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Nature of Suit Code: 840
Nature of Suit: Trademark
Cause of Action: 15:1125 Trademark Infringement (Lanham Act)

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MICHAEL J. BETTINGER (State Bar No. 122196)

DOUGLAS B. GREENSWAG (PRO HAC VICE)

ANUP TIKKU (State Bar No. 184612) 

PRESTON GATES & ELLIS LLP

55 Second Street, Suite 1700 

San Francisco, CA 94105

Phone: (415) 882-8200 

Facsimile: (415) 882-8220 

mikeb@prestongates.com 

dgreenswag@prestongates.com 

anupt@prestongates.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

SPANSION LLC. 

JONATHAN C. DICKEY, SBN 088226 

STEVEN J. JOHNSON, SBN 121568 

GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP 

1881 Page Mill Road 

Palo Alto, California 94304 

Telephone: (650) 849-5300 

Facsimile: (650) 849-5333 

jdickey@gibsondunn.com 

sjjohnson@gibsondunn.com 

Attorneys for Defendant, 

MACRONIX AMERICA, INC. 

and Specially Appearing for Defendant, 

MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

SPANSION LLC, a 

Delaware corporation, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD., a 

Taiwan corporation, and MACRONIX 

AMERICA, INC. a California corporation, 

 Defendants.

Case No. C 06-1733 MJJ 

REVISED STIPULATED 

PROTECTIVE ORDER 

 

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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the following Protective Order be entered in this matter and 

that the parties shall follow the procedures set forth below with respect to information, documents, 

or things produced in this litigation: 

 1. This Protective Order shall be applicable to and govern all depositions, documents, 

information or things produced in response to requests for production of documents, answers to 

interrogatories, responses to requests for admissions and all other discovery taken pursuant to the 

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, as well as testimony adduced at trial or other hearings, matters in 

evidence and other information that the disclosing party designates as “CONFIDENTIAL” or 

“ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” hereafter furnished, directly or indirectly, by or on behalf of any 

party or any non-party witness in connection with this action. As used herein, “disclosing party” 

shall refer to the parties to this action and to third parties who give testimony or produce documents 

or other information. 

2. Subject to Section 12 hereof, the following information may be designated as 

“CONFIDENTIAL”: any trade secret or other confidential research, design, development, financial, 

or commercial information contained in any document, discovery response or testimony, or any 

other information which a party in good faith believes should be treated as "CONFIDENTIAL" and 

is properly subject to protection under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 26(c); 

3. Subject to Section 12 hereof, the following information may be designated as 

“ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY”: any trade secret or other confidential research, design, 

development, or commercial information contained in any document, discovery response, or 

deposition testimony that is entitled to a higher level of protection due to its commercial sensitivity, 

or any other information which a party in good faith believes should be treated as "ATTORNEYS 

EYES ONLY" and is properly subject to protection under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 26(c). 

4. A disclosing party may also designate materials as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “ATTORNEYS’ 

EYES ONLY” if it contains information that the disclosing party, in good faith, believes is 

confidential or proprietary to a third-party. Counsel for the parties may not designate any materials 

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“CONFIDENTIAL” without first making a good faith determination that protection under Federal 

Rules of Civil Procedure 26(c) is warranted. Material designated “CONFIDENTIAL” or 

“ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” shall be used by the parties to this litigation solely for the purpose 

of conducting this litigation, and not for any other purpose whatsoever. 

5. Disclosing parties shall designate “CONFIDENTIAL” or “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” 

information as follows:

(a) In the case of discovery responses and the information contained therein, designation 

shall be made by placing the following legend on every page of any such document prior to 

production: “CONFIDENTIAL” or “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” Except as provided in 

paragraph fourteen (14), in the event that a party inadvertently fails to stamp or otherwise designate 

a document or other information as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” at the 

time of its production, that party shall have five (5) business days after such production to so stamp 

or otherwise designate the document or other information. 

 (b) In the event that either party elects to produce documents for inspection only pursuant 

to FRCP 34(a), all original documents produced for inspection shall be treated as “ATTORNEYS’ 

EYES ONLY” for a period not to exceed five (5) business days after the receiving party inspecting 

the documents has indicated the documents it desires to be copied. After a receiving party inspecting 

the documents has indicated the documents it desires to be copied, and before such copies are 

provided to the requesting party, the producing party shall have a reasonable time, not to exceed the 

aforementioned five (5) business days, to review the copied documents and designate them as 

“CONFIDENTIAL” or “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” pursuant to the terms of this Order. 

 (c) In the case of depositions, designation of the portion of the transcript (including 

exhibits) that contains CONFIDENTIAL or ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY information shall be 

made by a statement to such effect on the record in the course of the deposition or, upon review of 

such transcript, by counsel for a party within five (5) business days after counsel’s receipt of the 

transcript. 

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 (d) Transcripts of depositions will not be filed with the Court unless it is necessary to do 

so for purposes of motion hearings, trial, or other matters. If a deposition transcript is filed and if it 

contains CONFIDENTIAL or ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY information the transcript shall bear the 

appropriate legend on the caption page and shall be filed under seal. 

 (e) Any CONFIDENTIAL or ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY information produced in a 

non-paper media (e.g., videotape, audiotape, computer disk, etc.) may be designated as such by 

labeling the outside of such non-paper media as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “ATTORNEYS’ EYES 

ONLY." In the event a receiving party generates any “hard copy,” transcription, or printout from 

any such designated non-paper media, such party must stamp each page “CONFIDENTIAL” or 

“ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” and the hard copy, transcription or printout shall be treated as it is 

designated. 

6. If any information designated CONFIDENTIAL or ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY is filed or 

submitted to the Court, it shall be delivered sealed in an envelope or container to the Clerk of the 

Court in accordance with United States District Court, Northern District of California Civil Local 

Rule 79-5, and shall not be available for public inspection and shall not be opened absent further 

order of the court. The sealed envelope or container shall be marked with the case title, case number 

and title of the paper which contains the information or material designated as CONFIDENTIAL or 

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY and a statement substantially in the form of: 

“CONFIDENTIAL [or ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY] –DOCUMENT FILED UNDER SEAL 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER – NOT TO BE OPENED EXCEPT BY 

ORDER OF THE COURT.” 

 7. Disclosure of all CONFIDENTIAL information shall be limited to: 

 (a) The outside attorneys working on this action, on behalf of any party, and any 

paralegal assistants, stenographic and clerical employees working under the direct supervision of 

such counsel; 

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 (b) Designated in-house counsel or officers Robert Melendres and Raymond Fritz for 

Spansion and Billie Chen and Cecil Liu for defendants, and any paralegal assistants, stenographic 

and clerical employees working under the direct supervision of such counsel or officers. 

 (c) Officers of the Court and supporting personnel or officers of any appellate court to 

which an appeal may be taken in this litigation or in which review is sought, including necessary 

stenographic and clerical personnel (e.g. court reporters); 

 (d) Other qualified reporters taking and videographers recording testimony involving 

such information and necessary stenographic and clerical personnel thereof; 

 (e) Any person who was an author or recipient of the CONFIDENTIAL information 

prior to the commencement of this litigation, but if the person is not an employee of the party to 

which the CONFIDENTIAL information belongs, such person may not retain a copy of such 

information; 

 (f) Any person of whom testimony is taken regarding the CONFIDENTIAL information, 

except that if the person is not an employee of the party to which the CONFIDENTIAL information 

belongs, such person may only be shown copies of CONFIDENTIAL information during his/her 

testimony, and may not retain a copy of such CONFIDENTIAL information; 

 (g) Any person who is expressly retained by any outside attorney described in paragraph 

7(a) to assist in preparation of this action for trial, who is not employed by, affiliated with (whether 

as a consultant or otherwise), controlled by, agents of, or materially interested in any party or any 

competitor of any party, with disclosure only to the extent necessary to perform such work; 

 (h) The employees of the parties who are required to work directly on this litigation, with 

disclosures only to the extent necessary to perform such work. 

8. Information designated as “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” shall be used solely for the 

purposes of this litigation between the parties hereto. “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” information 

shall not be disclosed, except by the prior written consent of the disclosing party or third party, or 

pursuant to an order of this Court, to any person other than the following: 

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 (a) The outside attorneys working on this action on behalf of any party, and any 

paralegal assistants, stenographic and clerical employees working under the direct supervision of 

such counsel. 

 (b) A maximum of two attorneys or officers from the in-house legal or intellectual 

property department of any party who are working directly on this action, and any paralegal 

assistants, stenographic and clerical employees working under the direct supervision of such counsel 

or officers. The parties initially designate such attorneys or officers as follows: Robert Melendres 

and Raymond Fritz for Plaintiff, and Billie Chen and Cecil Liu for Defendants. In the event a party 

wishes to substitute a new person for one of the persons listed above, the party shall disclose the 

name, job title, and job responsibilities of the substitute person to the opposing party, and provide 

the opposing party an opportunity to object. If there is no objection, the substitution may be made. 

If there is an objection, the parties shall meet and confer, and if unable to resolve the dispute, tender 

the issue to the Court for decision. 

 (c) Officers of the Court and supporting personnel or officers of any appellate court to 

which any appeal may be taken in this litigation or in which review is sought, including necessary 

stenographic and clerical personnel (e.g. court reporters). 

 (d) Other qualified reporters taking and videographers recording testimony involving 

such information and necessary stenographic and clerical personnel thereof; 

 (e) Any person who is an author or recipient of the “ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY” 

information prior to the commencement of this litigation, but if the person is not an employee of the 

party to which the ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY information belongs, such person may not retain a 

copy of such information.; 

 (f) Any person who is expressly retained by any outside attorney described in paragraph 

8(a) to assist in preparation of this action for trial, who is not employed by, affiliated with (whether 

as a consultant or otherwise), controlled by, agents of, or materially interested in any party or any 

competitor of any party, with disclosure only to the extent necessary to perform such work. 

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9. Nothing herein shall restrict any party’s use of its own CONFIDENTIAL or ATTORNEYS’ 

EYES ONLY information. 

10. Prior to disclosure of any CONFIDENTIAL information which belongs to an opposing party 

to any persons in paragraphs 7(b), 7(e), 7(f), 7(g), and 7(h), and prior to disclosure of any 

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY information which belongs to an opposing party to any persons in 

paragraphs 8(b), 8(e) and 8(f) the procedure set forth in paragraph 11 shall be followed. 

11. Prior to the disclosure of CONFIDENTIAL or ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY information 

which belongs to an opposing party to persons in paragraphs 7(b), 7(e), 7(f), 7(g), 7(h), 8(b), 8(e) or 

8(f), the outside counsel in this litigation for the party making the disclosure shall advise each person 

that the information is CONFIDENTIAL or ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY, can only be discussed 

with persons authorized by this Protective Order to view the material and can only be used for 

purposes of this litigation. Counsel shall retain, but need not disclose, a copy of a signed 

undertaking of each person to whom disclosure is made under paragraphs 7(b), 7(e), 7(f), 7(g) and 

7(h). Counsel shall retain and disclose to the other party a copy of a signed undertaking of each 

person to whom disclosure is made under paragraph 8(b) 8(e) and 8(f), except that the disclosure of 

the signed undertaking with respect to retained experts may be made at the time such experts are 

designated in the litigation. The written undertaking, which shall be in the form of Exhibit A hereto, 

shall acknowledge that he or she has read and understands this Protective Order, and agrees to 

comply with this Protective Order. 

12. A party shall not be obligated to challenge the propriety of a CONFIDENTIAL or 

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY designation at the time made, and failure to do so shall not preclude a 

subsequent challenge thereto. In the event that any party to this litigation disagrees at any stage of 

these proceedings with such designation, such party shall provide to the producing party written 

notice of its disagreement with the designation. Within five (5) business days after receiving any 

written notice, the producing party shall respond to the challenging party identifying in writing the 

bases for the asserted designation. The producing party shall bear the burden of showing that its 

asserted designation is warranted. The parties shall first try to dispose of such dispute in good faith 

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on an informal basis. If the dispute cannot be resolved, the party challenging the designation may 

request appropriate relief from the Court, but in any event, such relief from the Court shall not be 

requested before ten (10) business days after the producing party is served with said written notice. 

13. Failure of counsel to designate or mark any document, thing, or testimony as 

CONFIDENTIAL or ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY information as provided above shall not 

preclude the disclosing party from thereafter in good faith making such designation and requesting 

the receiving party to so mark and treat such documents and things so designated even after the 

expiration of the “five (5) business days” designation period described in paragraph 5(a). The 

receiving party, however, shall incur no liability for disclosures made prior to notice of such 

designations. 

14. If CONFIDENTIAL or ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY information is disclosed to any person 

other than in the manner authorized by this Protective Order, the person responsible for the 

disclosure shall immediately bring all pertinent facts relating to such disclosure to the attention of 

counsel for all parties, without prejudice to other rights and remedies of any party, and shall make 

every effort to prevent further disclosure by it or by the person who was the recipient of such 

information. 

15. The Clerk of the Court is directed to maintain under seal all documents and all transcripts of 

deposition testimony filed with this Court in this litigation by any party that are, in whole or in part, 

designated as CONFIDENTIAL or ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY, including all pleadings, 

deposition transcripts, exhibits, discovery responses or memoranda purporting to reproduce or 

paraphrase such information. The person filing such material shall designate to the Clerk that all or 

a designated portion thereof is subject to this Protective Order and is to be kept under seal, except 

that upon the failure of the filing party to so designate, any party may do so. 

16. In the event that any CONFIDENTIAL or ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY information is used 

in any court proceeding in connection with this litigation, it shall not lose its CONFIDENTIAL or 

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY status through such use, and the parties shall take all steps reasonably 

required to protect its confidentiality during such use. 

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17. The inadvertent production in the course of discovery in this action of any document or 

information (whether or not designated as CONFIDENTIAL or ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY) shall 

not be deemed to waive whatever attorney-client privilege, work product protection or other 

privilege or immunity that would otherwise attach to the document or information produced or to 

other documents or information, as long as the producing party or person, promptly after discovery, 

notifies the other party or parties of the claim of privilege or other protection or immunity. Upon 

such notice, the other party or parties shall promptly destroy all copies of the documents or 

information referred to, including any summaries thereof, and notify the producing party that it has 

done so. Such destruction and notice shall not constitute an acknowledgment that the claimed 

document or information is in fact privileged or entitled to protection or immunity and does not 

preclude the receiving party from seeking to compel production of the materials for reasons other 

than its inadvertent production.. 

18. Within 60 days after the final termination of this litigation, counsel for each Party shall return 

to the originating source, or certify in writing the destruction of, all CONFIDENTIAL and 

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY information of the opposing party or parties and all copies thereof; 

provided, however, outside counsel of record for each party may retain attorney work product 

containing such information, and may petition the Court to retain one copy of each document for 

good cause shown. 

19. Nothing herein shall prevent any party from moving the court for modification of this 

Protective Order for good cause. 

20. Except as specifically provided herein, the terms, conditions, and limitations of this 

Protective Order shall survive the termination of this action. 

21. The Court shall have jurisdiction to enforce the terms of the order for a period of six months 

after final termination of the action. 

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22. Nothing herein shall be deemed to constitute a waiver of any objection a producing party 

may have to any request for production of documents or other requested discovery. Nothing herein 

shall prevent any party from objecting to production of documents or objecting to other discovery 

requests on any available grounds, or from seeking alternative protective orders from the Court. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED this ______ day of August, 2006 

 _________________________________ 

 HONORABLE JUDGE MARTIN J. JENKINS 

PRESTON GATES & ELLIS LLP

By_______/s/__________________ August 7, 2006 

Anup Tikku 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

 Spansion LLC. 

GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP 

By:______/s/__________________ August 7, 2006 

Mark H. Lyon 

Attorneys for Defendants Macronix International Co., LTD. 

and Macronix America, Inc. 

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EXHIBIT A 

UNDERTAKING 

 I acknowledge that I, _____________________________________________ (Name), of 

__________________________________________________ (Place and Position of Employment), 

am about to receive CONFIDENTIAL or ATTORNEYS EYES ONLY information supplied by 

______________________________ (Party). I certify that I understand that such information will 

be provided to me pursuant to the terms and restrictions of the PROTECTIVE ORDER of 

_______________________, 2006, in Spansion LLC v. Macronix International Co., LTD. and 

Macronix America, Inc., Cause No. C 06-1733 MJJ, in the United States District Court for the 

Northern District of California. I further represent that I have been given a copy of and have read 

that PROTECTIVE ORDER, that I agree to be bound by all of its applicable terms, and that I submit 

to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California for 

matters relating to the use of information designated CONFIDENTIAL or ATTORNEYS’ EYES 

ONLY pursuant to this Undertaking and the Protective Order. I also understand that documents 

and/or information bearing any CONFIDENTIAL or ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY designation, and 

all copies, summaries, notes and other records that may be made regarding such documents and/or 

information, shall be disclosed to no one other than persons qualified under the PROTECTIVE 

ORDER to have access to such information. 

I understand and acknowledge that violation of this Undertaking or the PROTECTIVE 

ORDER may be punishable by Contempt of Court. 

 DATED this ______ day of ___________________, 2006. 

By: _________________________________ 

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