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

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DEAN A. MOREHOUS, CA BAR NO. 111841 

dam@thelen.com 

CHRISTOPHER L. OGDEN, CA BAR NO. 235517 

cogden@thelen.com 

THELEN REID BROWN RAYSMAN & STEINER LLP 

101 Second Street, Suite 1800 

San Francisco, CA 94105–3606 

Tel. 415.371.1200 

Fax 415.371.1211 

Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counterclaim Defendant 

REID-ASHMAN MANUFACTURING, INC. 

Richard L. Schwartz, TX BAR NO. 17869500 

rschwartz@whitakerchalk.com 

WHITAKER CHALK SWINDLE & SAWYER L.L.P. 

301 Commerce Street, Suite 3500 

Fort Worth, TX 76102-4186 

Tel. 817.878.0500 

Fax. 817.878.0501 

Attorney for Defendant and Counterclaim Plaintiff 

SWANSON SEMICONDUCTOR SERVICE, LLC 

Appearing pro hac vice 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

REID-ASHMAN MANUFACTURING, INC., 

a California corporation, 

 Plaintiff and Counterclaim Defendant, 

 vs. 

SWANSON SEMICONDUCTOR SERVICE, 

LLC, a Texas limited liability company, 

 Defendant and Counterclaim Plaintiff. 

Case No.: C 06–04693 JCS 

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 

In order to facilitate and expedite discovery in the above-captioned action and pursuant to 

FCRP 26(c) and L.R. 7–12 the parties hereto, by the stipulation of their respective undersigned 

counsel, have agreed to the entry of a protective order and to the terms thereof. 

1. Designation and Marking of Protected Information. Upon a determination by 

any party or nonparty from whom discovery in this matter is sought (the “Designating Party”) that 

any document or thing being produced or disclosed, whether formally or informally, including, but 

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not limited to, answers to interrogatories, documents, transcripts of depositions, responses to 

requests for admissions, and any other discovery or disclosure made in this litigation that contains 

a trade secret or other proprietary or confidential business information that the Designating Party 

would, in the ordinary course, not disclose to competitors, the Designating Party may designate 

such document or thing as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES 

ONLY” for handling as specified by this Protective Order. The designation CONFIDENTIAL—

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY is a sub-classification of Protected Information and the two 

designations, CONFIDENTIAL and CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY are 

collectively referred to as “Protected Information.” 

1.1 Protected Information. Protected Information shall include, inter alia, 

any document, thing, or witness testimony that the Designating Party believes in good faith 

constitutes or embodies matter used by it in or pertaining to its business, which matter is 

not generally known and which the Designating Party would not normally reveal to third 

parties or would cause third parties to maintain in confidence. Protected Information 

further includes, but is not limited to, technical information such as product specifications 

or technical information, trade secrets, formulas, research and development information, 

customer lists, sales and cost information, and pricing information, patent-license 

agreements, or information that was generated in connection with, or reveals the content 

of, patent licensing negotiations, information that a party has treated as confidential and is 

not subject to public disclosures; information within the definition of trade secret as set 

forth in Section 1(4) of the Uniform Trade Secret Act (1985); and any other information 

that would qualify as confidential pursuant to FRCP 26(c)(7) or any other applicable legal 

standard. 

1.2 The Designating Party shall designate such Protected Information as 

CONFIDENTIAL by affixing to it, in a manner that shall not interfere with its legibility, 

the words CONFIDENTIAL, on all or any part of the document or thing. Any summary, 

compilation or copy of any document or thing so designated as CONFIDENTIAL shall be 

treated as provided by this Order. The CONFIDENTIAL designation shall, whenever 

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practicable, be made prior to, or contemporaneously with, production or disclosure, except 

in the case of depositions, which shall be designated as set forth in ¶ 11, 12 and 13 below. 

1.3 CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY. To the extent a 

Designating Party believes that certain Protected Information is so sensitive that its 

dissemination deserves further limitation, the Designating Party may additionally designate 

such information as CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY. For Protected 

Information so designated, access to, and disclosure of such Protected Information shall be 

limited to the individuals listed in Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.5, 3.6, and 3.7 below. 

2. Time and Manner of Designation

2.1 Time of Designation

2.1.1 Designation of Protected Information shall be made at the following 

times: for documents, at the time of the production of documents; for declarations, 

written discovery responses, and pleadings, at the time of the service or filing, 

whichever occurs first; 

2.1.2 For testimony, either (a) at the time that such testimony is given, or 

(b) within thirty (30) days after the receipt by the Designating Party of the 

transcript of such testimony. To the extent a party or non-party does not timely 

designate documents or information as CONFIDENTIAL or CONFIDENTIAL—

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY such party or non-party may so designate testimony 

as provided under paragraph 2.3.1 below. 

2.2 Manner of Designation. The designation of Protected Information shall be 

made in the following manner: 

2.2.1 For documents, by placing the notation CONFIDENTIAL or 

CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY on each page of such document; 

2.2.2 For tangible items, by placing the notation CONFIDENTIAL or 

CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY on the object or container 

thereof or if such are not practicable; as otherwise agreed by the parties; 

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2.2.3 For declarations, written discovery responses, court filings or 

pleadings, by placing the notation CONFIDENTIAL or CONFIDENTIAL—

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY on the face of such document; and 

2.2.4 For testimony, (a) by orally designating such testimony as being 

CONFIDENTIAL or CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY within the 

time periods allowed pursuant to paragraph 2.1.2, above, or 2.3, below, and (b) by 

requesting that the reporter place the notation CONFIDENTIAL or 

CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY on each page of the transcript so 

designated, which designated pages of the transcript shall be separately bound and 

conspicuously marked on its cover. 

2.3 Subsequent Designation

2.3.1 Documents, declarations, written discovery responses and pleadings 

may be designated as CONFIDENTIAL or CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ 

EYES ONLY within the time periods set forth in paragraph 2.1.2. Testimony may 

only be designated as CONFIDENTIAL or CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ 

EYES ONLY within the time periods set forth in subparagraph 2.1.2, above, unless 

otherwise agreed to by counsel for the parties in writing or ordered by the Court, or 

as provided by ¶ 17. Such retrospective designation shall be made in writing by the 

party or non-party making the designation. At the time of making such 

retrospective designation, it shall be the obligation of the party or non-party making 

such retrospective designation to provide the other party (or in the case of a nonparty, both parties) with a revised copy of the transcript of such deposition or court 

testimony in which (1) any pages of such transcript containing testimony 

designated as CONFIDENTIAL or CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES 

ONLY have been properly marked in accordance with paragraph 2.2.4, above, and 

placed in a separately bound, conspicuously marked transcript and (2) all other 

pages of the transcript have been placed in a different, separately bound transcript. 

Persons or parties to whom such documents, declarations, pleadings, transcripts or 

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testimony have previously been disclosed shall not be responsible for any 

disclosure inconsistent with the new designation having taken place prior to the 

actual receipt by such persons or parties of the writing making such new 

designation, subject to the provisions of ¶ 2.1 above and its subparagraphs. 

3. Use or Disclosure of Protected Information. Protected Information shall not be 

used by or disclosed to any other person or entity, except as follows: 

3.1 Protected Information designated as CONFIDENTIAL and 

CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY may be disclosed to court personnel; 

3.2 Protected Information designated as CONFIDENTIAL and 

CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY may be disclosed to outside counsel 

that is providing active assistance with pending litigation; 

3.3 Protected Information designated as CONFIDENTIAL and 

CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY may be disclosed to any retained 

consultant or a testifying expert retained by, or at the direction of outside counsel for the 

purpose of assisting with the pending litigation, provided that such consultant or expert 

signs the Confidentiality Agreement, attached hereto as Exhibit A, prior to the receipt of 

any Protected Information; 

3.4 Protected Information designated as CONFIDENTIAL may be disclosed to 

a maximum of three (3) employees at the direction of outside counsel, provided however 

that such persons sign the Confidentiality Agreement, attached hereto as Exhibit B, prior to 

the receipt of any Protected Information, and provided that the employees or business 

consultants are identified for the opposing party prior to any such disclosure; 

3.5 Protected Information designated as CONFIDENTIAL and 

CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY may be disclosed to certified court 

reporters or videographers retained by, or at the direction of outside counsel for the 

purpose of documenting and maintaining a record of witness testimony; 

3.6 Protected Information designated as CONFIDENTIAL and 

CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY may be disclosed to certified 

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interpreters and/or translators retained by outside counsel to assist with efforts to obtain 

testimony and/or statements from witnesses; and/or 

3.7 Protected Information designated as CONFIDENTIAL and 

CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY may be disclosed to a witness, during 

the conduct of deposition or trial testimony, provided that the disclosure is made in the 

presence of counsel for the Designating Party, who shall be permitted to object to the 

disclosure and seek enforcement of this Stipulated Protective Order should he or she deem 

necessary and/or appropriate, unless the witness is the author or identified recipient of the 

Protected Information, in which case the Protected Information can be used with or 

disclosed to that witness without limitation. 

4. Undertaking. Prior to any disclosure pursuant to ¶ 3.3, and authorized pursuant to 

¶¶ 9 and 10, each Expert to whom disclosure is to be made shall execute the Confidentiality A 

Agreement annexed hereto as Exhibit A (“Confidentiality A Agreement” or “Undertaking A”), 

and each person to whom any disclosure is made pursuant to or ¶¶ 3.4 shall execute the 

Confidentiality Agreement annexed hereto as Exhibit B (“Confidentiality B Agreement” or 

“Undertaking B”). The Confidentiality Agreement shall be maintained by Outside Counsel for the 

Receiving Party with whom such person are affiliated or by whom they are retained, and such 

counsel will notify opposing counsel’s party as to the identity of such person within seven (7) 

calendar days. 

5. Outside Counsel’s Communication with Client. Nothing in this Order shall 

preclude or impede Outside Counsel’s ability to communicate with or advise his or her client 

based on his or her review and evaluation of Protected Information produced by the opposing 

party, provided that such communications or advice shall not disclose or reveal such Protected 

Information. 

6. Disclosure to Author or Recipient. Notwithstanding any other provisions, 

nothing in this Order shall prohibit Outside Counsel for a party from disclosing a document or 

thing designated as CONFIDENTIAL or CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY to 

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any person whom the document or thing clearly identifies as an author, addressee or carbon copy 

recipient of such document or thing. 

7. Filings with this Court. To the extent that any documents or things designated as 

CONFIDENTIAL or CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY are to be filed with this 

Court, each such document and thing shall be submitted in accordance with Civil Local Rule 79–

5, in conjunction with an Administrative Motion to File Under Seal. 

8. Redaction. A Designating Party may, in good faith, redact Protected Information 

from any document or thing that is produced, if and only if the information is either (A) subject to 

a claim of privilege, or (B) not responsive to any discovery request or duty to disclose. However 

concurrent with the production of any redacted documents or things, a Designating Party making 

the redactions shall provide a written description of the nature of all redacted, relevant, privileged, 

information and the basis for the redaction. If the Receiving Party shall so object, counsel for it 

and the Designating Party shall meet and confer. If they are unable to reach agreement, the 

Receiving Party may move to compel the production of the redacted information. If production is 

ordered, the Designating Party shall be entitled to legend the document or thing being produced as 

CONFIDENTIAL or CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY in accordance with this 

Order. 

9. Disclosure to Experts. Subject to ¶ 10, discussion of Protected Information may 

be made to Experts who are not regular employees of any party, and who are actively assisting in 

the preparation for and/or trial of this action. Prior to disclosing any Protected Information to any 

Expert, Outside Counsel for the Receiving Party shall determine that disclosure to an Expert of 

particular Protected Information is, in that counsel’s good faith judgment, reasonably necessary to 

the party he represents prosecution or defense of this action. 

10. Opportunity to Object to Proposed Expert. Prior to disclosure of any of the 

Designating Party’s Protected Information, to a Proposed Expert, the Receiving Party shall give it 

at least eight (8) calendar days written notice to the Designating Party, stating the name and 

address of each Expert to whom the disclosure is proposed to be made, and furnishing a copy of 

the Proposed Expert’s Confidentiality A Agreement, a copy of the current resume of the Proposed 

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Expert showing his/her education and employment within the previous four (4) years. If the 

Proposed Expert served as a testifying or non-testifying expert in any other matter during the past 

four years, the case name and number, the name of the attorney who engaged the Proposed Expert, 

and the name of the client shall be disclosed along with a brief statement of the subject matter of 

the consultation provided. If, within the eight (8) calendar day period, the Designating Party 

objects in good faith to the proposed disclosure to the Expert and brings a motion for protective 

order within eight (8) calendar days disclosure shall not be made until and unless this Court orders 

disclosure to that Expert. This Court shall deny objections to disclosure to an Expert unless the 

Designating Party shows good cause why the proposed disclosure should not be permitted. 

11. Use of Protected Information at Depositions. Except as otherwise approved by 

the Designating Party, or by an order of this Court, a party may use Protected Information in 

deposing only: (a) an individual who has had or who is eligible to have access to the Protected 

Information by virtue of his or her employment with the Designating Party; (b) an individual 

identified in the Protected Information as an author, addressee, or copy recipient of such 

information; (c) an individual who although not identified as an author, addressee, or copy 

recipient of such Protected Information, has, in the ordinary course of business, seen such 

Protected Information, or (d) an Expert (who shall first have executed the Confidentiality A 

Agreement and shall not have been successfully objected to pursuant to ¶ 10). 

12. Attendees at Protected Information Depositions. No one may attend or review 

the transcripts of the portions of any depositions at which Protected Information is shown or 

discussed other than this Court and its personnel, and the court reporter and/or videographer. 

Outside Counsel for the parties, outside counsel for a non-party deponent (who shall first have 

executed a Exhibit B Confidentiality Agreement if such outside counsel is not also Outside 

Counsel for one of the parties), and any Expert duly qualified under ¶ 10 (who shall first have 

executed the Exhibit A Confidentiality Agreement). 

13. Distribution of Protected Information Transcripts. The portions of any 

deposition transcript that Outside Counsel for either party has designated on the record at the 

deposition as CONFIDENTIAL or CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY and any 

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Protected Information that is marked as a deposition exhibit, shall be treated as Protected 

Information. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the entirety of all deposition transcripts shall be 

deemed Protected Information for thirty days after the transcript is delivered to the parties’ 

Outside Counsel. During the thirty day period, either party’s Outside Counsel may designate, by 

page and line number (insofar as practicable), any portion of a deposition transcript, to the extent 

not previously designated, as Protected Information. Notwithstanding this thirty day period, 

Outside Counsel shall, if practicable, make a reasonable, good faith effort to designate portions of 

transcript pages pursuant to this section earlier than thirty days. Transcript pages and exhibits 

containing Protected Information shall be distributed only to the deponent, the deponent’s outside 

counsel, Outside Counsel for the parties, and to Experts who are not regular employees of any 

party, and who are actively assisting in the preparation for and/or trial of this action. 

14. Resolution of Disputes Regarding Designation. If a receiving party, at any time, 

wishes to have the CONFIDENTIAL or CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY 

designation of any particular document, information, or witness testimony as Protected 

Information removed or changed, that party shall first request in writing that the designating party 

or non-party remove its designation. Thereafter, the party challenging the designation and the 

designating party or nonparty shall make good faith efforts to resolve the dispute. If the party or 

non-party designating the information refuses to agree to remove or change the designation, then 

the party challenging the designation may move the Court orally or in writing (by means of a letter 

or formal motion) for an order removing or changing the designation; provided, however, that the 

designating party shall have the burden of proving that such particular Protected Information is 

properly designated as CONFIDENTIAL or CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY. 

If such motion is made, the parties shall treat the document, testimony or information as originally 

designated until the motion is decided by the Court. 

GENERAL PROVISIONS 

15. Limitation On Use and Disclosure. Except to this extent expressly authorized in 

this Order, Protected Information shall not be used or disclosed for any purpose other than the 

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preparation and trial of this action and any appeals therefrom, provided, however, that nothing in 

this Order shall be deemed to restrict in any manner the use or disclosure by any Designating Party 

of any information in its own documents and things. 

16. No presumption of Protected Status. This Protective Order does not address 

discovery objections nor preclude either party from moving for any relief cognizable under the 

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or this Court’s inherent powers. Nothing in this Order creates a 

presumption or implies that information designated as Protected Information actually constitutes a 

trade secret, or proprietary or otherwise protectable Protected Information. If a Receiving Party 

believes that any information is improperly designated under this Order, it may, at any time, 

contest such designation. Protected Information that is subject to such a dispute shall, until further 

order of this Court, be treated consistently with its designation by the Designating Party. 

17. Inadvertent Disclosure of Protected Information. Inadvertent failure to 

designate as Protected Information any information pursuant to this Order shall not constitute a 

waiver of any otherwise valid claim for protection thereof, so long as such claim is asserted within 

fifteen days of the discovery of the inadvertent failure. At such time, arrangements shall be made 

for the Designating Party to appropriately legend the information in accordance with this Order. 

The Receiving Party shall have no liability, under this Order or otherwise, for any disclosure of 

information contained in unlegended documents or things occurring before the Receiving Party 

was placed on notice of the Designing Party’s claims of confidentiality of any information therein. 

18. Inadvertent Disclosure of Work Product or Privileged Information. 

Inadvertent production of documents or things subject to work product immunity or the attorneyclient privilege shall not constitute a waiver of the immunity or privilege, provided that the 

producing party shall notify the Receiving Party in writing of such inadvertent production within 

five days after the earlier of (a) the Producing Party’s discovery of the inadvertent production or 

(b) its use in pleadings, motions or deposition testimony by the Receiving Party. Such 

inadvertently produced documents and things shall be returned to the producing party upon 

request, provided that the producing party establishes the circumstances surrounding the 

documents or things inadvertent production. No use shall be made of such documents and things 

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during deposition or at trial, nor shall they be shown to anyone who has not already been given 

access to them prior to the request to return them. If, after conferring, the parties are unable to 

reach a satisfactory agreement, the Producing Party may petition this Court regarding the matter. 

To the extent not previously disclosed, the Receiving Party shall not disclose the document or 

thing for which the belated claim of immunity or privilege is being made to any person, other than 

those persons who have had it in their possession prior to receipt of notification from the 

Producing Party, until ten business days after receipt of the notification or, if a petition to this 

Court is submitted until disposition of that petition. 

19. Subpoena of Protected Information. If any entity subpoenas or orders 

production of Protected Information that a Receiving Party has obtained subject to this Order, such 

party shall promptly notify the Designating Party of the pendency of the subpoena or order and 

shall not produce the information until the Designating Party shall have reasonable time (which 

shall be not less than ten days) to object or take other appropriate steps to protect the information. 

20. Mutual Exchange of Confidentiality Agreements. The parties shall mutually 

exchange copies of all signed Exhibit B Confidentiality Agreements. Exhibit A Confidentiality 

Agreements of Proposed Experts shall be exchanged as provided in ¶ 10. 

21. Continuing Jurisdiction. After the conclusion of the above-captioned action, the 

provisions of this Order shall continue to be binding until further order of this Court, and this 

Court shall retain jurisdiction over the parties and any other person who has had access to 

Protected Information pursuant to this Order, in order to enforce the provisions of this Order. 

22. Modification. This order may be modified by this Court for good cause shown. 

This Court shall enter a subsequent order addressing the use of Protected Information at trial or at 

the conclusion of the above-captioned action as to any party. 

23. Duty to Return or Destroy Documents and Things. Within sixty days after 

conclusion of the above-captioned action (including all appeals and further proceedings resulting 

therefrom), all documents and things containing Protected Information (other than pleadings, 

discovery responses and exhibits contained in the official court record and attorney-work product 

documents) shall be returned to the Designating Party or shall be destroyed. Counsel for any party 

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or non-party receiving Protected Information shall make written certification of compliance with 

this provision regarding return or destruction and shall deliver the same to counsel for the 

Designating Party within ninety days after the conclusion of the above-captioned action. 

24. Interpretation: Headings. Should the parties have any issues concerning the, 

interpretation of this Order, before any party moves for this Court’s assistance, they shall first 

endeavor to promptly meet and confer to resolve the dispute. The headings used in this Order are 

supplied for convenience only and shall not be taken into account in the interpretation of this 

Order. 

25. Public Documents. None of the restrictions set forth in this Protective Order shall 

apply to any documents or other information that become public knowledge by means not in 

violation of the provisions of this Protective Order. Nothing in this Protective Order shall prevent 

a party from using any information that the party properly possessed prior to receipt of any 

Protected Information from the other party or a non-party or that is discovered independently by 

the receiving party. The terms of the treatment of Protected Information pursuant to the Protective 

Order shall be effective only upon the effective date of this Protective Order. 

26. No Probative Value. This Protective Order shall not aggregate or diminish any 

contractual, statutory or other legal obligation or right of any party or person with respect to any 

Protected Information. The fact that information is designated CONFIDENTIAL or 

CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY under the Protective Order shall not be deemed 

to be determinative of what a trier of fact may determine to be CONFIDENTIAL or 

CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY. This Protective Order shall be without 

prejudice to the right of any party to bring before the Court questions regarding (a) whether any 

particular material is or is not CONFIDENTIAL or CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES 

ONLY or (b) whether any particular information or materials is or is not entitled to a greater or 

lesser degree of protection under the terms of this Protective Order, provided that in doing so, the 

party complies with the procedures set forth herein. The fact that any information is disclosed, 

used, or produced in any court proceeding in this action shall not be offered in any action or 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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Judge Joseph C. Spero

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DEAN A. MOREHOUS, CA BAR NO. 111841 

dam@thelen.com 

THELEN REID BROWN RAYSMAN & STEINER LLP 

101 Second Street, Suite 1800 

San Francisco, CA 94105–3606 

Tel. 415.371.1200 

Fax 415.371.1211 

Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counterclaim Defendant 

REID-ASHMAN MANUFACTURING, INC. 

Richard L. Schwartz, TX BAR NO. 17869500 

rschwartz@whitakerchalk.com 

WHITAKER CHALK SWINDLE & SAWYER L.L.P. 

301 Commerce Street, Suite 3500 

Fort Worth, TX 76102-4186 

Tel. 817.878.0500 

Fax. 817.878.0501 

Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaim Plaintiff 

SWANSON SEMICONDUCTOR SERVICE, LLC 

Appearing pro hac vice 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

REID-ASHMAN MANUFACTURING, INC., 

a California corporation, 

 Plaintiff and Counterclaim Defendant, 

 vs. 

SWANSON SEMICONDUCTOR SERVICE, 

LLC, a Texas limited liability company, 

 Defendant and Counterclaim Plaintiff. 

CASE NO.: C 06–04693 JCS

CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT 

AND UNDERTAKING FOR EXPERTS 

RECEIVING PROTECTED 

INFORMATION 

 

EXHIBIT A 

I, ________________, state the following: 

1. I have been retained by ____________________ [party] to serve as an 

_______________ [describe proposed area of expertise, such as “network,” “data transfer” or 

“financial”] in the above-captioned action. 

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2. I have read and understand the Stipulated Protective Order (the “Order”) to which 

this Exhibit A is annexed (and whose definitions are incorporated herein) and I attest to my 

understanding that access to information designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or 

“CONFIDENTIAL—ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” may be provided to me and that such access 

shall be pursuant to the terms and conditions and restrictions of the Order. I agree to be bound by 

the terms of the order, both with respect to this Court’s powers of supervision of the litigation of 

the above-captioned action, and, contractually to any Designating Party, which I acknowledge to 

be an expressly intended beneficiary of the undertakings I give in this Confidentiality Agreement 

and Undertaking. 

3. I shall not use nor disclose to others any Protected Information, except for purposes 

of providing my consulting and/or testifying expertise to the receiving Party and then solely in 

accordance with the Order. I also understand that, in the event that I fail to abide by the terms of 

this Confidentiality Agreement or the Order, I shall be subject to sanctions by way of contempt of 

court, and to separated legal and equitable recourse by the adversely affected Designating Party. 

Signature 

Printed Name 

Address 

 

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014539.0001\803456.1 

DEAN A. MOREHOUS, CA BAR NO. 111841 

dam@thelen.com 

THELEN REID BROWN RAYSMAN & STEINER LLP 

101 Second Street, Suite 1800 

San Francisco, CA 94105–3606 

Tel. 415.371.1200 

Fax 415.371.1211 

Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counterclaim Defendant 

REID-ASHMAN MANUFACTURING, INC. 

Richard L. Schwartz, TX BAR NO. 17869500 

rschwartz@whitakerchalk.com 

WHITAKER CHALK SWINDLE & SAWYER L.L.P. 

301 Commerce Street, Suite 3500 

Fort Worth, TX 76102-4186 

Tel. 817.878.0500 

Fax. 817.878.0501 

Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaim Plaintiff 

SWANSON SEMICONDUCTOR SERVICE, LLC 

Appearing pro hac vice 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

REID-ASHMAN MANUFACTURING, INC., 

a California corporation, 

 Plaintiff and Counterclaim Defendant, 

 vs. 

SWANSON SEMICONDUCTOR SERVICE, 

LLC, a Texas limited liability company, 

 Defendant and Counterclaim Plaintiff. 

CASE NO.: C 06–04693 JCS

CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT 

 EXHIBIT B 

I, ___________________, state the following: 

1. I have read and understand the Stipulated Protective Order (the “Order”) to which 

this Exhibit B is annexed (and whose definitions are incorporated herein) and I attest to my 

understanding that access to information designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” may be provided to 

me and that such access shall be pursuant to the terms and conditions and restrictions of the order. 

I agree to be bound by the terms of the order, both with respect to this Court’s powers of 

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supervision of the litigation and, contractually to any Designating Party, which I acknowledge to 

be an expressly intended beneficiary of the undertakings I give in this Confidentiality B 

Agreement. 

2. I shall not use or disclose to others, except in accordance with the Order, any 

Protected Information, I understand that I shall be subject to sanctions by way of contempt of 

court and to separate legal and equitable recourse by the adversely affected Designating Party. 

Signature 

Printed Name 

Address 

Individual or Entity Represented 

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