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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PUMA AG RUDOLF DASSLER SPORT, a

German stock company, and PUMA

NORTH AMERICA, INC., 

Plaintiffs/CounterDefendants,

v.

K-SWISS INC., a Delaware

corporation,

Defendant/CounterPlaintiff.

Case No.: 10-CV-0779 BTM(CAB)

PROTECTIVE ORDER RE: THIRDPARTY VANS, INC.

[Doc. No. 2]

In accordance with the stipulation of K-Swiss and third-party Vans, Inc, and in

recognition that third parties, may possess confidential, proprietary, commercially sensitive, and

trade secret information that may be necessary or desirable to reveal to the parties during pretrial

discovery, the Court has determined that, as provided under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure

26(c), a protective order of this Court (“Protective Order”) is desirable and necessary to protect

such information of third parties from disclosure to others.

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In view thereof, it is hereby ORDERED that the following procedures shall govern any

information, document, or thing, in any form whatsoever, hereafter produced or disclosed by an

third-party, and any information contained therein or derived therefrom (collectively, the

“Discovery Material”):

1. PURPOSE.

K-Swiss Inc. ("K-Swiss") is the defendant in a trademark infringement action pending in

the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts captioned Puma AG Rudolf

Dassler Sport and Puma North America, Inc. v. K-Swiss Inc. (Civil Action No. 09-cv-10718)

(the "Massachusetts Action"). Puma AG Rudolf Dassler Sport and Puma North America, Inc.

are hereafter, collectively, referred to as "Puma". K-Swiss is currently conducting discovery in

the Massachusetts Action and has issued, from this District, numerous subpoenae to third party

shoe manufacturers who are competitors to both K-Swiss and PUMA. While the third party shoe

manufacturers are willing to cooperate in providing to K-Swiss and Puma certain of the

requested information, documents, and tangible things, as competitors, they have a compelling

interest in protecting the confidential, proprietary, commercially sensitive, and/or trade secret

information provided to the Parties with a protective order entered in this District. 

2. DEFINITIONS.

2.1 Party: "Party" means a party to the Massachusetts Action: K-Swiss Inc., Puma

AG Rudolph Rudolf Dassler Sport, or Puma North America, Inc. (collectively, the "Parties").

2.2 Discovery Material: "Discovery Material" means any information, document or

tangible thing, in hard copy or electronic format subject to subpoena or subpoena duces tecum,

deposition testimony or transcript, or exhibit including material that is voluntarily produced, and

any other similar material, or portions of such material, furnished, directly or indirectly, by or on

behalf of Vans or any other Third Party.

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2.3. "Confidential" Information: A Third Party (as defined below) may designate as

"Confidential", pursuant to the procedures set forth in paragraph 3.1, those materials which that

Third Party in good faith believes constitute or contain confidential, proprietary, commercially

sensitive, and/or trade secret information, which information is not generally known and which

that Third Party would normally not reveal to third parties or, if disclosed, would require such

third parties to maintain in confidence. 

2.4. "Highly Confidential - Counsel Only" Information: A Third Party may designate

as "Highly Confidential - Counsel Only", pursuant to the procedures set forth in paragraph 3.2,

any confidential, proprietary, commercially sensitive, and/or trade secret information which that

Third Party in good faith believes is so highly sensitive that the protections afforded by a

"Confidential" designation are not sufficient. This designation shall be reserved for information

that constitutes, reflects, or concerns particularly sensitive proprietary, technical, financial,

marketing, or other business information, trade secrets, or know-how.

2.5. Receiving Party: "Receiving Party" means a Party who receives Discovery

Material from a Producing Party.

2.6. Producing Party: "Producing Party" means Vans or any other Third Party that

produces or otherwise makes available Discovery Material to a Receiving Party.

/ / /

2.7. Protected Material: "Protected Material" means any Discovery Material that is

designated as "Confidential" or "Highly Confidential - Counsel Only" in accordance with

paragraph 3.1 or 3.2 below, and any copies, abstracts, summaries, or information derived from

such Discovery Material, and any notes or other records regarding the contents of such

Discovery Material.

2.8. Counsel: "Counsel" means counsel of record for the Parties (excluding any inCase 3:10-cv-00779-BTM-CAB Document 3 Filed 04/20/10 Page 3 of 26
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house counsel for either) and includes lawyers who are partners and "of counsel" with a counsel

of record, full and part-time attorneys employed by or contracting with (i) counsel of record; (ii)

counsel of record's law firms and all employees and contractors of such firms, including, without

limitation, paralegals, assistants, and stenographic and clerical employees to whom it is

necessary to disclose Protected Material for the purpose of this action.

2.9. Expert: "Expert" means an expert and/or consultant retained or employed by or

for either of the Parties to advise or to assist Counsel in the preparation and/or trial of the Action. 

For purposes of this Protective Order, the term "Expert" shall include the partners, associates,

and employees employed by or of the firm which employs such expert or consultant.

2.10. Third Party: A "Third Party" means Vans, Inc. and any other non-Party who

stipulates to this Protective Order and produces or otherwise makes available Discovery Material

to a Receiving Party. Vans, Inc., and all other Third Parties that have signed the

Acknowledgment attached as Appendix C, have standing under this Protective Order's terms.

3. DESIGNATION OF PROTECTED MATERIAL.

3.1. Designation of Confidential Information: Each page of any document or

transcript of oral testimony produced or given that is asserted by the Producing Party to contain

or constitute Confidential information shall be so designated in writing by such Producing Party. 

Each such document or transcript of testimony shall be clearly and prominently marked on its

face with the legend "CONFIDENTIAL" preceded by a letter or letters identifying the Producing

Party or other comparable notice. If the Receiving Party wishes to show non-confidential

portions of a document or transcript containing Confidential information to a person or party not

described below in paragraph 4.2, it shall first redact all pages (or portions of pages) marked as

containing Confidential information. 

3.2. Designation of Highly Confidential - Counsel Only Information: Each page of

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any document or transcript of oral testimony produced or given in this action that is asserted by

the Producing Party to contain or constitute Highly Confidential - Counsel Only information

shall be so designated by such Producing Party. Each such document or transcript of testimony

shall be clearly and prominently marked on its face with the legend "HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL

- COUNSEL ONLY", or with substantially similar language such as "CONFIDENTIAL - AEO",

or "ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY", preceded by a letter or letters identifying the Producing Party

or other comparable notice. If the Receiving Party wishes to show non-highly confidential

portions of a document or transcript containing Highly Confidential - Counsel Only information

to a person or party not described below in paragraph 4.3, it shall first redact all pages (or

portions of pages) marked as containing Highly Confidential - Counsel Only information. 

3.3. Designation of Non-Paper Media: Any Protected Material produced in a

non-paper media (e.g., videotape, audiotape) may be designated as Confidential or Highly

Confidential - Counsel Only by labeling the outside of such non paper media in accordance with

paragraph 3.1 or 3.2 as appropriate. In the event a Receiving Party generates any "hard copy,"

transcription, or printout from any such designated non-paper media, the Receiving Party must

immediately stamp each page with the designation, if any, found on the outside of the non paper

media and the hard copy, transcription or printout shall be treated accordingly. However, if any

Producing Party produces in electronic format electronic documents that contain Protected

Material, the Producing Party shall electronically mark each page with the designation

Confidential or Highly Confidential - Counsel Only in accordance with paragraph 3.1 or 3.2 as if

the Protected Material were in paper format.

3.4. Designations of Protected Material: Any person who creates Protected Material

based upon or derived from Discovery Material shall label such Protected Material with the most

restrictive labeling of any Discovery Material upon which such Protected Material is based or

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from which it is derived. In other words, if Protected Material is derived from or based on

Highly Confidential - Counsel Only Discovery Material, in whole or in part, it shall be labeled as

"Highly Confidential - Counsel Only" in accordance with paragraph 3.2. If Protected Material is

derived from or based upon Confidential Discovery Material it its entirety (and is not derived

from or based upon any "Highly Confidential - Counsel Only" Discovery Material) such

Protected Material shall be labeled as "Confidential" in accordance with paragraph 3.1. Any

Protected Material so labeled will be subject to this Protective Order as though it was Discovery

Material and the Producing Party of the Discovery Material upon or from which such Protected

Material was based or derived shall be deemed to be the Producing Party with respect to such

Protected Material.

3.5. Timing of and Challenges to Designations: Any designation of confidentiality

with respect to depositions must be on the record of a deposition or served in writing within

fifteen (15) calendar days after receipt of the "final" transcript (subject only to witness review

and not in draft, rough ASCII, or real-time copy). Unless otherwise agreed, all deposition

transcripts and exhibits shall be treated as "Highly Confidential - Counsel Only" until the

expiration of such fifteen (15) calendar day period. Any late designation shall be treated in

accordance with paragraph 5.8. Except as otherwise provided in this Protective Order, all

designations of confidentiality of written or documentary materials must be made at the time of

the production or disclosure of such Discovery Material. In the event of any disagreement

between a Producing Party and a Receiving Party with respect to a designation made by a

Producing Party or any assertions made by a Receiving Party that confidentiality has been

waived, the Receiving Party must nevertheless abide by the original designation made by the

Producing Party until the matter is resolved by agreement of the Producing and Receiving Parties

or by order of the Court. The Third Party claiming that material or deposition testimony is

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Protected Material shall have the burden of proof to establish such rights, except that any

Receiving Party claiming an "exclusion" pursuant to paragraph 3.6 shall bear the burden of proof

for such exclusion. 

3.6 Exclusions from Protective Order: Discovery Material shall not be confidential,

nor shall disclosure of such Discovery Material be limited in accordance with this Protective

Order, if the content and/or substance thereof was already in the lawful possession of a

Receiving Party at the time of disclosure by the Disclosing Party and was not acquired directly

or indirectly from the Disclosing Party or Third Party. 

4. ACCESS TO, USE AND CUSTODY OF PROTECTED MATERIAL.

4.1. General: A record shall be made of the names of the persons to whom disclosure

of Protected Material is made (other than to Counsel and outside contractors hired by Counsel to

copy, index, sort, or otherwise manage the storage and retrieval of discovery). 

4.2. Access to Confidential Information: In the absence of written permission from

the Producing Party or an order of the Court, a Receiving Party shall use any Confidential

information designated in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 3.1 solely for purposes of

the Massachusetts Action, other U.S. court actions, and/or U.S. administrative proceedings

(including appeals) between the Parties involving the FORMSTRIP trademark and registrations

thereof, and shall not disclose such information to or discuss such information with any person

other than: (a) one named in-house lawyer of each Party (b) Counsel as defined in paragraph

2.8; (c) court reporters, stenographers, or videographers; (d) any person who can be shown from

the face of the document to have authored or received it; (e) any former officers or employees

being deposed in this action or as a witness at trial if (i) such designated information or

document was in existence at the time of the witness' employment with the Third Party; and (ii)

such person otherwise would have been qualified to receive such designated information or

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document while employed by the Third Party; (f) Experts; (g) U.S. courts and U.S.

administrative tribunals and their support personnel; (h) any mediator retained by the parties to

mediate this Action; and (i) any other persons or entities agreed to in writing by the Parties and

Vans (or any other Third Party) or as determined by the Court. Under no circumstances shall

Confidential information be made available to the Receiving Party or any other director, officer,

manager, employee, agent, or representative of the Receiving Party except as stated in this

paragraph. Nothing contained in this Protective Order shall affect the right of the Producing

Party to disclose to anyone Confidential information that the Producing Party has designated as

Confidential information.

4.3. Access to Highly Confidential - Counsel Only Information: In the absence of

written permission from the Producing Party or an order of the Court, a Receiving Party shall use

any Highly Confidential - Counsel Only information designated in accordance with the

provisions of paragraph 3.2 solely for purposes of the Massachusetts Action, other U.S. court

actions, and/or U.S. administrative proceedings (including appeals) between the Parties

involving the FORMSTRIP trademark and registrations thereof, and shall not disclose such

information to or discuss such information with any person other than those set out in

subparagraphs 4.2 (b) through (i). Under no circumstances shall Highly Confidential - Counsel

Only information be made available to the Receiving Party or any other director, officer,

in-house counsel, manager, employee, agent, or representative of the Receiving Party except as

stated in this paragraph. Nothing contained in this Protective Order shall affect the right of the

Producing Party to disclose to anyone Highly Confidential - Counsel Only information that the

Producing Party has designated as Confidential information.

4.4. Use of Protected Material at a Deposition: Whenever any Protected Material is

presented or is the subject of inquiry at a deposition, or if counsel for the Third Party

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participating in the deposition designates that an answer to a question or line of questioning is

"Confidential" or "Highly Confidential - Counsel Only", such portion of the deposition that may

reveal the "Confidential" or Highly Confidential - Counsel Only information or its contents shall

be conducted (unless otherwise agreed by counsel for the parties in writing or upon the record of

a deposition) so that only those persons duly authorized to have access to such "Confidential" or

"Highly Confidential - Counsel Only" information are present. Any transcript of a deposition in

which "Confidential" or "Highly Confidential - Counsel Only" information is presented or is the

subject of inquiry shall be marked in accordance with the procedures set forth in paragraphs 3.1

or 3.2, as applicable, and paragraph 5, and shall not be disclosed to persons other than those

persons duly authorized hereunder to have access thereto, unless those questions or answers or

exhibits designated as "Confidential" or "Highly Confidential - Counsel" have been removed

from the copies or the parties otherwise agree in writing.

4.5. Custody of Protected Material: All documents containing Protected Material and

notes or other records regarding that information shall be maintained in the custody of Counsel

for the Parties, and except as otherwise agreed by the Producing Party no partial or complete

copies thereof containing Protected Material shall be retained by anyone else at any location,

other than at an office or home office of Counsel (or in transit), except that Experts may retain

documents on a temporary basis for purposes of study, analysis, and preparation of this action at

the offices of such Expert. A person, including any Expert, who removes Protected Material

from the office or home office of Counsel shall maintain it in a manner that limits access to

persons identified in paragraph 4.2 (for Confidential information) or 4.3 (for Highly Confidential

- Counsel Only information). No Protected Material shall be used or retained at an office or

location of a Receiving Party, except that one named in-house lawyer of each K-Swiss and Puma

may review in his or her office electronic copies of Confidential information, but may not retain

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any such Confidential information for storage or for display. 

4.6. Disclosure to Experts. Experts who in the course of the Action may be given

access to Protected Material shall be required to read this Protective Order and agree, in writing,

to be bound by executing the Acknowledgment attached hereto as Appendix B. The originals of 

all such Acknowledgments shall be maintained in the files of the Counsel allowing access by

such person to such Protected Material.

4.7. Acknowledgment of Protective Order: Before obtaining access to any Protected

Material covered by this Protective Order, any person (with the exception of persons identified

in subparagraphs 4.2 (b), (c), and (g) (for both Confidential information and Highly Confidential

- Counsel Only information)), who is permitted to have access to Protected Material must signify

assent to the terms of this Protective Order by executing the Acknowledgment attached hereto as 

Appendix A, indicating that they have read and understood this Protective Order and agree to be

bound by its terms.

4.8. Disclosure of Protected Material to Other Persons: In the event that Counsel for

the Receiving Party finds it necessary to make a disclosure of Protected Material to such persons

other than the persons identified in paragraph 4.2 (for Confidential information) or 4.3 (for

Highly Confidential - Counsel Only information), Counsel for the Receiving Party must, no less

than ten (10) calendar days in advance of the date of its intended disclosure, serve written notice

on Counsel for the Producing Party including: (i) the Protected Material to be disclosed; (ii) the

purpose of the disclosure; and (iii) an identification by name, business address, and employer the

person(s) to whom such disclosure is to be made. The Producing Party, as applicable, may

consent or object to such disclosure in writing during the notice period; provided, however, no

disclosure will be made without the Producing Party's written consent or order of the Court. If a

Producing Party consents in writing or an order of the Court permits the disclosure, Counsel for

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the Receiving Party must, prior to such disclosure, inform the individual to whom the Protected

Material is to be disclosed of the terms of this Protective Order, and have the individual

acknowledge this Protective Order in writing by executing the Acknowledgment attached as

Appendix A, acknowledging that he or she is fully conversant with the terms of this Protective

Order and agrees to comply with it and be bound by it. 

5. HANDLING OF PROTECTED MATERIAL.

5.1. Subject to public policy, and further court order, 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.

5.2 Use of Protected Material Court Hearings and Other Proceedings: Nothing

contained in this Protective Order shall be construed to prejudice a Receiving Party's right to use

before the Court at a hearing any Protected Material. However, prior to any such use by a

Receiving Party (to the extent not otherwise authorized under this Protective Order), the

Receiving Party shall inform the Producing Party to permit the same to apply to the Court for

appropriate protection including clearing the hearing room or courtroom of persons not entitled

to receive the Protected Material at issue.

5.3. Working Copies: Nothing herein shall restrict persons identified in paragraph 4.2

(for Confidential information) or 4.3 (for Highly Confidential - Counsel Only information) from: 

(a) making working copies, abstracts, digests and analyses of such information for use in

connection with this action; or (b) converting or translating such information into machine

readable form for incorporation in a data retrieval system used in connection with this action,

provided that access to such information, in whatever form stored or reproduced, shall be limited

to qualified recipients. The one named in-house lawyer of each Party shall be restricted in his or

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her access to Confidential information as set forth in paragraph 4.5.

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5.4. Examination and Testimony Regarding Protected Material:

Subject to the provisions of paragraphs 3, 4, and 5 of this Protective Order: 

(a) A Third Party or present employee of a Third Party may be examined and

may testify concerning Protected Material produced by that Third Party to the extent permitted

under paragraphs 4.2(d), and (e);

(b) A former employee of a Third Party may be examined and may testify

concerning all Protected Material produced by that Third Party to the extent permitted under

paragraphs 4.2(e);

(c) An independent contractor of a Third Party (other than a non testifying

litigation consultant) may be examined and may testify concerning all Protected Material

produced by that Third Party to the extent permitted under paragraphs 4.2(d), and (e);

(d) An Expert (other than a non-testifying litigation consultant) of either Party

may be examined and may testify concerning all Protected Material produced by any Third

Party, except that the rules for disclosure of the Protected Material shall be governed exclusively

by paragraph 4.6; 

(e) For any person who is not permitted to access Protected Material under

paragraph 4.2 (for Confidential information) or 4.3 (for Highly Confidential - Counsel Only

information), a Receiving Party wishing to question or depose that person about Protected

Material of any Producing Party must follow the procedure set forth in paragraph 4.8. 

5.5. Request for Production in Unrelated Legal Proceedings: In the event any

Receiving Party having possession, custody or control of any Protected Material receives from or

on behalf of a non-party a subpoena or other process or order to produce such information in

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another unrelated legal proceeding, such Receiving Party shall: (a) promptly notify Counsel for

the Producing Party; (b) promptly furnish Counsel for the Producing Party with a copy of said

subpoena or other process or order; (c) object to production and refuse to produce any such

Protected Materials unless and until there is a Court Order requiring production (provided,

however, that the Receiving Party shall have no obligation to oppose any motion or request

seeking such proposed or actual Court Order); and (d) reasonably cooperate with respect to all

reasonable procedures sought to be pursued by the Producing Party whose interests may be

affected. The Producing Party asserting the Confidential or Highly Confidential - Counsel Only

designation with respect to Protected Material sought by a non-party shall have the burden of

defending against such subpoena, process, or order. 

5.6. Production of Third Party's Protected Material: A Producing Party that is in

possession of a third party's material that is responsive to a Receiving Party's discovery request,

which material the Producing Party reasonably believes may constitute confidential, proprietary,

commercially sensitive and/or trade secret information of the third party shall notify the third

party in writing prior to the date on which the discovery responses are due, thereby permitting

the third party a reasonable opportunity to move for a protective order or to stipulate to

protection under this Protective Order pursuant to the procedural requirements of paragraph 2.10.

5.7 Treatment of Confidential Discovery Material During Inspection: Should a

Producing Party elect to make available certain of its voluminous files kept in the usual course of

business for inspection by the Receiving Party, which voluminous files may contain confidential

and non-confidential material, all such documents made available for inspection by the

Receiving Party (including any summaries thereof containing information from such documents

made by the Receiving Party) shall all be treated as required under this Protective Order by the

Receiving Party as Highly Confidential - Counsel Only information. In the event that a

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Receiving Party desires to have "Highly Confidential - Counsel Only" designation removed or

changed to "Confidential" for any documents or summaries thereof, the Receiving Party shall

comply with the procedures set forth in paragraphs 3.5 and 3.6 above. Making documents and

things available for inspection shall not, by itself, constitute a waiver by the Producing Party of

any claim of confidentiality, or any other right. Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent any

Receiving Party from asserting in court that the documents so designated by the Producing Party

should not be subject to such designation under this Protective Order.

5.8. Inadvertent Production and/or Failure to Designate: In the event that a Producing

Party inadvertently produces a document that otherwise is not discoverable for reasons of the

attorney-client privilege or work product immunity, or both, such inadvertent production shall

not constitute any waiver of attorney-client privilege or work product immunity, and the

Receiving Party shall, on demand by the Producing Party, promptly return all copies of such

inadvertently produced documents. In no event shall delivery of confidential un-designated

documents constitute waiver where such delivery resulted from inadvertence on the part of the

Producing Party and such inadvertent delivery is thereafter promptly brought to the attention of

the Receiving Party after discovery by the Producing Party. Upon such notice and in return for

copies of said documents containing the appropriate confidentiality designation, the Receiving

Party shall return the undesignated documents and things and not retain copies thereof, and shall

thereafter treat information contained in said documents and any summaries or notes thereof as

confidential to the level designated by the Producing Party. Any disclosure by the Receiving

Party to persons not authorized to receive such Protected Material prior to Receiving Party's

receipt of notice of a failure to designate shall not be deemed a violation of this Protective Order;

provided, however, that upon notice of its protected status, the Receiving Party shall

immediately mark such Protected Material in its possession with the appropriate legend and,

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shall immediately undertake the requirements set out in subparagraph 5.9 (a) through (e) which

relate to retrieval of Protected Material from unauthorized persons. Nothing in this paragraph

shall prevent any Receiving Party from asserting in court that the production was not

inadvertent, that confidentiality has been waived, or that the Producing Party otherwise waived

the attorney-client privilege or work product immunity allegedly protecting the disclosed

information from discovery. 

5.9. Disclosure to Unauthorized Persons. If information subject to this Protective

Order is disclosed to any unauthorized person either through inadvertence, mistake, or otherwise

without authorization by the Producing Party, or other than in the manner authorized by this

Protective Order, the person responsible for the disclosure shall immediately (a) inform the

Producing Party of all pertinent facts relating to such disclosure, including without limitation, the

name, address, and telephone number of the recipient and his or her employer; (b) use his or her

best efforts to retrieve the disclosed information and all copies thereof; (c) advise the recipient of

the improperly disclosed information, in writing, of the terms of this Protective Order; (d) make

his or her best efforts to require the recipient to execute an agreement to be bound by the terms

of this Protective Order in the form of the declaration attached hereto as Appendix A; and (e)

take all other reasonable steps to prevent further disclosure by or to the unauthorized person who

received the protected information. Sanctions for inadvertent disclosure of Protected Material to

unauthorized persons shall be decided by the Court, after opportunity for briefing and argument

by the affected parties.

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6. DESIGNATION NOT DETERMINATIVE OF STATUS.

There is no obligation to challenge the propriety of a Confidential or Highly Confidential

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- Counsel Only designation at the time made, and failure to do so shall not preclude a subsequent

challenge to the designation. All challenges by a Receiving Party to the propriety of a

Confidential or Highly Confidential - Counsel Only designation shall first be made in writing to

every Producing Party whose rights are affected, such writing to identify with specificity the

material challenged. Within fourteen (14) calendar days of such a challenge, the Producing

Party shall substantiate the basis for such designation in writing. Such challenges shall be

resolved in good faith on an informal basis pursuant to the "meet and confer" requirements of the 

local rules. If the challenge cannot be resolved, the Producing Party or Receiving Party may

seek appropriate relief from this Court. 

7. SCOPE OF PROTECTIVE ORDER; TERMINATION AND SURVIVAL OF

OBLIGATIONS.

This Protective Order is intended to regulate the handling of Discovery Material for

pretrial purposes. This Protective Order is subject to modification by the Court for the District of

Massachusetts, and shall remain in full force and effect until modified or superseded by Order of

this Court or the Massachusetts Court. The Parties anticipate that requirements for specific

protection and/or access to confidential information used during trial will differ significantly

from the requirements during pre-trial discovery. In view of the foregoing, no presumption shall

be made that the terms of this Protective Order are applicable after the date of the post-discovery

scheduling conference, set on March 3, 2011. The Parties may request, at the post-discovery

status conference, modification of this Protective Order or a new protective order for trial

governing Discovery Material produced in this action. The Parties shall serve Vans and any

other Third Party joining this order with any documents or motions with respect to any proposed

new or modified protective order for trial, and any comments, objections, or other issues to the

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form of the protective order for trial shall be addressed to the Court for the District of

Massachusetts. 

8. INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. 

In the event anyone violates or threatens to violate any of the terms of this Protective

Order, the aggrieved Third Party may apply to the Court to obtain injunctive relief against any

such person violating or threatening to violate any of the terms of this Protective Order. Upon a

motion or application for a temporary restraining order, (which TRO, if issued, shall expire in

accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. Rule 65(b)(B)(2)), the responding party shall not (i) employ as a

defense in a motion to dissolve the TRO, or (ii) assert in opposition to any motion to grant or

extend the TRO, the claim that the aggrieved party possesses an adequate remedy at law. Except

as provided in this paragraph with respect to a TRO, the responding party may employ all

available defenses under the law. The Parties, Vans, and any other Third Parties agree that the

Court shall retain jurisdiction over them for the purpose of enforcing the Protective Order. 

9. RIGHT TO FURTHER RELIEF.

Nothing in this Protective Order shall abridge the right of any person to seek judicial

review or to pursue other appropriate judicial action to seek a modification or amendment of this

Protective Order.

10. AMENDMENT.

This Protective Order may be modified or amended only where Counsel for K-Swiss and

Vans (and counsel for all Third Parties where their rights are affected) agree to a Motion to

Amend Protective Order, or by Order of this Court or the United States District Court for the

District of Massachusetts.

11. RIGHT TO ASSERT OTHER OBJECTIONS.

This Protective Order shall not be construed as waiving any right to assert a claim of

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privilege, relevance, overbreadth, burdensomeness or other grounds for not producing Discovery 

Material called for, whether during discovery, hearing, or trial, and access to such Discovery

Material shall be only as otherwise provided by the discovery rules and other applicable law.

12. FINAL DISPOSITION.

Within two months after final termination of this action, or within one month after the

time for appeal has expired, each Receiving Party shall assemble all Protected Material furnished

and designated by any Producing Party including Protected Material provided to Experts, and

shall either: (i) return such Protected Material to the Producing Party; or (ii) destroy the

Protected Material and provide a certificate of destruction to the Producing Party. 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Counsel for each Party shall be entitled to retain a "litigation

file" which shall include, without limitation, all pleadings, motion papers, declarations, exhibits,

legal memoranda, correspondence, work product, electronic files, and produced documents.

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13. COURT'S ENTRY OF THE PROTECTIVE ORDER.

Upon execution of the Protective Order by the Parties and Vans (and any other Third

Party), and before the Court enters the Protective Order, the Producing Parties may agree to

produce some or all of the information designated as Confidential and/or Highly Confidential -

Counsel Only. Except as provided in this Paragraph, the disclosed information shall be governed

by the terms of this Stipulation and the resulting Order. The Parties further agree that should this

Court or the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts alter the terms of the Protective

Order affecting what material may be designated as Confidential and/or Highly Confidential -

Counsel Only, any Protected Material affected by the altered terms shall be returned to the

Producing Party within seven (7) calendar days of such court order and shall not be disclosed to

any person not permitted access under paragraphs 4.2 (for Confidential information) or

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paragraph 4.3 (for Highly Confidential - Counsel Only information) absent agreement of the

Receiving and Producing Parties or further order of the Court.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: April 20, 2010

CATHY ANN BENCIVENGO

United States Magistrate Judge

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APPENDIX A

CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT

I, _______________________________, hereby acknowledge that:

(i) I have read the Protective Order entered in the U.S. District Court for the Southern

District of California and relating to the action presently pending in the U.S. District Court for

the District of Massachusetts captioned PUMA AG Rudolf Dassler Sport and PUMA North

America, Inc. v. K-Swiss Inc. (1:09-cv-10718-DPW);

(ii) I understand the terms of the Protective Order;

(iii) I agree, upon threat of penalty of contempt and other civil remedies, to be bound by

the Protective Order's terms; and

(iv) I irrevocably submit my person to the jurisdiction of the U.S. District Court for the

Southern District of California for the limited purpose of securing compliance with the terms and

conditions of the Protective Order.

DATED:____________________________

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Signature

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Name

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Present Employer

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Title/Occupation

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Address

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City State ZIP

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Telephone Number

APPENDIX B

CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT

(For Experts)

I, _________________________, hereby acknowledge that:

(i) I have read the Protective Order entered in the U.S. District Court for the Southern

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District of California and relating to the action presently pending in the U.S. District Court for

the District of Massachusetts captioned PUMA AG Rudolf Dassler Sport and PUMA North

America, Inc. v. K-Swiss Inc. (1:09-cv-10718-DPW). 

(ii) I understand the terms of the Protective Order;

(iii) I agree, upon threat of penalty of contempt and other civil remedies, to be bound by

the Protective Order's terms; and

(iv) I certify that I am not a competitor to any Party, or a consultant for, or employed by,

such a competitor with respect to the specific subject matter of this case;

(v) I understand that I am to maintain all copies of any Protected Material that I receive

in a container, cabinet, drawer, room, password protected computer medium, or other safe place

in a manner consistent with this Protective Order, and that all copies are to remain in my custody

only until I have completed my assigned duties, whereupon the copies are to be destroyed or

returned to the Producing Party or Third Party. Such return or destruction shall not relieve me

from any of the continuing obligations imposed upon me by the Protective Order. I further agree

to notify any stenographic or clerical personnel who are required to assist me of the terms of the

Protective Order; and 

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(vi) I irrevocably submit my person to the jurisdiction of the U.S. District Court for the

Southern District of California for the limited purpose of securing compliance with the terms and

conditions of the Protective Order.

DATED:____________________________

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Signature

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APPENDIX C

STIPULATION

I, _________________________, hereby acknowledge for myself and on behalf of

_________________________ that:

(i) I have read the Protective Order entered in the U.S. District Court for the Southern

District of California and relating to the action presently pending in the U.S. District Court for

the District of Massachusetts captioned PUMA AG Rudolf Dassler Sport and PUMA North

America, Inc. v. K-Swiss Inc. (1:09-cv-10718-DPW);

(ii) I understand the terms of the Protective Order;

(iii) I agree, upon threat of penalty of contempt and other civil remedies, to be bound by

the Protective Order's terms, and to bind _________________________ to those terms; and

(iv) I irrevocably submit my person and _________________________ to the jurisdiction

of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California for the limited purpose of

securing compliance with the terms and conditions of the Protective Order. 

DATED:____________________________

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Signature

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Name

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Company

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