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

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Joseph R. Re (State Bar No. 134,479) 

joseph.re@kmob.com 

Stephen C. Jensen (State Bar No. 149,894) 

steve.jensen@kmob.com 

Jarom D. Kesler (State Bar No. 239,136) 

jarom.kesler@kmob.com 

KNOBBE, MARTENS, OLSON & BEAR, LLP 

2040 Main Street 

Fourteenth Floor 

Irvine, CA 92614 

Phone: (949) 760-0404 

Facsimile: (949) 760-9502 

Brian C. Horne (State Bar No. 205, 621) 

brian.horne@kmob.com 

KNOBBE, MARTENS, OLSON & BEAR, LLP 

1901 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1500 

Los Angeles CA 90067 

Phone: (310) 551-3450 

Facsimile: (310) 551-3458 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

NATUS MEDICAL INCORPORATED and 

BAYCREST CENTRE FOR GERIATRIC CARE 

Richard P. Sybert, (State Bar No. 80731) 

rsybert@gordonrees.com 

GORDON & REES LLP 

275 Battery Street, Suite 2000 

San Francisco, California 94111 

Phone: (619) 230-7768 

Facsimile: (619) 595-5768 

Robert S. Frank, Jr. (admitted Pro Hac Vice)

rfrank@choate.com 

Mark G. Edgarton (admitted Pro Hac Vice)

medgarton@choate.com 

CHOATE HALL & STEWART LLP 

Two International Place 

Boston, MA 02110 

Phone: (617) 248-5000 

Facsimile: (617) 248-4000 

Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaimant 

INTELLIGENT HEARING SYSTEMS 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

NATUS MEDICAL INCORPORATED, a 

Delaware corporation and BAYCREST CENTRE 

FOR GERIATRIC CARE, an Ontario, Canada 

corporation,

 Plaintiffs, 

 v. 

INTELLIGENT HEARING SYSTEMS, a Florida 

corporation,

 Defendant. 

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Civil Action No.

10-cv-707-RMW 

[PROPOSED] STIPULATED 

PROTECTIVE ORDER 

AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIMS 

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AS AMENDED BY THE COURT

** E-filed August 16, 2010 **

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1. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS

Disclosure and discovery activity in this action are likely to involve production of 

confidential, proprietary, or private information for which special protection from public 

disclosure and from use for any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation may be 

warranted. Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to and petition the court to enter the 

following Stipulated Protective Order. The parties acknowledge that this Order does not 

confer blanket protections on all disclosures or responses to discovery and that the protection 

it affords from public disclosure and use extends only to the limited information or items that 

are entitled to confidential treatment under the applicable legal principles. The parties further 

acknowledge, as set forth in Section 10 below, that this Stipulated Protective Order does not 

entitle them to file confidential information under seal; Civil Local Rule 79-5 sets forth the 

procedures that must be followed and the standards that will be applied when a party seeks 

permission from the court to file material under seal. 

2. 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 

generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for protection under Federal 

Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c). 

2.3 Counsel (without qualifier): Outside Counsel of Record and House Counsel 

(as well as their support staff). 

2.4 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 produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as “CONFIDENTIAL,” “HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY,” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – 

SOURCE CODE.” 

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and General Order 62

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2.6 Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless of the 

medium or manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained (including, among other 

things, testimony, transcripts, and tangible things), that are produced or generated in 

disclosures or responses to discovery in this matter. 

2.7 Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter 

pertinent to the litigation who (1) has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as an 

expert witness or as a consultant in this action, (2) is not a past or current employee of a Party 

or of a Party's competitor, and (3) at the time of retention, is not anticipated to become an 

employee of a Party or of a Party's competitor. 

2.8 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” Information or 

Items: extremely sensitive “Confidential Information or Items,” disclosure of which to 

another Party or Non-Party would create a substantial risk of serious harm that could not be 

avoided by less restrictive means. 

2.9 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE” Information or Items: 

extremely sensitive “Confidential Information or Items” representing computer code and 

associated comments and revision histories, formulas, engineering specifications, or 

schematics that define or otherwise describe in detail the algorithms or structure of software 

or hardware designs, disclosure of which to another Party or Non-Party would create a 

substantial risk of serious harm that could not be avoided by less restrictive means. 

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 but are retained to represent or advise a party to this action and have appeared in this 

action on behalf of that party or are affiliated with a law firm which has appeared on behalf of 

that party. 

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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., photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or demonstrations, 

and organizing, storing, or retrieving data in any form or medium) and their employees and 

subcontractors.

2.16 Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is designated as 

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

“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE.” 

2.17 Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery Material from a 

Producing Party. 

3. SCOPE

The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only Protected 

Material (as defined above), but also (1) any information copied or extracted from Protected 

Material; (2) all copies, excerpts, summaries, or compilations of Protected Material; and (3) 

any testimony, conversations, or presentations by Parties or their Counsel that might reveal 

Protected Material. However, the protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order do not 

cover the following information: (a) any information that is in the public domain at the time 

of disclosure to a Receiving Party or becomes part of the public domain after its disclosure to 

a Receiving Party as a result of publication not involving a violation of this Order, including 

becoming part of the public record through trial or otherwise; and (b) any information known 

to the Receiving Party prior to the disclosure or obtained by the Receiving Party after the 

disclosure from a source who obtained the information lawfully and under no obligation of 

confidentiality to the Designating Party. Any use of Protected Material at trial shall be 

governed by a separate agreement or order. 

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4. DURATION

Even after final disposition of this litigation, the confidentiality obligations imposed 

by this Order shall remain in effect until a Designating Party agrees otherwise in writing or a 

court order otherwise directs. Final disposition shall be deemed to be the later of (1) dismissal 

of all claims and defenses in this action, with or without prejudice; and (2) final judgment 

herein after the completion and exhaustion of all appeals, rehearings, remands, trials, or 

reviews of this action, including the time limits for filing any motions or applications for 

extension of time pursuant to applicable law. 

5. 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 any such designation to specific material that qualifies under the appropriate 

standards. To the extent it is practical to do so, the Designating Party must designate for 

protection only those parts of material, documents, items, or oral or written communications 

that qualify – so that other portions of the material, documents, items, or communications for 

which protection is not warranted are not swept unjustifiably within the ambit of this Order. 

 Mass, indiscriminate, or routinized designations are prohibited. Designations 

that are shown to be clearly unjustified or that have been made for an improper purpose (e.g., 

to unnecessarily encumber or retard the case development process or to impose unnecessary 

expenses and burdens on other parties) expose the Designating Party to sanctions. 

 If it comes to a Designating Party’s attention that information or items that it 

designated for protection do not qualify for protection at all or do not qualify for the level of 

protection initially asserted, that Designating Party must promptly notify all other Parties that 

it is withdrawing the mistaken designation. 

 5.2 Manner and Timing of Designations. Except as otherwise provided in this 

Order (see, e.g., second paragraph of section 5.2(a) below), or as otherwise stipulated or 

ordered, Disclosure or Discovery Material that qualifies for protection under this Order must 

be clearly so designated before the material is disclosed or produced. 

For a period of six (6) months after the final disposition of this

action, this court will retain jurisdiction to enforce the terms of

this protective order.

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 Designation in conformity with this Order requires: 

 (a) for information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic documents, but 

excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial proceedings), that the Producing 

Party affix the legend “CONFIDENTIAL,” “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ 

EYES ONLY,” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE” to each page that 

contains protected material. 

 A Party or Non-Party that makes original documents or materials available for 

inspection need not designate them for protection until after the inspecting Party has indicated 

which material it would like copied and produced. During the inspection and before the 

designation, all of the material made available for inspection shall be deemed “HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” After the inspecting Party has identified 

the documents it wants copied and produced, the Producing Party must determine which 

documents, or portions thereof, qualify for protection under this Order. Then, before 

producing the specified documents, the Producing Party must affix the appropriate legend 

(“CONFIDENTIAL,” “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” or 

“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE”) to each page that contains Protected 

Material.

 (b) for testimony given in deposition or in other pretrial or trial proceedings, that the 

Designating Party identify on the record, before the close of the deposition, hearing, or other 

proceeding, all protected testimony and specify the level of protection being asserted. When it 

is impractical to identify separately each portion of testimony that is entitled to protection and 

it appears that substantial portions of the testimony may qualify for protection, the 

Designating Party may invoke on the record (before the deposition, hearing, or other 

proceeding is concluded) a right to have up to 21 days to identify the specific portions of the 

testimony as to which protection is sought and to specify the level of protection being 

asserted. Only those portions of the testimony that are appropriately designated for protection 

within the 21 days shall be covered by the provisions of this Stipulated Protective Order. 

Alternatively, a Designating Party may specify, at the deposition or up to 21 days afterwards 

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if that period is properly invoked, that the entire transcript shall be treated as 

“CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” 

 Parties shall give the other parties notice if they reasonably expect a deposition, 

hearing, or other proceeding to include Protected Material so that the other parties can ensure 

that only authorized individuals who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to 

Be Bound” (Exhibit A) are present at those proceedings. The use of a document as an exhibit 

at a deposition shall not in any way affect its designation as “CONFIDENTIAL” or 

“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” 

 Transcripts containing Protected Material shall have an obvious legend on the title 

page that the transcript contains Protected Material, and the title page shall be followed by a 

list of all pages (including line numbers as appropriate) that have been designated as 

Protected Material and the level of protection being asserted by the Designating Party. The 

Designating Party shall inform the court reporter of these requirements. Any transcript that is 

prepared before the expiration of a 21-day period for designation shall be treated during that 

period as if it had been designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES 

ONLY” in its entirety unless otherwise agreed. After the 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 

tangible items, that the Producing Party affix in a prominent place on the exterior of the 

container or containers in which the information or item is stored the legend 

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

“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE.” If only a portion or portions of the 

information or item warrant protection, the Producing Party, to the extent practicable, shall 

identify the protected portion(s) and specify the level of protection being asserted. 

 5.3 Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected, an inadvertent failure to 

designate qualified information or items does not, standing alone, waive the Designating 

Party’s right to secure protection under this Order for such material. Upon timely correction 

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of a designation, the Receiving Party must make reasonable efforts to assure that the material 

is treated in accordance with the provisions of this Order. 

6. CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS

6.1 Timing of Challenges. Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a designation of 

confidentiality at any time. Unless a prompt challenge to a Designating Party’s confidentiality 

designation is necessary to avoid foreseeable, substantial unfairness, unnecessary economic 

burdens, or a significant disruption or delay of the litigation, a Party does not waive its right 

to challenge a confidentiality designation by electing not to mount a challenge promptly after 

the original designation is disclosed. 

6.2 Meet and Confer. The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute resolution 

process by providing written notice of each designation it is challenging and describing the 

basis for each challenge. To avoid ambiguity as to whether a challenge has been made, the 

written notice must recite that the challenge to confidentiality is being made in accordance 

with this specific paragraph of the Protective Order. The parties shall attempt to resolve each 

challenge in good faith and must begin the process by conferring directly (in voice to voice 

dialogue; other forms of communication are not sufficient) within 14 days of the date of 

service of notice. In conferring, the Challenging Party must explain the basis for its belief that 

the confidentiality designation was not proper and must give the Designating 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 

Challenging Party may proceed to the next stage of the challenge process only if it has 

engaged in this meet and confer process first or establishes that the Designating Party is 

unwilling to participate in the meet and confer process in a timely manner. 

6.3 Judicial Intervention. If the Parties cannot resolve a challenge without court 

intervention, the Designating Party shall file and serve a motion to retain confidentiality 

under Civil Local Rule 7 (and in compliance with Civil Local Rule 79-5, if applicable) within 

21 days of the initial notice of challenge or within 14 days of the parties agreeing that the 

meet and confer process will not resolve their dispute, whichever is earlier. Each such motion 

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must be accompanied by a competent declaration affirming that the movant has complied 

with the meet and confer requirements imposed in the preceding paragraph. Failure by the 

Designating Party to make such a motion including the required declaration within 21 days 

(or 14 days, if applicable) shall automatically waive the confidentiality designation for each 

challenged designation. In addition, the Challenging Party may file a motion challenging a 

confidentiality designation at any time if there is good cause for doing so, including a 

challenge to the designation of a deposition transcript or any portions thereof. Any motion 

brought pursuant to this provision must be accompanied by a competent declaration affirming 

that the movant has complied with the meet and confer requirements imposed by the 

preceding paragraph. 

The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be on the 

Designating Party. Frivolous challenges and those made for an improper purpose (e.g., to 

harass or impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may expose the 

Challenging Party to sanctions. Unless the Designating Party has waived the confidentiality 

designation by failing to file a motion to retain confidentiality as described above, 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 until the court rules on the challenge. 

7. ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL

7.1 Basic Principles. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that is 

disclosed or produced by another Party or by a Non-Party in connection with this case only 

for prosecuting, defending, or attempting to settle this litigation. Such Protected Material may 

be disclosed only to the categories of persons and under the conditions described in this 

Order. When the litigation has been terminated, a Receiving Party must comply with the 

provisions of section 15 below (FINAL DISPOSITION). 

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.

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7.2 Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items. Unless otherwise 

ordered by the court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a Receiving Party may 

disclose any information or item designated “CONFIDENTIAL” only to: 

(a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this action, as well as 

employees of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose 

the information for this litigation; 

(b) three (3) officers, directors, and employees (including House Counsel) of the 

Receiving Party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have 

signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); 

(c) Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to whom disclosure is 

reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and 

Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); 

(d) the court and its personnel; 

(e) court reporters and their staff, 

(f) professional jury or trial consultants, and Professional Vendors to whom disclosure 

is reasonably necessary for this litigation; 

(g) 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), unless otherwise agreed by the Designating Party or ordered by the court. Pages of 

transcribed deposition testimony or exhibits to depositions that reveal Protected Material 

must be separately bound by the court reporter and may not be disclosed to anyone except as 

permitted under this Stipulated Protective Order. 

(h) 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 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE” Information or Items. Unless 

otherwise ordered by the court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a Receiving 

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Party may disclose any information or item designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – 

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE” only to: 

(a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this action, as well as 

employees of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose 

the information for this litigation; 

(b) Designated House Counsel of the Receiving Party (1) who has no involvement in 

competitive decision-making, (2) to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this 

litigation, (3) who has signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit 

A), and (4) as to whom the procedures set forth in paragraph 7.4(a)(1), below, have been 

followed, EXCEPT THAT Designated House Counsel shall not have access to any 

information or items designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE”; 

(c) Experts of the Receiving Party (1) to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for 

this litigation, (2) who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” 

(Exhibit A), and (3) as to whom the procedures set forth in paragraph 7.4(a)(2), below, have 

been followed; 

(d) the court and its personnel; 

(e) court reporters and their staff, 

(f) professional jury or trial consultants, and Professional Vendors to whom disclosure 

is reasonably necessary for this litigation; and 

(g) the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a custodian or 

other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information. 

7.4 Procedures for Approving or Objecting to Disclosure of “HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – 

SOURCE CODE” Information or Items to Designated House Counsel or Experts. 

(a)(1) Unless otherwise ordered by the court or agreed to in writing by the 

Designating Party, a Party that seeks to disclose to Designated House Counsel any 

information or item that has been designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ 

EYES ONLY” pursuant to paragraph 7.3(b) first must make a written request to the 

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Designating Party that (1) sets forth the full name of the Designated House Counsel and the 

city and state of his or her residence and (2) describes the Designated House Counsel’s 

current and reasonably foreseeable future primary job duties and responsibilities in sufficient 

detail to determine if House Counsel is involved, or may become involved, in any 

competitive decision-making. 

(a)(2) Unless otherwise ordered by the court or agreed to in writing by the 

Designating Party, a Party that seeks to disclose to an Expert (as defined in this Order) any 

information or item that has been designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ 

EYES ONLY” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE” pursuant to paragraph 

7.3(c) first must make a written request to the Designating Party that (1) sets forth the full 

name of the Expert and the city and state of his or her primary residence, (2) attaches a copy 

of the Expert’s current resume, (3) identifies the Expert’s current employer(s), (4) identifies 

each person or entity from whom the Expert has received compensation or funding for work 

in his or her areas of expertise or to whom the expert has provided professional services, 

including in connection with a litigation, at any time during the preceding five years,1

 and (5) 

identifies (by name and number of the case, filing date, and location of court) any litigation in 

connection with which the Expert has offered expert testimony, including through a 

declaration, report, or testimony at a deposition or trial, during the preceding five years.

(b) A Party that makes a request and provides the information specified in the 

preceding respective paragraphs may disclose the subject Protected Material to the identified 

Designated House Counsel or Expert unless, within 14 days of delivering the request, the 

Party receives a written objection from the Designating Party. Any such objection must set 

forth in detail the grounds on which it is based. 

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1 If the Expert believes any of this information is subject to a confidentiality obligation to 

a third-party, then the Expert should provide whatever information the Expert believes can be 

disclosed without violating any confidentiality agreements, and the Party seeking to disclose to 

the Expert shall be available to meet and confer with the Designating Party regarding any such 

engagement.

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(c) A Party that receives a timely written objection must meet and confer with the 

Designating Party (through direct voice to voice dialogue) to try to resolve the matter by 

agreement within seven days of the written objection. If no agreement is reached, the Party 

seeking to make the disclosure to Designated House Counsel or the Expert may 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. Any such motion must describe the 

circumstances with specificity, set forth in detail the reasons why disclosure to Designated 

House Counsel or the Expert is reasonably necessary, assess the risk of harm that the 

disclosure would entail, and suggest any additional means that could be used to reduce that 

risk. In addition, any such motion must be accompanied by a competent declaration 

describing the parties’ efforts to resolve the matter by agreement (i.e., the extent and the 

content of the meet and confer discussions) and setting forth the reasons advanced by the 

Designating Party for its refusal to approve the disclosure. 

In any such proceeding, the Party opposing disclosure to Designated House Counsel 

or the Expert shall bear the burden of proving that the risk of harm that the disclosure would 

entail (under the safeguards proposed) outweighs the Receiving Party’s need to disclose the 

Protected Material to its Designated House Counsel or Expert. 

8. PROSECUTION BAR

Absent written consent from the Producing Party, any individual who receives access 

to “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” or “HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE” information relating to a method or apparatus for 

measuring auditory evoked potentials (AEPs) and/or otoacoustic emissions (OAEs) shall not 

be involved in the prosecution of patents or patent applications relating to a method or 

apparatus for measuring AEPs and/or OAEs, including, without limitation, the ‘091 and ‘174 

patents asserted in this action and any patent or application claiming priority to or otherwise 

related to the ‘091 and ‘174 patents asserted in this action, before any foreign or domestic 

agency, including the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“the Patent Office”). To 

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 avoid any doubt, “apparatus for measuring AEPs and/or OAEs,” does not include ear 

couplers that are used with such an apparatus.

Absent written consent from the Producing Party, any individual who receives access 

to “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” or “HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE” information relating to a method or apparatus for 

measuring auditory steady-state responses (ASSRs) shall not be involved in the prosecution 

of patents or patent applications relating to a method or apparatus for measuring ASSRs, 

including, without limitation, the ‘202, ‘613 and ‘282 patents asserted in this action and any 

patent or application claiming priority to or otherwise related to the ‘202, ‘613 and ‘282 

patents asserted in this action, before any foreign or domestic agency, including the United 

States Patent and Trademark Office (“the Patent Office”). To avoid any doubt, “apparatus for 

measuring ASSRs” does not include ear couplers that are used with such an apparatus. 

Absent written consent from the Producing Party or leave of this Court, any individual 

who receives access to “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” or 

“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE” information relating to an ear coupler for 

conveying sound from an auditory screening or diagnostic apparatus shall not be involved in 

the prosecution of patents or patent applications relating to an ear coupler, including, without 

limitation, US 12/334770 or the ‘663 patent asserted in this action and any patent or 

application claiming priority to or otherwise related to US 12/334770 or the ‘663 patent 

asserted in this action, before any foreign or domestic agency, including the Patent Office. 

For purposes of this section, “prosecution” includes directly or indirectly drafting, 

amending, advising, or otherwise affecting the scope or maintenance of patent claims.2

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avoid any doubt, “prosecution” as used in this paragraph does not include representing a party 

challenging a patent before a domestic or foreign agency (including, but not limited to, a 

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

proceedings. Natus, however, reserves the right to seek permission to allow its Outside Counsel 

of Record to communicate with a patent attorney or patent agent regarding the content of a patent 

claim that has not issued or is the subject of reexamination proceedings. Defendant fully reserves 

its right to object to such a request by Natus.

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reissue protest, ex parte reexamination or inter partes reexamination). This Prosecution Bar 

shall begin when access to “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” or 

“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE” information is first received by the 

affected individual and shall end two (2) years after final termination of this action. 

9. SOURCE CODE

(a) To the extent production of source code becomes necessary in this case, a 

Producing Party may designate source code as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE 

CODE” if it comprises or includes confidential, proprietary or trade secret source code. 

(b) Protected Material designated as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE 

CODE” shall be subject to all of the protections afforded to “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – 

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” information, including the Prosecution Bar set forth in 

Paragraph 8, and may be disclosed only to the individuals to whom “HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” information may be disclosed, as set 

forth in Paragraphs 7.3 and 7.4, with the exception of Designated House Counsel, who are not 

permitted to access or view any information designated as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – 

SOURCE CODE.” 

(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 mutually agreeable times, at an office of the Producing Party’s counsel. Defendant 

shall make the source code available at the San Diego, CA office of Gordon and Rees. 

Plaintiff shall make source code available at an office of Knobbe Martens to be designated by 

Defendant. The source code shall be made available for inspection on a secured computer in 

a secured room without Internet access or network access to other computers, and the 

Receiving Party shall not copy, remove, or otherwise transfer any portion of the source code 

onto any recordable media or recordable device. The Producing Party may visually monitor 

the activities of the Receiving Party’s representatives during any source code review, but only 

to ensure that there is no unauthorized recording, copying, or transmission of the source code. 

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(d) The Receiving Party may request paper copies of limited portions of source code 

that are reasonably necessary for the preparation of court filings, pleadings, expert reports, or 

other papers, or for deposition or trial, but shall not request paper copies for the purpose of 

reviewing the source code other than electronically as set forth in paragraph (c) in the first 

instance. The Producing Party shall provide all such source code in paper form, including 

bates numbers and the label “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE.” The 

Producing Party may challenge the amount of source code requested in hard copy form 

pursuant to the dispute resolution procedure and timeframes set forth in Paragraph 6 whereby 

the Producing Party is the “Challenging Party” and the Receiving Party is the “Designating 

Party” for purposes of dispute resolution. 

(e) The Receiving Party shall maintain a record of any individual who has inspected 

any portion of the source code in electronic or paper form. The Receiving Party shall 

maintain all paper copies of any printed portions of the source code in a secured, locked area. 

The Receiving Party shall not create any electronic or other images of the paper copies and 

shall not convert any of the information contained in the paper copies into any electronic 

format. The Receiving Party shall only make additional paper copies if such additional copies 

are (1) necessary to prepare court filings, pleadings, or other papers (including a testifying 

expert’s expert report), (2) necessary for deposition, or (3) otherwise necessary for the 

preparation of its case. Any paper copies used during a deposition shall be retrieved by the 

Producing Party at the end of each day and must not be given to or left with a court reporter 

or any other unauthorized individual. 

10. PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED PRODUCED IN 

OTHER LITIGATION

If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other litigation that 

compels disclosure of any information or items designated in this action as 

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

“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE,” that Party must: 

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(a) promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification shall include a 

copy of the subpoena or court order; 

(b) promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena or order to issue in 

the other litigation that some or all of the material covered by the subpoena or order is subject 

to this Protective Order. Such notification shall include a copy of this Stipulated Protective 

Order; and 

(c) cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be pursued by the 

Designating Party whose Protected Material may be affected.3

If the Designating Party timely seeks a protective order, the Party served with the 

subpoena or court order shall not produce any information designated in this action as 

“CONFIDENTIAL,” “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” or 

“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE” before a determination by the court from 

which the subpoena or order issued, unless the Party has obtained the Designating Party’s 

permission. The Designating Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking protection in 

that court of its confidential material – and nothing in these provisions should be construed as 

authorizing or encouraging a Receiving Party in this action to disobey a lawful directive from 

another court. 

11. A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE

PRODUCED IN THIS LITIGATION

(a) The terms of this Order are applicable to information produced by a Non-Party in 

this action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL,” “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – 

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE.” Such 

information produced by Non-Parties in connection with this litigation is protected by the 

remedies and relief provided by this Order. Nothing in these provisions should be construed 

as prohibiting a Non-Party from seeking additional protections. 

3

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of this Protective Order and to afford the Designating Party in this case an opportunity to try 

to protect its confidentiality interests in the court from which the subpoena or order issued. 

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(b) In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery request, to produce a 

Non-Party’s confidential information in its possession, and the Party is subject to an 

agreement with the Non-Party not to produce the Non-Party’s confidential information, then 

the Party shall: 

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; 

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 

3. make the information requested available for inspection by the Non-Party. 

(c) If the Non-Party fails to object or seek a protective order from this court within 14 

days of receiving the notice and accompanying information, the Receiving Party may produce 

the Non-Party’s confidential information responsive to the discovery request. If the NonParty timely seeks a protective order, the Receiving Party shall not produce any information 

in its possession or control that is subject to the confidentiality agreement with the Non-Party 

before a determination by the court.4

 Absent a court order to the contrary, the Non-Party 

shall bear the burden and expense of seeking protection in this court of its Protected Material. 

12. UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL

If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed 

Protected Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this Stipulated 

Protective Order, the Receiving Party must immediately (a) notify in writing the Designating 

Party of the unauthorized disclosures, (b) use its best efforts to retrieve all unauthorized 

copies of the Protected Material, (c) inform the person or persons to whom unauthorized 

disclosures were made of all the terms of this Order, and (d) request such person or persons to 

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confidentiality rights of a Non-Party and to afford the Non-Party an opportunity to protect its 

confidentiality interests in this court. 

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execute the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” that is attached hereto as 

Exhibit A. 

13. INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE 

PROTECTED MATERIAL

When a Producing Party gives notice to Receiving Parties that certain inadvertently 

produced material is subject to a claim of privilege or other protection, the obligations of the 

Receiving Parties are those set forth in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5)(B). This 

provision is not intended to modify whatever procedure may be established in an e-discovery 

order that provides for production without prior privilege review. Pursuant to Federal Rule of 

Evidence 502(d) and (e), insofar as the parties reach an agreement on the effect of disclosure 

of a communication or information covered by the attorney-client privilege or work product 

protection, the parties may incorporate their agreement in the stipulated protective order 

submitted to the court. 

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 no Party waives any right it otherwise would have to object to disclosing or producing 

any information or item on any ground not addressed in this Stipulated 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. 

14.3 Export Control. Disclosure of Protected Material shall be subject to all 

applicable laws and regulations relating to the export of technical data contained in such 

Protected Material, including the release of such technical data to foreign persons or nationals 

in the United States or elsewhere. The Producing Party shall be responsible for identifying 

any such controlled technical data, and the Receiving Party shall take measures necessary to 

ensure compliance. 

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14.4 Filing Protected Material. Without written permission from the Designating 

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. Protected 

Material may only be filed under seal pursuant to a court order authorizing the sealing of the 

specific Protected Material at issue. Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5, a sealing order will 

issue only upon a request establishing that the Protected Material at issue is privileged, 

protectable as a trade secret, or otherwise entitled to protection under the law. If a Receiving 

Party's request to file Protected Material under seal pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5(d) is 

denied by the court, then the Receiving Party may file the Protected Material in the public 

record pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5(e) unless otherwise instructed by the court. 

15. FINAL DISPOSITION

Within 60 days after the final disposition of this action, as defined in paragraph 4, 

each Receiving Party must return all Protected Material to the Producing Party or destroy 

such material. As used in this subdivision, “all Protected Material” includes all copies, 

abstracts, compilations, summaries, and any other format reproducing or capturing any of the 

Protected Material. Whether the Protected Material is returned or destroyed, the Receiving 

Party must submit a written certification to the Producing Party (and, if not the same person 

or entity, to the Designating Party) by the 60 day deadline that (1) identifies (by category, 

where appropriate) all the Protected Material that was returned or destroyed and (2) affirms 

that the Receiving Party has not retained any copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries or 

any other format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected Material. Notwithstanding this 

provision, Outside Counsel are entitled to retain an archival copy of all pleadings, motion 

papers, trial, deposition, and hearing transcripts, legal memoranda, correspondence, 

deposition and trial exhibits, expert reports, attorney work product, and consultant and expert 

work product, even if such materials contain Protected Material. Any such archival copies 

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that contain or constitute Protected Material remain subject to this Protective Order as set 

forth in Section 4 (DURATION). 

Respectfully submitted, 

KNOBBE, MARTENS, OLSON & BEAR, LLP 

Dated: August 5, 2010 By: s/Brian C. Horne

 Brian C. Horne 

 Attorneys for Plaintiff 

 NATUS MEDICAL, INC. and 

 BAYCREST CENTRE FOR GERIATRIC CARE 

 GORDON & REES LLP 

Dated: August 5, 2010 By: s/Mark G. Edgarton

 Richard P. Sybert 

 Mark G. Edgarton 

 

 

 Attorneys for Defendant 

 INTELLIGENT HEARING SYSTEMS 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: __________________________ ________________________ _________

Honorable Ronald M. Whyte 

 United States District Judge 

HOWARD R. LLOYD

United States Magistrate Judge

August 16, 2010

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EXHIBIT A

ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND

I, _____________________________, of ___________________________________, 

declare under penalty of perjury that I have read in its entirety and understand the Stipulated 

Protective Order that was issued by the United States District Court for the Northern District 

of California on _______ in the case of Natus Medical Incorporated and Baycrest Centre For 

Geriatric Care v. Intelligent Hearing System, Case No. 10-cv-707-RMW. I agree to comply 

with and to be bound by all the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order and I understand and 

acknowledge that failure to so comply could expose me to sanctions and punishment in the 

nature of contempt. I solemnly promise that I will not disclose in any manner any 

information or item that is subject to this Stipulated Protective Order to any person or entity 

except in strict compliance with the provisions of this Order.

I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the 

Northern District of California for the purpose of enforcing the terms of this Stipulated 

Protective Order, even if such enforcement proceedings occur after termination of this action. 

I hereby appoint ____________________________________________________ of 

________________________________________________ as my California agent for 

service of process in connection with this action or any proceedings related to enforcement of 

this Stipulated Protective Order.

Date: _________________________________

City and State where sworn and signed: _________________________________ 

Printed name: ______________________________

Signature: __________________________________

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