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

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Case No. 2:17-cv-7528 R (MRWx)

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 

Kfir B. Levy (State Bar No. 235372) 

klevy@mayerbrown.com 

MAYER BROWN LLP 

1999 K Street NW 

Washington, DC 20006 

Phone: 202.263.3000 

Attorney for Plaintiff MAXELL, LTD. 

H. James Abe (CA Bar. No. 265534) 

james.abe@alston.com

ALSTON & BIRD LLP 

333 South Hope Street, 16th Floor 

Los Angeles, CA 90071 

Telephone: (213) 576-1000 

Facsimile: (213) 576-1100 

Attorney for Defendants ASUSTEK COMPUTER 

INC. and ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL 

Additional counsel listed on signature pages 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, WESTERN DIVISION 

MAXELL, LTD. 

Plaintiff, 

v.

ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC., AND 

ASUS COMPUTER 

INTERNATIONAL, INC. 

Defendants.

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ORDER

Hon. Manuel L. Real 

Complaint Filed: October 13, 2017 

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WHEREAS, Plaintiff Maxell, Ltd. (“Maxell”) and Defendants ASUSTeK 

Computer, Inc. and ASUS Computer International, Inc. ( “ASUS”) (collectively “the 

Parties” and each individually is a separate “Party”) believe that certain information 

that is or will be encompassed by discovery demands by the Parties involves the 

production or disclosure of trade secrets, confidential business information, or other 

proprietary information; 

WHEREAS, the Parties seek a protective order limiting disclosure thereof in 

accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c): 

THEREFORE, it is hereby stipulated among the Parties and ORDERED that: 

1. Each Party may designate as confidential for protection under this 

Order, in whole or in part, any document, information or material that constitutes or 

includes, in whole or in part, confidential or proprietary information or trade secrets 

of the Party or a Third Party to whom the Party reasonably believes it owes an 

obligation of confidentiality with respect to such document, information or material 

(“Protected Material”). Protected Material shall be designated by the Party 

producing it by affixing a legend or stamp on such document, information or 

material as follows: “CONFIDENTIAL.” The word “CONFIDENTIAL” shall be 

placed clearly on each page of the Protected Material (except deposition and hearing 

transcripts) for which such protection is sought. For deposition and hearing 

transcripts, the word “CONFIDENTIAL” shall be placed on the cover page of the 

transcript (if not already present on the cover page of the transcript when received 

from the court reporter) by each attorney receiving a copy of the transcript after that 

attorney receives notice of the designation of some or all of that transcript as 

“CONFIDENTIAL.”

2. Any document produced before issuance of this Order with the 

designation “Confidential” or “Confidential - Outside Attorneys’ Eyes Only” shall 

receive the same treatment as if designated “RESTRICTED - OUTSIDE 

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COUNSELS’ EYES ONLY” under this Order, unless and until such document is 

redesignated to have a different classification under this Order. 

3. With respect to documents, information or material designated 

“CONFIDENTIAL,” “RESTRICTED – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” 

“RESTRICTED – OUTSIDE COUNSELS’ EYES ONLY,” or “RESTRICTED – 

CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE CODE” (“DESIGNATED MATERIAL”),1

 subject to 

the provisions herein and unless otherwise stated, this Order governs, without 

limitation: (a) all documents, electronically stored information, and/or things as 

defined by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure; (b) all pretrial, hearing or 

deposition testimony, or documents marked as exhibits or for identification in 

depositions and hearings; (c) pretrial pleadings, exhibits to pleadings and other court 

filings; (d) affidavits; and (e) stipulations. All copies, reproductions, extracts, digests 

and complete or partial summaries prepared from any DESIGNATED 

MATERIALS shall also be considered DESIGNATED MATERIAL and treated as 

such under this Order. 

4. A designation of Protected Material (i.e., “CONFIDENTIAL,” 

“RESTRICTED –ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” “RESTRICTED – OUTSIDE 

COUNSELS’ EYES ONLY,” or “RESTRICTED – CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE 

CODE”) may be made at any time. Inadvertent or unintentional production of 

documents, information or material that has not been designated as DESIGNATED 

MATERIAL shall not be deemed a waiver in whole or in part of a claim for 

confidential treatment. Any party that inadvertently or unintentionally produces 

Protected Material without designating it as DESIGNATED MATERIAL may 

 

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Order to refer to the class of materials designated as “CONFIDENTIAL,” 

“RESTRICTED – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” “RESTRICTED – OUTSIDE 

COUNSEL’S EYES ONLY,” or “RESTRICTED – CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE 

CODE,” individually and collectively. 

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request destruction of that Protected Material by notifying the recipient(s), as soon 

as reasonably possible after the producing Party becomes aware of the inadvertent or 

unintentional disclosure, and providing replacement Protected Material that is 

properly designated. The recipient(s) shall then destroy all copies of the 

inadvertently or unintentionally produced Protected Materials and any documents, 

information or material derived from or based thereon. 

5. “CONFIDENTIAL” documents, information and material may be 

disclosed only to the following persons, except upon receipt of the prior written 

consent of the designating party, upon order of the Court, or as set forth in 

paragraph 13 herein: 

a. outside counsel of record in this Action for the Parties; 

b. employees of such counsel assigned to and reasonably necessary 

to assist such counsel in the litigation of this Action; 

c. up to and including two (2) in-house counsel for the Parties who 

either have responsibility for making decisions dealing directly with the 

litigation of this Action, or who are assisting outside counsel in the litigation 

of this Action provided that each such in-house counsel has agreed to be 

bound by the provisions of the Protective Order by signing a copy of 

Appendix A; 

d. up to and including three (3) designated employee 

representatives, including officers and directors, of each of the Parties to the 

extent reasonably necessary for the litigation of this Action provided that each 

such employee representative has agreed to be bound by the provisions of the 

Protective Order by signing a copy of Appendix A, provided further, that 

either party may in good faith request the other party’s consent to designate 

one or more additional employee representatives and the other party shall not 

unreasonably withhold such consent; the requesting party may seek leave of 

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Court to designate such additional employee representative(s) if the 

requesting party believes the other party has unreasonably withheld such 

consent;

e. outside consultants or experts (i.e., not existing employees or 

affiliates of a Party or an affiliate of a Party) retained for the purpose of this 

litigation, provided that: (1) such consultants or experts are not presently 

employed by the Parties hereto for purposes other than this Action; (2) before 

access is given, the consultant or expert has completed the Undertaking 

attached as Exhibit A hereto and the same is served upon the producing Party 

with a current curriculum vitae of the consultant or expert at least seven (7) 

days before access to the Protected Material is to be given to that consultant 

in order to allow the producing Party to object to and notify the receiving 

Party in writing that it objects to disclosure of Protected Material to the 

consultant or expert. The Parties agree to promptly confer and use good faith 

to resolve any such objection. If the Parties are unable to resolve any 

objection, the objecting Party may file a motion with the Court within fifteen 

(15) days of the notice, or within such other time as the Parties may agree, 

seeking a protective order with respect to the proposed disclosure. The 

objecting Party shall have the burden of proving the need for a protective 

order. No disclosure shall occur until all such objections are resolved by 

agreement or Court order; 

f. independent litigation support services, including persons 

working for or as court reporters, translators, graphics or design services, jury 

or trial consulting services, and photocopy, document imaging, and database 

services retained by counsel and reasonably necessary to assist counsel with 

the litigation of this Action;

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g. mock jurors who have signed an agreement agreeing not to 

publicly disclose DESIGNATED MATERIAL and to keep any information 

concerning DESIGNATED MATERIAL confidential; 

h. any mediator who is assigned to hear this matter, and his or her 

staff, subject o their agreement to maintain confidentiality to the same degree 

as required by this Order; and 

i. the Court, jury, and the Court’s personnel. 

6. A Party shall designate documents, information or material as 

“CONFIDENTIAL” only upon a good faith belief that the documents, information 

or material contains confidential or proprietary information or trade secrets of the 

Party or a Third Party to whom the Party reasonably believes it owes an obligation 

of confidentiality with respect to such documents, information or material. 

7. Documents, information or material produced pursuant to any 

discovery request in this Action, including but not limited to Protected Material 

designated as DESIGNATED MATERIAL, shall be used by the Parties only in the 

litigation of this Action and shall not be used for any other purpose. Any person or 

entity who obtains access to DESIGNATED MATERIAL or the contents thereof 

pursuant to this Order shall not make any copies, duplicates, extracts, summaries or 

descriptions of such DESIGNATED MATERIAL or any portion thereof except as 

may be reasonably necessary in the litigation of this Action. Any such copies, 

duplicates, extracts, summaries or descriptions shall be classified DESIGNATED 

MATERIALS and subject to all of the terms and conditions of this Order. 

8. To the extent a producing Party believes that certain Protected Material 

qualifying to be designated CONFIDENTIAL is so sensitive that its dissemination 

deserves even further limitation, the producing Party may designate such Protected 

Material “RESTRICTED – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” “RESTRICTED – 

OUTSIDE COUNSELS’ EYES ONLY,” or to the extent such Protected Material 

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includes computer source code and/or live data (that is, data as it exists residing in a 

database or databases) (“Source Code Material”), the producing Party may designate 

such Protected Material as “RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE CODE.” 

9. For Protected Material designated RESTRICTED – ATTORNEYS’ 

EYES ONLY, access to, and disclosure of, such Protected Material shall be limited 

to individuals listed in paragraphs 5(a-c) and (e-g); provided, however, that access 

by in-house counsel pursuant to paragraph 5(c) be limited to in-house counsel who 

exercise no competitive decision-making authority on behalf of the client. 

10. For Protected Material designated RESTRICTED – OUTSIDE 

COUNSELS’ EYES ONLY, access to, and disclosure of, such Protected Material 

shall be limited to individuals listed in paragraphs 5(a-b) and (e-g). 

11. For Protected Material designated RESTRICTED – CONFIDENTIAL 

SOURCE CODE, the following additional restrictions apply: 

a. Access to a Party’s Source Code Material shall be provided to 

the receiving Party’s outside counsel and/or experts in a secure room (“Source 

Code Review Room”) and only on “stand-alone” computer(s) (that is, the 

computer on which all access ports have been disabled (except for the printer 

port) that may not be linked to any network, including a local area network 

(“LAN”), an intranet or the Internet (“Source Code Computer”). The Source 

Code Computer may only be connected to (i) a printer, or (ii) a device capable 

of temporarily storing electronic copies solely for the limited purposes 

permitted pursuant to paragraphs 11(h and k) below. Further, the Source 

Code Computer shall be equipped with a reasonably current version of the 

Microsoft Windows operating system or, if the code was developed in a 

Linux environment, then a reasonably current version of Ubuntu. The 

receiving Party may use appropriate tool software for the type of Source Code 

on the Source Code Computer, which shall be installed by producing Party at 

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the receiving Party’s request. Such appropriate software tools shall include 

without limitation Notepad++, dtSearch, UltraEdit, SciTools Understand, 

Meld, git, tortoise git, Cygwin, Python, enscript, and Adobe Reader as long as 

such software tools are not capable of executing or compiling source code and 

are provided by Maxell. The provided Source Code Computer shall be 

reasonably powerful, such that it operates the tool software in a reasonable 

amount of time, e.g., conduct a grep search of the provided code in a 

reasonable amount of time. The Source Code Computer shall be located in a 

reasonably comfortable office environment and be equipped with a 19” 

(diagonal measurement) or larger monitor running at its native resolution, as 

well as a keyboard and mouse. In addition, ASUS agrees, that Maxell, at its 

expense, may provide additional equipment including a monitor, keyboard, 

mouse, an additional computer which shall have a reasonably current version 

of the Microsoft Windows operating system and shall be equipped with at 

least 16 GB of RAM, and solid state drive(s) with free space equal to at least 

the greater of 100 GB, and after reasonable inspection by ASUS, Maxell shall 

have the ability to use this equipment to conduct source code review using 

this additional equipment with the same capabilities as with the equipment 

provided by ASUS. Additionally, except as provided in paragraph 11(k) 

below, the stand-alone computer(s) may only be located at the U.S. offices of 

the producing Party’s outside counsel. No recordable media or recordable 

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; 

b. The receiving Party shall make reasonable efforts to restrict its 

requests for such access to the stand-alone computer(s) to normal business 

hours, which for purposes of this paragraph shall be 8:00 a.m. through 6:00 

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p.m. However, upon reasonable notice from the receiving party, the 

producing Party shall make reasonable efforts to accommodate the receiving 

Party’s request for access to the stand-alone computer(s) outside of normal 

business hours. The Parties agree to cooperate in good faith such that 

maintaining the producing Party’s Source Code Material at the offices of its 

outside counsel shall not unreasonably hinder the receiving Party’s ability to 

efficiently and effectively conduct the prosecution or defense of this Action; 

c. The producing Party shall provide the receiving Party with 

information explaining how to start, log on to, and operate the stand-alone 

computer(s) in order to access the produced Source Code Material on the 

stand-alone computer(s); 

d. The producing Party will produce Source Code Material in 

computer searchable format on the stand-alone computer(s) as described 

above;

e. Access to Protected Material designated RESTRICTED – 

CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE CODE shall be limited to outside counsel, 

persons reasonably necessary under 5(f), and up to four (4) outside 

consultants or experts2

 (i.e., not existing employees or affiliates of a Party or 

an affiliate of a Party) retained for the purpose of this litigation and approved 

to access such Protected Materials pursuant to paragraph 5(e) above. All 

persons who will review a producing Party’s Source Code Material on behalf 

of a receiving Party, including members of a receiving Party’s outside law 

firm, shall be identified in writing to the producing Party at least three (3) 

 

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to include the outside consultant’s or expert’s direct reports and other support 

personnel, such that the disclosure to a consultant or expert who employs others 

within his or her firm to help in his or her analysis shall count as a disclosure to a 

single consultant or expert. 

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days in advance of the first time that such person reviews such Source Code. 

Such identification shall be in addition to any other disclosure required under 

this Order. All persons viewing Source Code shall sign on each day they 

view Source Code a log that will include the names of persons who enter the 

locked room to view the Source Code and when they enter and depart. Proper 

identification of all authorized persons shall be provided prior to any access to 

the Source Code Review Room or the Source Code Computer. Proper 

identification requires showing, at a minimum, a passport or photo 

identification card sanctioned by the government of any State of the United 

States or by the government of the United States. The producing Party shall 

be entitled to a copy of the log upon one (1) day’s advance notice to the 

receiving Party. A receiving Party may include excerpts of Source Code 

Material in a pleading, exhibit, expert report, discovery document, deposition 

transcript, other Court document, provided that the Source Code Documents 

are appropriately marked under this Order, restricted to those who are entitled 

to have access to them as specified herein, and, if filed with the Court, filed 

under seal in accordance with the Court’s rules, procedures and orders; 

f. To the extent portions of Source Code Material are quoted in a 

Source Code Document, either (1) the entire Source Code Document will be 

stamped and treated as RESTRICTED – CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE CODE 

or (2) those pages containing quoted Source Code Material will be separately 

stamped and treated as RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE CODE; 

g. Except as set forth in paragraph 11(k) below, no electronic 

copies of Source Code Material shall be made without prior written consent 

of the producing Party, except as necessary to create documents which, 

pursuant to the Court’s rules, procedures and order, must be filed or served 

electronically;

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h. The receiving Party’s outside counsel and/or experts shall be 

entitled to take notes in the Source Code Review Room but may not copy the 

Source Code verbatim into such notes (except for small excerpts such as 

variable names and method names and parameters as long as such small 

excerpts do not include four or more consecutive lines of source code) and 

may not take such notes electronically on the Source Code Computer itself. 

i. The receiving Party shall be permitted to make a reasonable 

number of printouts and photocopies of Source Code Material on a provided 

laser printer with commercially reasonable printing speeds for on-site printing 

during inspection of the Source Code Material. The receiving Party may print 

limited portions of the Source Code only when necessary to prepare court 

filings or pleadings or other papers (including a testifying expert’s expert 

report and claim charts supporting infringement contentions). Printed 

portions of a continuous block of Source Code for the accused product shall 

not exceed ten (10) pages unless otherwise agreed by the parties, whose 

reasonable request for agreement shall not be denied. The receiving Party 

may print no more than 50 pages for each accused product for each accused 

patent, unless otherwise agreed by the Parties, whose reasonable request for 

agreement shall not be withheld. The Parties agree to revisit the page limits 

to the extent that agreement is reached with respect to one or more 

representative products. The receiving Party shall not print Source Code in 

order to review blocks of Source Code elsewhere in the first instance, i.e., as 

an alternative to reviewing that Source Code electronically on the Source 

Code Computer, as the Parties acknowledge and agree that the purpose of the 

protections herein would be frustrated by printing portions of code for review 

and analysis elsewhere, and that printing is permitted, only when necessary to 

prepare court filings or pleadings or other papers (including a testifying 

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expert’s expert report and claim charts supporting infringement contentions). 

Upon printing any such portions of Source Code, the printed pages shall be 

collected by the producing Party. The producing Party shall Bates and line 

number, copy, and clearly label as “RESTRICTED – CONFIDENTIAL 

SOURCE CODE” any pages printed by the receiving Party. The receiving 

Party shall maintain a log of all such files that are printed or photocopied. 

Within three (3) business days, the producing Party shall either (i) provide 

one copy set of such unobjected pages to the receiving Party or (ii) inform the 

requesting Party of its objection, if any, that the printed portions withheld are 

excessive and/or not done for a permitted purpose. If, after meeting and 

conferring, the producing Party and the receiving Party cannot resolve the 

objection, the producing Party shall be entitled to file a Motion for Further 

Protection with the Court within five (5) days of the objection to resolve 

whether the printed Source Code in question is narrowly tailored and was 

printed for a permitted purpose. Failure to file within this period requires 

immediate production of the disputed material. The burden shall be on the 

producing Party to demonstrate that such printed portions are more than is 

reasonably necessary for a permitted purpose and printed primarily for the 

purposes of review and analysis elsewhere in the first instance, i.e., as an 

alternative to reviewing that Source Code electronically on the Source Code 

Computer. The printed pages shall constitute part of the Source Code 

produced by the producing Party in each action, all of which shall be 

designated and clearly labeled “RESTRICTED – CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE 

CODE,” and the receiving Party shall maintain a log of all such files that are 

printed or photocopied; 

j. The receiving Party’s outside counsel of record may make no 

more than five (5) additional paper copies of any portions of the Source Code 

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received from a producing Party pursuant to Paragraph 11(i) not including 

copies attached to court filings or used at depositions; 

k. If the receiving Party’s outside counsel, consultants, or experts 

obtain printouts or photocopies of Source Code Material, the receiving Party 

shall ensure that such outside counsel, consultants, or experts keep the 

printouts or photocopies in a secured locked area in the offices of such outside 

counsel, consultants, or expert. At least forty-eight (48) hours before the date 

of deposition, the receiving Party shall notify the producing Party about the 

specific portions of Source Code it wishes to use at the deposition, and the 

producing Party shall bring printed copies of those portions to the deposition 

for use by the receiving Party, with the understanding that for deposition 

outside of the United States the Parties will work in good faith to provide 

sufficient notice such that the Source Code Material can transported or made 

available at the location of the deposition. Copies of Source Code that are 

marked as deposition exhibits shall not be provided to the Court Reporter or 

attached to deposition transcripts; rather, the deposition record will identify 

the exhibit by its production numbers. All papers copies of Source Code 

brought to the deposition shall remain with the producing Party’s outside 

counsel for secure destruction in a timely manner following the deposition or 

proceeding. The receiving Party may also temporarily keep the printouts or 

photocopies at the Court for any proceedings(s) relating to the Source Code 

Material, for the dates associated with the proceeding(s); and (ii) one attorney 

working copy at the sites where any deposition(s) relating to the Source Code 

Material are taken, for the dates associated with the deposition(s) and any 

intermediate location reasonably necessary to transport the working copy 

(e.g., a hotel prior to a Court proceeding or deposition); and, 

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l. A producing Party’s Source Code Material may only be 

transported by the receiving Party at the direction of a person authorized 

under paragraph 11(e) above to another person authorized under paragraph 

11(e) above, on paper via hand carry, Federal Express or other similarly 

reliable courier. Source Code Material may not be transported or transmitted 

electronically over a network of any kind, including a LAN, an intranet, or the 

Internet. Except as provided in this sub-paragraph, absent express written 

permission from the producing Party, the receiving Party may not create 

electronic images, or any other images, or make electronic copies, of the 

Source Code from any paper copy of Source Code for use in any manner 

(including by way of example only, the receiving Party may not scan the 

Source Code to a PDF or photograph the code). Images or copies of Source 

Code shall not be included in correspondence between the Parties (references 

to production numbers shall be used instead), and shall be omitted from 

pleadings and other papers whenever possible. If a Party reasonably believes 

that it needs to submit a portion of Source Code as part of a filing with the 

Court, the Party shall make such a filing while protecting the confidentiality 

of the Source Code. If such filing requires a certificate of conference 

pursuant to Local Rule 7(i), the filing Party shall disclose to the producing 

Party during the conference the amount of the Source Code to be included 

with the filing. Following any filing, the filing Party shall disclose to the 

producing Party the entirety of any Source Code that was imaged within two 

days subsequent to the filing. If a producing Party agrees to produce an 

electronic copy of all or any portion of its Source Code, access to the 

receiving Party’s submission, communication, and/or disclosure of electronic 

files or other materials containing any portion of Source Code (paper or 

electronic) shall at all times be limited solely to individuals who are expressly 

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authorized to view Source Code under the provisions of this Order. 

Additionally, any such electronic copies must be labeled “RESTRICTED – 

CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE CODE” as provided for in this Order. 

12. Absent the written consent of the producing Party, any attorney 

representing a Party, whether in-house or outside counsel, and any person associated 

with a Party and permitted to receive the other Party’s Protected Material that is 

designated RESTRICTED – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY, RESTRICTED – 

OUTSIDE COUNSELS’ EYES ONLY, and/or RESTRICTED – CONFIDENTIAL 

SOURCE CODE (collectively “HIGHLY SENSITIVE MATERIAL”), who obtains, 

receives, has access to, or otherwise learns, in whole or in part, the other Party’s 

HIGHLY SENSITIVE MATERIAL under this Order shall not prepare, prosecute, 

supervise, or assist in the preparation or prosecution of any patent application 

pertaining to the field of the invention of the patents-in-suit on behalf of the 

receiving Party or its acquirer, successor, predecessor, or other affiliate during the 

pendency of this Action and for one year after its conclusion, including any appeals. 

To ensure compliance with the purpose of this provision, each Party shall create an 

“Ethical Wall” between those persons with access to HIGHLY SENSITIVE 

MATERIAL and any individuals who, on behalf of the Party or its acquirer, 

successor, predecessor, or other affiliate, prepare, prosecute, supervise or assist in 

the preparation or prosecution of any patent application pertaining to the field of 

invention of the patents-in-suit. For sake of clarity, any attorney representing a 

Party, whether in-house or outside counsel, and any person associated with a Party 

and permitted to receive another Party’s HIGHLY SENSITIVE MATERIAL, may 

participate, supervise and assist in any and all proceedings before the U.S. Patent 

and Trademark Office related to the Party’s patents-in-suit, including without 

limitation Inter Partes Review (IPR) proceedings, even if they have received the 

other Party’s HIGHLY SENSITIVE MATERIAL, provided that they do not 

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participate or assist in any claim drafting or amendment of claims in such 

proceedings.

13. Nothing in this Order shall require production of documents, 

information or other material that a Party contends is protected from disclosure by 

the attorney-client privilege, the work product doctrine, or other privilege, doctrine, 

or immunity. If documents, information or other material subject to a claim of 

attorney-client privilege, work product doctrine, or other privilege, doctrine, or 

immunity is inadvertently or unintentionally produced, such production shall in no 

way prejudice or otherwise constitute a waiver of, or estoppel as to, any such 

privilege, doctrine, or immunity. Any Party that inadvertently or unintentionally 

produces documents, information or other material it reasonably believes are 

protected under the attorney-client privilege, work product doctrine, or other 

privilege, doctrine, or immunity may obtain the return of such documents, 

information or other material by promptly notifying the recipient(s) and providing a 

privilege log for the inadvertently or unintentionally produced documents, 

information or other material. The recipient(s) shall gather and return all copies of 

such documents, information or other material to the producing Party, except for any 

pages containing privileged or otherwise protected markings by the recipient(s), 

which pages shall instead be destroyed and certified as such to the producing Party. 

14. There shall be no disclosure of any DESIGNATED MATERIAL by 

any person authorized to have access thereto to any person who is not authorized for 

such access under this Order. The Parties are hereby ORDERED to safeguard all 

such documents, information and material to protect against disclosure to any 

unauthorized persons or entities. If any one of Defendants in this litigation provides 

DESIGNATED MATERIAL to Plaintiff, Plaintiff shall not share that material with 

the other Defendant or with the experts or consultants of the other Defendant in this 

litigation, absent express written permission from the producing Defendant. 

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15. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to prejudice any Party’s 

right to use any DESIGNATED MATERIAL in taking testimony at any deposition 

or hearing provided that the DESIGNATED MATERIAL is only disclosed to a 

person(s) who is: (a) eligible to have access to the DESIGNATED MATERIAL by 

virtue of his or her employment with the designating party, (b) identified in the 

DESIGNATED MATERIAL as an author, addressee, or copy recipient of such 

information, (c) although not identified as an author, addressee, or copy recipient of 

such DESIGNATED MATERIAL, has, in the ordinary course of business, seen 

such DESIGNATED MATERIAL, (d) a current or former officer, director or 

employee of the producing Party or a current or former officer, director or employee 

of a company affiliated with the producing Party; (e) counsel for a Party, including 

outside counsel and in-house counsel (subject to paragraphs 9 and 10 of this Order); 

(f) an independent contractor, consultant, and/or expert retained for the purpose of 

this litigation; (g) court reporters and videographers; (h) the Court; or (i) other 

persons entitled hereunder to access to DESIGNATED MATERIAL. 

DESIGNATED MATERIAL shall not be disclosed to any other persons unless prior 

authorization is obtained from counsel representing the producing Party or from the 

Court. Counsel for any producing Party shall have the right to exclude from oral 

depositions, other than the deponent, deponent’s counsel, the reporter and 

videographer (if any), and translators, any person who is not authorized by this 

Protective Order to receive or access Protected Material based on the designation of 

such Protected Material. Such right of exclusion shall be applicable only during 

periods of examination or testimony regarding such Protected Material. 

16. Parties may, at a deposition or hearing or within thirty (30) days after 

receipt of a deposition or hearing transcript, designate the deposition or hearing 

transcript or any portion thereof as “CONFIDENTIAL,” “RESTRICTED – 

ATTORNEY’ EYES ONLY,” “RESTRICTED – OUTSIDE COUNSELS’ EYES 

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ONLY,” or “RESTRICTED – CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE CODE” pursuant to this 

Order. Access to the deposition or hearing transcript so designated shall be limited 

in accordance with the terms of this Order. Until expiration of the 30-day period, 

the entire deposition or hearing transcript shall be treated as confidential. 

17. Any DESIGNATED MATERIAL that is filed with the Court shall be 

filed under seal and shall remain under seal until further order of the Court. The 

filing party shall be responsible for informing the Clerk of the Court that the filing 

should be sealed and for placing the legend “FILED UNDER SEAL PURSUANT 

TO PROTECTIVE ORDER” above the caption and conspicuously on each page of 

the filing. Exhibits to a filing shall conform to the labeling requirements set forth in 

this Order. If a pretrial pleading filed with the Court, or an exhibit thereto, discloses 

or relies on confidential documents, information or material, such confidential 

portions shall be redacted to the extent necessary and the pleading or exhibit filed 

publicly with the Court. 

18. The Order applies to pretrial discovery. Nothing in this Order shall be 

deemed to prevent the Parties from introducing any DESIGNATED MATERIAL 

into evidence at the trial of this Action, or from using any information contained in 

DESIGNATED MATERIAL at the trial of this Action, subject to any pretrial order 

issued by this Court. 

19. A Party may request in writing to the other Party that the designation 

given to any DESIGNATED MATERIAL be modified or withdrawn. If the 

designating Party does not agree to redesignation within ten (10) days of receipt of 

the written request, the requesting Party may apply to the Court for relief. Upon any 

such application to the Court, the burden shall be on the designating Party to show 

why its classification is proper. Such application shall be treated procedurally as a 

motion to compel pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 37, subject to the 

Rule’s provisions relating to sanctions. In making such application, the requirements 

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of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Local Rules of the Court shall be 

met. Pending the Court’s determination of the application, the designation of the 

designating Party shall be maintained. 

20. Each outside consultant or expert to whom DESIGNATED 

MATERIAL is disclosed in accordance with the terms of this Order shall be advised 

by counsel of the terms of this Order, shall be informed that he or she is subject to 

the terms and conditions of this Order, and shall sign an acknowledgment that he or 

she has received a copy of, has read, and has agreed to be bound by this Order. A 

copy of the acknowledgment form is attached as Appendix A. 

21. To the extent that any discovery is taken of persons who are not Parties 

to this Action (“Third Parties”) and in the event that such Third Parties contended 

the discovery sought involves trade secrets, confidential business information, or 

other proprietary information, then such Third Parties may agree to be bound by this 

Order.

22. To the extent that discovery or testimony is taken of Third Parties, the 

Third Parties may designate as “CONFIDENTIAL,” “RESTRICTED – 

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” or “RESTRICTED – OUTSIDE COUNSELS’ 

EYES ONLY” any documents, information or other material, in whole or in part, 

produced or give by such Third Parties. The Third Parties shall have ten (10) days 

after production of such documents, information or other materials to make such a 

designation. Until that time period lapses or until such a designation has been made, 

whichever occurs sooner, all documents, information or other material so produced 

or given shall be treated as “CONFIDENTIAL” in accordance with this Order. 

23. Within thirty (30) days of final termination of this Action, including 

any appeals, all DESIGNATED MATERIAL, including all copies, duplicates, 

abstracts, indexes, summaries, descriptions, and excerpts or extracts thereof 

(excluding excerpts or extracts incorporated into any privileged memoranda of the 

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Parties and materials which have been admitted into evidence in this Action), shall 

at the producing Party’s election either be returned to the producing Party or be 

destroyed. The receiving Party shall verify the return or destruction by affidavit 

furnished to the producing Party, upon the producing Party’s request. 

24. The failure to designate documents, information or material in 

accordance with this Order and the failure to object to a designation at a given time 

shall not preclude the filing of a motion at a later date seeking to impose such 

designation or challenging the propriety thereof. The entry of this Order and/or the 

production of documents, information and material hereunder shall in no way 

constitute a waiver of any objection to the furnishing thereof, all such objections 

being hereby preserved. 

25. Any Party knowing or believing that any other party is in violation of 

or intends to violate this Order and has raised the question of violation or potential 

violation with the opposing party and has been unable to resolve the matter by 

agreement may move the Court for such relief as may be appropriate in the 

circumstances. Pending disposition of the motion by the Court, the Party alleged to 

be in violation of or intending to violate this Order shall discontinue the 

performance of and/or shall not undertake the further performance of any action 

alleged to constitute a violation of this Order. 

26. Production of DESIGNATED MATERIAL by each of the Parties shall 

not be deemed a publication of the documents, information and material (or the 

contents thereof) produced so as to void or make voidable whatever claim the 

Parties may have as to the proprietary and confidential nature of the documents, 

information or other material or its contents. 

27. Nothing in this Order shall be construed to effect an abrogation, waiver 

or limitation of any kind on the rights of each of the Parties to assert any applicable 

discovery or trial privilege. 

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28. Each of the Parties shall also retain the right to file a motion with the 

Court (a) to modify this Order to allow disclosure of DESIGNATED MATERIAL 

to additional persons or entities if reasonably necessary to prepare and present this 

Action and (b) to apply for additional protection of DESIGNATED MATERIAL. 

Date: January 30, 2018 Respectfully submitted, 

 /s/ David M. Stein 

 Jamie B. Beaber (Pro Hac Vice) jbeaber@mayerbrown.com

Kfir B. Levy (State Bar No. 235372) 

klevy@mayerbrown.com 

James A. Fussell, III (Pro Hac Vice) jfussell@mayerbrown.com

Tiffany A. Miller (Pro Hac Vice) tmiller@mayerbrown.com

Alison T. Gelsleichter (Pro Hac Vice) agelsleichter@mayerbrown.com

Saqib J. Siddiqui (Pro Hac Vice) ssiddiqui@mayerbrown.com 

MAYER BROWN LLP 

1999 K Street NW 

Washington, DC 20006 

Phone: 202.263.3000 

Amanda Streff Bonner (Pro Hac Vice) asbonner@mayerbrown.com

MAYER BROWN LLP 

71 South Wacker Drive 

Chicago, IL 60606 

Phone: 312.782.0600 

David M. Stein, State Bar No. 198256 

dstein@ggtriallaw.com 

GREENBERG GROSS LLP 

650 Town Center Drive, Suite 1700 

Costa Mesa, California 92626 

Phone: 949.383.2800 

Attorneys for Plaintiff MAXELL, LTD. 

/s/ Michael J. Newton 

Michael J. Newton (CA Bar No. 156225) 

mike.newton@alston.com

ALSTON & BIRD LLP 

2828 N Harwood St. Ste. 1800 

Dallas, TX 75201 

Phone: 214.922.3400 

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H. James Abe (CA Bar. No. 265534)

james.abe@alston.com

ALSTON & BIRD LLP 

333 South Hope Street, 16th Floor 

Los Angeles, CA 90071 

Telephone: (213) 576-1000 

Facsimile: (213) 576-1100 

Attorneys for Defendants ASUSTEK 

COMPUTER INC. and ASUS COMPUTER 

INTERNATIONAL

ORDER

GOOD CAUSE APPEARING, the Court hereby approves the Stipulated 

Protective Order. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: , 2018 

HONORABLE MANUEL L. REAL 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

February 6 8

HONORABLE MANUEL L. REAL 

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Kfir B. Levy (State Bar No. 235372) 

klevy@mayerbrown.com 

MAYER BROWN LLP 

1999 K Street NW 

Washington, DC 20006 

Phone: 202.263.3000 

Attorney for Plaintiff MAXELL, LTD. 

H. James Abe (CA Bar. No. 265534) 

james.abe@alston.com

ALSTON & BIRD LLP 

333 South Hope Street, 16th Floor 

Los Angeles, CA 90071 

Telephone: (213) 576-1000 

Facsimile: (213) 576-1100 

Attorney for Defendants ASUSTEK COMPUTER 

INC. and ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, WESTERN DIVISION 

MAXELL, LTD. 

Plaintiff, 

v.

ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC., AND 

ASUS COMPUTER 

INTERNATIONAL, INC. 

Defendants.

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Hon. Manuel L. Real 

Complaint Filed: October 13, 2017 

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APPENDIX A 

UNDERTAKING REGARDING PROTECTIVE ORDER 

I, ____________________________________________, declare that: 

1. My address is 

___________________________________________________________.

My current employer is 

___________________________________________________________.

My current occupation is 

___________________________________________________________. 

2. I have received a copy of the Protective Order governing the Actions. I have 

carefully read and understand the provisions of the Protective Order. 

3. I will comply with all of the provisions of the Protective Order. I will hold in 

confidence, will not disclose to anyone not qualified under the Protective 

Order, and will use only for purposes of the actions any information 

designated as “CONFIDENTIAL,” “RESTRICTED – ATTORNEYS’ EYES 

ONLY,” “RESTRICTED – OUTSIDE COUNSELS’ EYES ONLY,” or 

“RESTRICTED – CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE CODE,” that is disclosed to 

me.

4. Promptly upon termination of these actions, I will return all documents and 

things designated as “CONFIDENTIAL,” “RESTRICTED – ATTORNEYS’ 

EYES ONLY,” “RESTRICTED – OUTSIDE COUNSELS’ EYES ONLY,” 

or “RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE CODE” that came into my 

possession, and all documents and things that I have prepared relating thereto, 

to the outside counsel for the party by whom I am employed. 

5. I hereby submit to the jurisdiction of this Court for the purpose of 

enforcement of the Protective Order. 

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For Experts or Consultants Only: 

I have attached hereto a list disclosing (1) all parties who retained the expert for all 

current engagements, consulting or otherwise; (2) all parties who retained the expert 

for the last four years of testifying engagements; and (3) whether the expert has ever 

been retained by the other party in the Action. 

 I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. 

Signature ________________________________________

Date ____________________________________________

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