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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 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

____________________________________ 

PARKER-HANNIFIN CORPORATION and) 

PARKER INTANGIBLES LLC, ) 

 ) 

Plaintiffs, ) 

) 

v. ) CIV. F-06-00098-DFL 

 ) 

WIX FILTRATION CORPORATION, ) 

 ) 

Defendant. ) 

____________________________________) 

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

WHEREAS, pursuant to Rule 26(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the parties 

having stipulated to the entry of this Protective Order, and the Court having found that the entry 

of this Protective Order is in the best interests of the parties and of the prompt and efficient 

adjudication of this action, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED as follows: 

1. Confidential Materials Defined. This Stipulation and Protective Order shall apply to 

all information, documents and things subject to discovery or testimony in this action, which are 

owned or controlled by a party or non-party subpoenaed in connection with this action and 

reasonably and in good faith believed by that party or non-party to contain its trade secrets or other 

confidential research, development, proprietary, financial or commercial information or information 

of a competitive nature, including, without limitation, testimony adduced at depositions upon oral 

examination or upon written questions pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 30 and 31, answers to 

interrogatories pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 33, information obtained from inspection of documents, 

premises or things pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 34, responses to requests for admissions pursuant to 

Fed. R. Civ. P. 36, and information contained in testimony at trial. The term "Confidential 

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Materials" shall include all information, documents and things derived from the foregoing, 

including, but not limited to, originals, copies, summaries and abstracts of the foregoing. It also may 

include information that does not fall within the foregoing but that requires confidential treatment. 

The producing party shall exercise good faith in designating information as Confidential Materials. 

2. Confidential Designation. The producing party shall label or mark documents and 

things that it deems to be Confidential Materials with the legend "Confidential" or 

"Confidential- Attorneys' Eyes Only" on the face thereof, including on each page thereof where 

appropriate, at the time of production or copying. Confidential Materials requiring restriction to 

use in connection with this litigation only shall be marked "Confidential." Confidential Materials

of a highly sensitive nature, the disclosure of which to the opposing party even in connection with 

this litigation likely could result in competitive injury, shall be marked "Confidential-Attorneys' 

Eyes Only." Upon written notice to the receiving party, the producing party may, in its discretion, 

make documents available for inspection before it marks or labels any of them as Confidential 

Materials, and, if it does so, the documents shall be considered to be Confidential — Attorneys’ 

Eyes Only until the producing party has had an opportunity to mark with the appropriate legend 

copies of those documents designated by the opposing party for copying. 

3. Information Obtained Other Than Through Discovery. Nothing in this Order shall 

prevent any party or non-party from using in any manner, or disclosing information or the contents 

of publicly available information or documents, its own documents or information, or documents of 

information lawfully obtained from any source that has a right to disclose it, other than through 

discovery in this action. 

4. Inspection of Premises. In the case of inspection of premises, the producing party, at 

the time of inspection, shall designate in writing to the inspecting party the areas that it believes may 

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lead to the disclosure of Confidential Materials. The producing party shall have the right to 

exclude persons not permitted to review Confidential Materials pursuant to ¶¶ 8 and 9 below from 

the areas which contain Confidential Materials, as appropriate. 

5. Designation of Deposition Testimony. In the case of depositions upon oral 

examination, either party may designate portions of the testimony of a witness as Confidential or 

Confidential-Attorneys' Eyes Only on the record during the deposition or in writing within twentyone (21) days following receipt by counsel of record of the transcript of the deposition. Irrespective 

of whether any designation is made at the time a deposition is taken, the entire transcript shall be 

treated as containing Confidential — Attorneys’ Eyes Only materials during the twenty-one day 

period. In addition, any party may use Confidential Materials, including documents, at any 

deposition in this action pursuant to and consistent with the terms of this Order. In the event that the 

transcript, or any portion thereof, of a deposition is designated Confidential or ConfidentialAttorneys' Eyes Only, the deposition transcript may only be shown to the persons specified in 

paragraph number 8 or 9 below, as applicable. Those portions of a transcript from any proceeding 

that contain Confidential Materials shall be separately bound from the non-confidential portions 

and appropriately designated. Information disclosed at a deposition that is not designated as 

Confidential Material pursuant to this paragraph may be treated as though it is not Confidential 

Material. The designating party shall have the right, before the taking of testimony which the 

designating party designates as Confidential or Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes Only and is 

subject to this Protective order, to exclude from portions of a deposition all persons other than those 

qualified to receive such information pursuant to ¶¶ 8 or 9. 

6. Responses to Discovery Requests. Any answer to an interrogatory or response to a 

request for admission that contains Confidential Material shall be designated as Confidential or 

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Confidential-Attorneys' Eyes Only and clearly shall specify the portion of the answer or response 

that constitutes the Confidential Material. 

7. Use of Confidential Materials. Confidential Materials shall be used by the nonproducing party, by a person or entity employed by a non-producing party, by such party's counsel 

or by anyone else granted access under this Order solely for the purpose of prosecuting or defending 

this litigation and not for any other purpose, including, but not limited to, use in any business or 

commercial enterprise. 

8. Disclosure of Confidential Documents. Except with the prior written consent of the 

producer, or in accordance with the procedures set forth in paragraphs 11 and 12, no document 

designated as Confidential, and no information contained therein, may be disclosed to any person 

other than the following: 

a. Outside counsel of record, including other attorneys in their firms, for the 

parties to the litigation. 

b. Secretaries, legal assistants, and clerical personnel employed by such 

counsel who are actively engaged in assisting such counsel with the prosecution or 

defense of this action. 

c. The authors, senders, addressees and copy recipients for any particular item of 

the producing party's Confidential Materials. 

d. The parties, including their employees, provided that any such employee of 

the receiving party reads and signs an undertaking in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A 

before being provided with Confidential Materials of the producing party. 

e. This Court, including Court personnel. 

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f. Court reporters, videographers, and their respective staffs in the performance 

of their official duties. 

g. Consultants or experts and their staffs retained solely for purposes of this 

litigation, who first agree to be bound by the terms of this Protective Order by signing an 

undertaking in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, but only in accordance with the 

provisions of ¶ 10 of this Protective Order. 

h. Persons or entities noticed for depositions or designated as trial witnesses and 

their counsel, only to the extent reasonably and in good faith deemed necessary by counsel 

for any of the parties, to prepare such deponents and witnesses to testify and provided that 

prior to disclosure of Confidential Materials, the proposed recipient reads and signs an 

undertaking in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A and provided further that if such person 

is a current employee of the producing party, no such agreement will be required. 

i. non-parties specifically retained to assist counsel of record with copying and 

computer services necessary for document handling or other litigation support. 

j. Any other person upon the prior written consent of the producing party or 

upon order by the Court. 

9. Disclosure of "Confidential - Attorneys' Eyes Only" Documents. Documents 

designated as "Confidential -Attorneys' Eyes Only" and information contained therein may be 

disclosed only to those persons identified in subparagraphs (a), (b), (c), (e), (f), (g), (i) and (j) of 

paragraph 8. 

10. Identification of Experts. If any party desires to disclose Confidential Materials to 

any expert or consultant pursuant to ¶¶ 8(g) or 9 above, it must first provide written notice to the 

attorneys for the producing party identifying each such expert or consultant. Attorneys for the 

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producing party shall have five (5) business days from receipt of such notice to object to the 

disclosure of such information to any of the experts or consultants so identified. Any party that fails 

to object within 5 business days of receiving such notice shall be deemed to have waived such 

objection and the parties shall be deemed to have agreed upon disclosure. No Confidential 

Materials may be disclosed to any proposed expert or consultant until such time as the parties have 

agreed upon disclosure to the expert, or in the absence of such agreement, until the Court rules on a 

timely motion made pursuant to this Order. Written notice identifying a proposed expert pursuant to 

this section shall include the full name and professional address and/or affiliation of the proposed 

individual, an up-to-date curriculum vitae or resume, and a list of cases in which the individual has 

testified at deposition, hearing or trial within the last four (4) years. The parties shall attempt to 

resolve any objections informally. If the objections cannot be resolved, the party opposing 

disclosure of the Confidential Materials to the proposed individual may move the Court for an 

Order prohibiting the disclosure, and shall bear the burden of proof with respect to the propriety of 

its objection and prevention of the proposed individual from reviewing any confidential material in 

connection with his/her retention. Any party that fails to file such a motion within five (5) business 

days of notifying a party of an objection to disclosure pursuant to this section shall be deemed to 

have waived such objection and the parties shall be deemed to have agreed upon disclosure to the 

expert or consultant. 

11. Inadvertent Failure to Designate Confidential Materials. If a party inadvertently 

produces Confidential Material without having designated it as confidential, the producing party 

promptly shall inform the receiving party of the inadvertent disclosure in writing and the receiving 

party shall thereafter treat the material as Confidential Material. If the receiving party has 

disclosed the material to persons not authorized to see the material, the receiving party will make 

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every reasonable effort to retrieve the Confidential Material from such persons and to limit any 

further disclosure to unauthorized persons. 

12. Accidental Disclosure. If a party accidentally discloses Confidential Material to an 

unauthorized person, the party responsible for the disclosure promptly shall advise the producing 

party, shall make every reasonable effort to retrieve the material and to prevent further disclosure to 

unauthorized persons. If a party inadvertently discloses to another party information that is 

privileged or otherwise immune from disclosure, the producing party promptly shall inform the 

receiving party, in writing, of the disclosure and the receiving party shall make every reasonable 

effort to return the privileged or otherwise immune information. Any inadvertent disclosure shall 

not produce a waiver of any privilege or immunity that otherwise would apply. 

13. Attorney-Client Advice. Nothing in this Order shall bar or otherwise restrict any 

counsel of record from rendering advice to his or her client with respect to this action and, in the 

course thereof, from relying upon his examination of Confidential Materials provided, however, 

that in rendering such advice, and in otherwise communicating with his client, such counsel shall not 

disclose the contents of any document or information designated as Confidential-Attorneys' Eyes 

Only, unless otherwise expressly permitted herein. 

14. Use of Confidential Materials in Court Proceedings. Confidential Materials,

including deposition transcripts, may be referred to in discovery responses, motions, briefs and other 

communications with the Court. They also may be used at depositions, hearings, trial or other 

proceedings including, but not limited to, the examination or cross-examination of any witness 

provided, however, that only persons qualified to have access to the Confidential Materials shall be 

present at the proceeding. If the receiving party intends to disclose Confidential Materials at any 

deposition, hearing, trial or other proceeding at which persons other than employees of the producing 

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party and authorized persons are present, the producing party shall be given sufficient advance 

notice to assert an objection and, if necessary, suspend the proceeding and seek a ruling from the 

Court. 

15. Designation of Documents Under Seal. Any Confidential Materials filed with the 

Court shall be filed with a Motion to Impound pursuant to Rule 7.2 of the Local Rules of the Eastern 

District of California. The clerk of this Court is to maintain such information under seal and make it 

available only to the Court and to persons authorized by the terms of this Order unless the Court 

denies the Motion to Impound, in which case the clerk will permit the party filing the materials, at its 

option, to retrieve the information prior to it being placed in the public file. The party filing any 

paper which reflects, contains or includes any information or document subject to this Protective 

Order shall title such paper in a sealed envelope, or other appropriately sealed container, which 

indicates the title of the action, the party filing the materials, the nature of the materials filed, and the 

legend CONFIDENTIAL. At the conclusion of this case, any materials filed with the Court under 

seal shall be kept under seal or be returned to the party filing it for disposition as provided for in 

paragraph 16 below. 

16. Continuing Effect. This Stipulation and Protective Order shall remain in effect after 

the termination of this action. Within ninety (90) days after final termination of this action, whether 

by appeal, judgment, settlement or otherwise, all Confidential Materials in the possession of a 

party shall be returned to the producing party or person or, alternatively and at the request of the 

producing party, be destroyed. The foregoing notwithstanding, one counsel of record for each party 

may retain one copy of all Confidential Materials solely for reference in the event of a dispute over 

the use or dissemination of information subject to the terms herein established and one copy of all 

documents that form the official record of this action. Further, upon termination of this action, each 

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party that has delivered Confidential Materials to the Court's chambers shall request their return 

and, upon their return, shall dispose of them according to the procedures set forth in this paragraph. 

17. Non-Parties. Any information produced or disclosed by a non-party pursuant to a 

subpoena or otherwise in this action shall be covered by the terms of this Protective Order by 

marking or identifying such information pursuant to the terms of this Protective Order. Any party 

may designate any materials produced in this action by a non-party as “Confidential” or 

“Confidential-Attorneys’ Eyes Only” under the terms of this Stipulation. 

18. Non-Waiver and Non-Admission. The execution of this Stipulation and Protective 

Order shall not be construed as an agreement by any person or party to produce or supply any 

information, document or thing, or as a waiver by any person or party of this right to object to the 

production of any information, document or thing, or as a waiver of any claim of privilege with 

regard to the production of any information, document or thing. In addition, nothing contained in 

this Order shall be construed an admission by any party that any document, information or other 

material designated as Confidential Materials is in fact confidential, proprietary or a trade secret. 

19. Time of Effectiveness. The parties agree to treat this Stipulation and Protective Order 

as entered by the Court as of the date it becomes fully executed by the parties. In the event that the 

fully executed Order should be rejected by the Court, or that the Court should require any changes in 

the executed Order, the parties agree to treat any properly marked material or information produced 

in the interim as Confidential Materials according to the dictates of this Stipulation and Protective 

Order as originally executed. 

20. Sanctions. The Court may impose appropriate sanctions for any violation of this 

Order. 

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21. Review and Challenges to Confidentiality. Any dispute regarding the procedures or 

obligations set forth in this Protective Order shall be resolved by the Court. Nothing in this 

Agreement shall prevent any party from (a) claiming that any materials designated hereunder are not 

entitled to the protections of this Protective Order; (b) applying to the Court for an Order permitting 

the disclosure or use of information or documents otherwise prohibited by this Protective Order; or 

(c) applying for a further Order modifying this Protective Order in any respect. In the case of (b), 

the party which designated the particular confidential nature of the information shall have the burden 

of proof on that issue. If a party seeks declassification or removal of particular materials from a 

designation on the ground that such designation is not necessary to protect the interests of the party 

wishing the designated information, the following procedure shall be utilized: 

(a) The party seeking such declassification or removal shall give counsel of record for 

the other party written notice thereof, specifying the designated information as to which such 

removal is sought and the reasons for the request; and 

(b) If, after conferring, the parties cannot reach agreement concerning the matter within 

five (5) business days after the delivery and receipt of the notice, then the party requesting the 

declassification or removal or particular items may challenge the designation by motion. 

22. No Evidentiary Significance. The designation by a party or non-party of any 

information, document or other material as Confidential Material shall have no evidentiary 

significance and may not be used at a hearing or at trial for any purpose. A party’s failure to object 

to a producing party’s designation shall likewise have no evidentiary significance and shall not 

constitute an admission that the information is confidential, proprietary or a trade secret. 

 

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IT IS SO ORDERED:

Dated: 11/21/2006 

______________________________ 

DAVID F. LEVI 

United States District Judge

The parties, through counsel, stipulate to the entry of the foregoing Order. 

________________________________ ___________________________ 

Rudolf E. Hutz, Esquire Joseph P. Lavelle 

Harold Pezzner, Esquire Jennifer L. Dzwonczyk 

R. Eric Hutz, Esquire Howrey LLP 

Connolly, Bove, Lodge & Hutz LLP 1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. 

The Nemours Building Washington, D.C. 20004 

1007 North Orange Street (202) 783-0800 

Wilmington, DE 19801 

(302) 658-9141 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs, Attorneys for Defendant, 

PARKER-HANNIFIN CORPORATION WIX FILTRATION CORPORATION 

and PARKER INTANGIBLES LLC 

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Dated: ______________________ Dated: 

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EXHIBIT A

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

____________________________________ 

PARKER-HANNIFIN CORPORATION and) 

PARKER INTANGIBLES LLC, ) 

 ) 

Plaintiffs, ) 

) 

v. ) CIV. F-06-00098-DFL 

 ) 

WIX FILTRATION CORPORATION, ) 

 ) 

Defendant. ) 

____________________________________)

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

I, ______________________, have read the attached Stipulated Protective Order entered 

in the captioned matter, and I understand the contents thereof. I hereby agree to comply with all 

terms, conditions and restrictions contained in said Stipulated Protective Order regarding the use 

and disclosure of any confidential materials I have reviewed, or will review, in connection with 

this matter, and I agree to be subject to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the 

Eastern District of California for any proceedings involving the enforcement of this Protective 

Order. 

Dated: __________________________ 

 [Name] 

 

 [Signature]

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