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

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RICHARD R. PATCH (State Bar No. 88049) 

GREGG M. FICKS (State Bar No. 148093) 

CLINTON L. TODD (State Bar No. 21 8670) 

COBLENTZ, PATCH, DUFFY & BASS LLP 

One Feq Building, Suite 200 

San Francisco, California 941 1 1-42 13 

Telephone: (41 5) 391 -4800 

Facsimile: (4 1 5) 989- 1663 

Email: ef-np@cpdb.com 

ef-grnf@cpdb.com 

ef-clt@cpdb.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff and Cross-Defendants 

RAFAEL TOW CENTER INVESTORS 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

RAFAEL TOWN CENTER INVESTORS, 

LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

THE WEITZ COMPANY, LLC, a Limited 

Liability Company and successor to THE 

WEITZ COMPANY, MC., an Iowa 

Corporation; and DOES I through 50, 

inclusive, 

Defendants. 

AND RELATED COUNTER-CLAIMS 

Case No. C 06 6633 SI 

STIPULATED [PROPOSED] 

PROTECTIVE ORDER 

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STIPULATED [PROPOSED] PROTECTIVE ORDER 

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Good cause appearing therefore, the Parties and their respective counsel shall follow the 

procedures set forth below. 

1. Definitions. When used in this Protective Order ("Protective Order"), the words set 

forth below shall have the following meanings: 

a. "Documents" includes, but is not limited to, all papers, photographs, films, 

recordings, memoranda, books, records, accounts, communications and all retrievable information 

in computer storage, including that which has been Disclosed in discovery in this Litigation by 

any person or entity, whether pursuant to formal discovery requests or by agreement. 

b. "Discovery Materials" means (i) Documents; (ii) deposition testimony taken 

in this action, exhibits thereto, and transcripts thereof, whether in writing or on audiotape, 

videotape or computer disk; (iii) answers to interrogatories, responses to requests to admit, and 

responses to requests for documents served or filed in this Litigation; and (iv) any other discovery 

materials Disclosed either by a party or non-party. 

c. "Disclose" or "Disclosure" means to produce, reveal, divulge, give, or make 

available Discovery Materials, or any part thereof, or any information contained therein. 

d. "Confidential Information" means any Discovery Materials designated as 

"Confidential" pursuant to Paragraphs 3,4,5, or 6 below. 

e. "Producing Party" means the person or entity Disclosing Discovery 

Materials, its affiliates, and persons and/or entities who are non-parties to this Litigation. 

f. "Non-Producing Party" means any Party other than the Producing Party. 

g. "Litigation" means the case entitled Rafael Town Center Investors, LLC, a 

Delaware Limited Liability Company v. The Weitz Company, LLC, a Limited Liability Company 

md successor to The Weitz Company, an Iowa Corporation, United States District Court, 

Northern District of California Case No. C 06 6633 SI and all subsequent appeals and retrials. 

h. "Party," as used alone and not pursuant to 1 (e) or 1 (f) above, means Rafael 

rown Center Investors, LLC, including its affiliates, officers, directors, agents and employees, and 

.he The Weitz Company, LLC, including its affiliates, officers, directors, agents and employees. 

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5 Materials shall not be used by any Party or non-party, other than the Producing Party, for any II 

I. "Signatory" means any person or entity who signs Exhibit A to this 

Protective Order. 

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6 11 other purpose, including, without limitation, any business or commercial purpose. Confidential 

2. Use of Discovery Materials and Confidential Information. Discovery Materials 

shall be used solely for the purpose of this Litigation. Except by order of the Court, Discovery 

7 Information shall be used only for the purpose of this ~iti~ation, and may be disclosed only as I/ 

8 provided in Paragraph 8 below. II 

11 Discovery Materials contain (a) trade secret information, as that term has been defined under the I I 

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12 applicable statutes and case law, or: (b) other proprietary information that would ordinarily be II 

3. Confidential Information. Any Producing Party may designate any Discovery 

Materials "Confidential" if such Producing Party reasonably and in good faith believes that such 

13 protected from disclosure as confidential under California law, including information involving I I 

14 confidential matters related to the business operations of a Producing or Non-Producing Party of I I 

15 which: public revelation of these matters would interfere with a Producing or Non-Producing I I 

18 legitimate interests of a Producing or Non-Producing Party; that the designation is narrowly II 

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19 tailored; and, other than designating the materials "Confidential," no less restrictive means exist to I I 

Party's ability to effectively compete in the marketplace; if made available to the public, there is a 

substantial probability that revelation of the Discovery Materials would prejudice the foregoing 

20 protect a Producing or Non-Producing Party's legitimate proprietary interest. "Confidential" II 

21 1) Discovery Materials may include, without limitation, any budgets, operating methods or 

22 procedures, financial models, rent models, bids, contracts with third parties, compensation /I 

23 structures, and/or financial results. Discovery Materials designated as "Confidential" shall not be II 

24 Disclosed to any person or entity except in accordance with the terms, conditions, and restrictions II 

25 1) of this Protective Order, as further detailed in Paragraph 7(b) below. 

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4. "Confidential" lnformation Produced BY Another Person. During the first thirty 

(30) business days after Disclosure, all Disclosed Discovery Materials shall be treated as 

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2 materials as "Confidential" pursuant to Paragraph 6(b) below. Any Non-Producing Party may I I 

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3 designate any Discovery Materials as "Confidential" if such Non-Producing Party in good faith I I 

"Confidential," pending consideration by the Non-Producing Parties whether to designate such 

4 11 believes that such Discovery Materials contain confidential, proprietary or commercially sensitive 

5 II information. 

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11 a. To designate Discovery Materials as "Confidential," a Producing Party 

5. Procedure for Desimatin~ Written Discoverv Materials "Confidential." To 

designate Discovery Materials as "Confidential," the designating Party shall use the following 

12 such legend in the text of the designated response and shall state on the caption or face page of I I 

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13 such response that "THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS MATERLALS DESIGNATED I I 

shall, in the case of a document, mark each page of such document with the legend 

"CONFIDENTIAL"; shall, in the case of a response to an interrogatory or request to admit state 

14 CONFIDENTIAL"; or shall, in the case of deposition testimony, use the procedures provided in I I 

15 Paragraph 7 below. II 

l6 11 b. To designate Discovery Materials as "Confidential," a Non-Producing Party 

17 must designate such materials as "Confidential" in writing to counsel of record for all Parties and II 

18 to the Producing Party, within thirty (30) business days of the Disclosure of the Discovery I I 

19 Materials. Such writing shall, in the case of documents produced in discovery, identify by Bates I1 

20 number the materials to be designated as "Confidential"; and shall, in the case of a response to an I I 

21 interrogatory or request to admit, identify the response document by title and the specific response It 

22 to be designated. II 

25 to Confidential Information at the time it is given, by so stating on the record. When testimony is I I 

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26 designated during a deposition, any person attending the deposition who is not among those to I I 

6. Procedure for Designating Deposition Testirnonv. With respect to deposition 

testimony, counsel for any Party or Signatory shall designate that portion of the testimony relating 

27 11 whom Confidential Information may be Disclosed under the terms of this Protective Order shall 

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leave the deposition room during the designated testimony. If deposition testimony is designated 

as Confidential Information, the court reporter shall mark each page of the transcript containing 

Confidential Information with the legend "CONFIDENTIAL" as per the designation stated on the 

record. 

7. Disclosure of Confidential Information. Confidential Information may be 

Disclosed to the following persons: 

a. Experts and consultants not in the regular employ of any of the Parties who 

are retained or consulted by counsel of record for any Party concerning the Preparation and trial of 

this Litigation, and the employees of any such expert or consultant who are assisting in the work 

for which the expert or consultant is engaged, provided that said experts or consultants execute a 

copy of the Affidavit attached hereto as Exhibit A; 

b. Counsel of record for any Party; 

c. Paralegal, secretarial, and clerical employees of counsel of record for any 

I / Party who are assisting Counsel, Court Reporters or other persons involved in recording or 

I transcribing testimony in this Litigation, and the Court or any persons employed by the Court 

whose duties require access to any Confidential Information filed in connection with this 

Litigation, as set forth in Paragraph 10 below; 

d. Copy or data management services retained to handle or reproduce 

Confidential Information in the Litigation; 

e. Any witness or any person who in good faith may be considered a potential 

21 (1 witness in this Litigation, provided that said witness or potential witness executes a copy of the 

Affidavit attached hereto as Exhibit A; 

f. The Party who has sought discovery of the Confidential Information, and its 

24 partners, directors, officers, employees, and insurers, provided that the Party and its partners, II 

25 directors, officers, employees, and insurers to whom the Confidential Information is Disclosed Il 

have executed copies of the Affidavit attached hereto as Exhibit A. 

8. Treatment of Confidential Information. A person or entity to whom Confidential 

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Information is Disclosed: (i) shall protect its confidential nature both during the pendency of this 

Litigation and after its conclusion by final judgment or settlement; (ii) shall never Disclose any 

Confidential Information to any person other than the persons to whom Disclosure is permitted by 

this Protective Order; (iii) shall never use any Confidential Information for the benefit of himself 

or herself, a Non-Producing Party, or anyone else, except for the purpose of this Litigation; and 

(iv) shall maintain Confidential Information in a secure place where unauthorized Disclosure 

cannot reasonably be expected to occur. The Parties shall provide each sworn Affidavit executed 

by such persons to the Court upon its direction, Counsel of record in this Litigation are 

responsible for employing reasonable measures to control, consistent with this Protective Order, 

duplication of, access to, and distribution of the Confidential Information. 

9. Motions to Seal Confidential Information Filed With the Court. This Protective 

Order shall not preclude the Disclosure of Confidential Information to the Court having 

jurisdiction over the Litigation, including the trier of fact at the time of trial or court hearing in this 

action. To the extent that any Confidential Information is filed or otherwise presented in Court, 

the Party offering the Confidential Information shall place such materials provisionally under seal 

and shall notify the Party which designated such Confidential Information that the Confidential 

Information has been filed or otherwise presented in Court. The designating Party may, at its own 

option, move for the filed Confidential Information to be sealed. Upon such motion the Court, in 

exercise of its sound discretion, shall order that the Confidential Information be filed under seal 

upon good cause shown. If no such motion to seal is filed by the designating Party, or if such 

motion is denied, the provisional seal shall be lifted. This Protective Order shall not preclude or 

otherwise affect the offering or receipt of, or objections to, evidence at trial. 

23 (1 10. Disposition of Confidential Information After Termination. Upon the final 

24 termination of this Litigation in any manner, including, but not limited to, a final judgment or II 

25 settlement, or, in the case of an appeal, the date when all appeals are resolved, each Party and each II 

26 Signatory shall ensure that all Discovery Materials containing Confidential Information provided II 

27 by a Producing Party to a Non-Producing Party, including notes, summaries, extracts or other II 

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it shall be pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5

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memoranda or writings regarding the contents of any and all Confidential Information, shall be 

promptly destroyed or returned to the Producing Party, provided, however, that this obligation 

shall not extend to Confidential Information included in conformed copies of materials filed with 

the Court. Each Party and each Signatory shall confirm such destruction or disposition in writing 

within thirty (30) days after termination of the Litigation. 

1 1. No Waiver/No Admission. The failure of a Producing Party to designate any 

Discovery Material as Confidential Information does not constitute a waiver of such claim. A 

Producing Party may designate Discovery Material as Confidential Information after the 

Discovery Material has been Disclosed, with the effect that such Discovery Material is subject to 

the protections of this Protective Order on and after the date of its designation as Confidential 

Information. Moreover, complying with the terms of this Protective Order andlor Disclosing or 

receiving Confidential Information shall not: 

a. Operate as an admission that any Confidential Information contains or 

reflects trade secrets or any other type of confidential information; 

b. Prejudice in any way the rights of a Party or Signatory to object to any 

discovery request or subpoena; or 

c. Prejudice in any way the rights of a Party or Signatory to seek a 

determination by the Court whether any Confidential Information has been properly designated 

and should be subject to the tenns of this Protective Order. 

12. Procedure to Challenge "Confidentialitv" Designation. A Party receiving 

documents marked "Confidential" may object to the confidentiality designations at any time prior 

to thirty (30) days before trial. A period of twenty (20) days will follow thereafter during which 

time the Parties must "meet and confer" and attempt to resolve the objection and/or objections. If 

the "meet and confern process fails to produce agreement on whether or not the documents were 

3ppropriately designated "Confidential," the Party seeking confidentiality must then seek an order 

from the Court regarding the appropriateness of the confidentiality designation, during which time 

:he Discovery Materials will remain "Confidential." Any application to the Court seeking to 

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preserve a Party's designation of "Confidential" documents must be filed and served within twenty 

(20) days from the expiration of the "meet and confer" period and must be diligently pursued, or 

the application will be denied as untimely. The Party asserting confidentiality will bear the burden 

to show that the documents or other information fall within the definition of "Confidential." The 

Court, if called upon to determine the appropriateness of a confidentiality designation, may be 

guided by standards for sealing court records as set forth in California Rule of Court 2.550 and 

judicial interpretations of that rule, as well as other applicable law, including that concerning trade 

secrets, proprietary and other private or confidential information. 

13. Modification of This Protective Order. This Protective Order shall continue to be 

binding after the conclusion of this Litigation, except that a Party or Signatory may seek a 

stipulation by all parties hereto or an order of the Court with respect to dissolution or modification 

of this Protective Order. The Court shall retain jurisdiction to enforce or modify this Protective 

Order. 

14. Compelled Disclosure of Confidential Information. In the event any Party or 

Signatory is served with a subpoena or request for production of Confidential Information, the 

Party or Signatory shall give sufficient notice to the Producing Party to allow the Producing Party 

a reasonable opportunity to intervene to oppose such production. In no event shall a Party or 

Signatory Disclose Confidential Information in response to a subpoena or other discovery request 

unless and until the Party or Signatory has: (i) received written authorization fi-om counsel for the 

Producing Party to Disclose the Confidential Information; or (ii) been ordered to do so by a court 

of competent jurisdiction. 

15. Nothing in this Protective Order shall prevent any party from disclosing its own 

Confidential Information as it deems appropriate. 

SO STIPULATED: 

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By: Michael T. McKeernan 

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THE WEITZ COMPANY, LLC 

SO ORDERED. 

Dated: -2007 

United States District Court Judge 

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DATED: March, 2007 COBLENTZ, PATCH, DUFFY & BASS LLP 

By: 

Richard R. Patch 

Attorneys for Plaintiff and Cross-Defendants 

RAFAEL TOWN CENTER INVESTORS 

SEYFARTH SHAW LLP 

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Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaimant 

THE WEITZ COMPANY, LLC 

SO ORDERED. 

Dated: -? 2007 

United States District Court Judge 

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ATTACHMENT A 

NONDISCLOSURE STATEMENT 

1, , declare that I have read the Stipulated 

Protective Order in the action entitled Rafael Town Center Investors, LLC v. The Weitz Company, 

LLC, Case No. C 06 6633 SI, pending in the United States District Court, Northern District of 

California, and hereby agree to comply with and be bound by its terms and conditions. I hereby 

consent to the jurisdiction of said Court for purposes of enforcing this Order. 

Dated: Signed: 

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NONDISCLOSURE STATEMENT 

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