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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Other Contract

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KEKER & VAN NEST, LLP

DARYN J. DUR - #169825

CHRSTA M. ANERSON - #184325

ROSE DARING - #243893

710 Sanome Street"

San Francisco, CA 94111-1704

Telephone: (415) 391-5400

Facsimle: (415) 397-7188

Attorneys for Defendants

GAP INTERNATIONAL SALES, INC., THE GAP, INC.,

BANANA REPUBLIC, LLC, and OLD NAVY, LLC

UN STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHRN DISTRCT OF CALIFORN

SAN FRACISCO DMSION

GABANA GULF DiSrRIUTION, LTD., a Case No. C 06 2584 CRB

company organzed iider the laws of the

United Kingdom, andGABANA (pROPOSED) PROTECTIV ORDER

DISTRIUTION, LTD., a company organzed

under the laws ofthe United Kigdom,

Plaintiffs,

v. Date Compo Filed: Apnl 14, 2006

GAP INTERNATIONAL SALES, INC., a Tnal Date: December 3, 2007

Delaware corporation, THE GAP, INC, a

Delaware corporation, BANANA REPUBLIC,

LLC, a Delaware limited liabilty company,

and OLD NAVY, LLC, a Delaware lited

liability company,

Defendants.

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1 WHREAS, certain documents and information have been and may be sought, produced

2 or exhibited by and betWeen the pares to tis litigation which relate to the paries' financial

3 inormation, competitive inormation, personnel inormation or other kinds of commercially

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4 sensitive inormation which the par makg the production deems confdential; and

5 WHREAS, it has been agreed by and among the pares through their respective

6 counsel, that, to expedite the flow of discovery matenal and to preserve the confdentiality of

7 certain documents and information, a protective order should be entered by the Cour; and

8 WHREAS, the cour has reviewed the terms and conditions ofthis Protective Order

9 submitted by the paries,

10 IT is HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

11 1. TIs Protective Order shall govern all documents, the information contained

12 therein, and all other inormation produced or disclosed durg this litigation whether revealed in

13 a document, deposition, other testiony, discovery response or otherwise, by any pary in ths

14 proceeding (the "supplying party") to any other par (the "receiving pary"), when same is . .

15 designated in accordance with the procedures set fort herein. This Protective Order is bindig

16 upon'the pares including their respective corporate parents, subsidianes and affliates and their

17 respective attorneys, agents, representatives offcers and employees and others as set fort in ths

18 Protective Order.

19 2. Any supplying par shall have the nght to identify and designate as

20 "Confdential" or "Highly Confdential" any document or other matenals it produces or provides

21 (whether pursuant to cour order, notice or subpoena or by agreement), or any testimony given 

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22 this litigation, which testimony or discovery matenal is believed in good faith by that supplyig

23 par to constitute, reflect or disclose its confdential and propnetar information, as those terms

24 are understood under Rule 26(c)(7) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ("Designated

25 Matenal").

26 3. "ConfdentiaI Inormation" as used herein mean any Designated Matenal that is

27 designated pursuant to ths Protective Order as "Confdential" by the supplying par, whether it

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1 is a document, inormation contained in a document, information revealed dunng a deposition or

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revealed. In designatig matenal as "Confdential," the supplyig par will mae such

designation only as to that matenal that it in good faith believes to be entitled to confdential

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. 4. Specìñc docuIents and interrogatory anwers produced by a supplyig par

shall, if appropnate, be designated as "Confdential" by markig the fist page of the document

and each subsequent page thereof contaig Confdential hiformation with the legend:

CONFENTIA

5. Infonnation disclosed at a deposition taken in connection with tils proceeding

may be designated as "Confdential" as follows:

(a) A supplyig pary (or its counel) may designate testiony, given by it or

its present or former employee(s), officer(s), director(s), parer(s), representative(s), or

any expert(s), as "Confdential" on the record dunng the takg of the deposition, in

which case the stenographic employee or cour reporter recordig or transcnbing such

testimony shall be directed to bind any transcnpt page(s) containg Confdential

Information separately and apar from any transcnpt page(s) contaig no such

Confdential inorratiàri; or

(b) . A supplying par (or its counsel) may notify all other paries in wnting,

with twenty (20) calendar days of receipt of the transcnpt ofa deposition, given by itor

its present or former employee(s), its offcer(s), director(s), parer(s), representative(s),

or any expert(s), of specific pages and lines ofthe transcnptwhich are designated as

"Confidential," whereupon each par shall attach a copy of such wntten designation to

the face of the transcnpt and each copy thereof in that par's possession, custody or

control. To faciltate the designation of Confdential Inormation, all transcnpts of

depositions shall be treated, in their entiety, as Confdential Inormation for a penod of

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twenty (20) calendar days following delivery by the cour reporter of certfied transcnpts

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6. All "Confdential Inormation" produced or exchanged in the course öfths .

litigation shall be held in confdence by each person to whom it is disclosed, and that person

shall use the "Confdential Information" for the puroses of ths litigation only.

7. Except with the pnor wntten consent of the other paries, or upon pnor order of

this Cour obtained upon notice to opposing counsel, "Confdential Inormation" shall not be

disclosed to any person other than:

(a) cOUÌst:l for th~ respective pares to this litigation, including in-house counsel and.

co-counsel retained for this litigation;

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(c)

employees of such counsel;

individual paries, and any officer or employee of a pary, to the extent deemed

necessary by counel for the prosecution or defense of this litigation. Each individual receiving

"Confdential Inonnation"sha11 execute a copy ofthe Certcation anexed to this Order which

shall be retained by counsel to the pary so disclosing the "Confdential Inormation."

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(d) consultants or expert witnesses retained for the prosecution or defense ofthis

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litigation, provided that the disclosure of "Confdential Information" shall be proceeded by the

signg ofthe Certificåtion anexed to this Order as Exhbit A and which shall be retained by

counsel to the par so disclosing the "Confdential Inonnation" and made available for

inspection by opposing counsel durg the pendency or after the termation of the action only

upon good cause shown and upon order ofthe Cour before being shown or given any 21

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"Confdential InoInation";

any aut~ors or recipients ofthe "Confidential Information";

the Cour, Cour personnel, and cour reporters; and

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(g) witnesses (other than persons descnbed in paragraph 7(e)). A witness shall sign

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par who designated the "Confdential Inormation" is represented or has been given notice that

"Confdential Inormation" produced by the par may be used. At the request of any par, the

porton of the deposition trancript involving the "Confdential Information" shal be designated

"Conßdential" pursuant to p~agraph 5 above. Witnesses shown "Confdential Inormation"

shall not be allowed to retaiI copies.

8. .. It is.possible.tliat there may be certain disçrete categories of extremely sensitive

confdential andlorpropneta information, the disclosure of which, even if limited to the

persons listed in paragraph 7 above, may compromise æidlor jeopardize the supplyig par's

business interests ("Highly.:Confidential Informaton") such that the supplyig par may deem

such Highy-Confdential Inormation to requie greater litations' on disclosure than are set

forth in paragraph 7 above. Either par may designate as ''Hghy Confdential" the followig

inormation: (i) strategic plang documents concenùng the supplyig par's international

business; (ii) agreements with thid pares in which the supplyig par is bound by a

nondisclosure or other similar confdentiality agreement, includig any documents related to

such agreements; (üi) non-public fiancial documents related to sales and performance'; and (iv)

board miutes. The.suppli..g pary may designate Highy~Confdential Inormation by markig

the fist page ofthe document or interrogatory answer and each subsequent page thereof

containig Highly-:Contide;ntial Inormation with the legend:

HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL

9. If either par believes that inormation not fallig with the four categones set

forth above in paragraph 8'nevertheless constitutes Highly Confdential Inormation, it shall

provisionally produce the inormation to the opposinE counsel. Ifthe opposing counsel agrees

that the inormation is highy confdential, the supplying par may produce copies of the

document or documents designated as such. If, after conferrng with the supplyig pary in good

faith, opposing counsel disagrees that the information is highy confdential, the supplyig par

may seek relief from the Cour in the form of a motion for protective order as to the inormation .

in question to be fied withi ten days of receiving notice from the opposing counsel that it

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1 would not agree to the highly confdential designation. If no such relief is sought with ten

2 days, the information shall be treated as "Confdential" as provided herein. Between the time of

3 fiing and the tie of disposition of any such motion, the inormation shall be treated as Highly

4 Confdential Inormation.

5 , 10. All the proVisions set forth above applicable to Confdential Inormation shall

6 apply equally to Highly-Confidential Information, except that disclosure of Highly-Confidential

7 Information by the receiving pary shall be limted to the following persons:

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outside coi.sel for the respective paries to this litigation;

employees of such outside counsel;

consultants or expert v.tnesses retained for the prosecution or defense of this

11 litigation, provided that the disclosure of ''Highly-Confdential Information" shall be proceeded

12 by the signg ofthe Certification anexed to ths Order as Exhibit A and shall occur only 

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13 disclosue by email or facsimile to the opposing par the identity of such person two (2)

14 business days in advance to afford such opposing par the opportty to seek relief if it

15 believes any to be appropnate; if such par objects with such tie frame, it shall, with five

16 (5) calendar days seek such relief, pending which no disclosure shall occur;

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anyaiithôrs' or reCipients 6fthe "Highly-Confidential Information"; and

the Cour, Cour personnel, and cour reporters.

For applications and motions to the Cour on which a pary submits

20 "Confdential" or "Highly Confdential" Inormation, all documents and chamber copies

21 containg "Confdential" or "Highy Confdential" Information which are submitted to the

22 Cour shall be fied with the Cour in sealed envelopes or other appropnate sealed contaiers.

23 On the outside of the envelopes, a copy of the first page of the document shall be attached. If

24 "Confidential" or ''Highly Confdential" Inormation is included in the fist page attached to the

25 outside of the envelopes, it may be deleted from the outside copy. The word

26 "CONFIDENTIA" shall be stamped on the envelope and a statement substantially in the

27 following form shall also be pnnted on the envelope:

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This envelope is sealed pursuant to Order of the Court, contains Confidential

Information arid is'not to be opened or the contents revealed, except by

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discovery matenals produced by a non-pary by providing wntten notice to all pares ofthe

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relevant document numbers or other identification withi th (30) days after receiving such

documents or discovery matenals. Any par or non-pary may voluntanly disclose to others

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without restrction any inormation designated by that par or non-par as confidential or

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Highy Confdential although a document may lose its confdential status ifit is made public.

13. If a part contends that any matenal is not entitled to confdential treatment, such

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The pary or non-p'ary who deSignated the matenal shall have twenty-five (25) days from the

receipt of such WItten notice to apply to the Cour for an order designating the matenal as

confidentiaL. The p'ar or non-pary seekig to uphold or to support any confdentiality

designation that is challenged shall have the burden of establishing that the document or matenal

is entitled to protection.

14. Notwithstandig any challenge to the designation ofmatenal as "Confdeiitial" or

"Highly Confdential" Inormation, all documents designated as such shall be treated as such and

shall be subject to the provisÍons hereofuness and until one of the following occurs:

(a) the pary or non-par who claims that the matenal is "Confdential" or "Highy

Confdential" Inormation withdraws such designation in wnting; or

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Confdential" Inormation fails to apply to the Cour for an order designating the matenal

confdential within the time penod specified above after receipt of a wntten challenge to such

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Inormation.

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1 "Confdential" or "Highly Confdential" Inormation shall continue to be binding afer the

2 conclusion of this action, uness otherwise agreed or ordered. Upon conclusion of the litigation,

3 a par in the possession of "Confdential" or "Highy Confdential" Inormation, other than that

4 which is contaied in pleadigs, correspondence, and deposition transcnpts, shall either (a)

5 retu such documeilts l101atòrthan thrt (30) days afer conclusion of ths action to counel for

6 the par or non-pary who provided such information, or (b) destroy such doc~ents withi the

7 time penod upon consent of the par who provided the information and certfy in wnting with

8 th (30) days that the documents have been destroyed.

9 16. The terms of this Order do not preclude, lit, resmct, or otherwse apply to the

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11 17. Nothg herein shall be deemed to waive any applicable pnvilege or work product

12 . protection, or to affect the abilty of a pary to seek relief for an inadvertent disclosure of matenal

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1 18. Any witness or other person, firm or entity from which discovery is sought may

2 be inormed of and may obtain the protection of this Order by wntten advice to the pares'

3 respective counselor by oral advice at the tie of any deposition or simlar proceedig.

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Dated: November '1,2006

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Respectfuly submitted,

KEKER & V AN NET, LLP

By:

ROSE DARING o. 243893)

. Attorneys for Defendants

GAP INERNATIONAL SALES, INC., THE

GAP, INC., BANANA REPUBLIC, LLC, and

OLD NAVY, LLC

ROBERT T. CRUZEN (No. 3658)

Email: mglick(fowardnce.com ~;;~

ROBERT T. CRUZEN (No. 203658)

Email: rcruzen~howardnce.com

SHAUDY DANAYE-ELMI (No. 242083)

HOWAR RICE NEMEROVSKI CANADY

F ALK & RAKI

A Professional Corporation

Three Embarcadero Center, 7th Floor

San Francisco, Californa 9411 i -4024

Telephone: 415/434-1600

Facsimile: 415/217-5910

~~K. LITCHFORD (pro hac vice)

G. STEVEN FENDER (pro hac vice)

LITCHFORD & CHRSTOPHER

Professional Association

Ban of Amenca Center

390 North Orange Avenue

Post Office Box 1549

Orlando, Flonda 32802-1549

Telephone: 407/422-6600

Facsimle: 407/841-0325

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

GABANA GULF DISTRIUTION, LTD., and

GABANA DISTRIUTION, LTD,

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THE FOREGOING STIPULATION is APPROVED AN is SO ORDERED,

Chales R. Breyer

UlÙted States Distnct Judge

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Provided that all requests to file materials under seal comply with Local Rule

79-5. CRB

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

AS MODIFIED

Judge Charles R. Breyer

November 28, 2006

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CERTIFICATION

3 I hereby aclmowledge that on I read the Protective Order

4 filed in the above-captioned action, and that I understand the terms thereof and agree to be bound

5 thereby. I fuher agree to submit to the junsdiction of the Cour and understand that the Cour

6 may impose sanctions for any violation ofthe Protective Order.

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