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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 28:2201 Declaratory Judgement

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Robert T. Haslam (State Bar No. 71134) 

Peter E. Gratzinger (State Bar No. 228764) 

HELLER EHRMAN LLP 

275 Middlefield Road 

Menlo Park, CA 94025-3506 

Telephone: (650) 324-7000 

Facsimile: (650) 324-0638 

Robert.Haslam@hellerehrman.com

Peter.Gratzinger@hellerehrman.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counterclaim Defendant 

AZUL SYSTEMS, INC. 

Henry C. Bunsow (State Bar No. 60707) 

Benjamin K. Riley (State Bar No. 112007) 

HOWREY LLP 

525 Market Street, Suite 3600 

San Francisco, CA 94105-2708 

Telephone: (415) 848-4900 

Facsimile: (415) 848-4999 

BunsowH@Howrey.com

RileyB@Howrey.com

Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaim Plaintiff 

SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 

Additional counsel on next page 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

AZUL SYSTEMS, INC., 

 Plaintiff and Counterclaim Defendant,

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SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC., 

 Defendant and Counterclaim Plaintiff.

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JURY TRIAL DEMANDED 

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Alan H. Blankenheimer (State Bar No. 218713) 

HELLER EHRMAN LLP 

4350 La Jolla Village Drive, Suite 700 

San Diego, CA 92122-1246 

Telephone: (858) 450-8400 

Facsimile: ((858) 450-8499 

Alan.Blankenheimer@hellerehrman.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counterclaim Defendant 

AZUL SYSTEMS, INC. 

Thomas M. Dunham (pro hac vice) 

Nelson M. Kee (pro hac vice) 

HOWREY LLP 

1299 Pennsylvania Ave, N.W. 

Washington, DC 20004 

Telephone: (202) 783-0800 

Facsimile: (202) 383-6610 

DunhamT@Howrey.com

KeeN@Howrey.com

Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaim Plaintiff 

SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 

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 It is stipulated and agreed by and between counsel for Sun Microsystems, Inc. (“Sun”) 

and Azul Systems, Inc. (“Azul”) that the terms and conditions of this Protective Order shall 

govern the handling of documents, depositions, pleadings, exhibits and all other information 

exchanged by the parties in this Action, or provided by or obtained from non-parties in this 

Action. 

SCOPE

1. This Protective Order shall apply to all documents, depositions, pleadings, 

exhibits and all other material or information subject to discovery in this Action, including 

responses to requests for production of documents, answers to interrogatories, responses to 

requests for admissions, deposition testimony, expert testimony and reports, and all other 

discovery taken pursuant to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, as well as testimony adduced at 

trial, trial exhibits, matters in evidence and any other information used or disclosed at trial, 

hereafter furnished, directly or indirectly, by or on behalf of any party, non-party or witness in 

connection with this Action (“Discovery Material”). 

2. As used herein, “Producing Party” shall refer to any party to this Action and to 

any non-party who gives testimony or produces documents or other information, and “Receiving 

Party” shall refer to any individual who receives, is shown, or is exposed to material or 

information pursuant to this Protective Order. 

DESIGNATION 

3. Any Producing Party may designate Discovery Material as “CONFIDENTIAL” or 

“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL” in accordance with this Protective Order. The burden of

establishing that Discovery Material is CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL as 

defined herein shall be on the Producing Party. The designation of any Discovery Information as 

CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL shall be deemed effective unless and until the 

Court orders otherwise or the Producing Party withdraws the designation. 

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4. Discovery Material falling into one or more of the following categories may be 

designated as CONFIDENTIAL: (i) proprietary research, development and/or technical 

information that is not publicly available and that is not expressly contained in public 

information; (ii) unpublished patent applications and patent prosecution documents that are not

available upon request from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office or any other patent office; and 

(iii) sensitive financial, business or commercial information that is not publicly available and that 

is not expressly contained in public information. 

5. Discovery Material that is CONFIDENTIAL may be designated as HIGHLY

CONFIDENTIAL when it is highly proprietary or highly sensitive and disclosure could harm the 

competitive interests of the producing party. 

6. The Producing Party may designate documents or other tangible Discovery 

Material as CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL by placing one of the following 

legends or a similar legend on the document or thing: CONFIDENTIAL – Civil Action No. C 

06-01988 (CRB) or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – Civil Action No. C 06-01988 (CRB); 

provided, however, that in the event that original documents are produced for inspection, the 

Producing Party shall place the appropriate legend on the documents in the copying process. 

Where particular Discovery Material contains both CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL and non-confidential information, only the CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL information is subject to the limitations on disclosure set forth in this 

Protective Order. 

7. Any party or non-party may designate discovery requests or responses (and the 

information contained therein) as CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL by placing 

one of the following legends on the face of any such document: 

“Contains CONFIDENTIAL information. Designated parts not to be used, copied or 

disclosed except as authorized by Court Order or the party or parties whose 

CONFIDENTIAL information is included.” or 

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“Contains HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL information. Designated parts not to be used, 

copied or disclosed except as authorized by Court Order or the party or parties whose 

HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL information is included.” 

In the case of discovery requests or responses, a statement may also be included within the 

document specifying the portion(s) thereof designated as CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL. 

8. Any party or non-party may designate depositions and other testimony (including 

exhibits) as CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL by indicating on the record at the 

time the testimony is given that the entire testimony or portions thereof shall be designated as 

CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL. One of the following legends shall be placed 

on the front of any deposition transcript (and, if videotaped, any copies of the videotape) 

containing CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL information: 

“Contains CONFIDENTIAL information. Designated parts not to be used, copied or 

disclosed except as authorized by Court Order or the party or parties whose 

CONFIDENTIAL information is included.” or 

“Contains HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL information. Designated parts not to be used, 

copied or disclosed except as authorized by Court Order or the party or parties whose 

HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL information is included.” 

9. Without written permission from the Producing Party or a court order secured 

after appropriate notice to all interested persons, a Party may not file in the public record in this 

action any CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL material. A Party that seeks to file 

under seal any CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL material must comply with 

Civil Local Rule 79-5. 

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10. Discovery Material designated CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL 

shall be used only in preparation for and trial of this Action or any appeal therefrom, and cannot

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be used for any other purpose including, but not limited to, any other litigation, arbitration or 

claim. Nothing in this Protective Order shall preclude a Producing Party from using or 

disseminating its own CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL material. 

11. All material designated CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL shall be 

protected from disclosure as specified herein, unless a party obtains an Order of the Court 

declaring that all or certain portions of such Discovery Material are not, in fact, protected. 

12. Third parties may (i) designate deposition transcripts of their witnesses and any 

documents or information they produce, whether voluntarily or by subpoena, CONFIDENTIAL 

or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL to the same extent and in the same manner as parties to this 

Action and any such materials and information shall be treated by the parties to this Action in the 

same manner as materials and information so designated by a party, and (ii) intervene in this 

Action to enforce the provisions of this Protective Order as if they were a party. 

DISCLOSURE 

13. Unless otherwise directed by the Court or authorized in writing by the Producing 

Party, no person involved in Patent Prosecution, including without limitation the inventor(s) of

any pending or issued patent or patent application described in this Paragraph 13, shall be 

provided access to any CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL Discovery Material of 

the other party or to any information directly derived from CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL Discovery Material of the other party and shall be excluded from Paragraphs 

14 and 15 below. In addition, any person who has been provided access to any CONFIDENTIAL 

or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL Discovery Material of the other party or to any information 

directly derived from CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL Discovery Material of 

the other party shall not thereafter (for a period of one year after the conclusion of this Action) 

participate in Patent Prosecution. For purposes of this Protective Order, Patent Prosecution shall 

be defined as preparing, drafting, reviewing, filing, responding to office actions for, signing oaths 

or declarations for, or prosecuting patent applications or patents, with respect to any patent 

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claiming (in whole or in part) the subject matter of: (a) the patents asserted in this Action; and (b) 

any patents or patent applications that are related to the patents asserted in this Action (e.g., 

parents, grand-parents, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisionals, foreign counterparts, 

reissues, or re-examinations). 

14. Unless otherwise directed by the Court or authorized in writing by the Producing 

Party, Discovery Material designated as CONFIDENTIAL may be disclosed by the Receiving 

Party only to the following persons: 

(a) any “outside” attorney of record in this Action (including attorneys 

employed by firms of record but not otherwise identified specifically on pleadings);

(b) up to six in-house attorneys representing a party to this Action; 

(c) support personnel for attorneys listed in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) above, 

including law clerks, analysts, paralegals, secretaries, and staff employed by any attorney 

identified in sub-paragraphs (a) or (b) and assisting in connection with this Action; 

(d) up to three employees of a party to this Action who have been identified to 

the Producing Party and who have a need to know such CONFIDENTIAL information because 

they may influence decisions of the party concerning the Action; 

(e) any outside expert or consultant who is expressly retained or sought to be 

retained by any attorney described in sub-paragraphs (a) or (b) to assist in the preparation of this 

Action for trial, with disclosure only to the extent necessary to perform such work; 

(f) no more than ten officers of Director or higher level of each Receiving 

Party, provided that they receive only derived summaries of CONFIDENTIAL Discovery 

Material for the sole and exclusive purpose of evaluating litigation strategy;

(g) any interpreter, or court or other shorthand reporter or typist translating, 

recording or transcribing testimony; 

(h) service contractors (such as document copy services), jury consultants and 

graphic artists; 

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(i) any person who authored and/or was an identified original recipient of the 

particular CONFIDENTIAL material sought to be disclosed to that person, or any deponent when 

the examining attorney has a good faith basis to believe the deponent is aware of the particular 

CONFIDENTIAL material sought to be disclosed; 

(j) personnel of the Court and all appropriate courts of appellate jurisdiction; 

and 

(k) any other person agreed to by the Producing Party in writing. 

CONFIDENTIAL material shall not be disclosed to persons described in paragraphs 14(d), (e) or 

(k) unless and until such person has executed the affidavit in the form attached as Exhibit A. 

CONFIDENTIAL material shall not be disclosed to any person unless such person is authorized 

to receive CONFIDENTIAL material pursuant to Paragraphs 13 and 14 of this Protective Order. 

15. Unless otherwise directed by the Court or authorized in writing by the Producing 

Party, Discovery Material designated as HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL may be disclosed by the 

Receiving Party only to the following persons: 

(a) any “outside” attorney of record in this Action (including attorneys 

employed by firms of record but not otherwise identified specifically on pleadings);

(b) support personnel for attorneys listed in sub-paragraph (a) above, 

including law clerks, analysts, paralegals, secretaries, and staff employed by any attorney 

identified in sub-paragraph (a) and assisting in connection with this Action; 

(c) any outside expert or consultant who is expressly retained or sought to be 

retained by any attorney described in sub-paragraph (a) to assist in the preparation of this Action 

for trial, with disclosure only to the extent necessary to perform such work; 

(d) no more than ten officers of Director or higher level of each Receiving 

Party, provided that they receive only derived summaries of HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL 

Discovery Material for the sole and exclusive purpose of evaluating litigation strategy;

(e) any interpreter, or court or other shorthand reporter or typist translating, 

recording or transcribing testimony; 

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(f) service contractors (such as document copy services), jury consultants and 

graphic artists; 

(g) any person who authored and/or was an identified original recipient of the 

particular HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL material sought to be disclosed to that person, or any 

deponent when the examining attorney has a good faith basis to believe the deponent is aware of

the particular HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL material sought to be disclosed; 

(h) personnel of the Court and all appropriate courts of appellate jurisdiction; 

and 

(i) any other person agreed to by the Producing Party in writing. 

HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL material shall not be disclosed to persons described in paragraphs 

15(c) or (i) unless and until such person has executed the affidavit in the form attached as Exhibit 

A. HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL material shall not be disclosed to any person unless such person 

is authorized to receive HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL material pursuant to Paragraphs 13 and 15 of 

this Protective Order. 

16. At least seven (7) days before the disclosure of any CONFIDENTIAL or 

HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL material of the Producing Party is made to an individual described 

above in Paragraph 14, sub-paragraphs (e) or (k) or Paragraph 15, sub-paragraphs (c) or (i), an 

attorney for the Receiving Party shall serve a Notice on the Producing Party identifying said 

individual by name and including a curriculum vitae or equivalent resume setting forth such 

person’s present residence and business address(es), current employer and job title, any company 

or companies by which that individual was employed during the past five (5) years, and a list of 

all consulting agreements or arrangements that said individual may have entered into during the 

past five (5) years. The list should disclose the name and address of each such entity for which 

consulting work is being, or has been, performed, and the subject matter of that consulting work. 

If disclosure of either the identity of the entity for which the work is being performed or the 

subject matter of that work, or both, is deemed proprietary by the Receiving Party, then the fact 

that certain information is being withheld on the basis that it is proprietary shall be disclosed by 

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the Receiving Party, and any such information that is not deemed proprietary shall be disclosed. 

Such notice shall be accompanied by an executed acknowledgement from the individual to whom 

the disclosure is to be made, in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto. In the event that said 

individual enters into any subsequent consulting agreements or arrangements, the Receiving 

Party shall promptly notify the Producing Party of such agreements or arrangements. The 

Producing Party shall state any objections to the proposed disclosure of CONFIDENTIAL or 

HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL information to any individual described in Paragraph 14, 

sub-paragraphs (e) or (k) or Paragraph 15, sub-paragraphs (c) or (i), and state the reasons 

therefore in writing to the Receiving Party within seven (7) days of receipt of the Notice. Upon 

the making of any such objection(s), the Producing Party shall have ten (10) days (or any 

additional time which may be granted by the Court or agreed to by stipulation of the parties) from 

sending its objection(s) in which to challenge, by filing an expedited motion, the disclosure of 

CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL information. Unless the Producing Party 

objects to the disclosure and files an expedited motion in accordance with the Notice and timing 

provisions of this Paragraph 16 and Paragraph 30, the Producing Party waives its right to 

challenge the disclosure of CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL information to the 

identified individual(s), and the individual identified in the Notice shall be considered a qualified 

recipient of CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL material under the terms of this 

Protective Order. Should the Producing Party properly object and file its expedited motion, 

CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL material will not be disclosed pending 

resolution of the expedited motion. 

17. The recipient of any CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL material

that is provided under this Protective Order shall maintain such information in a secure and safe 

area and shall exercise the same standard of due and proper care with respect to the storage, 

custody, use and/or dissemination of such information as is exercised by the recipient with 

respect to its own proprietary information. 

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EXEMPTED MATERIALS 

18. None of the provisions of this Protective Order shall apply to the following 

categories of documents and information, and any party may seek to remove the restrictions set 

forth herein on the ground that information designated as CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL has/had been: 

(a) available to the public at the time of its production hereunder; 

(b) available to the public after the time of its production through no act, or 

failure to act, on behalf of the Receiving Party, its counsel, representatives or experts; 

(c) known to such Receiving Party, or shown to have been independently 

developed by such Receiving Party, prior to its production herein without use or benefit of the 

information; 

(d) obtained outside of this Action by such Receiving Party from the 

Producing Party without having been designated as CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL; provided, however, that this provision does not negate any pre-existing 

obligation of confidentiality; 

(e) obtained by such Receiving Party after the time of disclosure hereunder 

from a third party having the right to disclose the same; or 

(f) previously produced, disclosed and/or provided by the Producing Party to 

the Receiving Party or any third party without an obligation of confidentiality. 

The Receiving Party shall have the burden of proof to remove the restrictions set forth herein 

based on grounds (a)-(f). 

19. None of the provisions of this Protective Order shall apply to the following 

categories of documents and information, and any party may seek to remove the restrictions set 

forth herein on the ground that: 

(a) information designated CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL 

does not fall within the definition of “CONFIDENTIAL” set forth in Paragraph 4 above or

“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL” set forth in Paragraph 5 above. 

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The Producing Party shall have the burden of proof of establishing that Discovery Material 

challenged under this Paragraph 19 constitutes CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL 

Discovery Material as defined in Paragraph 4 or 5. 

INADVERTENT PRODUCTION/DESIGNATION 

20. The inadvertent production of documents subject to the attorney-client privilege 

or the attorney work-product doctrine will not waive the attorney-client privilege or the attorney 

work-product doctrine. In addition, the fact that a document was inadvertently produced shall 

not be used in any manner as evidence in support of any such alleged waiver. Upon a request 

from a party that has inadvertently produced any document which it believes may be subject to 

the attorney-client privilege or attorney work-product doctrine, each party receiving said 

document shall return it and all copies within three (3) business days to the Producing Party. 

Nothing herein shall prevent the Receiving Party from preparing a record for its own use 

containing the date, author, address(es), and topic of the document and such other information as 

is reasonably necessary to identify the document and describe its nature to the Court in any 

motion to compel production of the document. Such a record of the identity and nature of a 

document may not be used for any purpose other than preparation of a motion to compel in this 

Action. After the return of the document(s), the Receiving Party may challenge the Producing 

Party’s claim(s) of privilege or work-product by making a motion to the Court. 

21. The inadvertent failure by a party to designate Discovery Material as 

CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL shall not be a waiver of such designation 

provided that the party who fails to make such designation informs the Receiving Party that such 

Discovery Material is CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL within seven (7) days 

from when the failure to designate first became known to the Producing Party. The party

receiving Discovery Material that the Producing Party inadvertently failed to designate as 

CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL shall not be in breach of this Order for any use 

made of such Discovery Material before the Receiving Party is informed of the inadvertent 

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failure to designate. Once the Receiving Party has been informed of the inadvertent failure to 

designate pursuant to this Paragraph 21, the Receiving Party shall take reasonable steps to, at the 

Producing Party’s option, either ensure that all copies of any such Discovery Materials are 

returned promptly to the Producing Party or ensure that all copies of any such Discovery 

Materials are marked with the proper designation and distributed only as permitted under 

Paragraphs 13 through 16 of this Protective Order. If data or information has been extracted 

from any Discovery Materials that are subsequently re-designated pursuant to this Paragraph 21, 

to the extent possible, the information and/or data will be expunged and not used. 

22. In the event of disclosure of Discovery Material designated CONFIDENTIAL or 

HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL to any person not authorized to such access under this Protective 

Order, the party responsible for having made such disclosure, and each party with knowledge 

thereof, shall immediately inform counsel for the party whose Discovery Material has been 

disclosed of all known relevant information concerning the nature and circumstances of the

disclosure. The party responsible for improperly disclosing such Discovery Material shall also 

promptly take all reasonable measures to retrieve the improperly disclosed Discovery Material 

and to ensure that no further or greater unauthorized disclosure and/or use thereof is made.

USE IN COURTROOM PROCEEDINGS

23. In the event that any CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL material is 

to be used in any court proceeding, the Producing Party may seek an appropriate protective order 

from the Court before its introduction, and in any event, it shall not lose its confidential status 

through such use, and the parties shall take all steps reasonably required to protect its

confidentiality during such use. 

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OBJECTION TO DESIGNATIONS 

24. Any party may object to the designation by the Producing Party of any material as 

CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL. The process for making such an objection and 

for resolving the dispute shall be as follows: 

a. The objecting party shall notify the Producing Party in writing as to its 

objection(s) to the designations. This notice shall include, at a minimum, a 

specific identification of the designated material objected to as well as the

reason(s) for the objection. 

b. The objecting party shall thereafter have the burden of conferring either in 

person or by telephone with the Producing Party claiming protection (as well as 

any other interested party) in a good faith effort to resolve the dispute. 

c. Failing agreement, the objecting party may bring a noticed motion to the 

Court for a ruling that the Discovery Material sought to be protected is not entitled 

to such designation. The Producing Party bears the burden to establish that the 

Discovery Material is CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL and 

entitled to such protection under this Protective Order.

Notwithstanding any such challenge to the designation of material as CONFIDENTIAL or 

HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL, all such material so designated shall be treated as such and shall be 

subject to the provisions of this Protective Order until one of the following occurs: (a) the party 

who designated the material as CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL withdraws such 

designation in writing, or (b) the Court rules that the designation is not proper and that the 

designation be removed. 

RETURN/DESTRUCTION OF MATERIALS 

25. Not later than thirty (30) days after the Termination of this Action (defined 

below), all CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL material, including all copies and 

derivative works thereof, shall be returned to the Producing Party or, with advance written 

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consent of the Producing Party, destroyed, except that each parties’ outside counsel may maintain 

one copy of pleadings for archival purposes. The party receiving any CONFIDENTIAL or 

HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL material shall certify in writing that all such material, including 

CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL material disclosed hereunder, has been 

returned or destroyed. 

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 

26. This stipulated Protective Order is without prejudice to the right of any party to 

seek further or additional protection of information for which the protection of this order is not 

believed by such party to be adequate. Nothing in this Protective Order shall be deemed to bar or 

preclude any Producing Party from seeking such additional protection, including, without 

limitation, an order that certain information may not be discovered at all. 

27. The entry of this Protective Order shall not be construed as a waiver of any right 

to object to the furnishing of information in response to discovery and, except as expressly

provided, shall not relieve any party of the obligation of producing information in the course of 

discovery. 

28. If at any time CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL material is

subpoenaed by any court, arbitral, administrative or legislative body, the person to whom the 

subpoena or other request is directed shall immediately give written notice thereof to counsel for 

every party who has produced such CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL material 

and shall provide each such party with an opportunity to object to the production of 

CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL materials. If the Producing Party does not 

move for a protective order within ten (10) days of the date written notice is given, the party to 

whom the referenced subpoena is directed may produce, on or after the date set for production in 

the subpoena but not prior to the end of the ten (10) day notice period, such material in response 

thereto. 

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29. Counsel for any party to this Protective Order shall have the right to exclude from 

depositions, other than the deponent and the reporter, any person who is not authorized under this 

Protective Order to receive materials or information designated as CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL. Such right of exclusion shall be applicable only during periods of 

examination or testimony directed to CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL material. 

30. All notices required by any paragraphs of this Protective Order are to be made by 

facsimile and/or Email to counsel representing the noticed party. The date by which a party 

receiving notice shall respond or otherwise take action shall be computed from the date of receipt 

of the notice. Any of the notice requirements herein may be waived in whole or in part, but only 

in a writing signed by an attorney for the Producing Party. All specified time periods are in 

calendar days. 

31. Nothing in this Protective Order shall bar or otherwise restrict counsel from 

rendering advice to his or her client with respect to this Action and, in the course thereof, relying 

in a general way upon his or her examination of CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL material produced or exchanged in this Action; provided, however, that in 

rendering such advice and in otherwise communicating with his or her client, the attorney shall 

not disclose the contents of CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL material produced 

by any other party or non-party. 

32. Execution of this Protective Order shall not constitute a waiver of the right of any 

party to claim in this Action or otherwise that any documents, or any portion thereof, are 

privileged or otherwise non-discoverable, or are not admissible in evidence in this Action or any 

other proceeding. 

33. All persons receiving CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL materials 

are enjoined from producing them to any other persons, except in conformance with this 

Protective Order. Each individual who receives CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL material agrees to subject himself/herself to the jurisdiction of this Court for 

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the purpose of any proceedings relating to the performance under, compliance with or violation 

of this Protective Order. 

34. For purposes of this Protective Order, “Termination of this Action” is defined to 

mean the exhaustion of all appeals from orders and final judgments in this Action or the 

settlement of this action by the parties. 

35. The parties agree that the terms of this Protective Order shall survive and remain 

in effect after the Termination of this Action. The Court shall retain jurisdiction to hear disputes 

arising out of this Protective Order. 

36. Any party may move at any time to modify the terms of this Protective Order. A 

party seeking to modify this Protective Order shall request only the minimum modification as is 

reasonably necessary to address the grounds upon which its motion to modify is based. 

37. Any headings used in this Protective Order are for reference purpose only and are 

not to be used to construe or limit the meaning of any provision. 

38. This Protective Order may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of 

which, upon completed execution thereof by all parties, collectively shall be deemed to constitute 

one original. 

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PLAINTIFF and COUNTERCLAIM DEFENDANT 

Azul Systems, Inc. 

By /s/ Robert T. Haslam__________________ 

 Robert T. Haslam (State Bar No. 71134) 

 Peter E. Gratzinger (State Bar No. 228764) 

 Alan H. Blankenheimer (State Bar No. 218713) 

 HELLER EHRMAN LLP 

DEFENDANT and COUNTERCLAIM PLAINTIFF 

Sun Microsystems, Inc. 

By__/s/ Henry C. Bunsow _______________ 

 Henry C. Bunsow (State Bar No. 60707) 

 Benjamin K. Riley (State Bar No. 112007) 

 Thomas M. Dunham (pro hac vice) 

 Nelson M. Kee (pro hac vice) 

 HOWREY LLP 

SO ORDERED 

Dated________________, 2006 _________________________________ 

 Hon. Charles R. Breyer 

 United States District Court Chief Judge 

, subject to the parties' compliance with Local Rule 79-5. CRB September 29

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Charles R. Breyer

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EXHIBIT A 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

AZUL SYSTEMS, INC., 

 Plaintiff and Counterclaim Defendant,

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SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC., 

 Defendant and Counterclaim Plaintiff.

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JURY TRIAL DEMANDED 

AGREEMENT CONCERNING INFORMATION 

COVERED BY THE STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

I certify that I have read and am fully familiar with the terms of the stipulated Protective 

Order entered on _______________, 2006 in the above-captioned litigation and agree to be 

bound by its terms. Specifically, I will not disclose or permit the unauthorized viewing or 

disclosure of CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL material, as set forth in said 

stipulated Protective Order, or the information contained therein. 

I hereby submit to the jurisdiction of the Court for the purpose of ensuring compliance 

with this stipulated Protective Order. 

 

Date Signature 

 

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Address 

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