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Nature of Suit Code: 820
Nature of Suit: Copyright
Cause of Action: 28:1338 Copyright Infringement

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STIPULATION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER AND ORDER THEREON 

CASE NO. C 03-04935 CW AND CASE NO. C 04-03180 RS 

LAW OFFICES OF NEIL L. SHAPIRO 

NEIL L. SHAPIRO (SBN 051547) 

2100 Garden Road, Suite C301 

Monterey, California 93940 

Telephone: (831) 372-3700 

Facsimile: (831) 372-3701 

Attorneys for ELECTRONIC ARTS INC., SONY 

MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, INC., SONY 

COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT AMERICA, INC., 

RANDOM HOUSE, INC., WAL-MART STORES, 

INC., COMPUSA, INC., ELECTRONICS BOUTIQUE, 

INC., and BEST BUY STORES, L.P 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ELECTRONIC ARTS INC., 

Plaintiff, 

v.

HERBERT ENTERPRISES, LLC, a Washington 

Limited Liability Company, and HERBERT 

LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Washington 

Limited Partnership, 

Defendants.

HERBERT LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, INC., et

al.,

 Defendants. 

No. C 03-04935 CW 

No. C 04-03180 RS 

STIPULATION FOR PROTECTIVE 

ORDER AND ORDER THEREON 

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STIPULATION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER AND ORDER THEREON 

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WHEREAS, the parties hereto recognize that preparation and trial of this action 

will require the discovery of certain Information (defined below in Section 1. hereof) claimed by 

one or more of the parties to contain trade secret or confidential business, commercial or 

financial information of a party or of third parties, the disclosure of which foreseeably could 

result in direct and serious injury to the Producing Party (also defined below in Section 1. hereof) 

and put it at a competitive disadvantage; 

WHEREAS, the parties desire to litigate this action without jeopardizing the 

commercial, competitive or business interests of themselves or of third parties in the 

confidential, proprietary or trade secret nature of this Information; 

WHEREAS, the parties wish to establish procedures to limit the necessity for 

objections or subsequent motions seeking to limit discovery, and facilitate the disposition by this 

Court of any disputes or problems that may arise in connection with discovery herein; 

 WHEREAS, the parties desire to enter into this Stipulation pending an Order 

hereon by the Court and to abide by all terms of this Stipulation as to any Information produced 

prior to the Court entering its Order hereon, irrespective of whether the Court has issued, or ever 

issues, a signed Order; 

 THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by and among 

Herbert Limited Partnership, Electronic Arts Inc., Random House, Inc., Sony Music 

Entertainment, Inc., Sony Computer Entertainment America, Inc., Universal City Studios LLLP, 

Universal Studios Licensing LLLP, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., CompUSA, Inc., Electronics 

Boutique, Inc., and Best Buy Stores, L.P. that the following Protective Order be entered in 

Consolidated Case Nos. C-03-04935 CW and C-04-03180 RS (the “Proceeding”) as follows: 

1. Scope of Protective Order. This Protective Order shall govern all 

information produced or disclosed in this Proceeding, whether revealed in a document, 

deposition, other testimony, discovery response or otherwise, (collectively, “Information”) by 

any party or third party (“Producing Party”) to any other party (“Receiving Party”). 

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2. Confidential Material. A Producing Party may designate as 

“Confidential” any Information that the Producing Party uses in, or that pertains to, its business, 

that has not been made public and that the Producing Party would not normally reveal to third 

parties or would cause third parties to maintain in confidence. All such designated material, and 

all copies, extracts and summaries thereof, shall be considered “Confidential Material.” 

3. Outside Counsel Eyes Only Material. A Producing Party may designate 

as “Outside Counsel Eyes Only” any Information that the Producing Party in good faith believes 

could cause it competitive harm if produced to one or more other parties or the representatives of 

one or more other parties other than its or their outside counsel. 

4. Disclosure of Confidential Material. Confidential Material may be 

disclosed only to the following persons: 

(a) Outside counsel of record for any party in this Proceeding, and in-house 

counsel who has or have primary responsibility for this Proceeding for a party, and their 

respective legal assistants, clerical and other support personnel; 

(b) Outside experts and consultants and their staff retained to assist the 

Receiving Party in the Proceeding; 

(c) Vendors providing litigation support services, such as copying, document 

management, jury research and graphics; 

(d) Persons who are parties or officers, directors or employees of a party to 

this Proceeding, but only to the extent there is a need to disclose such Information to assist 

counsel in the Proceeding; 

(e) The author or lawful recipient of such Information; 

(f) Court reporters and videographers; 

(g) The Court and Court personnel; and 

(h) Any person to whom the Producing Party gives written consent. 

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5. Disclosure of Outside Counsel Eyes Only Material. Outside Counsel 

Eyes Only Material may be disclosed only to the persons identified in subparagraphs 4(b)-(c) & 

(e)-(h) above, as well as outside counsel of record for any party in this Proceeding and their 

respective legal assistants, clerical and other support personnel. 

6. Bound by Protective Order. Before disclosing Confidential Material or 

Outside Counsel Eyes Only Material to any person identified in Paragraphs 4-5 above, counsel 

for the party seeking to make such disclosure shall provide the person with a copy of this 

Protective Order and inform the person that he or she is bound by its terms and may be subject to 

the jurisdiction of the Court for the purpose of enforcing those terms. All persons identified in 

subparagraphs 5(b) above shall execute an Undertaking in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A 

before receiving Confidential Material or Outside Counsel Eyes Only Material. Outside counsel 

shall retain the original executed Undertakings.

7. Use and Maintenance of Material. Confidential Material and Outside 

Counsel Eyes Only Material shall be used only for purposes of this Proceeding and shall not be 

used for any other purpose, including business or commercial purposes. Each recipient of 

Confidential Material and Outside Counsel Eyes Only Material shall take care to preserve the 

confidentiality of all such material and store it in a secure place to prevent unauthorized 

disclosure. 

8. Designation of Material. Confidential Material and Outside Counsel 

Eyes Only shall be designated and marked in the following manner: 

(a) For documents, the Producing Party shall place a legend on each page of 

each document, unless the document is voluminous, in which case a legend may be affixed to the 

first page of the document, substantially in the form “Confidential” or “Outside Counsel Eyes 

Only.”

(b) For non-written material, such as recordings, magnetic media, floppy 

disks, CD-Roms, photographs, and other tangible items, the Producing Party shall place a legend 

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substantially in the form described in subparagraph 8(a) above to the material or a container for 

that material, in any suitable manner. If any Information contained on such media is printed out, 

such printouts will be marked as described in subparagraph 8(a) above, by the printing party. 

(c) For transcripts of depositions or other sworn testimony, counsel for the 

Producing Party shall state on the record at the time of the testimony or in written notice served 

on all parties within thirty (30) days of receipt of the transcript which portions of the testimony it 

deems Confidential or Outside Counsel Eyes Only. If no designation is made on the record, the 

entire transcript shall be treated as Confidential during the thirty (30) day period. An appropriate 

legend substantially in the form described in subparagraph 8(a) shall be affixed to the cover page 

and the designated pages of the transcript. The Court Reporter or other person recording the 

testimony shall segregate any designated portions of the transcript, and may furnish copies of 

these segregated portions, in a sealed envelope, only to the witness as required by law, the Court, 

and counsel for the parties. 

(d) For responses to written interrogatories or requests for admission, the 

Producing Party shall state in its written responses that such responses contain Confidential 

Material or Outside Counsel Eyes Only Material. 

9. Challenging Designations. If a Receiving Party believes that a particular 

“Confidential” or “Outside Counsel Eyes Only” designation is unwarranted, the Receiving Party 

may challenge the designation by providing written notice to the Producing Party. If the parties 

cannot resolve the dispute informally, the Receiving Party may request the Court for relief from 

the designation of specific Information. The Producing Party shall bear the burden to establish 

that the designation is appropriate. During the pendency of any challenge or motion, the 

contested Information shall be treated according to its designation. 

10. Inadvertent Disclosure. Inadvertent disclosure of any Information 

without a designation of confidentiality will not be deemed a waiver of a later claim as to its 

confidential nature or stop the Producing Party from designating such Information as 

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Confidential or Outside Counsel Eyes Only at a later date. Disclosure of such Information by 

any party prior to such later designation shall not be deemed a violation of this Protective Order; 

provided, however, that the party that disclosed the redesignated material shall promptly retrieve 

all copies and/or summaries of the redesignated material from any persons not entitled to its 

receipt under this Protective Order. 

11. Submission of Material to Court. If any party wishes to submit or 

present any Confidential Material or Outside Counsel Eyes Only Material to the Court, such 

Confidential Material or Outside Counsel Eyes Only Material shall be submitted and filed under 

seal and shall not be made available to anyone other than the Court and its clerks and other 

persons qualified under this Protective Order. Envelopes used to seal such documents shall carry 

a legend substantially in the following form: 

CONFIDENTIAL. THIS DOCUMENT IS SUBJECT TO A 

PROTECTIVE ORDER ISSUED BY THE COURT AND MAY NOT 

BE EXAMINED OR COPIED EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH 

THAT ORDER. 

12. Confidential Treatment at Trial. Subject to the Federal Rules of 

Evidence and Local Rules of the Court, Confidential Material and Outside Counsel Eyes Only 

Material may be offered in evidence at trial or any court hearing; provided that the proponent of 

the evidence gives reasonable advance notice to counsel for the Producing Party. The Producing 

Party shall have an opportunity to respond to that notice before any of its Confidential Material 

or Outside Counsel Eyes Only Material may be used by another party at trial or a hearing in open 

court.

13. Disposition of Material. Within sixty (60) days after final conclusion of 

this Proceeding, all Confidential Material and Outside Counsel Eyes Only Material and all copies 

of same (excepts documents filed with the Court), including copies provided to experts and 

consultants, shall be returned to the Producing Party or, if the Producing Party requests, shall be 

destroyed. Counsel for the Receiving Party shall provide counsel for the Producing Party with a 

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written certification of compliance herewith within that sixty (60) day period. Notwithstanding 

the foregoing, outside counsel may retain their attorney work product and all court-filed 

documents even if they contain Confidential Material or Outside Counsel Eyes Only Material, 

but such retained material shall remain subject to the terms of this Protective Order. 

14. Limited Purpose of Protective Order. This Protective Order shall not 

affect the following: 

(a) a party’s right to object to any discovery request or seek an order 

compelling discovery with respect to any discovery request; 

(b) a party’s right at any proceeding herein to object to the admissibility of 

any evidence on any ground; 

(c) a party’s right to claim that any Information is proprietary and/or 

otherwise barred from disclosure or use for any purpose; 

(d) outside counsel’s ability to render advice to its clients with respect to this 

Proceeding and, in the course thereof, relying upon Confidential Material or Outside Counsel 

Eyes Only Material; provided that outside counsel may not disclose any other party’s 

Confidential Material or Outside Counsel Eyes Only Material other than in a manner permitted 

herein; 

(e) a party’s right to use its own Confidential Material or Outside Counsel 

Eyes Only Material in any manner it sees fit, without prior consent of any party or the Court; 

(f) a party’s right to use any information properly obtained from or available 

through public or non-confidential sources; 

(g) any existing obligation or right with respect to Confidential or Outside 

Counsel Eyes Only Material; and 

(h) a party’s right to seek and obtain additional or different protection with 

respect to the confidentiality of discovery as that party may deem appropriate. 

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15. Designation of Information Exchanged Prior to Entry of this 

Protective Order. By way of a Confidentiality Agreement dated May 13, 2002, which was 

incorporated by reference in a tolling and standstill agreement effective as of June 30, 2003, 

parties produced documents to each other prior to the commencement of these consolidated 

actions with the intention and understanding that such documents would be treated as 

confidential information. Accordingly, all documents produced by any party hereto to another 

party during the period May 13, 2002, through October 30, 2003, shall be treated as Confidential 

hereunder, and any produced with the legend “Attorney’s Eyes Only” shall be treated as Outside 

Counsel Eyes Only hereunder.

16. Miscellaneous. The terms of this Protective Order may be amended or 

modified by written agreement of the parties or upon motion and order of the Court. Nothing 

herein shall prohibit a party from seeking, by stipulation or motion, different or greater 

protection for particular documents or information. This Protective Order shall survive the 

termination of the Proceeding, and shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties, 

their subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, representatives, and employees, and their respective 

successors and assigns. The Court shall have and retain jurisdiction indefinitely over the terms 

of this Protective Order. A party shall be entitled to seek immediate injunctive relief to enforce 

the terms of this Protective Order, and it shall not be a defense thereto that the aggrieved party 

possesses an adequate remedy at law. 

Dated: July 19, 2005 DONALDSON & HART 

 JOSEPH F. HART 

 By____/s/_______________________

 Attorneys for HERBERT LIMITED 

 PARTNERSHIP 

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STIPULATION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER AND ORDER THEREON 

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Dated: July 19, 2005 LAW OFFICES OF NEIL L. SHAPIRO 

 NEIL L. SHAPIRO 

 By_____/s/______________________

 Attorneys for ELECTRONIC ARTS 

 INC., SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, 

 INC., SONY COMPUTER 

 ENTERTAINMENT AMERICA, INC., 

 RANDOM HOUSE, INC., WAL-MART 

 STORES, INC., COMPUSA, INC., 

 ELECTRONICS BOUTIQUE, INC., and 

 BEST BUY STORES, L.P. 

Dated: July 28, 2005 KMZ ROSENMAN 

 DAVID HALBERSTADTER 

 By_____/s/______________________

 Attorneys for UNIVERSAL CITY 

 STUDIOS LLLP and UNIVERSAL 

 STUDIOS LICENSING LLLP 

ORDER

Based upon the foregoing Stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: July __, 2005 ________________________________ 

 United States District Judge

BUT SEE L.R. 79-5.

Aug. 10

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

I

A

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Claudia Wilken

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UNDERTAKING

I, ___________________________, declare: 

1. My address is__________________________________________. 

2. My present employer is__________________________________. 

3. My present occupation and job title are______________________. 

4. I have carefully read and understand the provisions of the Stipulated 

Protective Order entered in this action. I agree that I will comply fully and completely with all 

its terms and conditions. 

5. I submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the 

Northern District of California for purposes of enforcement of the Protective Order and this 

Undertaking, and fully understand that violation of this Protective Order and Undertaking is 

punishable by contempt of Court. 

I declare under penalty of perjury under the law of the United States of America that the 

foregoing is true and correct. 

 _________________________________ 

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