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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:271 Patent Infringement

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

NEODRON, LTD.,

Plaintiff,

v.

LENOVO GROUP, LTD., et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 19-cv-05644-SI 

ORDER RE STIPULATED REQUEST 

RE SECTION 8 OF THE PROTECTIVE 

ORDER

Re: Dkt. No. 55

The Court, having considered the parties’ stipulated request for the Court to consider the 

parties’ proposals and approve, modify, or otherwise provide a provision for Section 8 (Prosecution 

Bar) of the Protective Order in this case, rules as follows.

The Court ORDERS that the language below be adopted into Section 8 of the Protective 

Order entered in this case:

Absent written consent from the Producing Party, any individual who 

receives access to technical “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –

SOURCE CODE” information shall not be involved in the 

prosecution of patents or patent applications relating to touch 

controllers and touch sensors, including without limitation the patents 

asserted in this action and any patent or application claiming priority 

to or otherwise related to the patents asserted in this action, before any 

foreign or domestic agency, including the United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (“the Patent Office”). For purposes of this 

paragraph, “prosecution” includes directly or indirectly drafting, 

amending, advising, or otherwise affecting the scope or maintenance 

of patent claims.1 To avoid any doubt, “prosecution” as used in this 

paragraph does not include representing a party challenging or 

defending a patent before a domestic or foreign agency (including, 

but not limited to, a reissue protest, ex parte reexamination or inter 

partes reexamination) so long as the individual does not participate in 

1 Prosecution includes, for example, original prosecution, reissue and reexamination 

proceedings.

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or assist in amending existing claims or adding new claims during the 

proceeding. For the avoidance of doubt, in the event any person files 

a reissue protest, ex parte reexamination, inter partes review, covered 

business methods, post grant review, or other proceeding before the 

Patent Office regarding the Patents-in-Suit or related patents, Outside 

Counsel for any Party involved in said proceeding before the Patent 

Office that has accessed technical “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –

OUTSIDE COUNSEL ONLY” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –

OUTSIDE COUNSEL ONLY – SOURCE CODE” may participate 

and assist in such reexamination, review, or proceeding so long as the 

individual does not participate in or assist in amending existing claims 

or adding new claims during the proceeding. This Prosecution Bar 

shall begin when the affected individual first received access to 

technical “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES 

ONLY” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE” 

information and shall end eighteen (18) months after final termination 

of this action.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 23, 2020 ______________________________________

SUSAN ILLSTON

United States District Judge

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