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Nature of Suit Code: 840
Nature of Suit: Trademark
Cause of Action: 15:44 Trademark Infringement

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PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP 

FRANK E. SIEGLITZ (45953) 

Frank.sieglitz@pillsburylaw.com

RICHARD H. ZAITLEN (63283) 

Richard.zaitlen@pillsburylaw.com

ANDREA L. COURTNEY (218785) 

Andrea.courtney@pillsburylaw.com

400 Capitol Mall, Suite 1700 

Sacramento, CA 95814-4419 

Tel: (916) 329-4700 

Fax: (916) 441-3583 

COWAN, LIEBOWITZ & LATMAN, P.C. 

ARLANA S. COHEN (9034) 

asc@cll.com

JOHN J. DRISCOLL (8425) 

jjd@cll.com

1133 Avenue of the Americas 

New York, New York 10036 

Tel: (212) 790-9200 

Fax: (212) 575-0671 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

I.SO ITALIA S.P.A. and I.SO ITALIA U.S.A. INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

I.SO ITALIA S.P.A., and I.SO ITALIA U.S.A. 

INC. 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

INDOOR SUN SYSTEMS, and DOES 1-100, 

inclusive, 

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[PROPOSED] STIPULATED 

PROTECTIVE ORDER

Pursuant to the stipulation and agreement by and between parties, by their 

undersigned attorneys, that the terms and conditions of this Stipulated Protective Order 

shall govern the handling of all information in whatever form exchanged by the parties to 

this action, it is hereby ORDERED as follows: 

1. This Order shall apply to and govern the handling of all documents, 

answers to interrogatories, responses to requests for admission, deposition testimony, 

exhibits, affidavits, briefs, and all other information, including all copies, transcripts, 

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excerpts, compilations, abstracts and summaries thereof (collectively “Protected 

Material”) produced in connection with discovery in the above-captioned action (the 

“Action”) which the disclosing party designates either as “CONFIDENTIAL” or 

“ATTORNEY’S EYES ONLY.” 

2. Any party to this action may designate as “CONFIDENTIAL” any 

Material it produces, discloses, or files during or in the course of discovery or other 

proceedings in this Action which that party in good faith believes contains trade secrets, 

proprietary information or sensitive commercial, financial, business or personal 

information that is not publicly known, or cannot be compiled from public sources 

without substantial effort and or expense, or that the party would not normally reveal to 

third parties, or would require third parties to maintain in confidence and may designate 

as “ATTORNEY’S EYES ONLY” any such material that it deems extraordinarily 

sensitive, including but not limited to documents relating to current and future business 

plans and the way that party does business. The Protected Material so designated shall 

also render as CONFIDENTIAL or ATTORNEY’S EYES ONLY any such copies, 

excerpts, summaries or other disclosure of the substance or contents of such material. 

In the event the producing party elects to produce original documents or other 

Protected Material for inspection, no markings need to be made by the producing party in 

advance of the inspection, during which all such documents or other Protected Materials 

shall be considered as marked ATTORNEY’S EYES ONLY. After selection by the 

receiving party of specified documents or Protected Material for copying, the producing 

party shall make the appropriate designation at the time of production of the copies. 

3. CONFIDENTIAL or ATTORNEY’S EYES ONLY Protected Material 

shall be used by the recipient thereof only for purposes of this Action (including appeals) 

and not for any business or other purpose whatsoever, and shall not be disclosed, made 

available or communicated in any way to any persons or entities other than those 

provided in paragraphs 4 and 5 below (“Authorized Persons”). Nothing herein imposes 

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on the party producing CONFIDENTIAL or ATTORNEY’S EYES ONLY Protected 

Material any obligation to maintain the confidentiality of such materials. 

4. CONFIDENTIAL material may, for purposes of this Action, be disclosed 

only to the following: 

a) The parties and their directors, officers, and employees reasonably 

required to view the CONFIDENTIAL material to assist in this action. 

b) Any attorneys working on this Action on behalf of any party, 

including counsel not of record and in-house counsel of such company, and any legal 

assistants and stenographic and clerical employees of such counsel assisting them with 

this Action; 

c) Outside consulting and trial experts retained by counsel, provided 

that such persons sign in advance a confidentiality undertaking in the form attached 

hereto as Exhibit A and provided that the person is not employed by a party, not a 

competitor of the producing party, and not an employee or consultant of a competitor of 

the producing party. Copies of all such undertakings signed pursuant to any provision of 

this Order shall be maintained by counsel for each party. Nothing herein shall require 

disclosure of such acknowledgments or of the name of the expert to the party producing 

the CONFIDENTIAL Protected Material unless such expert is used for purposes of trial. 

d) Third-party deposition or trial witnesses, during the course of, or to 

the extent necessary, in preparation for depositions or testimony in this Action, provided 

that (i) the party proposing to disclose Confidential Protected Materials to such persons 

shall give notice of that fact to the other party and shall identify the CONFIDENTIAL 

Protected Material it seeks to use and that the producing party shall have five (5) business 

days to object to the disclosure via telecopy or overnight Federal Express; (ii) prior to 

disclosure, such persons sign a confidentiality undertaking in the form attached hereto as 

Exhibit A. If an objection is made, the CONFIDENTIAL Protected Material shall not be 

disclosed to such persons until such time as the Court shall have ruled on the objection. 

The requirements and procedures outlined in subsection (i) above shall not apply to a 

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party's disclosure of a confidential document to a third-party deposition or trial witness 

whose name appears on CONFIDENTIAL Protected Material as an addressee or 

recipient of the document or is otherwise employed by the producing party; 

e) Court reporters employed in connection with this Action; and 

f) The Court and its personnel. 

5. Information designated as ATTORNEY’S EYES ONLY Protected 

Material may be disclosed only to the following persons: 

a) Outside counsel of record, in-house counsel, and their staff 

assisting them in this action, including paralegal and docketing assistants, stenographic 

and clerical employees; 

b) Any person indicated or identified as the author, contributor or 

recipient of a specific ATTORNEY’S EYES ONLY document; 

c) Outside consulting and trial experts retained by counsel of record, 

provided that prior to disclosure, such persons sign a confidentiality undertaking in the 

form attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and provided that the person is not employed by a 

party, not a competitor of the producing party, and not an employee of a competitor of the 

producing party. ATTORNEY’S EYES ONLY Protected Material will not be disclosed 

to any such expert or consultant for a period of ten (10) days after service by facsimile, 

Federal Express or other next day mail of the signed undertaking upon opposing counsel 

in order to provide opposing counsel a reasonable opportunity to object to the disclosure 

of such material. Proposing counsel shall also provide opposing counsel of record copies 

of all declarations executed pursuant to this paragraph promptly after execution. 

d) Court reporters employed in connection with this Action; and 

e) The Court and its personnel. 

6. The parties shall designate CONFIDENTIAL or ATTORNEY’S EYES 

ONLY Protected Material as follows: 

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a) In the case of documents, interrogatory responses, and responses to 

requests for admission, designations shall be made by placing an appropriate legend or 

designation on each page of any such document prior to production. 

b) In the case of depositions, designation of any portions of the 

transcript (including exhibits) shall be made either orally at the deposition or by giving 

written notice of such designation within fifteen (15) business days, via telecopy or 

overnight Federal Express, after the designating party receives a copy of the transcript. 

During the period of time between the taking of the deposition and the end of the fifteen 

business day period referred to above, all transcripts, exhibits and the information 

contained therein shall be deemed to be ATTORNEY’S EYES ONLY in their entirety 

under the terms of this Order. If no designation is made within the fifteen business days, 

the entire transcript, and all exhibits will be considered non-confidential to the extent not 

previously designated. If the designation is made during the deposition, the court 

reporter recording such deposition shall bind the transcript in separate portions containing 

the non-confidential, CONFIDENTIAL, and ATTORNEY’S EYES ONLY material, and 

the reporter shall place an appropriate legend on the cover of each portion of the 

transcript. If the designation is made during the fifteen business days period referred to 

above, the non-confidential portions of such depositions shall be segregated from the 

other portions of the transcripts and an appropriate legend shall be placed on the cover of 

each portion of the transcript. 

7. a) No party shall seek to file CONFIDENTIAL or ATTORNEY’S 

EYES ONLY Protected Material or any documents containing such Material in the public 

record. All Material so designated in accordance with the terms of this Order that is filed 

with the Court, and any pleadings, motions, or other papers filed with the Court 

disclosing any such Protected Material, shall be filed with a motion to seal until further 

Order of the Court. Where possible only CONFIDENTIAL or ATTORNEY’S EYES 

ONLY portions of filings with the Court shall be filed under seal. 

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b) Protected Material shall be stored under the direct control of 

outside counsel for a party, who shall be responsible for preventing any disclosure thereof 

except in accordance with the terms of this Stipulation. 

8. In the proposed pretrial conference order, the parties shall propose 

procedures reasonably necessary to maintain the CONFIDENTIAL or ATTORNEY’S 

EYES ONLY status of any Protected Material to be used at trial. 

9. Any designation of Protected Material which is inadvertently omitted 

during document production may be corrected by written notification to opposing 

counsel, and such documents shall thereafter be treated as Protected Materials in 

accordance with this Stipulated Order. A party may designate material as 

CONFIDENTIAL or ATTORNEY’S EYES ONLY subsequent to production. Said 

designation after the initial production of material (other in a case of depositions), shall 

have no ex post facto effect and the parties who received material not designated as 

CONFIDENTIAL or ATTORNEY’S EYES ONLY shall have no liability for or with 

respect to any predesignation dissemination of the Protected Material. 

10. The restrictions set forth in this Order shall not apply to information 

acquired on a non-confidential basis by the receiving party from a third party having the 

right to publicly disclose such information or material, or which becomes publicly known 

after the date of its transmission to the receiving party, provided that such information 

does not become known by any act or omissions of the receiving party, its employees or 

agents, which would be in violation of this Order. Any information or document not 

designated as protected by this Order may be treated as unprotected until the receiving 

party is specifically advised otherwise in writing. 

11. A party which designates information as Protected Material shall have a 

reasonable basis for believing, in good faith, that the information requested is 

confidential, proprietary or commercial information upon which restrictions to access 

should be imposed before that party designates the information as Protected Material. In 

the event that a party objects to the designation of Protected Material, such party shall 

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notify the designating producing party of this belief in writing via telecopy or overnight 

Federal Express addressed to counsel for the producing party. The designating producing 

party, within seven (7) business days of delivery of the notification referred to above, 

shall advise, via telecopy or overnight Federal Express, whether it will consent to remove 

the objected to designation. If the designating producing party does not consent to 

remove the designation within the seven-business-day period, a challenging party may, at 

any time prior to trial, move the Court for an Order determining that the Protected 

Material is wrongly designated, with the party asserting the claim of confidentiality 

having the burden of proof. All Protected Material designated CONFIDENTIAL or 

ATTORNEY’S EYES ONLY shall be treated in accordance with the designation unless 

and until the Court orders otherwise, or the producing party consents. 

12. A party who receives a subpoena or other request for production or 

disclosure of CONFIDENTIAL or ATTORNEY’S EYES ONLY Protected Material from 

any third party shall not disclose any Protected Material in response thereto without first 

providing written notice to the designating party. The designating party shall have fifteen 

ten (15) business days to take such action as it deems appropriate to protect the 

confidential status of the Protected Material, including filing any necessary motions. If 

the designating party files a motion for a protective order, the receiving party shall make 

no disclosure while the motion is pending. 

13. Within sixty (60) days after the termination of this Action, including any 

appeals, counsel shall (i) destroy all Protected Material designated by opposing counsel 

as CONFIDENTIAL and ATTORNEY’S EYES ONLY, all copies thereof and all 

documents that contain such information and shall provide written certification of such 

destruction to the producing party, or (ii) return all such Protected Material to counsel for 

the producing party. 

14. The inadvertent production of any Protected Material during discovery in 

this Action shall be without prejudice to any claim that such material is privileged or 

protected from discovery as work product within the meaning of Rule 26 of the Federal 

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Rules of Civil Procedure and no party shall be held to have waived any rights by such 

inadvertent production. Any Protected Material so produced and subject to a claim of 

privilege or a claim of work product subsequently made shall immediately be returned to 

the producing party and/or expunged and in either event such material shall not be 

introduced into evidence in this proceeding or any other proceeding by any person 

without the consent of the producing party or by Order of the Court. 

15. Nothing herein shall be with prejudice to or preclude any of the parties 

from making application to the Court at any time for an Order modifying any of the terms 

hereof or contesting the confidential designation of any material, nor shall anything 

herein be with prejudice or preclude (a) the Court from granting such an application; or 

(b) any party from seeking at any time additional protective orders pursuant to the 

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 

16. The production of materials designated as CONFIDENTIAL or 

ATTORNEY’S EYES ONLY pursuant to this Order shall in no way constitute (a) a 

waiver of any right to object to the production or use of the same materials on other 

grounds; or (b) a general or limited waiver of the attorney-client, joint defense, work 

product or other privilege or legal protection; or (c) a waiver of any right to object to the 

production or use of other materials in this litigation or in any other litigation. By signing 

this Order, a party is not deemed to waive any objection to the production of any 

material. In addition, the election by any party to disclose any portion of its confidential 

material to others shall itself not be deemed a waiver of any of the rights established by 

this Order. 

17. This Order has no effect upon, and shall not apply to, a party's use of its 

own Protected Materials for any purpose. 

18. Any non-party to this Action who shall make discovery or provide 

deposition or other testimony in this Action pursuant to subpoena or by agreement shall 

be entitled to avail itself of the provisions and protection of this Order. 

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19. Upon execution hereof, the parties agree to be bound to the terms herein, 

and even before this Order is approved by the Court, it shall be effective as if approved. 

20. This Stipulated Protective Order shall remain in full force and effect after 

the termination of this litigation, or until cancelled or otherwise modified by Order of this 

Court. 

COWAN, LIEBOWITZ & LATMAN, P.C. 

By: /s/ John J. Driscoll 

John J. Driscoll 

Arlana S. Cohen 

Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C. 

1133 Avenue of the Americas 

New York, NY 10036 

Telephone: (212) 790-9200 

Facsimile: (212) 575-0671 

Attorneys for Plaintiff, 

I.so Italia S.P.A. 

PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW 

PITTMAN LLP 

FRANK E. SIEGLITZ (45953) 

Frank.sieglitz@pillsburylaw.com

RICHARD H. ZAITLEN (63283) 

Richard.zaitlen@pillsburylaw.com

ANDREA L. COURTNEY (218785) 

Andrea.courtney@pillsburylaw.com

400 Capitol Mall, Suite 1700 

Sacramento, CA 95814-4419 

Tel: (916) 329-4700 

Fax: (916) 441-3583 

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WEINTRAUB GENSHLEA CHEDIAK 

Law Corporation 

By: /s/ W. Scott Cameron 

Dale C. Campbell (99173) 

W. Scott Cameron (229828) 

400 Capital Mall, Suite 1100 

Sacramento, CA 95814 

Telephone: (916) 558-6014 

Facsimile: (916) 446-1611 

Attorneys for Defendant, 

Indoor Sun Systems, Inc. 

So Ordered: January 8, 2007 

/s/ David F. Levi______________

Hon. David F. Levi 

United States District Court Judge 

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{12247/14871/WSC/931165.DOC;}Declaration Of Valentino Astolfi 

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EXHIBIT A 

CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT 

1. My name is __________________________________. 

2. I work at __________________________________________, and my 

title is __________________________________. 

3. I have been retained by _______________________________________ 

as an expert witness/consultant for the purpose of this proceeding (if applicable). 

4. I have read the terms of the Stipulated Protective Order in I.so Italia 

S.P.A. v. Indoor Sun Systems, Inc., et al., Case No. 2:06-CV-00887-DFL-DAD) pending 

in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California (the 

“Stipulation”), and agree to be bound by its terms with respect to any documents, 

material or information designated as “Confidential” and/or “Attorneys Only 

Confidential” (collectively, “Confidential Material”) that are furnished to me as set forth 

in the Stipulation. 

5. I hereby agree that any documents, materials, or information designated as 

Confidential Material and furnished to me will be used by me only for the purposes 

permitted by the Stipulation and for no other purpose, including any business, 

commercial, professional, educational, personal or any other purpose whatsoever, and 

will not be imparted or disclosed by me to any other person except to the extent permitted 

under the Stipulation. 

6. I further agree to return any and all documents, materials or information 

designated as Confidential Material together with all copies I may have made thereof 

(including any notes, memos or the like I may have made which contain or reflect any 

such Confidential Material) to the attorney(s) that furnished me with any such 

documents, materials or information (a) at the conclusion of the Action (as defined in the 

Stipulation), or (b) at the conclusion of my engagement in connection with the Action, or 

(c) at the request of the attorney(s) who furnished me with such “Confidential” 

documents, materials or information. 

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7. I hereby consent to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for 

the Eastern District of California with regard to any proceedings to enforce the terms of 

the Stipulation. 

______________________________ 

Name: 

Date: 

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