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

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PROTECTIVE ORDER 1 CASE NO. 5:12-cv-03733-EJD

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

Droplets, Inc.,

Plaintiff,

vs.

Amazon.com, Inc. et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 5:12-cv-03733-EJD

[PROPOSED] PROTECTIVE ORDER

The parties, by and through their respective counsel of record, stipulate that the following

Protective Order shall apply in the above-captioned action, subject to approval and entry by the Court:

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, 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 

(MODIFIED BY THE COURT)

*E-FILED: February 28, 2013*

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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 how 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 staff).

2.4 Designated House Counsel: House Counsel who seek access to “HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” information in this matter.

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

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

– ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY,” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE.”

2.6 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.

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

litigation who (1) has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as an expert witness or as a 

consultant in this action, (2) is not a past or current employee of a Party or of a Party's competitor, and (3) 

at the time of retention, is not anticipated to become an employee of a Party or of a Party's competitor.

2.8 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” Information or Items: 

extremely sensitive “Confidential Information or Items,” disclosure of which to another Party or NonParty would create a substantial risk of serious harm that could not be avoided by less restrictive means.

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2.9 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – 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 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.

2.10 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.

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

not named as a Party to this action.

2.12 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.

2.13 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).

2.14 Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or Discovery Material in 

this action.

2.15 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.

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

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

CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE.” 

2.17 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, 

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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 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 NonParty 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.

For a period of 6 months after final disposition of this litigation, this court will retain jurisdiction to enforce the terms of this order.

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

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

CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE”) 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.

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(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 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 – 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 – 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 – 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,” “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –

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

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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 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 and in a 

secure manner that ensures that access is limited to the persons authorized under this Order.

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

parties shall comply with the undersigned's Standing Order re Civil Discovery Disputes Any Discovery Dispute Joint Report shall affirm that ^

have been satisfied. seek judicial intervention seek relief with respect to seek relief

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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 and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” that is attached hereto 

as Exhibit A;

(b) the officers, directors, and employees (including House Counsel) 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);

(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, 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);

(f) during their depositions, witnesses in the action to whom disclosure is reasonably 

necessary and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), unless 

otherwise agreed by the Designating Party or ordered by the court. Pages of transcribed deposition 

testimony or exhibits to depositions that reveal Protected Material must be separately bound by the court 

reporter and may not be disclosed to anyone except as permitted under this Stipulated Protective Order.

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

person who otherwise possessed or knew the information.

7.3 Disclosure of “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” and 

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

CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE” only to:

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(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 have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” that is attached hereto 

as Exhibit A;

(b) Designated House Counsel of the Receiving Party (1) who has no involvement in 

competitive decision-making, (2) to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation, (3) who 

has 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;1

(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(a)(2), below, have been followed;

(d) the court and its personnel;

(e) court reporters and their staff, 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

(f) the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a custodian or other 

person who otherwise possessed or knew the information.

7.4 Procedures for Approving or Objecting to Disclosure of “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –

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

to Designated House Counsel or Experts.

(a)(1) Unless otherwise ordered by the court or agreed to in writing by the Designating Party, 

a Party that seeks to disclose to Designated House Counsel any information or item that has been 

designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” pursuant to paragraph 7.3(b) 

first must make a written request to the Designating Party that (1) sets forth the full name of the 

Designated House Counsel and the city and state of his or her residence and (2) describes the Designated 

 

1 This Order contemplates that Designated House Counsel shall not have access to any information or items 

designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE.” 

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House Counsel’s current and reasonably foreseeable future primary job duties and responsibilities in 

sufficient detail to determine if House Counsel is involved, or may become involved, in any competitive 

decision-making.

(a)(2) Unless otherwise ordered by the court or agreed to in writing by the Designating Party, 

a Party that seeks to disclose to an Expert (as defined in this Order) any information or item that has been 

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

CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE” pursuant to paragraph 7.3(c) first must make a written request to 

the Designating Party that (1) identifies the general categories of “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE” information that the 

Receiving Party seeks permission to disclose to the Expert, (2) sets forth the full name of the Expert and 

the city and state of his or her primary residence, (3) attaches a copy of the Expert’s current resume, (4) 

identifies the Expert’s current employer(s), (5) identifies each person or entity from whom the Expert 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,2and (6) identifies (by name and number of the case, filing date, and location of court) any 

litigation in connection with which the Expert has offered expert testimony, including through a 

declaration, report, or testimony at a deposition or trial, during the preceding five years.

(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 identified Designated House 

Counsel or Expert 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 to Designated 

 

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If the Expert believes any of this information is subject to a confidentiality obligation to a third-party, then the 

Expert should provide whatever information the Expert believes can be disclosed without violating any 

confidentiality agreements, and the Party seeking to disclose to the Expert shall be available to meet and confer with 

the Designating Party regarding any such engagement.

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House Counsel or the Expert 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 

disclosure to Designated House Counsel or the Expert 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 to Designated House Counsel or the 

Expert 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 its 

Designated House Counsel or Expert.

8. PROSECUTION BAR

Absent written consent from the Producing Party, any individual who receives access to 

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

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

relating to the delivery of applications over the internet to a client computer, including without limitation 

the patents asserted in this action and any patent or application claiming priority to or otherwise related to 

the patents 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.3 To avoid any doubt, “prosecution” as used in this paragraph does not include representing a 

party challenging a patent before a domestic or foreign agency (including, but not limited to, a reissue 

protest, ex parte reexamination or inter partes reexamination). This Prosecution Bar shall begin when 

access to “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL 

– SOURCE CODE” information is first received by the affected individual and shall end two (2) years 

 

3

Prosecution includes, for example, original prosecution, reissue and reexamination proceedings.

the parties shall comply with the undersigned's Standing Order re Civil Discovery Disputes.

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after final termination of this action. To avoid any doubt, ‘prosecution’ as used in this paragraph does not 

include providing copies of non-confidential prior art asserted in this litigation to patent prosecution 

counsel, nor discussing the scope and content of such non-confidential prior art with prosecution counsel 

for the purpose of ensuring that any such non-confidential prior art is disclosed to the Patent Office and for 

ensuring that Droplets and its prosecution counsel do not take contrary positions before this Court and the 

Patent Office; however, in no event will the discussions with prosecution counsel include any reference, 

mention, or disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL,” “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES 

ONLY” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE” materials of a Party or Non-Party. Any 

individual with access to “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” or “HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE” will not be involved in the drafting, revising, or amending of any 

claims, or be involved in any discussions regarding the drafting, revising, or amending of any claims, in 

any patents or patent applications relating to the delivery of applications over the internet to a client 

computer, including without limitation the patents asserted in this action and any patent or application 

claiming priority to or otherwise related to the patents asserted in this action.

Further, counsel for each party shall designate only two outside counsel who may have discussions 

with prosecution counsel regarding non-confidential prior art.

9. SOURCE CODE

(a) To the extent production of source code becomes necessary in this case, a Producing Party 

may designate source code as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE” if it comprises or 

includes confidential, proprietary or trade secret source code.

(b) Protected Material designated as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE” shall 

be subject to all of the protections afforded to “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – 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 – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” information may 

be disclosed, as set forth in Paragraphs 7.3 and 7.4, with the exception of Designated House Counsel.

(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 an office of the Producing Party’s counsel or another mutually agreed upon location. 

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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 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. No recordable media, or recording devices, including without limitation sound recorders, 

computers, cellular telephones, peripheral equipment, cameras, CDs, DVDs, or drives of any kind, shall be 

permitted into the source code review room. Prior to entering the Source Code Review Room, all persons 

must agree to submit to reasonable security measures to insure they are not carrying any prohibited items 

before they will be given access to the Source Code.

(d) Prior to the first inspection of any requested Source Code, the Receiving Party shall 

provide ten (10) business days notice to schedule the initial Source Code inspection with the Producing 

Party’s Outside Counsel. The Receiving Party shall provide five (5) business days notice in advance of 

scheduling any additional Source Code inspections. Such notice shall include the names, titles, and contact 

information for every individual from the Receiving Party who will attend the inspection.

(e) 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 purpose 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 –

SOURCE CODE.” 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.

(f) 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 

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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 information or items designated in this action as “CONFIDENTIAL,” “HIGHLY 

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

CODE,” that Party must: 

(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.4

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

court order shall not produce any information designated in this action as “CONFIDENTIAL,” “HIGHLY 

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

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 

 

4 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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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 Non-Party in this 

action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL,” “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES 

ONLY,” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – 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. 

(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 Non-Party;

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 Non-Party. 

(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 Non-Party 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.5 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.

 

5 The purpose of this provision is to alert the interested parties to the existence of confidentiality rights of a NonParty and to afford the Non-Party an opportunity to protect its confidentiality interests in this court.

See Paragraph 16.

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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 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 

When a Producing Party gives notice to Receiving Parties that certain inadvertently produced 

material is subject to a claim of privilege or other protection, the obligations of the Receiving Parties are 

those set forth in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5)(B). 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. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 502(d) and (e), insofar as the parties reach an 

agreement on the effect of disclosure of a communication or information covered by the attorney-client 

privilege or work product protection, the parties may incorporate their agreement in the stipulated 

protective order submitted to the court.

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 be subject to all applicable laws 

and regulations relating to the export of technical data contained in such Protected Material, including the 

release of such technical data to foreign persons or nationals in the United States or elsewhere. The 

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Producing Party shall be responsible for identifying any such controlled technical data, and the Receiving 

Party shall take measures necessary to ensure compliance. In addition, no Protected Material designated 

“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE” may leave the territorial boundaries of the United States 

of America.

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 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 must submit a written certification to the Producing Party (and, if not the 

same person or entity, to the Designating Party) by 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, deposition, and hearing transcripts, 

legal memoranda, correspondence, deposition and trial exhibits, expert reports, attorney work product, and 

consultant and expert work product, even if such materials contain Protected Material. Any such archival 

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copies that contain or constitute Protected Material remain subject to this Protective Order as set forth in 

Section 4 (DURATION).

IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

DATED: February 25, 2013 /s/ Courtland L. Reichman (w/ permission)

Courtland L. Reichman

MCKOOL SMITH HENNIGAN, P.C.

255 Shoreline Drive, Suite 510

Redwood Shores, CA 94065

Tel: (650) 394-1401

Fax: (650) 551-9901

Josh W. Budwin

Texas State Bar No. 24050347

jbudwin@mckoolsmith.com

James E. Quigley

Texas State Bar No. 24075810

jquigley@mckoolsmith.com

MCKOOL SMITH, P.C.

300 West Sixth Street, Suite 1700

Austin, Texas 78701

Tel: (512) 692-8700

Fax: (512) 692-8744

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF

DROPLETS, INC.

DATED: February 25, 2013 /s/ Jeffrey G. Homrig

Jennifer Haltom Doan

(admitted pro hac vice)

Texas Bar No. 08809050

Joshua R. Thane

(admitted pro hac vice)

Texas Bar No. 24060713

Shawn Alexander Latchford

(admitted pro hac vice)

Texas Bar No. 24066603

HALTOM & DOAN

6500 Summerhill Road, Suite 100

Texarkana, TX 75503

Telephone: (903) 255-1000

Facsimile: (903) 255-0800

Email: jdoan@haltomdoan.com

Email: jthane@haltomdoan.com

Email: slatchford@haltomdoan.com **16. In the event of any discovery or 

disclosure dispute, the parties and any 

affected non-parties shall comply with 

the undersigned's Standing Order re 

Civil Discovery Disputes.

**

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David J. Ball, Jr.

(admitted pro hac vice)

PAUL,WEISS, RIFKIND,WHARTON

& GARRISON LLP

2001 K Street, NW

Washington, DC 20006-1047

Telephone: (202) 223-7300

Email: dball@paulweiss.com

Jennifer H. Wu

(admitted pro hac vice)

Erin Wiggins

(admitted pro hac vice)

PAUL,WEISS, RIFKIND,WHARTON

& GARRISON LLP

1285 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10019-6064

Telephone: (212) 373-3000

Facsimile: (212) 757-3990

Email: jwu@paulweiss.com

Email: erwiggins@paulweiss.com

Jeffrey G. Homrig

KASOWITZ BENSON TORRES

& FRIEDMAN LLP

333 Twin Dolphin Dr., Suite 200

Redwood shores, CA 94065

Telephone: (650) 453-5170

Facsimile: (650) 453-5171

Email: jhomrig@kasowitz.com

ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT

YAHOO! INC.

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: ________________________ _____________________________________

THE HONORABLE EDWARD J. DAVILA

United States District Judge

^

AS MODIFIED BY THE COURT, February 28, 2013

The Honorable Howard R. Lloyd 

United States Magistrate Judge

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EXHIBIT A

ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND

I, _____________________________ [print or type full name], of _________________ 

[print or type full address], 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 ___________ [insert formal name of the case and the 

number and initials assigned to it by the court]. 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: ______________________________

[printed name]

Signature: __________________________________

[signature]

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