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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 15:1126 Patent Infringement

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FINJAN, INC.,

Plaintiff,

v.

BITDEFENDER INC., et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 17-cv-04790-HSG (MEJ)

DISCOVERY ORDER

Re: Dkt. No. 61

Plaintiff Finjan, Inc. and Defendants Bitdefender, Inc. and Bitdefender S.R.L. (together, 

“Bitdefender”) filed a joint discovery letter regarding the terms of their proposed protective order 

and order regarding electronically stored information (“ESI”). Letter, Dkt. No. 61. Having 

reviewed the parties’ arguments, the record in this case, and the relevant legal authority, the Court 

ORDERS the following:

1. Patent Local Rule 2-2 Model Protective Order’s definition of “HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE” shall govern. 

2. Former employees of a party or competitor shall not serve as experts. 

3. If the parties are unable to resolve any objections regarding who has access to the 

Source Code, they shall follow the procedures set forth in paragraph 2 of the undersigned’s 

Standing Order re: Discovery. No motions to compel will be considered. 

4. Finjan may print up to 300 total pages of Bitdefender’s Source Code in up to 20-

continuous-page increments. 

5. Non-technical information may be designated as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” 

6. Email production requests shall be limited to a total of 7 custodians per producing 

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party. 

The parties shall submit a proposed protective order and order regarding ESI consistent 

with this Order. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 5, 2018

______________________________________

MARIA-ELENA JAMES

United States Magistrate Judge

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