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Nature of Suit Code: 820
Nature of Suit: Copyright
Cause of Action: 17:101 Copyright Infringement

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PROTECTIVE ORDER and AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND BY PROTECTIVE ORDER, 08-CV-1296 IEG (RBB) 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ATI INDUSTRIES, INC.,

Plaintiff,

v.

ART AND FRAME MART CORPORATION;

DOES 1-10; and ROES 1-100,

Defendants.

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CASE NO 08-CV-1296 IEG (RBB)

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

AS MODIFIED BY THE COURT

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

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

the litigation. THEREFORE:

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PROTECTIVE ORDER and AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND BY PROTECTIVE ORDER, 08-CV-1296 IEG (RBB) 

DEFINITIONS

1. The term "Confidential Information" shall mean and include information contained or

disclosed in any materials, including documents, portions of documents, answers to interrogatories,

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" shall include, but shall 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" shall mean outside counsel of record, and other attorneys, paralegals,

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

Higgs, Fletcher & Mack LLP for Plaintiff and David H. Ricks & Associates for Defendant.

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 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.

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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 shall be considered as "CONFIDENTIAL - FOR COUNSEL

ONLY," and shall 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 shall, 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. said deposition or portions thereof shall be designated as containing Confidential

Information subject to the provisions of this Order; such designation shall 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 shall have until fifteen (15) days after

receipt of the deposition transcript to inform the other party or parties to the action of the portions

of the transcript designated "CONFIDENTIAL" or "CONFIDENTIAL -FOR COUNSEL ONLY;"

b. the disclosing party shall have the right to exclude from attendance at said 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 said deposition transcripts and all copies thereof shall bear the legend

"CONFIDENTIAL" or "CONFIDENTIAL - FOR COUNSEL ONLY," as appropriate, and the

original or any copy ultimately presented to a court for filing shall not be filed unless it can be 

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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" shall not be disclosed by the receiving party to anyone other than those persons

designated herein and shall be handled in the manner set forth below and, in any event, shall 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" shall 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 shall 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 shall

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 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 shall not be unreasonably

withheld.

9. Information designated "CONFIDENTIAL" shall 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. 

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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 thereof, may be shown the same.

11. All information which has been designated as "CONFIDENTIAL" or "CONFIDENTIAL

-FOR COUNSEL ONLY" by the producing or disclosing party, and any and all reproductions

thereof, shall 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.

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

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

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

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

No items will be filed under seal without a prior application to, and order from, the judge

presiding over the hearing or trial. Only when the judge presiding over the hearing or trial permits

filing an item or items under seal may confidential material filed with the Court be filed in a sealed

envelope or other container marked on the outside with the caption of this action and the following

statement:

"CONFIDENTIAL -- SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER."

If any person fails to file protected documents or information under seal, any party to this lawsuit

may request that the Court place the filing under seal.

Whenever the Court grants a party permission to file an item under seal, a duplicate

disclosing all nonconfidential information shall be filed and made part of the public record. The

item may be redacted to eliminate confidential material from the public document. The public

document shall be titled to show that it corresponds to an item filed under seal, e.g., "Redacted Copy

of Sealed Declaration of John Smith in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment." The sealed and

redacted documents shall be filed simultaneously.

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

Confidential Information and may object to the limits on use of the material that are set forth in this

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order. The party objecting to confidentiality shall 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) business 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 shall 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 shall be held in confidence by those inspecting or receiving it,

and shall be used only for purposes of this action. Counsel for each party, and each person receiving

Confidential Information shall 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 shall 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 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 shall agree on a

mutually acceptable manner of labeling or marking the inadvertently produced materials as 

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"CONFIDENTIAL" or "CONFIDENTIAL - FOR COUNSEL ONLY" - SUBJECT TO

PROTECTIVE ORDER.

17. Nothing herein shall 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 shall 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 shall not be disclosed.

19. This Order shall 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 shall not be used by either party as a basis for discovery

that is otherwise improper under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

20. Nothing herein shall 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

shall, upon request of the producing party, return all Confidential Information to the party that

produced the information, including any copies, excerpts, and summaries thereof, or shall destroy

same at the option of the receiving party, and shall purge all such information from all

machine-readable media on which it resides. 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, 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 herein shall 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

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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 shall 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 herein shall not be deemed to prohibit discussions of any

Confidential Information with anyone if that person already has or obtains legitimate possession

thereof.

24. Transmission by facsimile is acceptable for all notification purposes herein.

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 30th day of December, 2008

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Magistrate Judge, United States District Court

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ATI INDUSTRIES, INC.,

Plaintiff,

v.

ART AND FRAME MART CORPORATION;

DOES 1-10; and ROES 1-100,

Defendants.

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CASE NO 08-CV-1296 IEG (RBB)

AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND BY

PROTECTIVE ORDER

Judge: Hon. Irma E. Gonzalez

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I, __________________________________ , declare and say that:

1. I am employed as ___________________________by ___________________________.

2. I have read the Protective Order entered in ATI INDUSTRIES, INC. v. ART AND FRAME

MART CORPORATION, Case No. 08-CV-1296 IEG (RBB), and have received a copy of the

Protective Order.

3. I promise that I will use any and all "Confidential" or "Confidential - For Counsel Only"

information, as defined in the Protective Order, given to me only in a manner authorized by the

Protective Order, and only to assist counsel in the litigation of this matter.

4. I promise that I will not disclose or discuss such "Confidential" or "Confidential - For

Counsel Only" information with anyone other than the persons described in paragraphs 3, 8 and 9

of the Protective Order.

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5. I acknowledge that, by signing this agreement, I am subjecting myself to the jurisdiction of

the United States District Court for the Southern District of California with respect to enforcement

of the Protective Order.

6. I understand that any disclosure or use of "Confidential" or "Confidential - For Counsel

Only" information in any manner contrary to the provisions of the Protective Order may subject me

to sanctions for contempt of court.

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.

Date:_______________________________

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Print Name:______________________________

Address:________________________________

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Telephone:______________________________

Fax:______________________________________

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