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Nature of Suit Code: 820
Nature of Suit: Copyright
Cause of Action: 17:101 Copyright Infringement

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Stephen M. Doniger (SBN 179314) 

stephen@donigerlawfirm.com

Scott Alan Burroughs (SBN 235718) 

scott@donigerlawfirm.com 

Trevor W. Barrett (SBN 287174) 

tbarrett@donigerlawfirm.com

Justin M. Gomes (SBN 301793) 

jgomes@donigerlawfirm.com 

DONIGER / BURROUGHS 

603 Rose Avenue 

Venice, California 90291 

Telephone: (310) 590-1820 

Attorneys for Plaintiff Brittani Friedman 

WILLKIE FARR & GALLAGHER

BENEDICT Y. HUR (SBN 224018) 

bhur@willkie.com

JAYVAN E. MITCHELL (SBN 322007) 

1 Front Street, 34th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 858 7401 

Facsimile: (415) 848 7599 

Attorneys for Defendant Popsugar Inc. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

BRITTANI FRIEDMAN, an individual, 

Plaintiffs,

v.

POPSUGAR, INC., a Delaware Corporation 

and DOES 1 through 10, 

Defendants.

Case No. 4:18-cv-06623-HSG 

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 

Dept.: Courtroom 2, 4th Floor 

Judge: Hon. Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. 

Date Filed: July 5, 2018

Trial Date: October 5, 2020

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1. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS

Disclosure and discovery activity in this action are likely to involve production of confidential,

proprietary, or private information for which special protection from public disclosure and from use for 

any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation may be warranted. Accordingly, the parties hereby 

stipulate to and petition the court to enter the following Stipulated Protective Order. The parties 

acknowledge that this Order does not confer blanket protections on all disclosures or responses to 

discovery and that the protection it affords from public disclosure and use extends only to the limited 

information or items that are entitled to confidential treatment under the applicable legal principles. The 

parties further acknowledge, as set forth in Section 14.4, below, that this Stipulated Protective Order does 

not entitle them to file confidential information under seal; Civil Local Rule 79-5 sets forth the procedures 

that must be followed and the standards that will be applied when a party seeks permission from the court 

to file material under seal. 

2. DEFINITIONS

2.1 Challenging Party: a Party or Non-Party that challenges the designation of information or 

items under this Order. 

2.2 “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information (regardless of how it is generated, 

stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for protection under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 

26(c).

2.3 Counsel (without qualifier): Outside Counsel of Record and House Counsel (as well as 

their support staff). 

2.5 Designating Party: a Party or Non-Party that designates information or items that it 

produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE”. 

2.6 Disclosure or Discovery Material: all items or information, regardless of the medium or 

manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained (including, among other things, testimony, 

transcripts, and tangible things), that are produced or generated in disclosures or responses to discovery in 

this matter. 

2.7 Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter pertinent to the 

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litigation who (1) has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as an expert witness or as a 

consultant in this action, (2) is not a past or current employee of a Party or of a Party’s competitor, and (3) 

at the time of retention, is not anticipated to become an employee of a Party or of a Party’s competitor. 

2.8 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” Information or Items: 

extremely sensitive “Confidential Information or Items,” disclosure of which to another Party or NonParty would create a substantial risk of serious harm that could not be avoided by less restrictive means. 

2.9 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE” Information or Items: extremely 

sensitive “Confidential Information or Items” representing computer code and associated comments and 

revision histories, formulas, engineering specifications, or schematics that define or otherwise describe in 

detail the algorithms or structure of software or hardware designs, disclosure of which to another Party or 

Non-Party would create a substantial risk of serious harm that could not be avoided by 

less restrictive means. 

2.10 House Counsel: attorneys who are employees of a party to this action. House Counsel 

does not include Outside Counsel of Record or any other outside counsel. 

2.11 Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity 

not named as a Party to this action. 

2.12 Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of a party to this action but 

are retained to represent or advise a party to this action and have appeared in this action on behalf of that 

party or are affiliated with a law firm which has appeared on behalf of that party. 

2.13 Party: any party to this action, including all of its officers, directors, employees, 

consultants, retained experts, and Outside Counsel of Record (and their support staffs). 

2.14 Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or Discovery Material in 

this action. 

2.15 Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation support services (e.g., 

photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or demonstrations, and organizing, storing, or 

retrieving data in any form or medium) and their employees and subcontractors. 

2.16 Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is designated as 

“CONFIDENTIAL,” or as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” or as 

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“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE.” 

2.17 Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery Material from a Producing 

Party. 

3. SCOPE

The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only Protected Material (as

defined above), but also (1) any information copied or extracted from Protected Material; (2) all copies, 

excerpts, summaries, or compilations of Protected Material; and (3) any testimony, conversations, or 

presentations by Parties or their Counsel that might reveal Protected Material. However, the protections 

conferred by this Stipulation and Order do not cover the following information: (a) any information that is 

in the public domain at the time of disclosure to a Receiving Party or becomes part of the public domain 

after its disclosure to a Receiving Party as a result of publication not involving a violation of this Order, 

including becoming part of the public record through trial or otherwise; and (b) any information known to 

the Receiving Party prior to the disclosure or obtained by the Receiving Party after the disclosure from a 

source who obtained the information lawfully and under no obligation of confidentiality to the Designating 

Party. Any use of Protected Material at trial shall be governed by a separate agreement or order. 

4. DURATION

Even after final disposition of this litigation, the confidentiality obligations imposed by this Order

shall remain in effect until a Designating Party agrees otherwise in writing or a court order otherwise 

directs. Final disposition shall be deemed to be the later of (1) dismissal of all claims and defenses in this 

action, with or without prejudice; and (2) final judgment herein after the completion and exhaustion of all 

appeals, rehearings, remands, trials, or reviews of this action, including the time limits for filing any 

motions or applications for extension of time pursuant to applicable law. 

5. DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL

5.1 Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for Protection. Each Party or NonParty that designates information or items for protection under this Order must take care to limit any such 

designation to specific material that qualifies under the appropriate standards. To the extent it is practical 

to do so, the Designating Party must designate for protection only those parts of material, documents, 

items, or oral or written communications that qualify – so that other portions of the material, documents, 

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items, or communications for which protection is not warranted are not swept unjustifiably within the 

ambit of this Order. 

Mass, indiscriminate, or routinized designations are prohibited. Designations that are shown to be 

clearly unjustified or that have been made for an improper purpose (e.g., to unnecessarily encumber or 

retard the case development process or to impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) 

expose the Designating Party to sanctions. 

If it comes to a Designating Party’s attention that information or items that it designated for 

protection do not qualify for protection at all or do not qualify for the level of protection initially asserted, 

that Designating Party must promptly notify all other parties that it is withdrawing the mistaken 

designation.

5.2 Manner and Timing of Designations. Except as otherwise provided in this Order (see, e.g., 

second paragraph of section 5.2(a) below), or as otherwise stipulated or ordered, Disclosure or Discovery 

Material that qualifies for protection under this Order must be clearly so designated before the 

material is disclosed or produced. 

Designation in conformity with this Order requires: 

(a) for information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic documents, but excluding

transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial proceedings), that the Producing Party affix the legend 

“CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” or “HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE” to each page that contains protected material. If only a portion or 

portions of the material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify 

the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the margins) and must specify, for each 

portion, the level of protection being asserted. 

A Party or Non-Party that makes original documents or materials available for inspection need not 

designate them for protection until after the inspecting Party has indicated which material it would like 

copied and produced. During the inspection and before the designation, all of the material made available 

for inspection shall be deemed “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” After the 

inspecting Party has identified the documents it wants copied and produced, the Producing Party must 

determine which documents, or portions thereof, qualify for protection under this Order. Then, before 

producing the specified documents, the Producing Party must affix the appropriate legend 

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(“CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” or “HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE) to each page that contains Protected Material. If only a portion or 

portions of the material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify 

the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the margins) and must specify, for each 

portion, the level of protection being asserted. 

(b) for testimony given in deposition or in other pretrial or trial proceedings, that the Designating

Party identify on the record, before the close of the deposition, hearing, or other proceeding, all protected 

testimony and specify the level of protection being asserted. When it is impractical to identify separately 

each portion of testimony that is entitled to protection and it appears that substantial portions of the 

testimony may qualify for protection, the Designating Party may invoke on the record (before the 

deposition, hearing, or other proceeding is concluded) a right to have up to 21 days to identify the specific 

portions of the testimony as to which protection is sought and to specify the level of protection being 

asserted. Only those portions of the testimony that are appropriately designated for protection within the 

21 days shall be covered by the provisions of this Stipulated Protective Order. Alternatively, a Designating 

Party may specify, at the deposition or up to 21 days afterwards if that period is properly invoked, that the 

entire transcript shall be treated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ 

EYES ONLY.” 

Parties shall give the other parties notice if they reasonably expect a deposition, hearing or 

other proceeding to include Protected Material so that the other parties can ensure that only 

authorized individuals who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” 

(Exhibit A) are present at those proceedings. The use of a document as an exhibit at a deposition 

shall not in any way affect its designation as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – 

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.”

Transcripts containing Protected Material shall have an obvious legend on the title page that 

the transcript contains Protected Material, and the title page shall be followed by a list of all pages 

(including line numbers as appropriate) that have been designated as Protected Material and the 

level of protection being asserted by the Designating Party. The Designating Party shall inform the 

court reporter of these requirements. Any transcript that is prepared before the expiration of a 21-

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day period for designation shall be treated during that period as if it had been designated “HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” in its entirety unless otherwise agreed. After the 

expiration of that period, the transcript shall be treated only as actually designated.

(c) for information produced in some form other than documentary and for any other tangible

items, that the Producing Party affix in a prominent place on the exterior of the container or containers in 

which the information or item is stored the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – 

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE”. If only a portion or 

portions of the information or item warrant protection, the Producing Party, to the extent practicable, shall 

identify the protected portion(s) and specify the level of protection being asserted. 

5.3 Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected, an inadvertent failure to designate 

qualified information or items does not, standing alone, waive the Designating Party’s right to secure 

protection under this Order for such material. Upon timely correction of a designation, the Receiving Party 

must make reasonable efforts to assure that the material is treated in accordance with the provisions of this 

Order.

6. CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS

6.1 Timing of Challenges. Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a designation of 

confidentiality at any time. Unless a prompt challenge to a Designating Party’s confidentiality designation 

is necessary to avoid foreseeable, substantial unfairness, unnecessary economic burdens, or a significant 

disruption or delay of the litigation, a Party does not waive its right to challenge a confidentiality 

designation by electing not to mount a challenge promptly after the original designation is disclosed. 

6.2 Meet and Confer. The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute resolution process by 

providing written notice of each designation it is challenging and describing the basis for each challenge. 

To avoid ambiguity as to whether a challenge has been made, the written notice must recite that the 

challenge to confidentiality is being made in accordance with this specific paragraph of the Protective 

Order. The parties shall attempt to resolve each challenge in good faith and must begin the process by 

conferring directly (in voice to voice dialogue; other forms of communication are not sufficient) within 14 

days of the date of service of notice. In conferring, the Challenging Party must explain the basis for its 

belief that the confidentiality designation was not proper and must give the Designating Party an 

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opportunity to review the designated material, to reconsider the circumstances, and, if no change in 

designation is offered, to explain the basis for the chosen designation. A Challenging Party may proceed to 

the next stage of the challenge process only if it has engaged in this meet and confer process first or 

establishes that the Designating Party is unwilling to participate in the meet and confer process in a timely 

manner.

6.3 Judicial Intervention. If the Parties cannot resolve a challenge without court intervention, 

the Designating Party shall file and serve a motion to retain confidentiality under Civil Local Rule 7 (and 

in compliance with Civil Local Rule 79-5, if applicable) within 21 days of the initial notice of challenge or 

within 14 days of the parties agreeing that the meet and confer process will not resolve their dispute, 

whichever is earlier. Each such motion must be accompanied by a competent declaration affirming that 

the movant has complied with the meet and confer requirements imposed in the preceding paragraph. 

Failure by the Designating Party to make such a motion including the required declaration within 21 days 

(or 14 days, if applicable) shall automatically waive the confidentiality designation for each challenged 

designation. In addition, the Challenging Party may file a motion challenging a confidentiality designation 

at any time if there is good cause for doing so, including a challenge to the designation of a deposition 

transcript or any portions thereof. Any motion brought pursuant to this provision must be accompanied by 

a competent declaration affirming that the movant has complied with the meet and confer requirements 

imposed by the preceding paragraph. 

The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be on the Designating Party. 

Frivolous challenges and those made for an improper purpose (e.g., to harass or impose unnecessary 

expenses and burdens on other parties) may expose the Challenging Party to sanctions. Unless the 

Designating Party has waived the confidentiality designation by failing to file a motion to retain 

confidentiality as described above, all parties shall continue to afford the material in question the level of 

protection to which it is entitled under the Producing Party’s designation until the court rules on the 

challenge.

7. ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL

7.1 Basic Principles. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that is disclosed or 

produced by another Party or by a Non-Party in connection with this case only for prosecuting, defending, 

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or attempting to settle this litigation. Such Protected Material may be disclosed only to the categories of 

persons and under the conditions described in this Order. When the litigation has been terminated, a 

Receiving Party must comply with the provisions of section 15 below (FINAL DISPOSITION). 

Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving Party at a location and in a 

secure manner that ensures that access is limited to the persons authorized under this Order. 

7.2 Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items. Unless otherwise ordered by the 

court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a Receiving Party may disclose any information or 

item designated “CONFIDENTIAL” only to: 

(a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this action, as well as employees of said

Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the information for this 

litigation and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” that is attached hereto 

as Exhibit A; 

(b) the officers, directors, and employees (including House Counsel) of the Receiving Party to

whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have signed the “Acknowledgment 

and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); 

(c) Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to whom disclosure is reasonably

necessary for this litigation and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” 

(Exhibit A); 

(d) the court and its personnel;

(e) court reporters and their staff, professional jury or trial consultants, and Professional Vendors

to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have signed the “Acknowledgment 

and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); 

(f) during their depositions, witnesses in the action to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary

and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), unless otherwise 

agreed by the Designating Party or ordered by the court. Pages of transcribed deposition testimony or 

exhibits to depositions that reveal Protected Material must be separately bound by the court reporter and 

may not be disclosed to anyone except as permitted under this Stipulated Protective Order. 

(g) the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a custodian or other person

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who otherwise possessed or knew the information. 

7.3 Disclosure of “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” and 

“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE” Information or Items. Unless otherwise ordered by the 

court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a Receiving Party may disclose any information or 

item designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” or “HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE” only to: 

(a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this action, as well as employees of said

Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the information for this 

litigation and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” that is attached hereto 

as Exhibit A; 

(b) Designated House Counsel of the Receiving Party (1) who has no involvement in competitive

decision-making, (2) to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation, (3) who has signed the 

“Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), and (4) as to whom the procedures set forth 

in paragraph 7.4(a)(1), below, have been followed; 

(c) Experts of the Receiving Party (1) to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this

litigation, (2) who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), and (3) 

as to whom the procedures set forth in paragraph 7.4(a)(2), below, have been followed; 

(d) the court and its personnel;

(e) court reporters and their staff, professional jury or trial consultants, and Professional Vendors

to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have signed the “Acknowledgment 

and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); and 

(f) the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a custodian or other person

who otherwise possessed or knew the information. 

7.4 Procedures for Approving or Objecting to Disclosure of “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – 

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE” Information or Items 

to Designated House Counsel or Experts. 

(a)(1) Unless otherwise ordered by the court or agreed to in writing by the Designating Party, a 

Party that seeks to disclose to Designated House Counsel any information or item that has been designated 

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“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” pursuant to paragraph 7.3(b) first must 

make a written request to the Designating Party that (1) sets forth the full name of the Designated House 

Counsel and the city and state of his or her residence, and (2) describes the Designated House Counsel’s 

current and reasonably foreseeable future primary job duties and responsibilities in sufficient detail to 

determine if House Counsel is involved, or may become involved, in any competitive decision-making. 

(a)(2) Unless otherwise ordered by the court or agreed to in writing by the Designating Party, a 

Party that seeks to disclose to an Expert (as defined in this Order) any information or item that has been 

designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” or “HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE” pursuant to paragraph 7.3(c) first must make a written request to 

the Designating Party that (1) identifies the general categories of “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – 

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE” information that the 

Receiving Party seeks permission to disclose to the Expert, (2) sets forth the full name of the Expert and 

the city and state of his or her primary residence, (3) attaches a copy of the Expert’s current resume, (4) 

identifies the Expert’s current employer(s), (5) identifies each person or entity from whom the Expert has 

received compensation or funding for work in his or her areas of expertise or to whom the expert has 

provided professional services, including in connection with a litigation, at any time during the preceding 

five years,1

 and (6) identifies (by name and number of the case, filing date, and location of court) any 

litigation in connection with which the Expert has offered expert testimony, including through a 

declaration, report, or testimony at a deposition or trial, during the preceding five years. 

(b) A Party that makes a request and provides the information specified in the preceding respective

paragraphs may disclose the subject Protected Material to the identified Designated House Counsel or 

Expert unless, within 14 days of delivering the request, the Party receives a written objection from the 

Designating Party. Any such objection must set forth in detail the grounds on which it is based. 

(c) A Party that receives a timely written objection must meet and confer with the Designating

Party (through direct voice to voice dialogue) to try to resolve the matter by agreement within seven days 

of the written objection. If no agreement is reached, the Party seeking to make the disclosure to Designated 

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 If the Expert believes any of this information is subject to a confidentiality obligation to a thirdparty, then the Expert should provide whatever information the Expert believes can be disclosed 

without violating any confidentiality agreements, and the Party seeking to disclose to the Expert 

shall be available to meet and confer with the Designating Party regarding any such engagement. 

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House Counsel or the Expert may file a motion as provided in Civil Local Rule 7 (and in compliance with 

Civil Local Rule 79-5, if applicable) seeking permission from the court to do so. Any such motion must 

describe the circumstances with specificity, set forth in detail the reasons why the disclosure to Designated 

House Counsel or the Expert is reasonably necessary, assess the risk of harm that the disclosure would 

entail, and suggest any additional means that could be used to reduce that risk. In addition, any such 

motion must be accompanied by a competent declaration describing the parties’ efforts to resolve the 

matter by agreement (i.e., the extent and the content of the meet and confer discussions) and setting forth 

the reasons advanced by the Designating Party for its refusal to approve the disclosure. 

In any such proceeding, the Party opposing disclosure to Designated House Counsel or the Expert 

shall bear the burden of proving that the risk of harm that the disclosure would entail (under the safeguards 

proposed) outweighs the Receiving Party’s need to disclose the Protected Material to its Designated House 

Counsel or Expert. 

8. SOURCE CODE

(a) To the extent production of source code becomes necessary in this case, a Producing Party

may designate source code as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL - SOURCE CODE” if it comprises or includes 

confidential, proprietary or trade secret source code. 

(b) Protected Material designated as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE” shall

be subject to all of the protections afforded to “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES 

ONLY” information, and may be disclosed only to the individuals to whom “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL 

– ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” information may be disclosed, as set forth in Paragraphs 7.3 and 7.4,

with the exception of Designated House Counsel.

(c) Any source code produced in discovery shall be made available for inspection, in a format

allowing it to be reasonably reviewed and searched, during normal business hours or at other mutually 

agreeable times, at an office of the Producing Party’s counsel or another mutually agreed upon location.

The source code shall be made available for inspection on a secured computer in a secured room without 

Internet access or network access to other computers, and the Receiving Party shall not copy, remove, or 

otherwise transfer any portion of the source code onto any recordable media or recordable device. The 

Producing Party may visually monitor the activities of the Receiving Party’s representatives during any 

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source code review, but only to ensure that there is no unauthorized recording, copying, or transmission of 

the source code. The Receiving Party shall keep a paper log indicating the names of any individuals 

inspecting the source code and dates and times of inspection, and the names of any individuals to 

whom paper copies of portions of source code are provided. 

(d) The Receiving Party may request paper copies of limited portions of source code that are

reasonably necessary for the preparation of court filings, pleadings, expert reports, or other papers, or for 

deposition or trial, but shall not request paper copies for the purposes of reviewing the source code other 

than electronically as set forth in paragraph (c) in the first instance. The Producing Party shall provide all 

such source code in paper form including bates numbers and the label “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL - 

SOURCE CODE.” The Producing Party may challenge the amount of source code requested in hard copy 

form pursuant to the dispute resolution procedure and timeframes set forth in Paragraph 6 whereby the 

Producing Party is the “Challenging Party” and the Receiving Party is the “Designating Party” for 

purposes of dispute resolution. 

(e) The Receiving Party shall maintain a record of any individual who has inspected any

portion of the source code in electronic or paper form. The Receiving Party shall maintain all paper copies 

of any printed portions of the source code in a secured, locked area. The Receiving Party shall not create 

any electronic or other images of the paper copies and shall not convert any of the information contained 

in the paper copies into any electronic format. The Receiving Party shall only make additional paper 

copies if such additional copies are (1) necessary to prepare court filings, pleadings, or other papers 

(including a testifying expert’s expert report), (2) necessary for deposition, or (3) otherwise necessary for 

the preparation of its case. Any paper copies used during a deposition shall be retrieved by the Producing 

Party at the end of each day and must not be given to or left with a court reporter or any other 

unauthorized individual. The Receiving Party shall provide notice to the Producing Party before 

including “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE” information in a court filing, 

pleading, or expert report.

9. PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED PRODUCED IN

OTHER LITIGATION

If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other litigation that compels

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disclosure of any information or items designated in this action as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE” 

that Party must: 

(a) promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification shall include a copy of the

subpoena or court order; 

(b) promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena or order to issue in the other

litigation that some or all of the material covered by the subpoena or order is subject to this Protective 

Order. Such notification shall include a copy of this Stipulated Protective Order; and 

(c) cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be pursued by the Designating

Party whose Protected Material may be affected.2

If the Designating Party timely seeks a protective order, the Party served with the subpoena or 

court order shall not produce any information designated in this action as “CONFIDENTIAL” or 

“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – 

SOURCE CODE” before a determination by the court from which the subpoena or order issued, unless the 

Party has obtained the Designating Party’s permission. The Designating Party shall bear the burden and 

expense of seeking protection in that court of its confidential material – and nothing in these provisions 

should be construed as authorizing or encouraging a Receiving Party in this action to disobey a lawful 

directive from another court. 

10. A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE PRODUCED IN

THIS LITIGATION

(a) The terms of this Order are applicable to information produced by a Non-Party in this

action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES 

ONLY” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE”. Such information produced by Non-Parties 

in connection with this litigation is protected by the remedies and relief provided by this Order. Nothing in 

these provisions should be construed as prohibiting a Non-Party from seeking additional protections. 

(b) In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery request, to produce a Non-Party’s

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Protective Order and to afford the Designating Party in this case an opportunity to try to protect 

its confidentiality interests in the court from which the subpoena or order issued. 

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confidential information in its possession, and the Party is subject to an agreement with the Non-Party not 

to produce the Non-Party’s confidential information, then the Party shall: 

1. promptly notify in writing the Requesting Party and the Non-Party that some or

all of the information requested is subject to a confidentiality agreement with a Non-Party; 

2. promptly provide the Non-Party with a copy of the Stipulated Protective Order in

this litigation, the relevant discovery request(s), and a reasonably specific description of the information 

requested; and 

3. make the information requested available for inspection by the Non-Party.

(c) If the Non-Party fails to object or seek a protective order from this court within 14 days of

receiving the notice and accompanying information, the Receiving Party may produce the Non-Party’s 

confidential information responsive to the discovery request. If the Non-Party timely seeks a protective 

order, the Receiving Party shall not produce any information in its possession or control that is subject to 

the confidentiality agreement with the Non-Party before a determination by the court.3

 Absent a court 

order to the contrary, the Non-Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking protection in this court 

of its Protected Material. 

11. UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL

If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed Protected 

Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this Stipulated Protective Order, the 

Receiving Party must immediately (a) notify in writing the Designating Party of the unauthorized 

disclosures, (b) use its best efforts to retrieve all unauthorized copies of the Protected Material, (c) inform 

the person or persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the terms of this Order, and (d) 

request such person or persons to execute the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” that is 

attached hereto as Exhibit A. 

12. INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR OTHERWISE

PROTECTED MATERIAL

If information is produced in discovery that is subject to a claim of privilege or of protection as

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rights of a Non-Party and to afford the Non-Party an opportunity to protect its confidentiality 

interests in this court. 

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trial-preparation material, the party making the claim may notify any party that received the information of 

the claim and the basis for it. After being notified, a party must promptly return or destroy the specified 

information and any copies it has and may not sequester, use or disclose the information until the claim is 

resolved. This includes a restriction against presenting the information to the court for a determination of 

the claim. This provision is not intended to modify whatever procedure may be established in an ediscovery order that provides for production without prior privilege review. Pursuant to Federal Rule of 

Evidence 502(d) and (e), insofar as the parties reach an agreement on the effect of disclosure of a 

communication or information covered by the attorney-client privilege or work product protection, the 

parties may incorporate their agreement in the stipulated protective order submitted to the court. 

13. MISCELLANEOUS

14.1 Right to Further Relief. Nothing in this Order abridges the right of any person to seek its

modification by the court in the future. 

14.2 Right to Assert Other Objections. By stipulating to the entry of this Protective Order no 

Party waives any right it otherwise would have to object to disclosing or producing any information or 

item on any ground not addressed in this Stipulated Protective Order. Similarly, no Party waives any right 

to object on any ground to use in evidence of any of the material covered by this Protective Order. 

14.3 Export Control. Disclosure of Protected Material shall be subject to all applicable laws and 

regulations relating to the export of technical data contained in such Protected Material, including the 

release of such technical data to foreign persons or nationals in the United States or elsewhere. The 

Producing Party shall be responsible for identifying any such controlled technical data, and the Receiving 

Party shall take measures necessary to ensure compliance. 

14.4 Filing Protected Material. Without written permission from the Designating Party or a 

court order secured after appropriate notice to all interested persons, a Party may not file in the public 

record in this action any Protected Material. A Party that seeks to file under seal any Protected Material 

must comply with Civil Local Rule 79-5. Protected Material may only be filed under seal pursuant to a 

court order authorizing the sealing of the specific Protected Material at issue. Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 

79-5, a sealing order will issue only upon a request establishing that the Protected Material at issue is

privileged, protectable as a trade secret, or otherwise entitled to protection under the law. If a Receiving 

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Party's request to file Protected Material under seal pursuant to Civil Local Rule 79-5(e) is denied by the 

court, then the Receiving Party may file the Protected Material in the public record pursuant to Civil Local 

Rule 79-5(e)(2) unless otherwise instructed by the court. 

14. FINAL DISPOSITION

Within 60 days after the final disposition of this action, as defined in paragraph 4, each 

Receiving Party must return all Protected Material to the Producing Party or destroy such material. As 

used in this subdivision, “all Protected Material” includes all copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries, 

and any other format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected Material. Whether the Protected 

Material is returned or destroyed, the Receiving Party must submit a written certification to the Producing 

Party (and, if not the same person or entity, to the Designating Party) by the 60-day deadline that (1) 

identifies (by category, where appropriate) all the Protected Material that was returned or destroyed and 

(2) affirms that the Receiving Party has not retained any copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries or any

other format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected Material. Notwithstanding this provision, 

Counsel are entitled to retain an archival copy of all pleadings, motion papers, trial, deposition, and 

hearing transcripts, legal memoranda, correspondence, deposition and trial exhibits, expert reports, 

attorney work product, and consultant and expert work product, even if such materials contain Protected 

Material. Any such archival copies that contain or constitute Protected Material remain subject to this 

Protective Order as set forth in Section 4 (DURATION). 

IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

DATED: ____12/13/2019 __ ___/s/ Justin M. Gomes_____________________ 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

DATED: ____12/13/2019 ____ ____/s/ Benedict Y. Hur_____________________ 

Attorneys for Defendant 

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: 12/16/2019 _____________________________________ 

Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. 

United States District Judge 

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EXHIBIT A 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND 

I, _____________________________ [print or type full name], of _________________ [print or 

type full address], declare under penalty of perjury that I have read in its entirety and understand the 

Stipulated Protective Order that was issued by the United States District Court for the Northern District of 

California on [date] in the case of ___________ Brittani Friedman, et. al., v. Popsugar Inc., 4:18-cv06623-HSG. I agree to comply with and to be bound by all the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order 

and I understand and acknowledge that failure to so comply could expose me to sanctions and punishment 

in the nature of contempt. I solemnly promise that I will not disclose in any manner any information or 

item that is subject to this Stipulated Protective Order to any person or entity except in strict compliance 

with the provisions of this Order. 

I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Northern 

District of California for the purpose of enforcing the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order, even if 

such enforcement proceedings occur after termination of this action. 

I hereby appoint __________________________ [print or type full name] of 

_______________________________________ [print or type full address and telephone number] as my 

California agent for service of process in connection with this action or any proceedings related to 

enforcement of this Stipulated Protective Order. 

Date: _________________________________ 

City and State where sworn and signed: _________________________________ 

Printed name: ______________________________ 

[printed name] 

Signature: __________________________________ 

[signature] 

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