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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 28:1338 Patent Infringement

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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER; CASE NO. C-04-03923 MMC (JCS)

Chris Scott Graham (State Bar No. 114498)

Michael N. Edelman (State Bar No. 180948)

DECHERT LLP

975 Page Mill Road

Palo Alto, CA 94304-1013

Telephone: 650.813.4800

Facsimile: 650.813.4848

Attorneys for Plaintiff,

SYNOPSYS, INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

SYNOPSYS, INC., a Delaware corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.

MAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION, a 

Delaware corporation,

Defendant.

Case No. C-04-03923 MMC (JCS)

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT, Plaintiff SYNOPSYS, INC. (“SYNOPSYS”) and 

Defendant MAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION, INC. (“MAGMA”) are to be bound by the 

following Protective Order for the protection of confidential information, documents, and other 

things produced, served or otherwise provided in this action by the parties or by third parties:

A. Designated Material.

1. Information, materials and/or discovery responses may be designated pursuant to 

this Protective Order by the person or entity producing or lodging it or by any party to this

action (the “Designating Party”) if: (a) produced or served, formally or informally, pursuant to 

the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or in response to any other formal or informal discovery 

request in this action; and/or (b) filed or lodged with the Court. All such information and 

material and all information or material derived therefrom constitutes “Designated Material,” 

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which includes materials designated “CONFIDENTIAL” and “ATTORNEYS AND 

CONSULTANTS ONLY” under this Protective Order. Unless and until otherwise ordered by 

the Court or agreed to in writing by the parties, all material designated under this Protective 

Order shall be used only for purposes of this litigation between Synopsys and Magma, and shall 

not be used or disclosed by the party receiving Designated Material except as provided under 

the terms of this Protective Order. (For purposes of this Protective Order, “disclose” means to 

show, furnish, provide, or discuss the contents of, in whole or in part, the original, a copy, or 

any summaries of the referenced material or document.)

2. Subject to the limitations set forth in this Protective Order, a designation of 

“CONFIDENTIAL” means information other than “ATTORNEYS AND CONSULTANTS 

ONLY” information, whether or not embodied in any physical medium, which the Designating 

Party believes in good faith has competitive value, which is not generally known to others, and 

which the Designating Party would not normally reveal to third parties except in confidence, or 

has undertaken with others to maintain in confidence. Information may also be designated 

“CONFIDENTIAL” if the designating party believes in good faith that the information falls 

within the right to privacy guaranteed by the laws of the United States and/or California.

3. Subject to the limitations set forth in this Protective Order, a designation of 

“ATTORNEYS AND CONSULTANTS ONLY” means information, whether or not embodied 

in any physical medium, which the Designating Party believes in good faith has significant 

competitive value and which, if disclosed to agents of the receiving party, or to any other 

person, might cause competitive harm to the Designating Party. Such information must not be 

generally known to third parties or the public and is limited to information that the Designating

Party would not normally reveal to third parties except in confidence, or has undertaken with 

others to maintain in confidence. Information may also be designated “ATTORNEYS AND 

CONSULTANTS ONLY” if the designating party believes in good faith that the information is 

significantly sensitive and protected by the right to privacy guaranteed by the laws of the United 

States and/or California.

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B. Access By Parties.

1. Materials Designated CONFIDENTIAL. Materials designated 

CONFIDENTIAL (“CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION”) may only be disclosed to:

(a) Persons who appear on the face of Designated Materials marked 

CONFIDENTIAL as an author or sole addressee thereof, subject to the disclosure requirements 

of Section C, and any Outside Counsel of such author or addressee that has become counsel of 

record through stipulation or order of the Court as set forth in subsection (b) below. Any such 

review of materials must be in the presence of and under the supervision of Outside Counsel and

all originals and any copies of such material shall remain exclusively in the possession of 

Outside Counsel. Further, any written notes, compilations or reviews of such material made by 

persons falling under this subsection shall remain in the possession of Outside Counsel;

(b) “Outside Counsel” (which means and is defined as counsel of record, 

including the partners, associates, agents and employees of counsel of record, except for agents 

or employees who have been retained or employed by Outside Counsel as experts or consultants 

to assist in the preparation of this action) for the parties to this action to the extent reasonably 

necessary to render professional services in this action. Unless otherwise expressly provided 

through stipulation or order, Outside Counsel shall include only the law firms of Dechert LLP 

on behalf of SYNOPSYS and O’Melveny & Myers LLP on behalf of MAGMA, except that 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION shall not be disclosed to individuals who are actively 

prosecuting Electronic Design Automation (“EDA”) patent applications before the USPTO or 

any other Patent Office for any party to this action. Further, Outside Counsel having access to 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION under this Protective Order shall not be permitted to 

prosecute any EDA patent application for any of the parties in suit during the pendency of this 

action and until one year after the conclusion of this action, including appeals. Upon the filing 

of a document associating or substituting counsel in addition to or other than O’Melveny & 

Myers LLP or Dechert LLP as counsel of record for a party in this action, such counsel shall 

also qualify as Outside Counsel under this subsection, provided that any counsel that has 

withdrawn as counsel of record for any party confirms in writing to all other counsel of record 

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that it is no longer in possession of any Designated Material;

(c) “In-House Counsel” for MAGMA and SYNOPSYS as necessary in 

connection with this action and who are assisting Outside Counsel in the preparation of this 

action, subject to the disclosure requirements of Section C. Any such review of materials shall 

be in the offices of Outside Counsel only and copies of such material shall not be taken from

Outside Counsel’s office. Further, any notes or compilations or review of such material made 

by in-house counsel shall remain in the office of Outside Counsel;

(d) Non-party experts and consultants retained or employed by Outside 

Counsel to assist in the preparation of this action (“Outside Consultants”), to the extent 

reasonably necessary to render professional services in this action, subject to the disclosure 

requirements of Section C;

(e) The officers and/or employees of MAGMA (“MAGMA Designees”), not 

to exceed three in number, subject to the disclosure requirements of Section C;

(1) In the event that a MAGMA Designee ceases to be an officer 

and/or employee of MAGMA, MAGMA shall so notify Outside Counsel for SYNOPSYS in 

writing, identifying, to the extent known, the MAGMA Designee’s new employer and 

professional addresses and/or affiliations and all other present employment and/or consultancies, 

and shall either: (A) certify that, to the best of MAGMA’s knowledge, the departing Designee 

has not retained any CONFIDENTIAL materials, and, at MAGMA’s option, designate a 

replacement MAGMA Designee consistent with the provisions of this section; or (B) notify 

Outside Counsel for SYNOPSYS in writing of its intention to continue using the Designee as a 

consultant, in which case SYNOPSYS may object to the continued use of the departed Designee 

under the provision of Section C;

(2) The officers and/or employees of MAGMA who may review such 

confidential documents are those whose review is required for the conduct of this litigation.

Further, such review shall be in the offices of Outside Counsel only and such documents,

including copies, notes, or compilations of said documents, shall not be removed from Outside 

Counsel’s office.

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(f) The officers and/or employees of SYNOPSYS (“SYNOPSYS 

Designees”) not to exceed three in number, subject to the disclosure requirements of Section C;

(1) In the event that a SYNOPSYS Designee ceases to be an officer 

and/or employee of SYNOPSYS, it shall so notify Outside Counsel for MAGMA in writing, 

identifying, to the extent known, the SYNOPSYS Designee’s new employer and professional 

addresses and/or affiliations and all other present employment and/or consultancies, and shall 

either: (A) certify that the departing Designee has not retained any CONFIDENTIAL materials, 

and at its option designate a replacement SYNOPSYS Designee consistent with the provisions 

of this section; or (B) notify Outside Counsel for MAGMA in writing of its intention to continue 

using the designee as a consultant, in which case MAGMA may object to the continued use of 

the departed Designee under the provisions of Section C;

(2) The officers and/or employees of SYNOPSYS who may review 

such confidential documents are those whose review is required for the conduct of this 

litigation. Further, such review shall be in the offices of Outside Counsel only and such 

documents, including copies, notes, and compilations of said documents, shall not be removed 

from Outside Counsel’s office.

(g) Vendors with whom Outside Counsel of record for the parties to this 

litigation have contracted for purely clerical functions, such as the copying of documents;

(h) Subject to Sections F(3) and H below, Designated Material marked 

“CONFIDENTIAL” may also be shown to deposition or trial witnesses who: (1) agree in 

writing to be bound by this Order by signing and undertaking the form of Exhibit A to this 

Order, or (2) appear on the face of the Designated Material as an author, addressee or recipient

of the Designated Material, including any information contained therein, or (3) the examining 

attorney has a good faith basis to believe was an author, addressee or recipient of the Designated 

Material, including any information contained therein;

(i) Any mediator chosen by the parties or the Court, along with necessary 

legal, paralegal, and secretarial personnel working under the direction of the mediator, subject to 

the disclosure requirements of Section C;

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(j) Mock jurors and jury consultants who have been engaged by the parties 

and/or the consultants in preparation for trial. For any jury research, an appropriate screening 

process must be used to assure that the jury consultant(s) and mock jurors chosen for any mock 

jury presentation are not current or former officers, directors, employees or consultants of any 

party or any direct competitors of any party. Each jury consultant and/or mock juror must agree 

in writing to be bound by this Order by signing and undertaking the form of Exhibit A to this 

Order;

(k) Other persons, subject to the disclosure requirements of Section C, that

the parties agree may be subsequently designated under this Protective Order.

2. Materials Designated ATTORNEYS AND CONSULTANTS ONLY. Materials 

marked “ATTORNEYS AND CONSULTANTS ONLY” (“AEO INFORMATION”) can only 

be reviewed by or disclosed to:

(a) Persons who appear on the face of Designated Materials marked 

ATTORNEYS AND CONSULTANTS ONLY as an author or sole addressee thereof, subject to 

the disclosure requirements of Section C, and any Outside Counsel of such author or addressee

that has become counsel of record through stipulation or order of the Court as set forth in 

subsection (b) below. Any such review of materials must be in the presence of and under the 

supervision of Outside Counsel and all originals and any copies of such material shall remain 

exclusively in the possession of Outside Counsel. Further, any written notes, compilations or 

reviews of such material made by persons falling under this subsection shall remain in the 

possession of Outside Counsel;

(b) Outside Counsel for the parties to this action, except that AEO 

INFORMATION shall not be disclosed to individuals who are actively prosecuting EDA patent 

applications before the USPTO or any other Patent Office for any party to this action. Further, 

Outside Counsel having access to AEO INFORMATION under this Protective Order shall not 

be permitted to prosecute any EDA patent application for any of the parties in suit during the 

pendency of this action and until one year after the conclusion of this action, including appeals;

(c) Outside Consultants, to the extent reasonably necessary to render 

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professional services in this action, subject to the disclosure requirements of Section C;

(d) Vendors with whom Outside Counsel of record for the parties to this 

litigation have contracted for purely clerical functions, such as the copying of documents;

(e) Subject to Sections F(3) and H below, Designated Material marked 

“ATTORNEYS and CONSULTANTS ONLY” may also be shown to deposition or trial 

witnesses: (1) agree in writing to be bound by this Order by signing and undertaking the form 

of Exhibit A to this Order, or (2) appear on the face of the Designated Material as an author, 

addressee or recipient of the Designated Material, including any information contained therein, 

or (3) the examining attorney has a good faith basis to believe was an author, addressee or 

recipient of the Designated Material, including any information contained therein;

(f) Any mediator chosen by the parties or the Court, along with necessary 

legal, paralegal, and secretarial personnel working under the direction of the mediator, subject to 

the disclosure requirements of Section C;

(g) Mock jurors and jury consultants who have been engaged by the parties 

and/or the consultants in preparation for trial. For any jury research, an appropriate screening 

process must be used to assure that the jury consultant(s) and mock jurors chosen for any mock 

jury presentation are not current or former officers, directors, employees or consultants of any 

party or any direct competitors of any party. Each jury consultant and/or mock juror must agree 

in writing to be bound by this Order by signing and undertaking the form of Exhibit A to this 

Order;

(g) Other persons, subject to the disclosure requirements of Section C, that 

the parties agree may be subsequently designated under this Protective Order.

3. All counsel for the parties who have access to information or material designated 

as Designated Material under this Protective Order acknowledge they are bound by this Order 

and submit to the jurisdiction of the court for purposes of enforcing this Order.

C. Undertaking of Confidentiality and Disclosure Requirements.

1. No information or materials designated under this Protective Order as 

CONFIDENTIAL or ATTORNEYS AND CONSULTANTS ONLY may be disclosed to any 

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individual designated under Paragraphs B.1(a), B.1(c)-(f), B.1(i), B.1(k), B.2(a), B.2(c), B.2(f)

or B.2(h) (“Selected Individual”) until all of the following pre-conditions have been met:

(a) No Designated Material may be disclosed until after seven (7) business 

days from receipt by Outside Counsel for the Designating Party of a written notice stating: the 

full name, address, current employer, and curriculum vitae (if an Outside Consultant) of the 

Selected Individual; any known former, present or anticipated future relationships between the 

Selected Individual and any party to this action; legal consultancies or testimony provided by 

the Selected Individual during the previous five years; and any of the Selected Individual’s 

present consultancies in the EDA field. The disclosure as to said consultancies shall identify the 

attorney, law firm, and client involved.

(b) Failure by Outside Counsel for the Designating Party to object to 

disclosure to the Selected Individual within seven (7) business days from receipt of the written 

notification required by Section C.1.(a) above shall be deemed approval, but shall not preclude a 

party from objecting to continued access of Designated Material by the person where facts 

suggesting that basis for objection are subsequently learned by the party or its counsel. If a 

written notice of objection is provided, no Designated Materials shall be disclosed to the 

Selected Individual until the objection is resolved by an order of the Court or by an agreement 

among the parties. The parties shall attempt to resolve any objections informally, and approval 

by the Designating Party shall not be unreasonably withheld. If the objections cannot be 

resolved, the objecting party must, to preserve its objections, move within fifteen (15) business

days following its objection for a protective order preventing disclosure of CONFIDENTIAL or 

ATTORNEYS AND CONSULTANTS ONLY materials to the Selected Individual. If the 

objecting party fails to seek a protective order within that time, the objection shall be deemed 

waived and Designated Materials may be disclosed to the Selected Individual subject to this 

Protective Order. In the event that such a motion is made, the party seeking to prohibit 

disclosure shall bear the burden of proving that the disclosure is inappropriate. Until the Court 

has ruled on the objecting party’s motion, an opposing party’s Designated Materials shall not be 

disclosed to the Selected Individual. Without modifying any obligations under the Federal 

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Rules of Civil Procedure, the parties shall not have any obligation under this Protective Order to 

identify which materials are provided to Selected Individuals.

(c) Each Selected Individual to whom any Designated Material may be 

disclosed pursuant to the provisions in this Protective Order shall, prior to the time such 

Designated Material is disclosed to him or her, be provided with a copy of this Protective Order 

and shall certify under penalty of perjury that he or she has carefully read the Protective Order 

and fully understands its terms and agrees to be bound thereby. This certificate shall be in the 

form attached as Exhibit A hereto. Outside Counsel who make any disclosure of Designated 

Materials shall retain each original executed certificate and, upon written request, shall circulate 

copies to all Outside Counsel at the termination of this action.

2. In addition to the foregoing, each Outside Consultant to whom any Designated 

Material will be disclosed shall, prior to disclosure of such material, execute the Certification of 

Consultant in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto. Upon receipt of this Certification of 

Consultant by counsel for the party retaining the Consultant, disclosure of such Designated 

Material may be made to the Outside Consultant without notification to the Designating Party or 

any other party to this action, subject to the provisions of Section C.1 above. Outside Counsel 

who make any disclosure of Designated Materials shall retain each original executed 

Certification of Consultant and, upon written request, shall circulate copies to all Outside 

Counsel at the termination of this action.

D. Use Of Designated Materials By Designating Party.

Nothing in this Protective Order shall limit any Designating Party’s use of its own 

documents and information, nor shall it prevent the Designating Party from disclosing its own 

confidential information or documents to any person. Such disclosure shall not affect any 

designations made pursuant to the terms of this Protective Order, so long as the disclosure is 

made in a manner that is reasonably calculated to maintain the confidentiality of the 

information.

E. Procedure For Designating Materials.

Documents, materials and discovery responses, in whole or in part, may be designated as 

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CONFIDENTIAL or as ATTORNEYS AND CONSULTANTS ONLY as follows:

1. The producing or responding party shall designate materials by placing the 

legend CONFIDENTIAL or ATTORNEYS AND CONSULTANTS ONLY on each page of the 

materials prior to production.

2. When a party wishes to designate as CONFIDENTIAL or ATTORNEYS AND 

CONSULTANTS ONLY materials produced by someone other than the Designating Party, 

such designation shall be made:

(a) Within twenty-five (25) days from the last date that the Designating Party 

receives copies of the materials from the producing or disclosing entity; and

(b) By written notice to all parties to this action and to the Producing Party, if 

such party is not a party to this action, identifying the materials to be designated with 

particularity (either by production numbers or by providing other adequate identification of the 

specific material).

3. Upon notice of designation, all persons receiving notice of the requested 

designation of materials shall:

(a) Make no further disclosure of such Designated Material or information 

contained therein, except as allowed in this Protective Order;

(b) Take reasonable steps to notify any persons known to have possession or 

access to such Designated Materials of the effect of such designation under this Protective 

Order; and

(c) Take reasonable steps to reclaim or prevent access to such Designated

Material or information in the possession or control of any person not permitted to have access 

under the terms of this Protective Order.

F. Procedure For Designating Depositions.

1. Deposition transcripts or portions thereof may be designated as 

CONFIDENTIAL or ATTORNEYS AND CONSULTANTS ONLY by a party during 

deposition testimony or at the completion of said deposition, on the record, taken in this action, 

in which case the portion of the transcript containing Designated Material shall be identified in

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the transcript by the Court Reporter as CONFIDENTIAL or ATTORNEYS AND 

CONSULTANTS ONLY. The designated testimony shall be bound in a separate volume and 

marked by the reporter accordingly.

2. Where testimony is designated at a deposition, the Designating Party shall have 

the right to exclude, at those portions of the deposition, all persons not authorized by the terms 

of this Protective Order to receive such Designated Material.

3. Subject to the provisions set forth in Sections B and C of this Protective Order 

above, any party may mark Designated Material as a deposition exhibit and examine a witness

thereon, provided that the exhibit and related transcript pages receive the same confidentiality 

designation as the original Designated Material. Any person who is shown a deposition exhibit 

comprised of Designated Material pursuant to the provisions of Sections B.1(h) and B.2(e) shall

not be allowed (except by express permission of the Designating Party) to keep a copy of the 

deposition exhibit, and shall not be furnished a copy of such deposition exhibit when given the 

opportunity to review the deposition transcript for accuracy following the deposition.

4. Any party may, within thirty (30) days after receiving a deposition transcript, 

designate pages of the transcript and/or its exhibits as Designated Material. If any party so 

designates such material, the parties or deponents shall provide written notice of such 

designation to all parties within the 30-day period. Designated Material within the deposition

transcript or the exhibits thereto may be identified in writing or by underlining the relevant 

portions and marking such portions CONFIDENTIAL or ATTORNEYS AND 

CONSULTANTS ONLY. The parties may modify this procedure for any particular deposition 

or proceeding through agreement on the record at such deposition or proceeding or otherwise by 

written stipulation without further order of the Court.

G. Copies.

All complete or partial copies of Designated Materials shall also be deemed subject to 

the terms of this Protective Order. No copies of Designated Materials shall be made by the 

receiving party except as is reasonably necessary for their own use, which copies shall contain 

the same legending, and which shall be subject to the same restrictions as the documents

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originally produced.

H. Court Procedures.

1. Disclosure of Designated Material to Court Officials. Subject to the provisions 

of this section, Designated Material may be disclosed to the Court, Court officials or employees 

involved in this action (including court reporters, persons operating video recording equipment 

at depositions, and any special master or referee appointed by the Court) and the jury in this 

action, and any interpreters interpreting on behalf of any party or deponent.

2. Obligations of the Court. The parties agree that the employees of the Court or 

the Clerk’s office have no duty to the parties to maintain the confidentiality of any information 

in any papers filed with the Court.

3. Filing Designated Materials with the Court. The parties may attach Designated 

Materials to a court filing or otherwise include Designated Materials in a court filing only in 

accordance with Local Rule 79-5. If the Court denies permission to file Designated Materials 

under seal, this shall be deemed a determination that the materials do not qualify as 

“CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION” or “AEO INFORMATION” designated under this 

Protective Order, and therefore such materials may be filed unsealed with the Court unless the 

parties agree otherwise. If the Designating Party disagrees with this result, nothing in this Order 

shall prohibit the Designating Party from seeking any appropriate relief with the Court.

4. Retrieval of Designated Materials. The party lodging or filing the Designated 

Materials shall be responsible for retrieving such Designated Materials from the Court following 

the final termination of the action (including after any appeals).

5. Failure to File Under Seal. If any party fails to file Designated Materials under 

seal, the Designating Party or any party to this action may request that the Court place the 

Designated Materials under seal within twenty (20) days of the filing of said Designated 

Materials. The Clerk of the Court is directed to comply with such request if consistent with 

Local Rule 79-5.

6. Use of Designated Materials in Open Court. The parties shall not present or 

quote from any Designated Material in open court, unless the Court shall order otherwise.

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Presentation of, or quotations from, Designated Materials shall be heard by the Court under such 

conditions and safeguards as the Court may impose to prevent improper disclosure of 

Designated Materials. The parties shall meet and confer concerning appropriate methods for 

dealing with Designated Material at trial.

I. Objections.

1. A party may challenge the propriety of any designation under this Protective 

Order at any time. A challenge may be made by serving on all other parties a captioned notice 

of objection, which shall identify with particularity the Designated Materials as to which the 

designation is challenged and state the basis for each challenge (“Notice of Objection”). Service 

of a Notice of Objection shall be made by facsimile and by mail.

2. On, but not before, the thirtieth (30th) day after service of a Notice of Objection,

the challenged material shall be deemed re-designated unless the Designating Party has served 

by fax or hand delivery during normal business hours a response to the Notice of Objection 

setting forth the legal and factual grounds upon which the Designating Party bases its position 

that the materials should maintain the original designation or for designating the material 

otherwise. If the parties are unable to resolve the disagreement, the Designated Party shall 

bring, within fifteen (15) days after service of the response to the Notice of Objection, a motion 

for protective order to maintain the original designation or to designate the material otherwise.

If such a motion is filed, the material at issue may be submitted to the Court for in camera 

inspection. It shall be the burden of the Designating Party under such circumstances to establish 

that the information so designated is properly designated CONFIDENTIAL or ATTORNEYS 

AND CONSULTANTS ONLY within the meaning of this Protective Order. Upon the timely 

filing of such a motion, the original designations shall remain effective until ten (10) days after 

service of notice of entry of an order re-designating the materials. If such a motion is not filed 

within fifteen (15) days after service of the response to the Notice of Objection, the challenged 

material shall be deemed re-designated.

3. The parties shall meet and confer in good faith prior to the filing of any motion 

under this section.

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J. Client Communication.

Nothing in this Protective Order shall prevent or otherwise restrict counsel from 

rendering advice to their clients and, in the course of rendering such advice, relying upon the 

examination of Designated Material. In rendering such advice and otherwise communicating 

with the client, however, counsel shall not make specific disclosure of any Designated 

Materials, except as permitted by this Protective Order.

K. No Prejudice.

1. This Protective Order shall not diminish any existing obligation or right with 

respect to Designated Materials, nor shall it prevent a disclosure to which the Designating Party 

consents in writing before the disclosure takes place.

2. Unless all parties stipulate otherwise, evidence of the existence or nonexistence 

of a designation under this Protective Order shall not be admissible for any purpose during any 

proceeding on the merits of this action.

3. If any person required to produce documents inadvertently produces any 

Designated Material without marking it with the appropriate legend, the producing party may 

give written notice to the receiving party or parties, including appropriately stamped copies of 

the Designated Material, that the document, things, or response is deemed Designated Material 

and should be treated as such in accordance with the provisions of this Protective Order.

Such an inadvertent production of materials without the appropriate designation shall 

not, by itself, be deemed a waiver in whole or in part of a producing party’s claim of 

confidentiality or secrecy, either to the specific information disclosed or as to any other 

information relating thereto or on the same or related subject matter. However, failure to take 

prompt or appropriate action to rectify any inadvertent production of materials without the 

appropriate designation, or failure to discover such inadvertent production within a reasonable 

time after the materials are produced without designation, may in appropriate circumstances 

result in the loss of confidentiality or secrecy.

L. Inadvertent Production of Privileged Materials.

The inadvertent production of any document or thing shall be without prejudice to a 

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claim that such material is protected by the attorney-client privilege or protected from discovery 

as work product or otherwise immune from discovery. No party will assert that such

inadvertent disclosure, by itself, waived any such privilege or immunity if, within a reasonable 

time after materials are disclosed, a producing party asserts that such materials are protected 

from discovery and were inadvertently produced, and takes prompt steps to ensure that all 

known copies of such material are returned to the producing party. If the producing party 

claims that documents or other information were inadvertently disclosed, the producing party 

shall explain in writing, supported by declarations if appropriate, the basis for its claim that the 

disclosure was inadvertent. Failure to take prompt or appropriate action to rectify any 

inadvertent production of materials, or failure to discover such inadvertent production within a 

reasonable time after the materials are produced, may in appropriate circumstances result in the 

loss of protection for such materials. Nothing in this section shall preclude a party from 

challenging the propriety of the claim of privilege in accordance with the Federal Rules of Civil 

Procedure.

M. Final Disposition.

Within sixty (60) days after receiving notice of the entry of an order, judgment or decree 

finally disposing of the action, including appeals therefrom, all persons having received 

Designated Material shall return such material and all copies thereof to counsel for the 

producing party, or certify destruction thereof. Outside Counsel shall be entitled to retain court 

papers, deposition and trial transcripts, attorney work product, and one copy of each item of 

Designated Material, provided such counsel and employees of such counsel shall not disclose

any such information or material contained in such court papers or transcripts or attorney work 

product or Designated Material to any person or entity except pursuant to court order or written 

agreement with the producing party of the information or material. Any Designated Material 

retained by Outside Counsel will be maintained in a secure location and continue to be subject 

to the terms of this Protective Order until destroyed.

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N. Modification and Survival.

1. Modification; Addition of Parties to this Stipulation.

(a) All parties reserve the right to seek modification of this Protective Order 

at any time for good cause. The parties agree to meet and confer prior to seeking to modify this 

protective order for any reason. The restrictions imposed by this Protective Order may only be 

modified or terminated by written stipulation of all parties or by order of this Court.

(b) Parties to this action who are not listed herein or who becomes parties to 

this action after the latest date of execution may become parties to this Protective Order, and 

thereby be bound by all the terms and conditions stated herein, by executing a written agreement 

thereto, to be signed by all Outside Counsel for the parties, that designates Outside Counsel, any 

In-House counsel and any Party Designee (as defined in Sections B.1(e) and B.1(f) for the 

additional party.

2. Survival.

The restrictions imposed by this Protective Order may only be terminated by written 

stipulation of all parties, by stipulation read into a court record or deposition record, or by order 

of this Court. This Protective Order shall survive termination of this action.

O. Third Parties.

1. Where a discovery request (other than a deposition question) calls for otherwise 

discoverable information that is subject to an obligation of confidentiality owed to another, it 

shall be the obligation of the party to whom the discovery request or deposition question is 

directed to:

(a) identify to the party seeking the information the name and address of each 

person whose confidentiality interests are implicated by the discovery request or, if the identity 

of the third party itself is confidential, the existence of third party confidentiality obligations, 

and

(b) promptly provide to each third party whose confidentiality interests are 

implicated:

(i) notice of such discovery request seeking disclosure of materials or 

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information held under obligations of confidentiality; and

(ii) a copy of this Protective Order.

The party to whom the discovery request has been directed shall be responsible for 

determining whether the third party whose confidentiality interests are implicated objects to the 

production of the otherwise discoverable information. If the third party whose confidentiality 

interests are implicated does not object in writing to counsel for the requesting party within 

fifteen (15) business days after receiving notice of the discovery request and a copy of this 

Protective Order, the party to whom the discovery request has been directed shall not be 

permitted to withhold discovery on the ground of third party confidentiality. If an objection is 

made by the third party, there shall be no disclosure of the information to which the objection is 

made unless the objection is withdrawn or by order of the Court. The requesting party may 

move the Court for an order requiring disclosure of the confidential information. The parties 

will meet and confer in good faith to resolve any issues pertaining to deposition questions which 

call for otherwise discoverable information that is subject to an obligation of confidentiality 

owed to another.

2. If a third party is required, by subpoena or court order, to provide documents or 

information that it considers CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or AEO INFORMATION, the 

third party may request to receive the protections provided by this Protective Order, either by 

giving notice to all parties in writing of its intent to seek such protection or by designating and 

marking documents and information it produces in the manner required by this Protective Order.

Designated third-party documents and information shall be given the same protection under this 

Order as documents and information produced by the parties.

P. No Contract.

This stipulation is for the Court’s consideration and approval as an order. This order 

shall not be construed to create a contract between the parties or between the parties and their 

respective counsel.

Q. Court’s Retention of Jurisdiction.

The Court retains jurisdiction to make such amendments, modifications, and additions to 

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this Protective Order as it may from time to time deem appropriate.

IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

Dated: November 9, 2005 DECHERT LLP

By: /s/ Michael Edelman

Michael Edelman

Attorneys for Plaintiff

SYNOPSYS, INC.

Dated: November 9, 2005 O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP

By: /s/ Luann L. Simmons

Luann L. Simmons

Attorneys for Defendant 

MAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION, INC.

I attest under penalty of perjury that concurrence in the filing of this document has been 

obtained from Michael Edelman.

Dated: November 9, 2005 O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP

By: /s/ Luann L. Simmons

Luann L. Simmons

Attorneys for Defendant 

MAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION, INC.

ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: ____________________, 2005

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Honorable Joseph C. Spero

United States Magistrate Judge

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EXHIBIT A

CERTIFICATION CONCERNING MATERIAL COVERED

BY PROTECTIVE ORDER

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I have read the Protective Order entered in the 

Northern District of California in the case entitled Synopsys, Inc. v. Magma Design 

Automation, Case No. C-04-03923 MMC.

I understand the terms of the Protective Order. I agree to be bound by such terms and to 

submit to the personal jurisdiction of the Northern District of California with respect to any 

proceeding related to the enforcement of this Protective Order, including any proceedings 

related to contempt of Court. I will not disclose Designated Materials marked 

“CONFIDENTIAL” or “ATTORNEYS AND CONSULTANTS ONLY” to anyone other than 

persons specially authorized by the Protective Order, and I agree to return all such materials 

which come into my possession to counsel from whom I received such materials.

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the 

foregoing is true and correct.

Name of individual:

Company or Firm:

Address:

Telephone No.:

Relationship to this action and its parties:

Dated:

Signature

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EXHIBIT B

CERTIFICATION OF CONSULTANT

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I have read the Protective Order entered in the 

Northern District of California in the case entitled Synopsys, Inc. v. Magma Design 

Automation, Case No. C-04-03923 MMC (the “Action”), and that I have executed a 

Certification Concerning Material Covered by Protective Order.

I further certify that I am not employed by or affiliated with a competitor of the 

Designating Party or any person or entity currently a party (as of the time of the execution of 

this Certification) to this action. If at any time after I execute this Consultant Certification and 

during the pendency of the Action I become engaged in business as a competitor of any person 

or entity currently a party to this action, I will promptly inform the counsel for the party who 

retained me in the Action, and I will not thereafter review any Designated Materials marked 

“ATTORNEYS AND CONSULTANTS ONLY” unless and until the Court in the Action orders 

otherwise.

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the 

foregoing is true and correct.

Name of individual:

Company or Firm:

Address:

Telephone No.:

Dated:

Signature

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