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

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Case No. 07CV1116 BTM (NLS)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SKF CONDITION MONITORING, a

California corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.

SAT CORPORATION, a Texas corporation, 

Defendant

SAT CORPORATION, a Texas corporation, 

Counterclaimant,

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SKF CONDITION MONITORING, a

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Civil Action No. 07 CV 1116 BTM (NLS)

PROTECTIVE ORDER

Honorable Barry Ted Moskowitz

The Court recognizes that at least some of the documents and information (“materials”) being

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sought through discovery in the above-captioned action are, for competitive reasons, normally kept

confidential by the parties. The parties have agreed to be bound by the terms of this Protective Order

(“Order”) in this action.

The materials to be exchanged throughout the course of the litigation between the parties may

contain trade secret or other confidential research, technical, cost, price, marketing or other commercial

information, as is contemplated by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c)(7). The purpose of this Order

is to protect the confidentiality of such materials as much as practical during the litigation.

THEREFORE:

DEFINITIONS

1. The term “Confidential Information” shall mean and include information contained or

disclosed in any materials (regardless of how generated, stored or maintained), including documents,

portions of documents, answers to interrogatories, responses to requests for admissions, trial testimony,

deposition testimony, and transcripts of trial testimony and depositions, including data, summaries, and

compilations derived therefrom that is deemed to be confidential information by any party to which

it belongs.

2. The term “materials” shall include, but shall not be limited to: documents;

correspondence; memoranda; bulletins; blueprints; e-mails; databases; spreadsheets; specifications;

customer lists or other material that identify customers or potential customers; price lists or schedules

or other matter identifying pricing; minutes; telegrams; letters; statements; cancelled checks; contracts;

invoices; drafts; books of account; worksheets; notes of conversations; desk diaries; appointment

books; expense accounts; recordings; photographs; motion pictures; compilations from which

information can be obtained and translated into reasonably usable form through detection devices;

sketches; drawings; notes (including laboratory notebooks and records); reports; instructions;

disclosures; other writings; models and prototypes and other physical objects.

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3. The term “counsel” shall mean outside counsel of record, and other attorneys,

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paralegals, secretaries, and other support staff employed in the law firms identified below:

Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP; Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery; and Browning Bushman

P.C. 

GENERAL RULES

4. Each party to this litigation that produces or discloses any materials, answers to

interrogatories, responses to requests for admission, trial testimony, deposition testimony, and

transcripts of trial testimony and depositions, or information that the producing party believes should

subject to this Protective Order may designate the same as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY

CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.”

a. Designation as “CONFIDENTIAL”: Any party may designate information as

“CONFIDENTIAL” only if, in the good faith belief of such party and its counsel, the unrestricted

disclosure of such information could be potentially prejudicial to the business or operations of such

party.

b. Designation as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY”:

Any party may designate information as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES

ONLY” only if, in the good faith belief of such party and its counsel, the information is among that

considered to be most sensitive by the party, including but not limited to trade secret or other

confidential research, development, financial or other commercial information.

5. In the event the producing party elects to produce materials for inspection, no marking

need be made by the producing party in advance of the initial inspection. For purposes of the initial

inspection, all materials produced shall be considered as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” and shall be treated as such pursuant to the terms of this Order.

Thereafter, upon selection of specified materials for copying by the inspecting party, the producing

party shall, within a reasonable time prior to producing those materials to the inspecting party, mark

the copies of those materials that contain Confidential Information with the appropriate confidentiality

marking.

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6. Whenever a deposition taken on behalf of any party involves a disclosure of

Confidential Information of any party:

a. said deposition or portions thereof shall be designated as containing Confidential

Information subject to the provisions of this Order; such designation shall be made

on the record whenever possible, but a party may designate portions of depositions

as containing Confidential Information after transcription of the proceedings; a

party shall have until fifteen (15) days after receipt of the deposition transcript to

inform the other party or parties to the action of the portions of the transcript

designated “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’

EYES ONLY;”

b. the disclosing party shall have the right to exclude from attendance at said

deposition, during such time as the Confidential Information is to be disclosed, any

person other than the deponent, counsel (including their staff and associates), the

court reporter, and the person(s) agreed upon pursuant to paragraph 8 below; and

c. the originals of said deposition transcripts and all copies thereof shall bear the

legend “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’

EYES ONLY,” as appropriate, and the original or any copy ultimately presented

to a court for filing shall not be filed unless it can be accomplished under seal,

identified as being subject to this Order, and protected from being opened except

by order of this Court.

7. All Confidential Information designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY

CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” shall not be disclosed by the receiving party to

anyone other than those persons designated herein and shall be handled in the manner set forth below

and, in any event, shall not be used for any purpose other than in connection with this litigation, unless

and until such designation is removed either by agreement of the parties, or by order of the Court.

8. Information designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY”

shall be viewed only by counsel (as defined in paragraph 3) of the receiving party, and by independent

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experts under the conditions set forth in this Paragraph. The right of any independent expert to receive

any Confidential Information shall be subject to the advance approval of such expert by the producing

party or by permission of the Court. The party seeking approval of an independent expert shall provide

the producing party with the name and curriculum vitae of the proposed independent expert, and an

executed copy of the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, in advance of providing any Confidential

Information of the producing party to the expert. Any objection by the producing party to an

independent expert receiving Confidential Information must be made in writing within seven (7) days

following receipt of the identification of the proposed expert. Confidential Information may be

disclosed to an independent expert if the seven (7) day period has passed and no objection has been

made. The approval of independent experts shall not be unreasonably withheld.

9. Information designated “CONFIDENTIAL” shall be viewed only by counsel (as

defined paragraph 3) of the receiving party, by independent experts (pursuant to the terms of paragraph

8), and by the additional individuals listed below, provided each such individual has read this Order

in advance of disclosure and has agreed in writing to be bound by its terms:

a. Up to three (3) executives who are required to participate in policy decisions with

reference to this action;

b. In-house counsel who are employees of a Party;

c. Technical personnel of the parties with whom Counsel for the parties find it

necessary to consult, in the discretion of such counsel, in preparation for trial of

this action; and

d. Stenographic and clerical persons associated with the individuals identified above

in subparagraphs 9.a – 9.c.

10. With respect to material designated “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY

CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” any person indicated on the face of the document

to be its originator, author or a recipient of a copy thereof, may be shown the same.

11. All information which has been designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY

CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” by the producing or disclosing party, and any and

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all reproductions thereof, shall be retained in the custody of the counsel for the receiving party

identified in paragraph 3, except that independent experts authorized to view such information under

the terms of this Order may retain custody of copies such as are necessary for their participation in this

litigation.

12. Before any materials produced in discovery, answers to interrogatories, responses to

requests for admissions, deposition transcripts, or other documents which are designated as

Confidential Information are filed with the Court for any purpose, the party seeking to file such

material shall seek permission of the Court to file said material under seal. Nothing shall be filed under

seal, and the court shall not be required to take any action, without separate prior order by the Judge

before whom the hearing or proceeding will take place, after application by the affected party with

appropriate notice to opposing counsel.

13. At any stage of these proceedings, any party may object to a designation of the

materials as Confidential Information. The party objecting to confidentiality shall notify, in writing,

counsel for the designating party of the objected-to materials and the grounds for the objection. If the

dispute is not solved consensually between the parties within seven (7) business days of receipt of such

a notice of objections, the objecting party may move the Court for a ruling on the objection. The

materials at issue shall be treated as Confidential Information, as designated by the designating party,

until the Court has ruled on the objection or the matter has been otherwise resolved.

14. All Confidential Information shall be held in confidence by those inspecting or

receiving it, and shall be used only for purposes of this action. Counsel for each party, and each person

receiving Confidential Information shall take reasonable precautions to prevent the unauthorized or

inadvertent disclosure of such information. If Confidential Information is disclosed to any person other

than a person authorized by this Order, the party responsible for the unauthorized disclosure must

immediately bring all pertinent facts relating to the unauthorized disclosure to the attention of the other

parties and, without prejudice to any rights and remedies of the other parties, make every effort to

prevent further disclosure by the party and by the person(s) receiving the unauthorized disclosure.

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15. No party shall be responsible to another party for disclosure of Confidential Information

under this Order if the information in question is not labeled or otherwise identified as such in

accordance with this Order.

16. If a party, through inadvertence, produces any Confidential Information without

labeling or marking or otherwise designating it as such in accordance with this Order, the designating

party may give written notice to the receiving party that the document or thing produced is deemed

Confidential Information, and that the document or thing produced should be treated as such in

accordance with that designation under this Order. The receiving party must treat the materials as

confidential, once the designating party so notifies the receiving party. If the receiving party has

disclosed the materials before receiving the designation, the receiving party must notify the designating

party in writing of each such disclosure. Counsel for the parties shall agree on a mutually acceptable

manner of labeling or marking the inadvertently produced materials as “CONFIDENTIAL” or

“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” - SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE

ORDER.

17. Nothing herein shall prejudice the right of any party to object to the production of any

discovery material on the grounds that the material is protected as privileged or as attorney work

product.

18. Nothing in this Order shall bar counsel from rendering advice to their clients with

respect to this litigation and, in the course thereof, relying upon any information designated as

Confidential Information, provided that the contents of the information shall not be disclosed.

19. This Order shall be without prejudice to the right of any party to oppose production of

any information for lack of relevance or any other ground other than the mere presence of Confidential

Information. The existence of this Order shall not be used by either party as a basis for discovery that

is otherwise improper under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

20. Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent disclosure of Confidential Information if

such disclosure is required by law or by order of the Court.

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21. Upon final termination of this action, including any and all appeals, counsel for each

party shall, upon request of the producing party, return all Confidential Information to the party that

produced the information, including any copies, excerpts, and summaries thereof, or shall destroy same

at the option of the receiving party, and shall purge all such information from all machine-readable

media on which it resides. Notwithstanding the foregoing, counsel for each party may retain all

pleadings, briefs, memoranda, motions, and other documents filed with the Court that refer to or

incorporate Confidential Information, and will continue to be bound by this Order with respect to all

such retained information. Further, attorney work product materials that contain Confidential

Information need not be destroyed, but, if they are not destroyed, the person in possession of the

attorney work product will continue to be bound by this Order with respect to all such retained

formation.

22. The restrictions and obligations set forth herein shall not apply to any information that:

(a) the parties agree should not be designated Confidential Information; (b) the parties agree, or the

Court rules, is already public knowledge; (c) the parties agree, or the Court rules, has become public

knowledge other than as a result of disclosure by the receiving party, its employees, or its agents in

violation of this Order; or (d) has come or shall come into the receiving party's legitimate knowledge

independently of the production by the designating party. Prior knowledge must be established by preproduction documentation.

23. The restrictions and obligations herein shall not be deemed to prohibit discussions of

any Confidential Information with anyone if that person already has or obtains legitimate possession

thereof.

24. Transmission by facsimile is acceptable for all notification purposes herein unless

otherwise specified.

25. The Court may modify the protective order in the interests of justice or for public policy

reasons.

26. The Court may modify the terms and conditions of this Order for good cause, or in the

interest of justice, or on its own order at any time in these proceedings. The parties prefer that the

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Court provide them with notice of the Court's intent to modify the Order and the content of those

modifications, prior to entry of such an order.

IT IS SO ORDERED this 18th day of December, 2007.

______________________________________ Honorable Barry Ted Moskowitz United States District Judge

EXHIBIT A

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SKF CONDITION MONITORING, INC.,

 a California corporation,

Plaintiff,

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SAT CORPORATION, a Texas

corporation,

Defendant.

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AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND

BY PROTECTIVE ORDER

Honorable Barry Ted Moskowitz

SAT CORPORATION, a Texas

corporation,

Counterclaimant,

v.

SKF CONDITION MONITORING, INC.,

 a California corporation,

Counter-Defendant.

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I, __________ , declare and say that:

1. I am employed as ________________________________ by

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2. I have read the Protective Order entered in SKF CONDITION MONITORING, INC.

v. SAT CORPORATION, Case No. 07cv1116 BTM (NLS), and have received a copy of the

Protective Order.

3. I promise that I will use any and all “Confidential” or “Highly Confidential –

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Attorneys’ Eyes Only” information, as defined in the Protective Order, given to me only in a manner

authorized by the Protective Order, and only to assist counsel in the litigation of this matter.

4. I promise that I will not disclose or discuss such “Confidential” or “Highly

Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes Only” information with anyone other than the persons described in

accordance with paragraphs 3 and 8-11 of the Protective Order.

5. I acknowledge that, by signing this agreement, I am subjecting myself to the

jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California with respect

to enforcement of the Protective Order.

6. I understand that any disclosure or use of “Confidential” or “Highly Confidential –

Attorneys’ Eyes Only” information in any manner contrary to the provisions of the Protective Order

may subject me to sanctions for contempt of court.

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. 

Date: 

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