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Nature of Suit Code: 380
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Property Damage
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BEILSTEIN-INSTITUT ZUR

FÖRDERUNG DER CHEMISCHEN

WISSENSCHAFTEN, a German nonprofit

foundation; and BEILSTEIN GMBH, a

German limited liability corporation,

Plaintiffs,

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MDL INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC., a

Delaware corporation; and DOES 1-10,

Defendants.

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Case No. C 04 5368 SI

[PROPOSED] PROTECTIVE ORDER RE:

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

Judge: Hon. Susan Illston

Ctrm: 10, 19th Floor

The Court hereby enters a Protective Order containing the following terms and

conditions:

SCOPE OF THIS ORDER

1. This Protective Order shall be applicable to all information produced

by any party pursuant to interrogatories, depositions, requests for production of documents,

requests for admissions, subpoenas, or other discovery requests (whether formal or

informal), and all information provided by any party in connection with any pre-trial

evidentiary hearings or other pre-trial proceedings conducted during the course of this

action. All material and information produced pursuant to this Protective Order as

"CONFIDENTIAL" or "HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL -- ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY" shall

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be used solely for purposes of this litigation and shall not be disclosed to any person except

in accordance with the terms hereof.

CONFIDENTIAL AND HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL -- ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY

INFORMATION

2. Any party producing or disclosing information in this action may

designate such information as "CONFIDENTIAL" or "HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL --

ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY" by designating it in the manner set forth in paragraph 3

below. The designation of information as "CONFIDENTIAL" shall be limited to information

which the disclosing party in good faith believes contains trade secret or other confidential

research, development, financial or commercial information. The designation of information

as "HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL -ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY" shall be limited to extremely

sensitive trade secret or other confidential research, development, financial or commercial

information which the disclosing party in good faith believes will result in competitive

disadvantage if disclosed to another party to this action. The following material shall not be

designated as "CONFIDENTIAL" or "HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL -- ATTORNEYS' EYES

ONLY": information that is in the public domain at the time of disclosure (except such

information in the public domain which may be treated as a trade secret due to the effort

involved in collecting and maintaining such information); information which after disclosure

is published or becomes part of the public domain through no fault of a party receiving

information under this Protective Order, but only after it is published or comes into the

public domain (subject to the same trade secret exclusion stated above); information that is

in the possession of a party receiving such information without any confidentiality

obligations at the time of disclosure; information independently derived by a party receiving

protected information without reference to any protected information, as evidenced by

documentation; or information disclosed by a third-party having the legal right to do so.

Information designated as CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL --

ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY may only be used and disclosed as provided in this Protective

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Order. However, the parties reserve their rights to challenge any such designations in

accordance with the provisions of this Order.

MANNER OF DESIGNATION OF MATERIALS

3. A party may designate materials as CONFIDENTIAL or

HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL -- ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY in the following manner:

(a) Documents or Things. CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY

CONFIDENTIAL -- ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY treatment may be obtained

by typing or stamping CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL --

ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY on the particular document or thing.

(b) Interrogatories and Requests for Admissions. In answering any

interrogatory, request for admission, or part thereof, a party may designate its

answer as CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL -- ATTORNEYS

EYES ONLY by affixing thereto the legend CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY

CONFIDENTIAL --ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY. Such CONFIDENTIAL or

HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL -- ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY answers shall be

made on separate pages from any other answers or portions thereof that are

not

designated as CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL

-ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY.

(c) Testimony. With respect to any testimony given in this action,

including but not limited to deposition testimony, any party may obtain

CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL --ATTORNEYS EYES

ONLY treatment therefore by designating, during the course of that testimony,

for which CONFIDENTIAL OF HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL -- ATTORNEYS

EYES ONLY treatment is desired, which testimony is claimed to be

CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL -- ATTORNEYS EYES

ONLY, or alternatively by designating the entire testimony to be

CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL -- ATTORNEYS EYES

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ONLY, subject to a good faith obligation to identify to all parties the nonconfidential portions of the testimony (and any less confidential portions in

the event that the entire testimony is designated HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL --

ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY), if any, within 14 days after receipt of the

transcript of the testimony. The reporter shall separately transcribe and bind

the testimony so designated as CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY

CONFIDENTIAL --ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY, and shall mark the face of

the separate bound transcript containing such testimony with the term

CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL -- ATTORNEYS EYES

ONLY. A party or nonparty also may make the above-referenced designation

of confidentiality in writing and within 14 days of the receipt by said party or

nonparty of the transcript of said testimony. In that event, said portion of the

transcript will be treated as confidential under the provisions of this order,

except that it will not be separately bound. All deposition transcripts shall be

treated as CONFIDENTIAL --ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY for a period of 14

days after receipt of the transcript. If, during the course of testimony, any

party reasonably believes that the answer to a question will result in the

disclosure of CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL --

ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY information, all persons other than those persons

entitled to receive such information pursuant to paragraphs 5 and 6 hereof

shall be immediately excluded from the room in which the testimony is given.

(d) Typing or stamping the legend CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY

CONFIDENTIAL -- ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY upon the first page of a

collection of documents or things or answers which are bound or attached

together in any manner shall have the effect of designating such collection in

its entirety as CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL --

ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY.

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RESTRICTIONS ON DISCLOSURE OF DESIGNATED MATERIALS

4. Any information produced in discovery by any party in this action

(whether in response to a formal or informal discovery request or in correspondence between

the parties), designated as CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL --

ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY, may only be used by the recipient of such information in

connection with the preparation and trial of this action and for no other purpose. As used

herein, the phrase

preparation for trial and trial of this action shall mean preparation for, participation in and

prosecution and defense of any motion, trial, appeal, hearing, review or other judicial

proceeding in the above-entitled action.

5. Subject to paragraph 7 herein, except by prior order of this Court

after notice to the producing party, information designated as CONFIDENTIAL shall

not be disclosed to any person other than:

(a) the attorneys of record herein for the parties (and any in-house

attorneys for the parties that are involved in this litigation) and those of their

partners, associates, document clerks and paralegals employed by said

attorneys who are assigned to and necessary to assist such attorneys in the

preparation for trial and trial of this action;

(b) secretaries, stenographers and other office or clerical personnel

employed by said attorneys and who assist them with respect to this action;

(c) the parties and officers or employees of the parties, to the extent

deemed necessary by their respective attorneys of record for the preparation

for trial and trial of this action;

(d) the authors, senders, addressees and designated copy recipients of

any document or thing which has been designated as CONFIDENTIAL

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information; provided, however, that such persons may not retain such

CONFIDENTIAL information unless otherwise entitled to receive it;

(e) such other persons as may be consented to by the party or

nonparty designating such information as CONFIDENTIAL information;

(f) outside litigation support vendors, including commercial

photocopying vendors, scanning services vendors, coders and keyboard

operators;

(g) translators, independent outside consultants or experts retained

by the attorneys of record to assist in this action, to the extent deemed

necessary by said attorneys for the preparation for trial and trial of this

action; and

(h) the Court hearing this Action (including the Court

having jurisdiction of any appeal).

6. Subject to paragraph 7 herein, except by prior order of this Court after

notice to the producing party or nonparty, information designated as HIGHLY

CONFIDENTIAL -- ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY shall not be disclosed to any person other

than:

(a) the attorneys of record herein for the parties (and any in-house

attorneys for the parties that are involved in this litigation) and those of their

partners, associates, document clerks and paralegals employed by said

attorneys who are assigned to and necessary to assist such attorneys in the

preparation for trial and trial of this action;

(b) secretaries, stenographers and other office or clerical personnel

employed by said attorneys and who assist them with respect to this action;

(c) the authors, senders, addressees and designated copy recipients

of any document or thing which has been designated as HIGHLY

CONFIDENTIAL -- ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY information; provided,

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however, that such persons may not retain such HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL --

ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY information unless otherwise authorized to

receive it.

(d) such other persons as may be consented to in writing by the

party or nonparty designating such information as HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL

--ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY information;

(e) outside litigation support vendors, including commercial

photocopying vendors, scanning services vendors, coders and keyboard

operators;

(f) translators, independent outside consultants or experts retained

by the attorneys of record to assist in this action, to the extent deemed

necessary by said attorneys for the preparation for trial and trial of this

action; and

(g) the Court hearing this Action (including the Court

having jurisdiction of any appeal).

7. The persons described in paragraphs 5(e)-(g) and 6(d)-(f) shall not

have access to either CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL -- ATTORNEYS

EYES ONLY information, as the case may be, until they have certified that they have read

this Order and have manifested their assent to be bound thereby by signing a copy of the

Assurance of Compliance attached hereto as Exhibit A. Once a person has executed such

an Assurance of Compliance, it shall not be necessary for that person to sign a separate

Assurance of Compliance each time that person is subsequently given access to

confidential material.

8. The recipient of any CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY

CONFIDENTIAL -- ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY material that is provided under this

Order shall maintain such information in a manner intended to preserve, and shall use its

best efforts to maintain, the confidentiality of such information.

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9. The failure of any party to object to the designation of information as

CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL -- ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY shall not be

deemed an admission that such information qualifies for such designation. If any party

wishes to have any information, document or testimony marked CONFIDENTIAL or

HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL -- ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY by another party reclassified as

non-confidential, or from HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL -- ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY to

CONFIDENTIAL, the parties will confer and try to reach agreement. If the parties cannot

reach agreement, the party seeking to re-classify may seek appropriate relief from the Court,

with the party seeking to maintain the CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL --

ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY designation bearing the burden to establish its claim of

confidentiality; provided, however, that it is not intended that this process be determinative

of any ultimate issues in the case, including by way of example whether any particular

materials constitute valid trade secrets. The Court may award sanctions on any motion

concerning the challenge of a designation if the Court finds that any designating party s

position was taken without reasonable justification. Unless and until this Court enters an

order changing the designation of the information, it shall be afforded the treatment

prescribed in this Protective Order for its designation.

10. Nothing contained in this Protective Order shall restrict or prevent any

party to this action or nonparty from disclosing or otherwise using its own documents and

information which that party or nonparty produces or discloses in this action.

11. (a) The inadvertent or unintentional disclosure by a producing party of

CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL -- ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY material I

during the course of this litigation, regardless of whether the information was so designated

at the time of disclosure, shall not be deemed a waiver in whole or in part of a party’s claim

of confidentiality, either as to the specific information disclosed or as to any other

information relating thereto or on the same or related subject matter. Counsel for the parties

shall in any event, to the extent possible, upon discovery of inadvertent error, cooperate to

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restore the confidentiality of the CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL --

ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY material that was inadvertently or unintentionally disclosed.

(b) If a party through inadvertence produces or provides discovery that it

believes is subject to a claim of attorney-client privilege or work product immunity, the

producing party may give written notice to the receiving party or parties that the document is

subject to a claim of attorney-client privilege or work product immunity and request that the

document be returned to the producing party. The receiving party or parties shall promptly

return to the producing party such document, and shall promptly return or destroy all copies

of such document. Return of the document by the receiving party shall not constitute an

admission or concession, or permit any inference, that the returned document is, in fact,

properly subject to a claim of attorney-client privilege or work product immunity, nor shall

it foreclose any party from moving the Court for an Order that such document has been

improperly designated or should be producible for other reasons than a waiver caused by the

inadvertent production.

12. Documents made available for inspection shall be treated as

CONFIDENTIAL -- ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY during inspection. Copies of such

documents produced to the receiving party shall be stamped CONFIDENTIAL or

CONFIDENTIAL -- ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY, as appropriate, by the producing party

pursuant to the pursuant to the terms herein.

13. Nothing contained in this Protective Order shall affect the right of any

party to make any objection, claim any privilege, or otherwise contest any request for

production of documents, interrogatory, request for admission, or question at a deposition or

to seek further relief or protective orders from the Court in accordance with the Federal

Rules of Civil Procedure and the Local Rules. Nothing in this Protective Order shall

constitute an admission or waiver of any claim or defense by any party.

14. Nothing herein shall prevent counsel of record for any party from

utilizing CONFIDENTIAL or CONFIDENTIAL -- ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY documents

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or testimony in the examination or cross-examination, whether at deposition or any

proceeding before the Court, of any person who is indicated on the document as being an

author, source, recipient or subject of such document or testimony or is indicated in the

testimony as being a subject of the testimony, irrespective of which party produced such

information. In the event that counsel for a party believes it is necessary during the course of

a deposition to show "CONFIDENTIAL" or "HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL -- ATTORNEYS'

EYES ONLY" materials to a deponent who is otherwise not permitted access to such

"CONFIDENTIAL" or "HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL -- ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY"

material under the terms of this Order, counsel may immediately seek consent to do so from

counsel for the designating party or nonparty, who shall not unreasonably withhold such

consent. If such consent is withheld, the requesting counsel may continue the deposition, and

at the adjournment of the deposition, apply to the Court for relief. If the Court permits the

requesting counsel to show such materials to the deponent, the deposition may be resumed.

FILING AND USE IN COURT OF DESIGNATED MATERIALS

15. Any written material constituting, containing or disclosing protected

information that is lodged or filed with the Clerk of the Court, including Court papers, shall

be submitted in compliance with Civil Local Rule 79-5 and marked "FILED UNDER

SEAL," and endorsed on the front page of the written material itself with a statement

substantially in the following form:

CONFIDENTIAL

SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER

or

CONFIDENTIAL - ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY

SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER

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THIRD-PARTY REQUEST FOR DESIGNATED MATERIALS

16. If any third party serves a subpoena or other process or request seeking

to review any information designated CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL --

ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY, the party to whom the demand is made shall inform the other

party s counsel immediately in writing and shall not permit inspection of such documents by

third parties until fourteen (14) days after such notice is given so that the notified counsel

can take steps to enforce this Protective Order if they deem it necessary to do so.

DISCOVERY FROM NONPARTIES

17. Discovery of nonparties may involve receipt of information, documents,

things or testimony which include or contain CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY

CONFIDENTIAL -- ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY materials or information. A nonparty

producing such material in this case may designate as CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY

CONFIDENTIAL -ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY some or all of the material it produces in

the same manner provided for in this Protective Order with respect to material furnished by

or on behalf of the parties to this action. Any party may also designate as CONFIDENTIAL

or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL -- ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY any materials or information

produced by a nonparty that constitute CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL --

ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY material of the designating party under paragraph 2 of this

Protective Order, regardless of whether the producing nonparty has also so designated.

Nonparty materials designated CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL --

ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY by a nonparty or party shall be governed by the terms of this

Protective Order.

RETURN OR DESTRUCTION OF DESIGNATED MATERIALS

18. Within 60 days after the conclusion of this action, including any and

all appeals, all documents, transcripts or other things or information designated as

CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL -- ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY, and all

copies thereof, shall be returned to counsel for the party furnishing the same. Alternatively,

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counsel for the party receiving CONFIDENTIAL or CONFIDENTIAL -- ATTORNEYS

EYES ONLY materials shall provide written certification to counsel for the party furnishing

CONFIDENTIAL or CONFIDENTIAL -- ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY materials that such

materials, and all copies thereof, have been destroyed. Notwithstanding anything to the

contrary herein, outside counsel for each party may retain one complete copy of such

materials as well as one complete copy of pleadings and papers filed with the Court or

served on the parties. Such retained copy of materials, pleadings and papers shall be

maintained in a file accessible only by outside counsel bound by this Order. This Order shall

continue to be binding after the conclusion of this litigation.

AMENDMENT OF THIS AGREEMENT

19. This Order shall continue to be binding after the conclusion of this

Action. The provisions of this Protective Order may be modified at any time by stipulation

of the Parties as approved by Order of the Court. In addition, a Party may at any time apply

to the Court for modification of this Protective Order pursuant to a motion brought in

accordance with the rules of the Court.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED:

HON. SUSAN ILLSTON

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EXHIBIT A

ASSURANCE OF COMPLIANCE

I, , under penalty of perjury under the

laws of the United States of America, declare and state as follows:

I reside at ,

in the City/County of and State of , in the

following country: ;

I have read the annexed Order Re: Confidential Information, ("Protective

Order") dated , 2005 in the action entitled Beilstein-Institut zur

Forderung der Chemischen Wissenschaften v. MDL Information Systems, Inc.,

Case No. C 04-5368 SI, which currently is pending in the United States District Court for

the Northern District of California; that I am fully familiar with and agree to comply with

and be bound by the provisions of that Protective Order; and

I will not divulge to persons other than those specifically authorized by the

Protective Order, and will not copy or use except solely for the purpose of this litigation, any

information designated as "CONFIDENTIAL" or "HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL --

ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY"; and

I consent to the jurisdiction of United States District Court for the Northern

District of California for the purpose of enforcing said Protective Order, enjoining any

anticipated violation of the Protective Order or seeking damages for the breach of said

Protective Order.

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of

America that the foregoing is true and correct.

Executed this ___day of _________ , 2005 at

.

(Signature)

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