerized 

copy or reproduction of any document or thing, or any verbatim transcript, in whole or in 

part, of such document or thing. 

17. To the extent that Protected Materials or information contained therein is used in 

depositions, at hearings, or at trial, such documents or information shall remain subject to 

the provisions of this Order, along with the transcript pages of the deposition testimony 

and/or trial testimony referring to the Protected Materials or information contained therein. 

18. Any court reporter or transcriber who reports or transcribes testimony in this action shall 

keep all information designated as such under this Order confidential and shall not 

disclose it except pursuant to the terms of this Order. Any notes or transcriptions of such 

testimony (and any accompanying exhibits) will be retained by the reporter or delivered to 

counsel of record.

19. Any disclosing party or non-party may designate testimony on oral deposition as 

“CONFIDENTIAL,” “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” or “ATTORNEYS’ EYES 

ONLY—SOURCE CODE” under the terms of this Order by (i) so stating on the record 

during the deposition, or (ii) by notifying the other parties in writing of the portions of 

such testimony to be so designated within ten (10) court days of receipt of the official 

transcript by the deponent or deponent’s counsel, whichever is earlier. Testimony 

provided during a deposition shall be treated as “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” until such 

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written notification is received, or if no written notification is provided, until the 

expiration of the ten (10) court day period. With regard to designations made during the 

deposition, the designating party shall have the right to exclude from the deposition all 

persons not entitled under this Order to view or receive such confidential information 

before the taking of such testimony. If a disclosing party or non-party promptly and 

timely determines that it inadvertently failed to properly designate confidential testimony, 

it may do so by giving notice to all parties, who shall thereafter treat the materials 

pursuant to the provisions of this Order. Any transcript portion that contains testimony 

so designated shall be labeled in a visible manner with the “CONFIDENTIAL,” 

“ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” or “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY—SOURCE CODE” 

legend, and if requested by the designating party, shall be bound in a separate, sealed 

volume by the court reporter. If either party intends to offer any evidence at trial based 

on Proprietary Source Code, both parties hereby agree to jointly move the Court to take 

appropriate measures to preserve the confidentiality of the Proprietary Source Code to the 

extent reasonably practicable. 

20. Inadvertent or unintentional production of documents or information containing 

Confidential Information, Highly Confidential Information, or Proprietary Source Code 

that are not designated “CONFIDENTIAL,” “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” or 

“ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY—SOURCE CODE” shall not be deemed a waiver in 

whole or in part of a claim for confidential treatment. 

21. The party or parties receiving Protected Materials shall not under any circumstances sell, 

offer for sale, advertise, or publicize Protected Materials or any information contained 

therein. 

22. Nothing in this Protective Order shall preclude any party to this lawsuit or its attorneys 

(a) from showing a Protected Document designated as “CONFIDENTIAL,” 

“ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” or “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY—SOURCE CODE” 

to an individual who either prepared the Protected Document or reviewed it prior to the 

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filing of this action, or (b) from disclosing or using, in any manner or for any purpose, its 

own Protected Document designated as “CONFIDENTIAL,” “ATTORNEYS’ EYES 

ONLY,” or “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY—SOURCE CODE.” Notwithstanding any 

designation of Protected Document by a Producing Party under this Order, any witness 

may be shown at a deposition, and examined on, any Protected Document that the witness 

authored or previously received. The witness may also be shown at a deposition, and 

examined on, any Protected Document for which specific documentary or testimonial 

evidence indicates (i) that the Protected Document was communicated to or from the 

witness, or (ii) that the witness was involved in the specific matter(s) addressed in the 

Protected Document, or if the Producing Party of the Protected Document agrees. In 

addition, Protected Materials may be shown without restriction to a witness designated to 

testify for the Producing Party pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 30(b)(6). 

23. This Order does not affect or alter a Producing Party’s rights to refuse to disclose 

information properly subject to the attorney-client privilege or the attorney work-product 

doctrine. If a party, through inadvertence, produces or provides discovery that it believes 

is subject to a claim of attorney-client privilege, work product immunity, or is otherwise 

protected from disclosure, the Producing Party may give prompt and timely written notice 

to the Receiving Party or Parties that the document is subject to a claim of attorney-client 

privilege, work-product immunity, or other protection from disclosure, and request that 

the discovery be returned to the Producing Party. The Receiving Party or Parties shall 

within five (5) court days return to the Producing Party such discovery. Return of the 

document by the Receiving Party shall not constitute an admission or concession, or 

permit any inference, that the returned document or thing is, in fact, properly subject to a 

claim of attorney-client privilege, work-product immunity, or other protection from 

disclosure, nor shall it foreclose any party from moving the Court for an order that such 

document or thing has been improperly designated or should be discoverable and/or 

usable in this action for reasons other than a waiver caused by the inadvertent production. 

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24. In the event that a party reasonably believes that, due to a confidentiality obligation owed 

to a non-party, it cannot produce certain information (“Restricted Information”) in this 

action, said party shall within ten (10) days of discovering such obligation (i) provide 

written notification to the non-party that Restricted Information is subject to disclosure in 

this action, and (ii) provide the non-party with a copy of this Order. When such written 

notice is given to the non-party, the disclosing party will advise the potential Receiving 

Party that such notice has been given. The non-party shall have fourteen (14) days from 

receipt of the written notice in which to seek relief from the Court if the non-party so 

desires. If the fourteen (14) days elapse without the third party seeking relief from the 

Court, the party from which production is requested may (a) seek a protective order from 

the Court, or (b) produce the requested Restricted Information in accordance with the 

terms of this Protective Order. 

25. After termination of this litigation, the provisions of this Order shall continue to be 

binding, except with respect to those documents and information that become a matter of 

public record. This Court retains and shall have continuing jurisdiction over the parties 

and recipients of the Protected Materials for enforcement of the provisions of this Order 

following termination of this litigation. 

26. Within thirty (30) days following the final termination of this action by dismissal, 

judgment, or settlement, counsel for the party or parties receiving Protected Materials 

shall certify destruction or return the Protected Materials to the counsel for the party or 

parties disclosing or producing the Protected Materials. Notwithstanding this provision, 

counsel for the party or parties are entitled to retain an archival copy of all pleadings, 

motion papers, transcripts, legal memoranda, correspondence or attorney work product, 

even if such materials contain Protected Material. Any such archival copies that contain 

or constitute Protected Material remain subject to the Protective Order. 

27. This Order shall be binding upon the parties and their attorneys, successors, executors, 

personal representatives, administrators, heirs, legal representatives, assigns, subsidiaries, 

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divisions, employees, agents, independent contractors, or other persons or organizations 

over which they have control. 

28. Without written permission from the Producing Party or a court order secured after 

appropriate notice to all interested persons, a party may not file in the public record in this 

action any Protected Material. A party that seeks to file under seal any Protected 

Material must comply with Civil Local Rule 79-5. 

29. Nothing in this Order abridges the right of any person to seek modification by the Court in 

the future. 

30. By stipulating to the entry of this Protective Order, no Party waives any right it otherwise 

would have to object to disclosing or producing any information or item on grounds not 

addressed in the Protective Order. Similarly, no party waives any right to object on any 

ground to use in evidence of any of the material covered by this Protective Order. 

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SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: February 19, 2008 /s/ Jeffrey G. Homrig 

Matthew D. Powers 

Edward R. Reines 

Jeffrey G. Homrig 

Jill J. Ho 

WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP 

201 Redwood Shores Parkway 

Redwood Shores, CA 94065 

Telephone: (650) 802-3000 

Facsimile: (650) 802-3100 

Elizabeth Weiswasser (admitted pro hac vice) 

WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP 

767 Fifth Avenue 

New York, NY 10153 

Telephone: (212) 310-8000 

Facsimile: (212) 310-8007 

Attorneys for Plaintiff-Counterclaim Defendant 

Network Appliance, Inc. 

Dated: February 19, 2008 /s/ Christine K. Corbett 

Mark D. Fowler 

David Alberti 

Christine K. Corbett 

Yakov M. Zolotorev 

Carrie L. Williamson 

DLA PIPER US LLP 

2000 University Avenue 

East Palo Alto, CA 94303-2215 

Telephone: (650) 833-2000 

Facsimile: (650) 833-2001 

Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaimant 

SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 

So ORDERED AND SIGNED this _______ day of ________________, 2008. 

_______________________________________ 

Honorable Elizabeth D. Laporte 

United States Magistrate Judge 

20 February 

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Elizabeth D. Laporte

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EXHIBIT A 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC., 

a Delaware corporation, 

Plaintiff-Counterclaim Defendant, 

v. 

SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC., 

a Delaware corporation, 

Defendant-Counterclaim Plaintiff. 

Case No. C-07-06053 EDL 

[PROPOSED] FIRST AMENDED 

PROTECTIVE ORDER 

CONFIDENTIALITY UNDERTAKING OF: _______________________________ 

 1. My home address is: 

_____________________________________________________________________. 

 2. My present employer is and the address of my present employment is: 

_____________________________________________________________________. 

 3. My present occupation or job description is: 

_____________________________________________________________________. 

 4. I have received a copy of the First Amended Stipulated Protective Order 

(“Protective Order”) in this action. 

 5. I have carefully read and understand the provisions of the Protective Order in this 

action. 

 6. I will comply with all of the provisions of the Protective Order. 

 7. I will hold in confidence, will not disclose to anyone not qualified under the 

Protective Order, and will use only for purposes of this action in strict compliance with the terms 

and conditions of the Protective Order, any confidential information which is disclosed to me. I 

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acknowledge that termination of the litigation does not release me from the obligations set out in 

this paragraph. 

 8. At the conclusion of this action or my engagement with this action I will return all 

confidential information that comes into my possession, and documents or things which I have 

prepared relating thereto, to counsel for the party by whom I am employed or retained in strict 

accordance with the provisions of the Protective Order. 

 9. I acknowledge and agree that, if I review information that has been designated as 

“Attorneys’ Eyes Only” or “Attorney’s Eyes Only—Source Code,” I shall not participate in any 

way, direct or indirect, in the prosecution or support of the prosecution of any patent application 

or reissue proceeding, or reexamination of a patent (except where challenging, or representing a 

party challenging, a patent through reexamination) on behalf of any entity listed in subparagraph 

(a) for a patent directed to technology described in subparagraph (b) for a period beginning upon 

my first review of designated information and ending two years after (1) my last review of the 

designated information, or (2) the final termination of the litigation, whichever is later, unless the 

Producing Party agrees otherwise. 

(a) Network Appliance, Inc.; Sun Microsystems, Inc.; the storage divisions of EMC, 

Hewlett Packard, Dell, Hitachi, and IBM. 

(b) Storage computers and storage software products designed primarily for storing and 

retrieving data to/from RAID arrays of hard disk drives and/or solid state storage devices in 

response to storage requests using NFS or CIFS protocols received over a computer 

communication channel from client computers, and having file systems for logically organizing 

the data as hierarchical structures which are used in servicing the requests. 

 10. I hereby submit to the jurisdiction of this Court for the purpose of enforcement of 

the Protective Order in this action. 

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 11. Any accompanying resume or curriculum vitae is a complete and accurate 

statement to the best of my knowledge, and I acknowledge that in submitting such resume or 

curriculum vitae I know that the receiving party shall rely thereon. 

 Signature: _________________________________ 

 Date: ___________________________ 

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