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

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Case No. 14-cv-03933-JST

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER FOR LITIGATION INVOLVING PATENTS, 

HIGHLY SENSITIVE CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND/OR TRADE SECRETS

BRUCE J. WECKER (CA Bar. No. 078530)

bwecker@hausfeldllp.com

CHRISTOPHER L. LEBSOCK (CA Bar 

No.184546)

clebsock@hausfeldllp.com

HAUSFELD LLP

44 Montgomery Street, Suite 3400

San Francisco, CA 94104

Tel: (415) 633-1908

Fax: (415) 358-4980

 

Attorneys for Plaintiff Twin Peaks Software Inc. 

Robert W. Stone (CA Bar No. 163513)

robertstone@quinnemanuel.com 

Andrew J. Bramhall (CA Bar No. 253115)

andrewbramhall@quinnemanuel.com 

Brice C. Lynch (CA Bar No. 288567)

bricelynch@quinnemanuel.com 

QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & 

SULLIVAN, LLP

555 Twin Dolphin Drive, 5th Floor

Redwood Shores, CA 94065

Tel: 650.801.5000

Fax: 650.801.5100

Attorneys for Defendant IBM Corporation

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

TWIN PEAKS SOFTWARE INC., a 

California company

Plaintiff,

vs.

IBM CORPORATION, a New York 

corporation, 

Defendant.

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Case No. 3:14-cv-03933-JST

STIPULATED & [PROPOSED]

PROTECTIVE ORDER FOR LITIGATION 

INVOLVING PATENTS, HIGHLY 

SENSITIVE CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION AND/OR TRADE SECRETS

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1. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS

Disclosure and discovery activity in this action are likely to involve production of 

confidential, proprietary, or private information for which special protection from public 

disclosure and from use for any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation may be warranted. 

Accordingly, Twin Peaks Software Inc. (“Twin Peaks”) and IBM Corporation (“IBM”) 

(“collectively, the parties”) hereby stipulate to and petition the court to enter the following 

Stipulated Protective Order. The parties acknowledge that this Order does not confer blanket 

protections on all disclosures or responses to discovery and that the protection it affords from 

public disclosure and use extends only to the limited information or items that are entitled to 

confidential treatment under the applicable legal principles. The parties further acknowledge, as 

set forth in Section 14.4, below, that this Stipulated Protective Order does not entitle them to file 

confidential information under seal; Civil Local Rule 79-5 and General Order 62 set forth the 

procedures that must be followed and the standards that will be applied when a party seeks 

permission from the court to file material under seal.

2. DEFINITIONS

2.1 Challenging Party: a Party or Non-Party that challenges the designation of 

information or items under this Order.

2.2 “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information (regardless of the medium 

or manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for 

protection under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c).

2.3 Counsel (without qualifier): Outside Counsel of Record and House Counsel (as 

well as their support staffs).

2.4 Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that designates information or items that it 

produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL – OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –

OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY – SOURCE CODE”.

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2.5 Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information (regardless of the 

medium or manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained), including, among other things, 

testimony, transcripts, and tangible things, that are produced or generated in disclosures or 

responses to discovery in this matter.

2.6 Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter pertinent to 

the litigation who has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as an expert witness or as a 

consultant in this action.

2.7 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY”

Information or Items: extremely sensitive “Confidential Information or Items,” disclosure of 

which to another Party or Non-Party would create a substantial risk of serious harm that could not 

be avoided by less restrictive means.

2.8 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY–

SOURCE CODE” Information or Items: extremely sensitive “Confidential Information or Items”

representing computer code and associated comments and revision histories, formulas, engineering 

specifications, or schematics that define or otherwise describe in detail the algorithms, functions,

or structure of software or hardware designs, disclosure of which to another Party or Non-Party 

would create a substantial risk of serious harm that could not be avoided by less restrictive means.

2.9 House Counsel: attorneys who are employees of a party to this action. House 

Counsel does not include Outside Counsel of Record or any other outside counsel.

2.10 Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal 

entity not named as a Party to this action.

2.11 Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of a party to this 

action but are retained to represent or advise a Party to this action and have appeared in this action 

on behalf of that Party or are affiliated with a law firm which has appeared on behalf of that Party.

2.12 Party: any party to this action, including all of its officers, directors, employees, 

consultants, retained experts, and Outside Counsel of Record (and their support staffs).

2.13 Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or Discovery 

Material in this action.

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2.14 Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation support services 

(e.g., photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or demonstrations, and 

organizing, storing, or retrieving data in any form or medium) and their employees and 

subcontractors.

2.15 Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is designated as 

“CONFIDENTIAL,” or as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS’ EYES 

ONLY” or as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY–

SOURCE CODE.”

2.16 Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery Material from a 

Producing Party.

3. SCOPE

The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only Protected Material 

(as defined above), but also (1) any information copied or extracted from Protected Material; (2) 

all copies, excerpts, summaries, or compilations of Protected Material; and (3) any testimony, 

conversations, or presentations by Parties or their Counsel that might reveal Protected Material. 

However, the protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order do not cover the following 

information: (a) any information that is in the public domain at the time of disclosure to a 

Receiving Party or becomes part of the public domain after its disclosure to a Receiving Party as a 

result of publication not involving a violation of this Order, including becoming part of the public 

record through trial or otherwise; and (b) any information known to the Receiving Party prior to 

the disclosure or obtained by the Receiving Party after the disclosure from a source who obtained 

the information lawfully and under no obligation of confidentiality to the Designating Party. Any 

use of Protected Material at trial shall be governed by a separate agreement or order.

4. DURATION

Even after final disposition of this litigation, the confidentiality obligations imposed by this 

Order shall remain in effect until a Designating Party agrees otherwise in writing or a court order 

otherwise directs. Final disposition shall be deemed to be the later of (1) dismissal of all claims 

and defenses in this action, with or without prejudice; and (2) final judgment herein after the 

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completion and exhaustion of all appeals, rehearings, remands, trials, or reviews of this action, 

including the time limits for filing any motions or applications for extension of time pursuant to 

applicable law.

5. DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL

5.1 Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for Protection. Each Party 

or Non-Party that designates information or items for protection under this Order must take care to 

limit any such designation to specific material that qualifies under the appropriate standards. To 

the extent it is practical to do so, the Designating Party must designate for protection only those 

parts of material, documents, items, or oral or written communications that qualify – so that other 

portions of the material, documents, items, or communications for which protection is not 

warranted are not swept unjustifiably within the ambit of this Order.

Mass, indiscriminate, or routinized designations are prohibited. Designations that are 

shown to be clearly unjustified or that have been made for an improper purpose (e.g., to 

unnecessarily encumber or retard the case development process or to impose unnecessary 

expenses and burdens on other parties) expose the Designating Party to sanctions.

If it comes to a Designating Party’s attention that information or items that it designated 

for protection do not qualify for protection at all or do not qualify for the level of protection 

initially asserted, that Designating Party must promptly notify all other parties that it is 

withdrawing the mistaken designation.

5.2 Manner and Timing of Designations. Except as otherwise provided in this Order 

(see, e.g., second paragraph of section 5.2(a) below), or as otherwise stipulated or ordered, 

Disclosure or Discovery Material that qualifies for protection under this Order must be clearly so

designated before the material is disclosed or produced. Designation in conformity with this 

Order requires:

(a) for information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic documents, 

but excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial proceedings), that the Producing 

Party affix the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – OUTSIDE 

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS’

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EYES ONLY– SOURCE CODE” (or equivalent legend) to each page that contains Protected 

Material. If only a portion or portions of the material on a page qualifies for protection, the 

Producing Party also must clearly identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate 

markings in the margins) and must specify, for each portion, the level of protection being asserted.

A Party or Non-Party that makes original documents or materials available for inspection 

need not designate them for protection until after the inspecting Party has indicated which material 

it would like copied and produced. During the inspection and before the designation, all of the 

material made available for inspection shall be deemed “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – OUTSIDE 

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” After the inspecting Party has identified the documents it wants 

copied and produced, the Producing Party must determine which documents, or portions thereof, 

qualify for protection under this Order. Then, before producing the specified documents, the 

Producing Party must affix the appropriate legend (“CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL – OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –

OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY– SOURCE CODE” or equivalent legend) to each page 

that contains Protected Material. If only a portion or portions of the material on a page qualifies 

for protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by 

making appropriate markings in the margins) and must specify, for each portion, the level of 

protection being asserted.

(b) for testimony given in deposition or in other pretrial or trial proceedings, 

that the Designating Party identify on the record, before the close of the deposition, hearing, or 

other proceeding, all protected testimony and specify the level of protection being asserted. When 

it is impractical to identify separately each portion of testimony that is entitled to protection and it 

appears that substantial portions of the testimony may qualify for protection, the Designating Party 

may invoke on the record (before the deposition, hearing, or other proceeding is concluded) a right 

to have up to 21 days to identify the specific portions of the testimony as to which protection is 

sought and to specify the level of protection being asserted. Only those portions of the testimony 

that are appropriately designated for protection within the 21 days shall be covered by the 

provisions of this Stipulated Protective Order. Alternatively, a Designating Party may specify, at 

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the deposition or up to 21 days afterwards if that period is properly invoked, that the entire 

transcript shall be treated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – OUTSIDE 

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.”

Parties shall give the other parties notice if they reasonably expect a deposition, hearing or 

other proceeding to include Protected Material so that the other parties can ensure that only 

authorized individuals who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound”

(Exhibit A) are present at those proceedings. The use of a document as an exhibit at a deposition 

shall not in any way affect its designation as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL 

– OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.”

Transcripts containing Protected Material shall have an obvious legend on the title page 

that the transcript contains Protected Material, and the title page shall be followed by a list of all 

pages (including line numbers as appropriate) that have been designated as Protected Material and 

the level of protection being asserted by the Designating Party. The Designating Party shall 

inform the court reporter of these requirements. Any transcript that is prepared before the 

expiration of a 21-day period for designation shall be treated during that period as if it had been 

designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” in its 

entirety unless otherwise agreed. After the expiration of that period, the transcript shall be treated 

only as actually designated.

(c) for information produced in some form other than documentary and for any 

other tangible items, that the Producing Party affix in a prominent place on the exterior of the 

container or containers in which the information or item is stored the legend “CONFIDENTIAL”

or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” or “HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL – OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY– SOURCE CODE” or equivalent 

legend. If only a portion or portions of the information or item warrant protection, the Producing 

Party, to the extent practicable, shall identify the protected portion(s) and specify the level of 

protection being asserted.

5.3 Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected, an inadvertent failure to 

designate qualified information or items does not, standing alone, waive the Designating Party’s 

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right to secure protection under this Order for such material. Upon timely correction of a 

designation, the Receiving Party must make reasonable efforts to assure that the material is treated 

in accordance with the provisions of this Order.

6. CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS

6.1 Timing of Challenges. Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a designation of 

confidentiality at any time. Unless a prompt challenge to a Designating Party’s confidentiality 

designation is necessary to avoid foreseeable, substantial unfairness, unnecessary economic 

burdens, or a significant disruption or delay of the litigation, a Party does not waive its right to 

challenge a confidentiality designation by electing not to mount a challenge promptly after the 

original designation is disclosed.

6.2 Meet and Confer. The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute resolution 

process by providing written notice of each designation it is challenging and describing the basis 

for each challenge. To avoid ambiguity as to whether a challenge has been made, the written 

notice must recite that the challenge to confidentiality is being made in accordance with this 

specific paragraph of the Protective Order. The parties shall attempt to resolve each challenge in 

good faith and must begin the process by conferring directly (in voice to voice dialogue; other 

forms of communication are not sufficient) within 14 days of the date of service of notice. In 

conferring, the Challenging Party must explain the basis for its belief that the confidentiality 

designation was not proper and must give the Designating Party an opportunity to review the 

designated material, to reconsider the circumstances, and, if no change in designation is offered, to 

explain the basis for the chosen designation. A Challenging Party may proceed to the next stage 

of the challenge process only if it has engaged in this meet and confer process first or establishes 

that the Designating Party is unwilling to participate in the meet and confer process in a timely 

manner.

6.3 Judicial Intervention. If the Parties cannot resolve a challenge without court 

intervention, the Designating Party shall file and serve a motion to retain confidentiality under 

Civil Local Rule 7 (and in compliance with Civil Local Rule 79-5 and General Order 62, if 

applicable) within 21 days of the initial notice of challenge or within 14 days of the parties 

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agreeing that the meet and confer process will not resolve their dispute, whichever is earlier. Each 

such motion must be accompanied by a competent declaration affirming that the movant has 

complied with the meet and confer requirements imposed in the preceding paragraph. Failure by 

the Designating Party to make such a motion including the required declaration within 21 days (or 

14 days, if applicable) shall automatically waive the confidentiality designation for each 

challenged designation. In addition, the Challenging Party may file a motion challenging a 

confidentiality designation at any time if there is good cause for doing so, including a challenge to 

the designation of a deposition transcript or any portions thereof. Any motion brought pursuant to 

this provision must be accompanied by a competent declaration affirming that the movant has 

complied with the meet and confer requirements imposed by the preceding paragraph.

The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be on the Designating 

Party. Frivolous challenges and those made for an improper purpose (e.g., to harass or impose 

unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may expose the Challenging Party to 

sanctions. Unless the Designating Party has waived the confidentiality designation by failing to 

file a motion to retain confidentiality as described above, all parties shall continue to afford the 

material in question the level of protection to which it is entitled under the Producing Party’s 

designation until the court rules on the challenge.

7. ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL

7.1 Basic Principles. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that is disclosed or 

produced by another Party or by a Non-Party in connection with this case only for prosecuting, 

defending, or attempting to settle this litigation. Such Protected Material may be disclosed only to 

the categories of persons and under the conditions described in this Order. When the litigation has 

been terminated, a Receiving Party must comply with the provisions of section 15 below (FINAL 

DISPOSITION).

Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving Party at a location in the 

United States and in a secure manner that ensures that access is limited to the persons authorized 

under this Order. When disclosure of Protected Material is to be made to any person who, as 

provided herein, is required to sign the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit 

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A), a copy of the executed “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” shall be served on the 

Outside Counsel of Record for the respective Designating Party.

7.2 Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items. Unless otherwise ordered 

by the court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a Receiving Party may disclose any 

information or item designated “CONFIDENTIAL” only to:

(a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this action, as well as 

employees of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the 

information for this litigation;

(b) up to two officers, directors, and/or employees (including House Counsel) 

of the Receiving Party (1) to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation, (2) who 

have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), and (3) as to whom 

the procedures set forth in paragraph 7.4, below, have been followed;

(c) Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to whom 

disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have signed the “Acknowledgment 

and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);

(d) the court and its personnel;

(e) court reporters and their staff;

(f) professional jury or trial consultants, and Professional Vendors to whom 

disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have signed the “Acknowledgment 

and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A);

(g) the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a 

custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information; and

(h) any designated or agreed-upon arbitrator or mediator who is assigned to 

hear this matter (and his or her staff) who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to 

Be Bound” (Exhibit A).

7.3 Disclosure of “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS’ EYES 

ONLY” and “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY –SOURCE 

CODE” Information or Items. Unless otherwise ordered by the court or permitted in writing by 

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the Designating Party, a Receiving Party may disclose any information or item designated 

“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” or “HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL – OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY – SOURCE CODE” only to:

(a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this action, as well as 

employees of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the 

information for this litigation and who do not engage in competitive decision-making1related to 

the “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” and “HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL – OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY – SOURCE CODE” Information or 

Items to be accessed by that person;

(b) up to two Designated House Counsel of the Receiving Party (1) who have

no involvement in competitive decision-making, (2) to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary 

for this litigation, (3) who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” 

(Exhibit A), and (4) as to whom the procedures set forth in paragraph 7.4(a)(1), below, have been 

followed;

(c) Experts of the Receiving Party (1) to whom disclosure is reasonably 

necessary for this litigation, (2) who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be 

Bound” (Exhibit A), and (3) as to whom the procedures set forth in paragraph 7.4, below, have 

been followed;

(d) the court and its personnel;

(e) court reporters and their staff;

(f) professional jury or trial consultants, and Professional Vendors to whom 

disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have signed the “Acknowledgment 

and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); and

 

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 The Federal Circuit has defined “competitive decision-making” as: “[S]horthand for a 

counsel’s activities, association, and relationship with a client that are such as to involve counsel’s 

advice and participation in any or all of the client’s decisions (pricing, product design, etc.) made 

in light of similar or corresponding information about a competitor.” In re Deutsche Bank Trust 

Co. Ams., 605 F.3d 1373, 1378 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (quoting U.S. Steel Corp. v. United States, 730 

F.2d 1465, 1468 n. 3 (Fed. Cir. 1984)). 

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(g) the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a 

custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information; and

(h) any designated or agreed-upon arbitrator or mediator who is assigned to 

hear this matter (and his or her staff) who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to 

Be Bound” (Exhibit A).

7.4 Procedures for Approving or Objecting to Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” or 

“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” or “HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL – OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY – SOURCE CODE” Information or 

Items Pursuant to Paragraphs 7.2(b) or 7.3.

(a) Unless otherwise ordered by the court or agreed to in writing by the 

Designating Party, a Party that seeks to disclose any information or item that has been designated 

“CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” 

or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY – SOURCE CODE”

pursuant to paragraphs 7.2(b) or 7.3(b) first must make a written request to the Designating Party 

that (1) identifies the general categories of “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –

OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – OUTSIDE 

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY – SOURCE CODE” information that the Receiving Party seeks 

permission to disclose, (2) sets forth the full name of the person to receive the Protected Materials

and the city and state of his or her primary residence, (3) attaches a copy of the proposed 

recipient's current resume, (4) identifies the proposed recipient's current employer(s) and 

corresponding job description, (5) identifies each person or entity from whom the proposed 

recipient has received compensation or funding for work in his or her areas of expertise or to 

whom the expert has provided professional services, including in connection with a litigation, at 

any time during the preceding five years, and (6) identifies (by name and number of the case, 

filing date, and location of court) any litigation in connection with which the proposed recipient

has offered testimony, including through a declaration, report, or testimony at a deposition or trial, 

during the preceding five years.

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(b) A Party that makes a request and provides the information specified in the 

preceding respective paragraphs may disclose the subject Protected Material to the proposed 

recipient unless, within 14 days of delivering the request, the Party receives a written objection 

from the Designating Party. Any such objection must set forth in detail the grounds on which it is 

based.

(c) A Party that receives a timely written objection must meet and confer with 

the Designating Party (through direct voice to voice dialogue) to try to resolve the matter by 

agreement within seven days of the written objection. If no agreement is reached, the Party 

seeking to make the disclosure may file a motion as provided in Civil Local Rule 7 (and in 

compliance with Civil Local Rule 79-5 and General Order 62, if applicable) seeking permission 

from the court to do so. Any such motion must describe the circumstances with specificity, set 

forth in detail the reasons why the disclosure to the proposed recipient is reasonably necessary, 

assess the risk of harm that the disclosure would entail, and suggest any additional means that 

could be used to reduce that risk. In addition, any such motion must be accompanied by a 

competent declaration describing the parties’ efforts to resolve the matter by agreement (i.e., the 

extent and the content of the meet and confer discussions) and setting forth the reasons advanced 

by the Designating Party for its refusal to approve the disclosure.

In any such proceeding, the Party opposing disclosure shall bear the burden of proving that 

the risk of harm that the disclosure would entail (under the safeguards proposed) outweighs the 

Receiving Party’s need to disclose the Protected Material to the proposed recipient.

8. PROSECUTION BAR

Absent written consent from the Producing Party, any individual affiliated with Twin 

Peaks (including without limitation employees, consultants, and House and Outside Counsel) who 

receives access to IBM’s “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS’ EYES 

ONLY” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY – SOURCE 

CODE” information shall not be involved in the prosecution of patents or patent applications 

relating to file systems, file system architecture, and/or data storage, replication, and/or mirroring,

including without limitation the patent(s) asserted in this action and any patent or application 

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claiming priority to or otherwise related to the patent(s) asserted in this action, before any foreign 

or domestic agency, including the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“the Patent 

Office”). For purposes of this paragraph, “prosecution” includes directly or indirectly drafting, 

amending, advising, or otherwise affecting the scope or maintenance of patent claims. This 

Prosecution Bar shall begin when access to “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL 

– OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – OUTSIDE 

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY – SOURCE CODE” information is first received by the affected 

individual and shall end two (2) years after final termination of this action, including any appeals.

9. SOURCE CODE

(a) To the extent production of source code or similarly sensitive materials 

becomes necessary in this case, a Producing Party may designate source code as “HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL – OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY – SOURCE CODE” if it comprises 

or includes confidential, proprietary or trade secret source code or similarly sensitive materials 

such as, without limitation, confidential, proprietary or trade secret designs, schematics, recipes, 

software programs, and the like.

(b) Protected Material designated as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – OUTSIDE 

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY – SOURCE CODE” shall be subject to all of the protections 

afforded to “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” information 

including the Prosecution Bar set forth in Paragraph 8, and may be disclosed only to the 

individuals to whom “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY”

information may be disclosed, as set forth in Paragraphs 7.3 and 7.4.

(c) Any source code produced in discovery shall be made available for 

inspection, in a format allowing it to be reasonably reviewed and searched, during normal business 

hours or at other mutually agreeable times, at a Northern California office of the Producing Party’s 

counsel or another mutually agreed upon location. The source code shall be made available for 

inspection on a secured computer in a secured room without Internet access or network access to 

other computers, and the Receiving Party shall not copy, remove, or otherwise transfer any portion 

of the source code onto any recordable media or recordable device. The Producing Party may 

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visually monitor the activities of the Receiving Party’s representatives during any source code 

review, but only to ensure that there is no unauthorized recording, copying, or transmission of the 

source code.

(d) The Receiving Party may request paper copies of limited portions of source 

code that are reasonably necessary for the preparation of court filings, pleadings, expert reports, or 

other papers, or for deposition or trial, but shall not request paper copies for the purposes of 

reviewing the source code other than electronically as set forth in paragraph (c) in the first 

instance. The Producing Party shall provide all such source code in paper form including bates 

numbers and the label “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY –

SOURCE CODE.” Prior to providing the requested paper copies to the Requesting Party, the 

Producing Party may challenge the amount of source code requested in hard copy form pursuant to 

the dispute resolution procedure and timeframes set forth in Paragraph 6 whereby the Producing 

Party is the “Challenging Party” and the Receiving Party is the “Designating Party” for purposes 

of dispute resolution.

(e) The Receiving Party shall maintain a record of any individual who has 

inspected any portion of the source code in electronic or paper form. The Receiving Party shall

maintain all paper copies of any printed portions of the source code in a secured, locked area. The 

Receiving Party shall not create any electronic or other images of the paper copies and shall not 

convert any of the information contained in the paper copies into any electronic format. The 

Receiving Party shall only make additional paper copies if such additional copies are (1) necessary 

to prepare court filings, pleadings, or other papers (including a testifying expert’s expert report), 

(2) necessary for deposition, or (3) otherwise necessary for the preparation of its case. Any paper 

copies used during a deposition shall be retrieved by the Producing Party at the end of each day 

and must not be given to or left with a court reporter or any other unauthorized individual.

10. PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED PRODUCED IN 

OTHER LITIGATION 

If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other litigation that compels 

disclosure of any Protected Material, that Party must: 

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(a) promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification shall 

include a copy of the subpoena or court order; 

(b) promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena or order to 

issue in the other litigation that some or all of the material covered by the subpoena or order is 

subject to this Protective Order. Such notification shall include a copy of this Stipulated Protective 

Order; and 

(c) cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be pursued by 

the Designating Party whose Protected Material may be affected.2

If the Designating Party timely seeks a protective order, the Party served with the subpoena 

or court order shall not produce any Protected Material before a determination by the court from 

which the subpoena or order issued, unless the Party has obtained the Designating Party’s 

permission. The Designating Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking protection in that 

court of its confidential material – and nothing in these provisions should be construed as 

authorizing or encouraging a Receiving Party in this action to disobey a lawful directive from 

another court.

11. A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE PRODUCED IN 

THIS LITIGATION 

(a) The terms of this Order are applicable to information produced by a NonParty in this action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –

OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – OUTSIDE 

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY – SOURCE CODE”. Such information produced by Non-Parties in 

connection with this litigation is protected by the remedies and relief provided by this Order. 

Nothing in these provisions should be construed as prohibiting a Non-Party from seeking 

additional protections. 

 

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 The purpose of imposing these duties is to alert the interested parties to the existence of this 

Protective Order and to afford the Designating Party in this case an opportunity to try to protect its 

confidentiality interests in the court from which the subpoena or order issued.

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(b) In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery request, to produce 

a Non-Party’s confidential information in its possession, and the Party is subject to an agreement 

with the Non-Party not to produce the Non-Party’s confidential information, then the Party shall: 

1. promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the Non-Party 

that some or all of the information requested is subject to a confidentiality agreement with a NonParty;

2. promptly provide the Non-Party with a copy of the Stipulated 

Protective Order in this litigation, the relevant discovery request(s), and a reasonably specific 

description of the information requested; and 

3. make the information requested available for inspection by the NonParty. 

(c) If the Non-Party fails to object or seek a protective order from this court 

within 14 days of receiving the notice and accompanying information, the Receiving Party may 

produce the Non-Party’s confidential information responsive to the discovery request. If the NonParty timely seeks a protective order, the Receiving Party shall not produce any information in its 

possession or control that is subject to the confidentiality agreement with the Non-Party before a 

determination by the court.3 Absent a court order to the contrary, the Non-Party shall bear the 

burden and expense of seeking protection in this court of its Protected Material.

12. UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL 

If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed Protected 

Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this Stipulated Protective 

Order, the Receiving Party must immediately (a) notify in writing the Designating Party of the 

unauthorized disclosures, (b) use its best efforts to retrieve all unauthorized copies of the Protected 

Material, (c) inform the person or persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the 

 

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The purpose of this provision is to alert the interested parties to the existence of 

confidentiality rights of a Non-Party and to afford the Non-Party an opportunity to protect its 

confidentiality interests in this court.

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terms of this Order, and (d) request such person or persons to execute the “Acknowledgment and 

Agreement to Be Bound” that is attached hereto as Exhibit A.

13. INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE 

PROTECTED MATERIAL 

If information is produced in discovery that is subject to a claim of privilege or of 

protection as trial-preparation material, the Party making the claim may notify any Party that 

received the information of the claim and the basis for it. After being notified, a Party must 

promptly return or destroy the specified information and any copies it has and may not sequester, 

use or disclose the information until the claim is resolved. This includes a restriction against 

presenting the information to the court for a determination of the claim. This provision is not 

intended to modify whatever procedure may be established in an e-discovery order that provides 

for production without prior privilege review.

14. MISCELLANEOUS

14.1 Right to Further Relief. Nothing in this Order abridges the right of any person to 

seek its modification by the court in the future.

14.2 Right to Assert Other Objections. By stipulating to the entry of this Protective 

Order no Party waives any right it otherwise would have to object to disclosing or producing any 

information or item on any ground not addressed in this Stipulated Protective Order. Similarly, no 

Party waives any right to object on any ground to use in evidence of any of the material covered 

by this Protective Order.

14.3 Export Control. Disclosure of Protected Material shall not be made to any person 

or any location outside the United States other than Outside Counsel absent written consent from 

the Producing Party.

14.4 Filing Protected Material. Without written permission from the Designating 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 Protected Material. A Party that seeks to file under seal any 

Protected Material must comply with Civil Local Rule 79-5 and General Order 62. Protected 

Material may only be filed under seal pursuant to a court order authorizing the sealing of the 

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specific Protected Material at issue. Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5 and General Order 62, a 

sealing order will issue only upon a request establishing that the Protected Material at issue is 

privileged, protectable as a trade secret, or otherwise entitled to protection under the law. If a 

Receiving Party’s request to file Protected Material under seal pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-

5(d) and General Order 62 is denied by the court, then the Receiving Party may file the Protected 

Material in the public record pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5(e) unless otherwise instructed by 

the court.

15. FINAL DISPOSITION

Within 60 days after the final disposition of this action, as defined in paragraph 4, each 

Receiving Party must return all Protected Material to the Producing Party or destroy such material. 

As used in this subdivision, “all Protected Material” includes all copies, abstracts, compilations, 

summaries, and any other format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected Material. Whether 

the Protected Material is returned or destroyed, the Receiving Party, upon written request by the 

Producing Party or Designating Party within the 60-day period, must submit thereto a written 

certification no later than 30 days following the expiration of the 60-day deadline that (1) 

identifies (by category, where appropriate) all the Protected Material that was returned or 

destroyed and (2) affirms that the Receiving Party has not retained any copies, abstracts, 

compilations, summaries or any other format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected 

Material. Notwithstanding this provision, Counsel are entitled to retain an archival copy of all 

pleadings, motion papers, trial and hearing transcripts, legal memoranda, correspondence, trial 

exhibits, and attorney work product, even if such materials contain Protected Material. Any such 

archival copies that contain or constitute Protected Material remain subject to this Protective Order 

as set forth in Section 4 (DURATION).

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IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

DATED: April 28, 2015 Respectfully submitted,

HAUSFELD LLP 

/s/ Bruce Wecker 

Bruce Wecker 

Attorneys for Plaintiff Twin Peaks Software Inc.

DATED: April 28, 2015 Respectfully submitted,

QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & 

SULLIVAN, LLP

/s/ Robert W. Stone 

Robert W. Stone

Attorneys for Defendant IBM Corporation

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: April 30, 2015

_____________________________________

THE HONORABLE JON S. TIGAR

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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EXHIBIT A

ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND

I, ____________________ [print or type full name] declare under penalty of perjury that I 

have read in its entirety and understand the Stipulated Protective Order that was issued by the 

United States District Court for the Northern District of California on ________________ [date] 

in the case of Twin Peaks Software Inc. v. IBM Corporation, Case No. 14-CV-03933-JST. I agree 

to comply with and to be bound by all the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order and I 

understand and acknowledge that failure to so comply could expose me to sanctions and 

punishment in the nature of contempt. I solemnly promise that I will not disclose in any manner 

any information or item that is subject to this Stipulated Protective Order to any person or entity 

except in strict compliance with the provisions of this Order.

I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the 

Northern District of California for the purpose of enforcing the terms of this Stipulated Protective 

Order, even if such enforcement proceedings occur after termination of this action.

I hereby appoint _____________________________________ [print or type full name] of 

_______________________________________ [print or type full address and telephone number] 

as my California agent for service of process in connection with this action or any proceedings 

related to enforcement of this Stipulated Protective Order.

Date: _________________________________

City and State where sworn and signed: _________________________________

Printed name: ______________________________

Signature: __________________________________

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