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

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Edward Vincent King, Jr. (SBN 085726)

Alvin B. Lindsay (SBN 220236)

KING & KELLEHER,.LLP

20 Califomia Street, 7tn Floor

San Francisco, CA 94llI

Telephone: (415) 781-2888

Facsimile: (4i5) 781-301 1

Attorneys for Plaintiff

TRENT WEST

L]NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TRENT WEST,

Plaintiff,

V.

JEWELRY INNOVATIONS, [NC.,

TOSYALI INTERNATIONAL, INC. (dba

BENCHMARK), NORTHSTAR

DIAMOND, INC. (dba TUNGSTEN

MAGNUM), A JAMAIS DESIGNS,INC.

(dba INFINITY RINGS), and CROWN

RING.INC..

Case No.C 07-1812 JF (HRL)

IPROPOSED] STIPULATED

PROTECTIVE ORDER

Defendants.

And Related Cross-Actions

For the purposes of pending litigation and to facilitate discovery between Plaintiff Trent

West and Defendants, Jewelry Innovations, Inc., Tosyali International, Inc. (dba Benchmark),

Northstar Diamond, Inc. (dba Tungsten Magnum), and Crown Ring, Inc., (hereinafter referred to

as "Defendants"), in Case No. C 07-1812 JF (HRL), and specifically to facilitate the discovery of

any trade secrets, confidential research, development or commercial information or any otherwise

sensitive business or technical information, the parties believe that such information should be

produced under a protective order pursuant to Rule 26(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

:

*ORDER E-FILED 4/8/2008* XXXXXXXX (MODIFIED BY THE COURT)

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The parties agree that this Stipulated Protective Order is necessary in order to balance the need

for confidentiality in litigation with the right of public access to judicial records.

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

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

only to the limited information or items that are entitled under the applicable legal principles to

treatment as confidential. The parties further acknowledge, as set forth in paragraph 8 below, that

this Stipulated Protective Order creates no entitlement to file confidential information under seal.

Civil Local Rule 79-5 sets forth the procedures that must be followed and reflects the standards

that will be applied when aparty seeks permission from the court to file material under seal.

Therefore, the undersigned pafies through their attorneys hereby stipulate to, and petition

the Court to enter, the following Stipulated Protective Order containing the following terms

pertaining to the obligations of confidentiality regarding information that will be disclosed during

discovery.

The Court, finding that the agreement of the undersigned parties is proper and desirable in

the circumstances of this case, and good cause appearing therefor, pursuant to Rule 26(c) of the

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure determines that for the benef,rt of all oarties and witnesses to

govern the course of the proceedings in this case

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

DEFINITIONS

1. The following definitions shall apply to this Stipulated Protective Order (hereinafter

"Order"):

(a) "Part¡r" or "Parties" shall mean and refer to any party to this litigation,

including the Plaintiff or Defendants, and any cross-complainant or cross-defendant, in the above

captioned action.

(b) "Confidential Information" shall mean and refer to any information,

documents, testimony, things or other forms of data which are disclosed pursuant to discovery or

in some other proceeding in this litigation and which aparty or a non-party witness claims to be

its trade secret or confidential research, development, financial or commercial information, or

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otherwise is claimed to be non-public, confidential or proprietary business or technical

information within the meaning of Fed. R. Civ. P . 26(c) by the designating party. Such

information must be designated "Confidential" in good faith by the party or non-party disclosing

such information, whether such designation be oral at a hearing or deposition, or in writing, and

whether such disclosure be voluntary or otherwise made. The designation made by a party or

non-parly shall be a certification to the Court and to the other parties that such information is

believed to be Confidential within the meaning of this Order. All involved in making such

designation shall act in good faith, and such designation shall not be made to impose burden or

delay on an opposingparty, for tactical or other advantage in litigation, or in order to avoid

embarrassment. Information designated as "Confidential" in accordance with this provision shall

be treated as Confidential Information until it ceases to be covered by this Order.

(c) "Qualified Person(s) for receiving Confidential Information" shall mean and

refer to:

(Ð Presently retained "counsel" for any party to this litigation, specifically the

attomeys of King & Kelleher,LLP; the attorneys of Jones Waldo

Holbrook & McDonough PC and the attorneys of its local counsel, The

Bernstein Law Group PC; and the attorneys of the Trojan Law Offrces.

"Counsel" shall include the employees and staff of counsel, including

paralegals, stenographic, secretarial or clerical employees, translators, and

employees of an independent photocopying, microfilming, or similar

service utilized by such counsel for any party in this action. Subsequently

retained "Counsel" may by added by any party provided the other parties

are provided with written notice that such counsel has been retained and

agrees to abide by the terms of this Order. None of the parties retain inhouse counsel, so "counsel" shall not include in-house counsel unless such

counsel is added by apafi and the other parties are provided with written

notice that such counsel has been retained and agrees to abide by the terms

of this Order;

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(iÐ Employees of the Court or other forum involved in any way in the action,

including stenographic reporters engaged in such proceedings as are

necessarily incident to the preparation for trial andlor the trial of this

action and the conduct of discovery;

(iiÐ Mr. Trent West, as an individual parry and one (1) additional officer,

director, or other employee of Trent West or his corporate entities, and two

(2) officers, directors, or other employees of each of the named party

Defendants who have been charged with responsibility for making

business decisions on behalf of the party and dealing directly with the

litigation of this action, provided these identified individuals have

executed a Written Assurance statement and been qualified in accordance

with the provisions of paragraphs 5 and 6 below and agree to abide by the

terms of this Order;

(iv) The deponent, party employee or other witness who authored, received, or

saw a document or thing designated as "Conf,rdential" or who is otherwise

familiar with the Confidential Information, but only to the extent of the

person's familiarity with the Confidential Information (provided that such

person is not already a Qualified Person by virtue of some other provision

of this Order);

(v) Independent/Outside Experts and Consultants retained for the purpose of

pretrial discovery, preparation for trial, or trial of the action, or who have

been otherwise requested by Counsel to furnish technical or expert

services or to give testimony with respect to the subject matter for the trial

of this action, as may hereafter be qualified to receive Confidential

Information pursuant to order of the Court or the provisions of paragraphs

5 and 6 below:

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(vi) Such other individuals as the parties may stipulate and agree to, provided

such individuals have been qualified in accordance with the provisions of

paragraphs 5 and 6 below.

(d) "Confidential for Attorney's Eyes Only Information" may also be designated

as "Outside Counsel's Eyes Only Information," and shall mean and refer to information and

data which constitutes confidential business or technical information which is considered in good

faith by a disclosingparty or non-party to be highly sensitive. This designation shall be made as

sparingly as possible and shall be a certification to the Court and the other parties that such

information is believed subject to this more restrictive classification within the meaning of this

Order. All documents or information designated "Confidential for Attorney's Eyes Only" are

included within the meaning of "Confidential Information" as used in this Order and, except as

otherwise provided herein, all provisions set forth in this Order applicable to "Confidential

Information" also apply to documents or information designated "Confidential for Attorney's

Eyes Only." Likewise, all provisions set forth in this Order applicable to Qualified Persons for

receiving Confidential lnformation also apply to those persons designated as "Qualified Persons

for Receiving Confidential for Attorney's Eyes Only Information," except that "Confidential for

Attorney's Eyes Only" documents and information shall not be shown, disclosed, or

communicated by the receivingparty in any way to anyone other than those persons specifically

described inparagraph 1(e) below. All involved in making this designation shall act in good

faith in doing so, and information designated as "Confidential for Attorney's Eyes Only" in

accordance with this provision shall be treated as such until it ceases to be covered by this Order

or is lowered to a less restrictive classification.

(e) "Qualified Person(s) for Receiving Confidential for Attorney's Eyes Only

Information" shall mean and refer to:

(i) Presently retained "counsel" for any parry to this litigation, specifically the

attorneys of King & Kelleher, LLP; the attorneys of Jones Waldo

Holbrook & McDonough PC and the attorneys of its local counsel, The

Bernstein Law Group PC; and the attorneys of the Trojan Law Offrces.

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(iÐ

"Counsel" shall include the employees and staff of counsel, including

paralegals, stenographic or clerical employees, translators, and employees

of an independent photocopying, microfilming, or similar service utilized

by such counsel for any party in this action. Subsequently retained

"Counsel" may by added by any party provided the other parties are

provided with written notice that such counsel has been retained and

agrees to abide by the terms of this Order. None of the parties retain inhouse counsel, so "counsel" shall not include in-house counsel unless such

counsel is added by a party and the other parties are provided with written

notice that such counsel has been retained and agrees to abide bv the terms

of this Order;

Employees of the Court or other forum involved in any way in the action,

including stenographic reporters engaged in such proceedings as are

necessarily incident to the preparation for trial and/or the trial of this

action and the conduct of discovery;

The deponent, pafi employee or other witness who authored, received, or

saw a document or thing designated as "Confidential for Attorney's Eyes

Only" or who is otherwise familiar with the Confidential for Attorney's

Eyes Only Information, but only to the extent of the person's familiarity

with such information þrovided that such person is not aheady a

Qualified Person by virtue of some other provision of this Order); and

Independent Experts and Consultants retained for the purpose of pretrial

discovery, preparation, and trial of the action as may hereafter be qualified

to receive Confidential Information pursuant to order of the Court or the

provisions of paragraphs 5 and 6 below;

(iiÐ

(iv)

(Ð Confidential Information and Confidential for Attorney's Eyes Only

Information shall not include any information or materials which:

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(Ð are lawfully in the possession of the party receiving them such as, for

example, materials in the receiving party's possession prior to being designated

Confidential lnformation in this litigation or received through communications

other than production or disclosure in this action, such as, for example, materials

received in the course of legitimate business dealings between the parties or

between one of the parties and a third pafty, unless those documents are covered

by a separate non-disclosure or confidentiality agreement or order, in which case

the receivingparty may continue to use such documents in the course of business

subject to those agreements or orders;

(ii) have been or become part of the public domain by publication or

otherwise, which is not due to any unauthorized act or omission on the part of the

receiving parly; or

(iii) have been or are lawfully obtained by the receiving party from a person or

entity lawfully possessing and having the right to disclose such materials.

(g) "Action" shall mean this legal proceeding, Case No.C 07-1812 JF (HRL).

(h) "Disclosing, Designating or Producing Party" shall mean the parly or a third

party producing Confidential or Confidential for Attorney's Eyes Only Information designated

under the provisions of this Order or who designates a Qualified Person for receiving

Conf,rdential or Confidential for Attorney's Eyes Only Information under the provisions of this

Order.

(Ð "Receiving Party" shall mean the parly or a third party who receives Confidential

or Conf,rdential for Attorney's Eyes Only Information designated under the provisions of this

Order by a disclosing, designating or producing pat'V.

(j) "Objecting Party" shall mean the party or a third parfy who objects to

designation of Confidential or Confidential for Attorney's Eyes Only Information by a disclosing,

designating or producingparty under this Order or who objects to the designation of a Qualified

Person for Receiving Confidential or Confidential for Attorney's Eyes Only Information under

the provisions of this Order by a designating parfy.

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STIPULATION AND ORDER

2. Prerequisites for Receiving Information: Prior to receiving Confidential

Information or Confidential for Attorney's Eyes Only Information, all Qualified Persons, except

those designated in paragraphs 1(c)(i), (ii) and (iv) and 1(e)(i), (ii) and (iii), shall sign a Written

Assurance Statement, in substantially the form set forth in paragraph 5(f) below, indicating that

the person has read this Order and agrees to abide by its provisions. Copies of such signed

Written Assurance statements shall be promptly provided to the other parties, as set forth in

paragraph 5 below, along with a written request asking that such person be designated as the

appropriate "Qualified Person" for the purposes of receiving Confidential or Confidential for

Attorney's Eyes Only Information and informing the other parties of the persons name, present

employer and the persons title, position and employment duties. In the case of an expert or

consultant which aparty intends to employ for rendering an expert report or testimony, or

otherwise providing professional, scientific or other litigation related advice and consultation, a

copy of the expert or consultant's resume shall also be provided to the other parties, or, in lieu

thereof, a description of the person's experience and education which is pertinent to his or her

anticipated testimony.

3. Designation: Confidential Information and Confidential for Attorney's Eyes Only

Information shall be used only in connection with discovery and proceedings in this action, and

any appeals therefrom, and may be disclosed only to an appropriate Qualified Persons for

receiving Confidential or Confidential for Attorney's Eyes Only Information as set forth in

paragraphs 1(c) and 1(e) above. Any document or thing designated as "Confidential

Information", or "Confidential for Attomey's Eyes Only Information," as well as the material

and/or data contained therein, shall remain confidential in accordance with the protections

afforded by this Stipulated Protective Order and shall not be revealed or used, other than as set

forth herein, for any other purpose whatsoever.

(a) A party or non-party may designate information produced as "Confidential" by

any of the following methods:

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(Ð For information set forth in any documents or copies of documents

produced to the discovering party voluntarily as apart of mandatory and

ongoing disclosures or under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26,33(d) or 34, by writing or

stamping the word "Confidential" in plain view on the documents which

allegedly contain such information, and whenever possible, by also

providing a notice in writing to the discovering party that identifies, by

Bates number, the pages that are designated "Confidential";

(ii) Where a document or response consists of more than one page, each page

containing "Confidential" information shall be so designated. In the

alternative, the entire document may be designated as "Conf,rdential" by

writing or stamping the word "Confidential" in plain view on the cover

page or first page of the document and by annotating that the remaining

pages are "Confidential; "

(iii) As to testimony taken on behalf of any party or non-party hereto which

involves disclosure of Confidential Information, such testimony may be

designated as "Confidential" if corursel for the witness states on the record

that it is "Confidential" at that time such testimony is given or immediately

thereafter, and/or as otherwise specified in the procedure set forth in

paragraphs 9 and 10 below;

(iu) If only a portion of a document or portions of the material on a page

qualifies for protection, the producing party must clearly identi$r the

protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the margins)

and must speciff, for each portion, the level of protection being asserted;

(v) Confidential Information revealed by inspection of things or premises

voluntarily or under Fed. R. Civ. P. 34 shall be designated as

"Confidential" provided that, prior to the inspection, the party permitting

inspection states in writing that its Confidential Information will be

disclosed by the inspection and specifies in writing those parts of the

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things or those areas of the premises in which its Confidential Information

will be revealed; and

(vi) If the item produced is a tangible object, that tangible object may be

designated as "Confidential" by affrxing to the object or its container a

label or tag indicating the object is "Confidential."

(b) A parfy or non-party may designate information produced as "Confidential for

Attorney's Eyes Only" by the same methods as set forth above in paragraph 3 (a) or elsewhere in

paragraph 3, except that the "Confidential" designation shall be replaced with a "Confidential for

Attorney's Eyes Only" designation in the same manner as required thereunder.

(c) 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. A designating party must take care to designate for protection only

those parts of material, documents, items, or oral or written communications that qualiff - so that

other portions of the material, documents, items, or conìm.unications 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 urìnecessarily encumber or retard the case

development process, or to impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties), expose

the designating party to sanctions.

(d) Aparty or non-parly that makes original documents or materials available for

inspection voluntarily or under Fed. R. Civ. P. 33(d) or 34 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 "Confidential." After the inspecting parry 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 affrx the appropriate "Confidential" or "Confidential for

Attorney's Eyes Only" at the top of each page that contains designated material. If only a portion

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or portions of the material on a page qualifies for protection, the producing party also must

clearly identiff the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the margins)

and must speciff, for each portion, the level of protection being asserted.

4. General Limitations on Disclosure: The substance or content of Confidential

Information, as well as all documents or things containing such substance and content, shall not

be transferred or disclosed to anyone other than a Qualified Person and to the parties hereof,

except, however, that information also designated as "Confidential for Attomey's Eyes Only

Information," and the substance thereof, shall not be disclosed to, or discussed with anyone

except the Qualified Persons for Receiving Confidential for Attomey's Eyes Only Information as

specified inparagraph 1(e)(i)-(iv) above. This Order shall not bar any attomey herein in the

course of rendering advice to his client with respect to this action from conveying, in a general

way, to any pafi client his or her evaluation of "Confidential" or "Confidential for Attorney's

Eyes Only" information produced or exchanged herein, provided, however, that in rendering such

advice and otherwise communicating with his or her client, the attorney shall not disclose the

contents of any "Confidential" or "Conf,rdential for Attorney's Eyes Only" information produced

by another parly herein, which disclosure would be contrary to the terms of this Order.

5. Disclosure and Written Assurance Statements. and Objections to Designation of

Qualified Persons: If a pafi wishes to propose the designation of any "Qualified Person(s)" as

described in paragraph 1(c)(iii), and (v)-(vi) or paragraph 1(e)(iv), the designating party must

send a Written Assurance Statement, as described in paragraph 5(f), and a written request, as

specif,red in paragraph2,to the other parties via facsimile and first class mail or by other means

agreed to by the parties. A receiving party may then object to the qualification of such a

proposed designated person in accordance with the following provisions and procedures:

(a) Within five (5) business days after receiving a V/ritten Assurance as described in

paragraph 5(Ð, a pafi may object to the qualif,rcations of the person to opposing counsel of

record in writing via facsimile and first-class mail, or by other means agreed to by the parties,

and no such objections shall be made unless in good faith and upon reasonable cause for concern;

(b) Even if no objections are made to the designation of such person, no disclosure of

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Confidential or Confidential for Attorney's Eyes Only designated information shall be made to

the person prior to five (5) business days after the Written Assurance is received by counsel for

all parties;

(c) No disclosure of designated items shall be made to an objected to person until the

opposing parties consent or until the Court rules against the objecting party on an appropriate

motion;

(d) The parties shall attempt in good faith to resolve the issues relating to the

objection to the designation before involving the Court;

(e) If no resolution is reached between the parties, the designating parfy shall have ten

(10) business days from receiving the written objection from the objecting parly to move the

Court for an appropriate order and if it fails to do so, shall not be permitted thereafter to

designate the person as a "Qualified Person" as described in paragraph 1(c)(iii), and (v)-(vi) or

paragraph 1 (e)(iv); and

(Ð A signed and dated Written Assurance statement shall be provided for all persons

a designatingparty desires to be qualifu under paragraphs 1(c)(iii) and (v)-(vi) and 1(e)(iv) in

substantially the following form:

"I hereby acknowledge that I, [name], certify my understanding that any information

provided to me is subject to the terms and conditions of the Stipulated Protective Order in Case

No.C 07-1812 JF (HRt) pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of

California. Having been given a copy of this Stipulated Protective Order, and having read and

understood its contents, I hereby expressly agree to be bound by the terms and provisions thereof.

I will hold in confidence any Confidential Information or Confidential for Attomey's Eyes Only

Information which is disclosed to me and will use it only for purposes set forth in the Stipulated

Protective Order, and will not disclose such information to anyone not qualified thereunder.

My present address is [address]. My present phone number is [phone number]. My

present employer is [employer], where I am a [employment position].

I understand that I am to retain all copies of any of the materials I receive, which have

been so designated as Conf,rdential or Conf,rdential for Attorney's Eyes Only Information, in a

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container, drawer, cabinet, room, or other safe place in a manner consistent with the Order, and

that all copies are to remain in my custody until I have completed my assigned or legal duties, at

which time I will retum or destroy the copies as specified in the Order. I acknowledge that such

return or the subsequent destruction of such materials shall not relieve me from any of the

continuing obligations of confidentiality imposed upon me by the Order.

I hereby submit to the jurisdiction of this Court in this action solely for the purpose of

enforcement of this Stipulation and Protective Order."

6. Objectine to the Designation of Confidential Information: Objection by any party

or non-parly to the designation of information by another party or non-party as "Confidential" or

"Confidential for Attorney's Eyes Only" (hereinafter referred to collectively as "Confidential

Information" unless otherwise designated) shall be set forth and resolved as follows:

(a) If any parly objects to the designation of Confidential Information produced and

so designated by designating/producing party, the objectingparty will serve a written objection

upon the designating/producing parly setting forth its reason for objection.

(b) The designating/producing party shall then notify the objectingparty in writing of

the factual and legal bases for the asserted designation within five (5) business days after

receiving such written objection from the objecting party.

(c) The parties shall then confer in good faith in an effort to informally resolve the

validity of the designating/producing party's designation within ten (10) business days after the

objecting parly has received the producing party's notice of the bases for the asserted designation.

Counsel for either party can grant an extension of time for this conference period as mutually

agreed upon by counsel for the parties to continue to attempt to resolve the objection.

(d) If the dispute is not so resolved, the designating/producing party as the party

designating Confidential Information shall make an application to the Court by motion under

Civil Local Rule 7 (and in compliance with Civil Local Rule 79-5, if applicable) to resolve the

dispute within ten (10) business days after conferring without resolution with the objecting party.

The designating/producing party desiring to designate Confidential Information shall have the

burden of establishing the confidentiality or sensitivity of the designated material with the Court.

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(") Only upon agreement by the Court with the designating/producing party seeking

to designate Confidential lnformation and the issuance of an Order from the Court so notifying

the parties of its decision shall the Confidential Information then be appropriately designated as

"Confidential" or "Confidential for Attorney's Eyes Only."

(Ð The material produced and in dispute shall in all respects be treated as the

appropriately designated Confidential Information from the time of original designation until the

Court has determined the issue of the objecting party's objection to the designation.

7 . Protection of Confidential Information: Qualified Persons under this Order shall

take reasonable precautions with regard to storage, custody and use of designated items to

prevent the unauthorized or inadvertent disclosure of any protected information. In so doing,

such Qualified Persons shall maintain such information in a secure and safe place, and shall

exercise at least the same degree of care in handling the Conf,rdential Information as is exercised

by the recipient with respect to its own confidential information of a similar nature, but in no

event less than due care. Each designated individual identified as a Qualified Person for

receiving any Confidential Information produced in this action hereby agrees to be subject to the

jurisdiction of this Court solely for the purposes of the implementation and enforcement of this

Order.

8. Filing in the Public Record Confidential Information: V/ithout written permission

from the designating party or a court order secured after appropriate notice to all interested

persons, aparty may not file in the public record in this action any information that has been

properly designated and accepted as Confidential Information or Confidential for Attorney's

Eye's Only Information. V/hen briefs, memoranda or other documents or things containing

Confidential lnformation or Confidential for Attorney's Eyes Only Information are filed with the

Court, the parly that seeks to file under seal any Confidential Information must comply with Civil

Local Rule 79-5 "Filins Documents Under Seal." which is set forth in its entiretv below without

Commentary:

(a) Specific Court Order Required. No document may be filed under seal, i.e., closed

to inspection by the public, except pursuant to a Court order that authorizes the sealing of the

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particular document, or portions thereof. A sealing order may issue only upon a request that

establishes that the document, or portions thereof, is privileged or protectable as atrade secret or

otherwise entitled to protection under the law, fhereinafter referred to as "sealable."] The request

must be narrowly tailored to seek sealing only of sealable material, and must conform with Civil

L.R. 79-5(b) or (c). A stipulation, or a blanket protective order that allows aparty to designate

documents as sealable, will not suffice to allow the filing of documents under seal. Ordinarily,

more than one copy of a particular document should not be submitted for filing under seal in a

case.

(b) Request to File Entire Document Under Seal. Counsel seeking to file an entire

document under seal must:

(1) File and serve an Administrative Motion to File Under Seal, in conformance

with Civil L.R. 7-11, accompanied by a declaration establishing that the entire

document is sealable;

(2) Lodge with the Clerk and serve a proposed order sealing the document;

(3) Lodge with the Clerk and serve the entire document, contained in an 8 %- inch

by 11-inch sealed envelope or other suitable sealed container, with a cover sheet

aff,rxed to the envelope or container, setting out the information required by Civil

L.R. 3- 4(a) and (b) and prominently displaying the notation: "DOCUMENT

SUBMITTED UNDER SEAL";

(4) Lodge with the Clerk for delivery to the Judge's chambers a second copy of the

entire document, in an identical labeled envelope or container.

(c) Requesto File a Portion of a Document Under Seal. If only a portion of a

document is sealable, counsel seeking to file that portion of the document under seal must:

(1) File and serve an Administrative Motion to File Under Seal, in conformance with

Civil L.R. 7-Il, accompanied by a declaration establishing that aportion of the

document is sealable;

(2) Lodge with the Clerk and serve a proposed order that is narrowly tailored

to seal only the portion of the document which is claimed to be sealable;

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(3) Lodge with the Clerk and serve the entire document, contained in an I Yzinch by I 1-inch sealed envelope or other suitable sealed container, with a cover

sheet affixed to the envelope or container, setting out the information required by

Civil L.R. 3-a@) and (b) and prominently displaying the notation: "DOCUMENT

SUBMITTED LINDER SEAL." The sealable portions of the document must be

identified by notations or highlighting within the text;

(4) Lodge with the Clerk for delivery to the Judge's chambers a second copy of the

entire document, in an identical labeled envelope or container, with the sealable

portions identified;

(5) Lodge with the Clerk and serve a redacted version of the document that can be

filed in the public record if the Court grants the sealing order.

(d) Filine a Document Designated Confidential by Another Pa4y. If a parly wishes to

file a document that has been designated confidential by another parly pursuant to a protective

order, or if a party wishes to refer in a memorandum or other filing to information so designated

by another party, the submitting parly must file and serve an Administrative Motion for a sealing

order and lodge the document, memorandum or other filing in accordance with this rule. If only a

portion of the document, memorandum or other filing is sealable, the submitting parry must also

lodge with the Court a redacted version of the document, memorandum or other filing to be

placed in the public record if the Court approves the requested sealing order. V/ithin five days

thereafter, the designating party must file with the Court and serve a declaration establishing that

the designated information is sealable, and must lodge and serve a narrowly tailored proposed

sealing order, or must withdraw the designation of confidentiality. If the designating party does

not file its responsive declaration as required by this subsection, the document or proposed f,rling

will be made part of the public record.

(e) Request Denied. If a request to file under seal is denied in part or in full, neither

the lodged document nor any proposed redacted version will be filed. The Clerk will notifi'the

submitting party, hold the lodged document for three days for the submitting party to retrieve it,

and thereafter, if it is not retrieved, dispose of it. If the request is denied in fuIl, the submitting

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party may retain the document and not make itpart of the record in the case, or, within 3 days, resubmit the document for filing in the public record. If the request is denied in part and granted in

part, the party may resubmit the document in a manner that conforms to the Court's order and

this rule.

(Ð Effect of Seal. Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, any document filed under

seal shall be kept from public inspection, including inspection by attorneys and parties to the

action, during the pendency of the case. Any document filed under seal in a civil case shall be

open to public inspection without fuither action by the Court 10 years from the date the case is

closed. However, a party that submitted documents that the Court placed under seal in a case

may, upon showing good cause at the conclusion of the case, seek an order that would continue

the seal until a specific date beyond the 10 years provided by this rule. Nothing in this rule is

intended to affect the normal records destruction policy of the United States Courts. The

chambers copy of sealed documents will be disposed of in accordance with the assigned Judge's

discretion. Ordinarily these copies will be recycled, not shredded, unless special arrangements are

made.

9. Presenting Confidential Information in Proceedings: When Confidential

Information or Confidential for Attorney's Eyes Only Information is presented, quoted or

referenced in ariy deposition, hearing or other proceeding, counsel for the offering parly shall

make alrangements to ensure that only permitted Qualified Persons, under paragraphs 1(c) and

1 (e), are present during such presentation, quotation or reference. To designate all or any portion

of the testimony Confidential or Conf,rdential for Attorney's Eyes Only, counsel for the witness

may enter such a designation on the record and at the time the testimony is given or immediately

thereafter.

10. Transcripts and Confidential Information: When Confidential Information or

Confidential for Attorney's Eyes Only Information is incorporated in a transcript of a deposition,

hearing, trial or other proceeding, the party asserting that the information or disclosure is

Confidential, shall, with the cooperation of all other parties and/or the court reporter, make

arrangements to label such portion "Confidential lnformation" or "Confidential for Attorney's

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Eyes Only Information", and to separately bind such separate category of information where

practicable. All persons shall be enjoined from disclosing the testimony that has been so

designated, except as permitted by this Order. If a designation of Confidential Information or

Confidential Attorney's Eyes Only Information is not made during a deposition, hearing or trial,

and a party determines that additional material contained in the transcript should have been so

designated, apafry may so designate the transcript or parts thereof, within thirfy (30) days of the

mailing of the transcript, by sending written notice to opposing counsel and the court reporter of

the portions of the transcript that set forth that Confidential Information. Each party so notified

must then cause each copy of the information in its custody, possession or control to be

appropriately marked and bound where practicable. Until the thirry (30) day period has expired,

all deposition testimony and transcripts shall be treated in their entirety as Confidential

Information covered by this Order. If no such written notice is provided within thirry (30) days

of the mailing of the transcript, all previously undesignated portions of the subject transcript will

be deemed to be unprotected under this Order.

I 1. Disclosure by Oualified Persons: A Qualified Person under this Order may

disclose items designated as "Confidential" or "Confidential Attorney's Eyes Only" only to

persons personally known to him/her to be authorized under this Order to receive such items.

Information obtained by apafi inspecting, measuring, analyzing, testing, using, consulting, or

otherwise derived from reviewing any item designated under this Order shall be considered as

designated and marked according to the highest level of protection of any item reviewed in

obtaining that information.

12. Disclosure to Other Persons Not Oualified Persons: Disclosure of Confidential or

Confidential for Attorney's Eyes Only Information to a person other than a Qualif,red Person may

occur only upon the prior consent of the party who has produced and designated the information

as "Confidential" or "Confidential for Attorney's Eyes Only," or upon the information losing its

protected status in accordance with the provisions of this Stipulated Protective Order, or upon

order of the Court.

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13. A Pa4v's Own Information: Nothing herein shall be deemed to impose any

restriction on the use or disclosure by aparty of its own documents or information.

14. Duration of Enforceability of This Order and Actions Upon Termination: This

Order is valid throughout the course of this action (defined to include all proceedings herein,

appeals andlor remands), and shall survive its termination. Not later than ninety (90) days after

final termination of this action by judgment, order, settlement or otherwise, from which all

appeals have been exhausted, all copies of documents containing Confidential Information shall

be returned to the producing party or destroyed. As an exception to this provision, one archival

copy of pleadings, correspondence, work product, discovery responses, depositions, deposition

exhibits, Court exhibits and documents included in submissions to the Court may be retained by

outside counsel, and one archival set of produced documents may be retained for a period of up

to five years from the date of termination by outside counsel for the receiving party for the

purpose of any possible future dispute over alleged violation of this Order or over any agreement,

decision, decree, order or judgment disposing of all or part of this action.

15. No Waiver of Right to Oppose Production: Nothing in this Order shall be deemed

a waiver of any party's rights to oppose production of any information or documents on the

grounds of relevance or materiality, or as an attorney-client privileged communication, or as

work product of counsel, or as not reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible

evidence. If information subject to a claim of attorney-client privilege or work product immunity

is nevertheless inadvertently produced, such production shall in no way prejudice or otherwise

constitute a waiver of, or estoppel as to, any claim of privilege or work product immunity for

such information.

16. Inadvertent or Unauthorized Disclosure: If Confidential Information or

Confidential for Attorney's Eyes Only Information is disclosed to anyone other than in a manner

authorized by this Order, or a disclosing party inadvertently produces a document believed in

good faith to be privileged or to contain Confidential or Confidential for Attorney's Eyes Only

Information, the party responsible for such disclosure ("inadvertent disclosing party") must

immediately bring all pertinent facts relating to such disclosure to the attention of the party that

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so designated the information, and the inadvertent disclosing party must make every reasonable

effort to retrieve such Confidential or Confidential for Attomey's Eyes Only Information and to

prevent further disclosure. That inadvertent disclosing parly shall so notiff the other parties in

writing or by making a statement on the record as soon as reasonably possible after the

inadvertent or unauthorized disclosure is discovered. Following receipt of such notice, the

parties shall return to the inadvertent disclosing parfy all originals and copies of any document

claimed to contain the Confidential Information, and shall thereafter treatit as such pursuant to

this Order and, other than documents contended to be privileged, the inadvertent disclosing parly

shall again produce each such document, with the appropriate "Confidential" or "Confidential for

Attorney's Eyes Only" designation, or other designation as otherwise required by this Order.

These provisions are subject to the right of any parry to seek an order ruling that the document is

not privileged or Confidential, and compliance with the foregoing shall not prevent the

inadvertent disclosing party from seeking further relief from the Court.

L7. No Admission of Confidential Status: Agreement to this Order is not an

expression of consent or admission as to the actual confidentiality of any material. Should any

parfy desire to challenge the designation of any material or information as "Confidential

Information" or "Confidential for Attorney's Eyes Only Information," other than as provided in

paragraph 6 above, such parly may move the Court for an order changing such designation andlor

releasing the material from the provisions of this Order. The Court, upon notice to the parties

and upon a showing of good cause, may at any time order removal of the "Confidential" or

"Confidential Attomey's Eyes Only" designation from any materials or information, or otherwise

amend this Order.

18. Additional Protection and Modifications: Nothing herein shall affect the right of

any pafi hereto to seek and secure additional protection against the disclosure ofConfidential or

Confidential for Attorney's Eyes Only Information. Any party hereto may apply to the Court for

a modification of this Order, with respect to Confidential andlor Confidential for Attorney's Eyes

Only Information, for termination of classifred handling of any particular document, or for any

other purpose.

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19. Copies of Notices: In addition to the procedures specifically set forth above, a

copy of any notice or written assurance required by this Order shall be mailed to the attorney of

record in the action for the person or party to whom such notice is directed. In the case of notice

required to be provided to any person (including a non-party) who has not previously made an

appearance in the action, notice may also be provided to the person if copies are also sent to

counsel for the parties.

20. 'Waivers: Any waiver or consent expressly provided for by this Order which is

made in writing or on the record by an attorney of record for any person/party in the action shall

be binding upon such person/party.

2I. Pa4y Duties as to Qualified Persons: Any party designating any person as a

Qualified Person shall have the duty to reasonably ensure that such person observes the terms of

this Order and shall be jointly responsible upon breach of such duty for the failure of any such

person to observe the terms of the Order.

23. Information Received from Non-Parties: Either aparty or a nonparty may

designate documents produced in connection with this litigation "Confidential" or "Confidential

for Attomey's Eyes Only." The terms of this Order shall be applied to any documents,

information and things received by aparty or otherwise produced from any person/entity who is

not a party to this litigation and which are so designated at the election of such non-party

person/entity. Such information so designated by a non-party will be protected by the remedies

and relief provided by this Order and subject to its provisions in the same manner as if designated

by apafi.

24. Consent to Jurisdiction: Any litigation with respect to this Order shall be

conducted pursuant to the Local Rules of the Northern District of California and subject to the

jurisdiction of the Northern District of California.

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25. For a period of six months after the final termination of this action, this court will retain jurisdiction to enforce the terms of this order.

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25. Other Court Orders: This Order shall be binding on the parties hereto when

signed, and is subject to modification by the Court. Any further Order entered by the Court in

this action will supersede the terms of this Order to the extent it is inconsistent herewith.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

JONES WALDO HOLBROOK &

MCDONOUGH

By: /s/ Brett D. Ekins

Brett D. Ekins

KING & KELLEHER

By: /s/ Alvin B. Lindsqt

Alvin B. Lindsay

Attorneys for Defendants Jewelry Innovations, Attorneys for Plaintiff Trent'West

Inc., Tosyali International, Inc. (dba

Benchmarþ, and Northstar Diamond, Inc. (dba

Tungsten Magnum)

Date: April4,2008 Date: April4,2008

TROJAN LAW OFFICES

By: /s/ R. Joseph Troian

R. Joseph Trojan

Attorneys for Defendant Crown Ring, Inc.

Date: April4,2008

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION,IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: April _, 2008

Honorable Howard R. Lloyd

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