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Nature of Suit Code: 820
Nature of Suit: Copyright
Cause of Action: 15:1114 Trademark Infringement

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PROTECTIVE ORDER 

 

Gordon & Rees LLP 

101 West Broadway, Suite 2000 

San Diego, CA 92101

 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

CASE NO. 09-cv-2246 DMS (BLM)

PROTECTIVE ORDER 

JUDGE: 

Hon. Dana M. Sabraw 

MAGISTRATE 

JUDGE: 

Hon. Barbara Lynn Major 

LANARD TOYS LIMITED, a Hong Kong 

corporation, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

PRIME TIME TOYS LIMITED, a Hong Kong 

corporation; PRIME TOYS LLC, a New Jersey 

limited liability company; DISCOVERY 

COMMUNICATIONS, INC., a Delaware 

corporation; and DOES 1-10, inclusive, 

Defendants. 

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

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

normally kept confidential by the parties. The parties have agreed to be bound by the terms of 

this Protective Order (“Order”) in this action. 

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

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

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

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PROTECTIVE ORDER 

 

Gordon & Rees LLP 

101 West Broadway, Suite 2000 

San Diego, CA 92101

purpose of this Order is to protect the confidentiality of such materials as much as practical 

during the litigation. THEREFORE: 

DEFINITIONS

 1. The term “Confidential Information” will mean and include information 

contained or disclosed in any materials, including documents, portions of documents, answers to 

interroga-tories, responses to requests for admissions, trial testimony, deposition testimony, and 

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

derived therefrom that is deemed to be Confidential Information by any party to which it 

belongs. 

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

correspondence memoranda; bulletins; blueprints; specifications; customer lists or other material 

that identify customers or potential customers; price lists or schedules or other matter identifying 

pricing; minutes; telegrams; letters; statements; cancelled checks; contracts; invoices; drafts; 

books of account; worksheets; notes of conversations; desk diaries; appointment books; expense 

accounts; recordings; photographs; motion pictures; compilations from which information can be 

obtained and translated into reasonably usable form through detection devices; sketches; 

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

other writings; models and prototypes and other physical objects. 

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

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

 (1) Gordon & Rees LLP, attorneys for Plaintiff; 

 (2) Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP, attorneys for Defendants; 

 (3) Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP, attorneys for Defendants. 

GENERAL RULES

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

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

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

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PROTECTIVE ORDER 

 

Gordon & Rees LLP 

101 West Broadway, Suite 2000 

San Diego, CA 92101

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

“CONFIDENTIAL – FOR COUNSEL ONLY.” 

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

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

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

operations of such party. 

b. Designation as “CONFIDENTIAL - FOR COUNSEL ONLY”: Any party may 

designate information as “CONFIDENTIAL - FOR COUNSEL ONLY” only if, in the good faith 

belief of such party and its counsel, the information is among that considered to be most 

sensitive by the party, including but not limited to trade secret or other confidential research, 

development, financial or other commercial information. 

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

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

of the initial inspection, all materials produced will be considered as “CONFIDENTIAL - FOR 

COUNSEL ONLY,” and must be treated as such pursuant to the terms of this Order. Thereafter, 

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

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

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

confidentiality marking. 

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

Confidential Information of any party: 

a. The deposition or portions of the deposition must be designated as containing 

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

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

Confidential Information after transcription of the proceedings; [A] party will have until fourteen 

(14) days after receipt of the deposition transcript to inform the other party or parties to the 

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PROTECTIVE ORDER 

 

Gordon & Rees LLP 

101 West Broadway, Suite 2000 

San Diego, CA 92101

action of the portions of the transcript to be designated “CONFIDENTIAL” or 

“CONFIDENTIAL - FOR COUNSEL ONLY.” 

b. The disclosing party will have the right to exclude from attendance at the 

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

than the deponent, counsel (including their staff and associates), the court reporter, and the 

person(s) agreed upon pursuant to paragraph 8 below; and 

c. The originals of the deposition transcripts and all copies of the deposition must 

bear the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL - FOR COUNSEL ONLY,” as 

appropriate, and the original or any copy ultimately presented to a court for filing must not be 

filed unless it can be accomplished under seal, identified as being subject to this Order, and 

protected from being opened except by order of this Court. 

 7. All Confidential Information designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or 

“CONFIDENTIAL - FOR COUNSEL ONLY” must not be disclosed by the receiving party to 

anyone other than those persons designated within this order and must be handled in the manner 

set forth below and, in any event, must not be used for any purpose other than in connection with 

this litigation, unless and until such designation is removed either by agreement of the parties, or 

by order of the Court. 

8. Information designated “CONFIDENTIAL - FOR COUNSEL ONLY” must be 

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

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

receive any Confidential Information will be subject to the advance approval of such expert by 

the producing party or by permission of the Court. The party seeking approval of an independent 

expert must provide the producing party with the name and curriculum vitae of the proposed 

independent expert, and an executed copy of the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, in advance of 

providing any Confidential Information of the producing party to the expert. Any objection by 

the producing party to an independent expert receiving Confidential Information must be made 

in writing within fourteen (14) days following receipt of the identification of the proposed 

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PROTECTIVE ORDER 

 

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101 West Broadway, Suite 2000 

San Diego, CA 92101

expert. Confidential Information may be disclosed to an independent expert if the fourteen (14) 

day period has passed and no objection has been made. The approval of independent experts 

must not be unreasonably withheld. 

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

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

paragraph 8), and by the additional individuals listed below, provided each such individual has 

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

(a) Executives who are required to participate in policy decisions with reference to 

this action; 

(b) Technical personnel of the parties with whom Counsel for the parties find it 

necessary to consult, in the discretion of such counsel, in preparation for trial of this action; and 

(c) Stenographic and clerical employees associated with the individuals identified 

above. 

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

FOR COUNSEL ONLY,” any person indicated on the face of the document to be its originator, 

author or a recipient of a copy of the document, may be shown the same. 

 11. All information which has been designated as “CONFIDENTIAL-FOR 

COUNSEL ONLY” by the producing or disclosing party, and any and all reproductions of that 

information, must be retained in the custody of the counsel for the receiving party identified in 

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

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

this litigation. For information designated as “CONFIDENTIAL,” one set may be retained by 

the persons designated in paragraph 9(a) for review purposes only, and must be returned to the 

producing party immediately upon completion of review. Such retention is also subject to 

paragraph 21. 

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

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

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PROTECTIVE ORDER 

 

Gordon & Rees LLP 

101 West Broadway, Suite 2000 

San Diego, CA 92101

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

material must seek permission of the Court to file the material under seal. 

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

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

writing, counsel for the designating party of the objected-to materials and the grounds for the 

objection. If the dispute is not resolved consensually between the parties within seven (7) days of 

receipt of such a notice of objections, the objecting party may move the Court for a ruling on the 

objection. The materials at issue must be treated as Confidential Information, as designated by 

the designating party, until the Court has ruled on the objection or the matter has been otherwise 

resolved. 

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

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

person receiving Confidential Information must take reasonable precautions to prevent the 

unauthorized or inadvertent disclosure of such information. If Confidential Information is 

disclosed to any person other than a person authorized by this Order, the party responsible for the 

unauthorized disclosure must immediately bring all pertinent facts relating to the unauthorized 

disclosure to the attention of the other parties and, without prejudice to any rights and remedies 

of the other parties, make every effort to prevent further disclosure by the party and by the 

person(s) receiving the unauthorized disclosure. 

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

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

as such in accordance with this Order. 

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

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

designating party may give written notice to the receiving party that the document or thing 

produced is deemed Confidential Information, and that the document or thing produced should 

be treated as such in accordance with that designation under this Order. The receiving party must 

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PROTECTIVE ORDER 

 

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101 West Broadway, Suite 2000 

San Diego, CA 92101

treat the materials as confidential, once the designating party so notifies the receiving party. If 

the receiving party has disclosed the materials before receiving the designation, the receiving 

party must notify the designating party in writing of each such disclosure. Counsel for the parties 

will agree on a mutually acceptable manner of labeling or marking the inadvertently produced 

materials as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL - FOR COUNSEL 

ONLY” – SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER. 

 17. Nothing within this order will prejudice the right of any party to object to the 

production of any discovery material on the grounds that the material is protected as privileged 

or as attorney work product. 

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

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

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

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

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

presence of Confidential Information. The existence of this Order must not be used by either 

party as a basis for discovery that is otherwise improper under the Federal Rules of Civil 

Procedure. 

 20. Nothing within this order will be construed to prevent disclosure of Confidential 

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

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

each party must, upon request of the producing party, return all Confidential Information to the 

party that produced the information, including any copies, excerpts, and summaries of that 

information, and must purge all such information from all machine-readable media on which it 

resides; and provide written confirmation to opposing counsel of such purging. Notwithstanding 

the foregoing, counsel for each party may retain all pleadings, briefs, memoranda, motions, and 

other documents filed with the Court that refer to or incorporate Confidential Information, and 

will continue to be bound by this Order with respect to all such retained information. Further, 

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attorney work product materials that contain Confidential Information need not be destroyed, 

but, if they are not destroyed, the person in possession of the attorney work product will continue 

to be bound by this Order with respect to all such retained information. 

 22. The restrictions and obligations set forth within this order will not apply to any 

information that: (a) the parties agree should not be designated Confidential Information; (b) the 

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

rules, has become public knowledge other than as a result of disclosure by the receiving party, its 

employees, or its agents in violation of this Order; or (d) has come or will come into the 

receiving party’s legitimate knowledge independently of the production by the designating party. 

Prior knowledge must be established by pre-production documentation. 

 23. The restrictions and obligations within this order will not be deemed to prohibit 

discussions of any Confidential Information with anyone if that person already has or obtains 

legitimate possession of that information. 

 24. Transmission by facsimile is acceptable for all notification purposes within this 

order. 

 25. This Order may be modified by agreement of the parties, subject to approval by 

the Court. 

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

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

that the Court provide them with notice of the Court’s intent to modify the Order and the content 

of those modifications, prior to entry of such an order. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED this 11th day of January, 2010 

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 Judge, United States District Court 

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PROTECTIVE ORDER 

 

Dated: January 8, 2010 GORDON & REES LLP 

By: /Richard P. Sybert/

 Richard P. Sybert 

Maha Sarah 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

LANARD TOYS LIMITED

Dated: January 8, 2010 PROCOPIO, CORY, HARGREAVES & 

SAVITCH LLP 

by /Marsha Amin/

Frank L. Tobin 

Marsha Amin 

Dated: January 8, 2010 AMSTER, ROTHSTEIN & EBENSTEIN LLP

By: /Marsha Amin/ for

Neil Zipkin (Admitted pro hac vice) 

Attorneys for Defendants PRIME TIME 

TOYS LTD., PRIME TIME TOYS LLC 

and DISCOVERY 

COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

Gordon & Rees LLP 

101 West Broadway, Suite 2000 

San Diego, CA 92101

LNRD/1055943/7404819v.1 

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