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

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KNLH\654397.1 08-CV 1156-MMA (RBB)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

BAVARIAN NORDIC A/S, 

Plaintiff,

vs.

OXFORD BIOMEDICA PLC, an English 

public limited company; BIOMEDICA, 

INC., a Delaware corporation; and 

OXFORD BIOMEDICA (UK) LTD, an 

English private limited company 

Defendants. 

 CASE NO. 08-CV 1156-MMA (RBB) 

PROTECTIVE ORDER 

JUDGE: The Hon. Ruben B. Brooks 

Filed: June 30, 2008 

Based upon the stipulation and agreement of counsel for Plaintiff Bavarian 

Nordic A/S and Defendants Oxford BioMedica PLC, BioMedica, Inc., and Oxford 

BioMedica (UK) Ltd. (collectively referred to as the Parties) regarding the 

confidentiality of discovery materials produced in connection with this case, and good 

cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: 

This Protective Order ("Order") governs the production and handling of 

materials produced by the Parties, or by non-parties to this case, during discovery. 

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Preliminary Statement

The Court recognizes that at least some of the documents and information 

(“materials”) being sought through discovery in the above-captioned action are, for 

competitive reasons, normally kept confidential by the parties. The parties have 

agreed to be bound by the terms of the Order in this action. 

The materials to be exchanged throughout the course of the litigation between 

the parties may contain trade secret or other confidential research, technical, cost, 

price, marketing or other commercial information, as is contemplated by Federal Rule 

of Civil Procedure 26(c)(7). The purpose of this Order is to protect the confidentiality 

of such materials as much as practical during the litigation.

Definitions

1. The term “Confidential Information” shall mean and include information 

contained or disclosed in any materials, including documents, portions of documents, 

answers to interrogatories, responses to requests for admissions, trial testimony, 

deposition testimony, and transcripts of trial testimony and depositions, including 

data, summaries, and compilations derived therefrom that is deemed to be 

Confidential Information by any party to which it belongs. 

2. The term “materials” shall include, but shall not be limited to: documents; 

correspondence; memoranda; bulletins; blueprints; specifications; customer lists or 

other material that identify customers or potential customers; price lists or schedules 

or other matter identifying pricing; minutes; telegrams; letters; statements; cancelled 

checks; contracts; invoices; drafts; books of account; worksheets; notes of 

conversations; desk diaries; appointment books; expense accounts; recordings; 

photographs; motion pictures; compilations from which information can be obtained 

and translated into reasonably usable form through detection devices; sketches; 

drawings; notes (including laboratory notebooks and records); reports; instructions; 

disclosures; other writings; models and prototypes and other physical objects. 

3. The term “approved persons” shall mean outside counsel of record, and 

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other attorneys, paralegals, secretaries, and other support staff employed in the law 

firms identified below, as well as the in-house attorneys for the parties or employees 

of the parties identified below. Dr. Westerlund, Ms. Hudson, and Ms. Martin each 

shall execute and deliver an undertaking satisfactory to the other party that makes 

representations about the scope of her duties and that contains an undertaking not to 

engage in competitive decision-making. 

Michael L. Kirby 

Julianne Hull 

KIRBY NOONAN LANCE & HOGE, LLP

310 Tenth Avenue, Suite 1300

San Diego, CA 92101-8700

(619) 231-8666 

Edward A. Pennington

HANIFY & KING, PC 

1055 Thomas Jefferson St., N.W., Suite 400 

Washington, D.C. 20007 

(202) 403-2101 

Theodore J. Folkman

Christopher M. Morrison

HANIFY & KING, PC

One Beacon Street 

Boston, MA 02108

(617)423-0400

Li Westerlund 

BAVARIAN NORDIC, INC.

2900 K Street, NW, Suite 501 

Washington, DC 20007

(202) 536-1581 

Richard T. Mulloy 

DLA PIPER US, LLP 

401 B Street, Suite 1700

San Diego, CA 92101

(619) 699-4787 

Edgar H. Haug 

Thomas J. Kowalski 

Vicki Franks 

Gina M. Bassi 

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FROMMER LAWRENCE & HAUG, LLP 

745 Fifth Avenue 

New York, NY 10151

(212) 588-0800 

Jill Martin 

BIOMEDICA, INC. 

11622 El Camino Real #100 

San Diego, CA 92130 

(858) 677-6500 

Katherine Hudson 

OXFORD BIOMEDICA (UK) LTD. 

Medawar Centre 

Robert Robinson Avenue 

The Oxford Science Park, 

Oxford OX4 4GA 

United Kingdom 

+44 (0) 1865 783 000 

General Rules

4. Each party to this litigation that produces or discloses any materials, 

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

deposition testimony, and transcripts of trial testimony and depositions, or information 

that the producing party believes should be subject to this Protective Order may 

designate the same as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL.” 

a. Designation as “CONFIDENTIAL”: Any party may designate information 

as “CONFIDENTIAL” only if, in the good faith belief of such party and its counsel, the 

unrestricted disclosure of such information could be potentially prejudicial to the 

business or operations of such party. 

b. Designation as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL”: Any party may designate 

information as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL” only if, in the good faith belief of such party 

and its counsel, the information is among that considered to be most sensitive by the 

party, including but not limited to trade secret or other confidential research, 

development, financial or other commercial information. 

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5. In the event the producing party elects to produce materials for 

inspection, no marking need be made by the producing party in advance of the initial 

inspection. For purposes of the initial inspection, all materials produced shall be 

considered as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL,” and shall be treated as such pursuant to 

the terms of this Order. Thereafter, upon selection of specified materials for copying 

by the inspecting party, the producing party shall, within a reasonable time prior to 

producing those materials to the inspecting party, mark the copies of those materials 

that contain Confidential Information with the appropriate confidentiality marking. 

6. Whenever a deposition taken on behalf of any party involves a 

disclosure of Confidential Information of any party: 

a. said deposition or portions thereof shall be designated as containing 

Confidential Information subject to the provisions of this Order; such designation shall 

be made on the record whenever possible, but a party may designate portions of 

depositions as containing Confidential Information after transcription of the 

proceedings; a party shall have until fifteen (15) days after receipt of the deposition 

transcript to inform the other party or parties to the action of the portions of the 

transcript designated “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL;” 

b. the disclosing party shall have the right to exclude from attendance at 

said deposition, during such time as the Confidential Information is to be disclosed, 

any person other than the deponent, counsel (including their staff and associates), 

the court reporter, and the person(s) agreed upon pursuant to paragraph 8 below; 

and

c. the originals of said deposition transcripts and all copies thereof shall 

bear the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” OR “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL,” as appropriate, 

and the original or any copy ultimately presented to a court for filing shall not be filed 

unless it can be accomplished under seal, identified as being subject to this Order, 

and protected from being opened except by order of this Court. 

7. All Confidential Information designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY 

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CONFIDENTIAL” shall not be disclosed by the receiving party to anyone other than 

those persons designated herein and shall be handled in the manner set forth below 

and, in any event, shall not be used for any purpose other than in connection with this 

litigation, unless and until such designation is removed either by agreement of the 

parties, or by order of the Court. 

8. Information designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL” shall be viewed only by 

approved persons (as defined in paragraph 3) of the receiving party, and by 

independent experts under the conditions set forth in this Paragraph. The right of any 

independent expert to receive any Confidential Information shall be subject to the 

advance approval of such expert by the producing party or by permission of the 

Court. The party seeking approval of an independent expert shall provide the 

producing party with the name and curriculum vitae of the proposed independent 

expert, and an executed copy of the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, in advance of 

providing any Confidential Information of the producing party to the expert. Any 

objection by the producing party to an independent expert receiving Confidential 

Information must be made in writing within fourteen (14) days following receipt of the 

identification of the proposed expert. Confidential Information may be disclosed to an 

independent expert if the fourteen (14) day period has passed and no objection has 

been made. The approval of independent experts shall not be unreasonably withheld. 

9. Information designated “CONFIDENTIAL” shall be viewed only by approved 

persons (as defined in paragraph 3) of the receiving party, by independent experts 

(pursuant to the terms of paragraph 8), and by the additional individuals listed below, 

provided each such individual has read this Order in advance of disclosure and has 

agreed in writing to be bound by its terms: 

a. Executives who are required to participate in policy decisions with reference 

to this action; 

b. Technical personnel of the parties with whom counsel for the parties find it 

necessary to consult, in the discretion of such counsel, in preparation for trial of this 

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action; and 

c. Stenographic and clerical employees associated with the individuals 

identified above. 

10. With respect to material designated “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL,” any person indicated on the face of the document to be its 

originator, author or a recipient of a copy thereof, may be shown the same. 

11. All information which has been designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or 

“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL” by the producing or disclosing party, and any and all 

reproductions thereof, shall be retained in the custody of the counsel for the receiving 

party identified in paragraph 3, provided, however:

a. Information designated as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL” by the producing 

or disclosing party shall not be kept at the offices or on the business premises of the 

receiving party or any subsidiary or affiliate or stored on or transmitted to any 

computers or computer networks of the receiving party or any subsidiary or affiliate. 

Approved persons of the receiving party who are not outside counsel (namely, Dr. 

Westerlund, Ms. Martin, and Ms. Hudson) shall not keep information designated by 

the producing or disclosing party as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL” at their offices or 

stored on their computers, even temporarily, but instead must review “HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL” material only off-site. 

b. Independent experts authorized to view such information under the 

terms of this Order may retain custody of copies such as are necessary for their 

participation in this litigation. 

12. Before any materials produced in discovery, answers to interrogatories, 

responses to requests for admissions, deposition transcripts, or other documents 

which are designated as Confidential Information are filed with the Court for any 

purpose, the party seeking to file such material shall seek permission of the Court to 

file said material under seal. 

No item will be filed under seal without a prior application to, and order from, 

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the judge presiding over the hearing or trial. Only when the judge presiding over the 

hearing or trial permits filing an item or items under seal may confidential material 

filed with the Court be filed in a sealed envelope or other container marked on the 

outside with the caption of this action and the following statement: 

“CONFIDENTIAL - - SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER.” 

If any person fails to file protected documents or information under seal, any party to 

this lawsuit may request that the Court place the filing under seal. 

 Whenever the Court grants a party permission to file an item under seal, a 

duplicate disclosing all nonconfidential information shall be filed and made part of the 

public record. The item may be redacted to eliminate confidential material from the 

public document. The public document shall be titled to show that it corresponds to 

an item filed under seal, e.g., “Redacted Copy of Sealed Declaration of John Smith in 

Support of Motion for Summary Judgment.” The sealed and redacted documents 

shall be filed simultaneously. 

13. At any stage of these proceedings, any party may object to a designation 

of the materials as Confidential Information. The party objecting to confidentiality shall 

notify, in writing, counsel for the designating party of the object-to materials and the 

grounds for the objection. If the dispute is not resolved consensually between the 

parties within seven (7) business days of receipt of such a notice of objections, the 

objecting party may move the Court for a ruling on the objection. The materials at 

issue shall be treated as Confidential Information, as designated by the designating 

party, until the Court has ruled on the objection or the matter has been otherwise 

resolved.

14. All Confidential Information shall be held in confidence by those 

inspecting or receiving it, and shall be used only for purposes of this action. No party 

may use any Confidential Information produced or disclosed in this action for 

purposes of any other proceeding in any jurisdiction. Counsel for each party, and 

each person receiving Confidential Information shall take reasonable precautions to 

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prevent the unauthorized or inadvertent disclosure of such information. If Confidential 

Information is disclosed to any person other than a person authorized by this Order, 

the party responsible for the unauthorized disclosure must immediately bring all 

pertinent facts relating to the unauthorized disclosure to the attention of the other 

parties and, without prejudice to any rights and remedies of the other parties, make 

every effort to prevent further disclosure by the party and by the person(s) receiving 

the unauthorized disclosures. 

15. No party shall be responsible to another party for disclosure of 

Confidential Information under this Order if the information in question is not labeled 

or otherwise identified as such in accordance with this Order. 

16. If a party, through inadvertence, produces any Confidential Information 

without labeling or marking or otherwise designating it as such in accordance with this 

Order, the designating party may give written notice to the receiving party that the 

document or thing produced is deemed Confidential Information, and that the 

document or thing produced should be treated as such in accordance with that 

designation under this Order. The receiving party must treat the materials as 

confidential, once the designating party so notifies the receiving party. If the receiving 

party has disclosed the materials before receiving the designation, the receiving party 

must notify the designating party in writing of each such disclosure. Counsel for the 

parties shall agree on a mutually acceptable manner of labeling or marking the 

inadvertently produced materials as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL” 

17. Nothing herein shall prejudice the right of any party to object to the 

production of any discovery material on the grounds that the material is protected as 

privileged or as attorney work product. 

18. Nothing in this Order shall bar counsel from rendering advice to their 

clients with respect to this litigation and, in the course thereof, relying upon any 

information designated as Confidential Information, provided that the contents of the 

information shall not be disclosed. 

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19. This Order shall be without prejudice to the right of any party to oppose 

production of any information for lack of relevance or any other ground other than the 

mere presence of Confidential Information. The existence of this Order shall not be 

used by either party as a basis for discovery that is otherwise improper under the 

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 

20. Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent disclosure of Confidential 

Information if such disclosure is required by law or by order of the Court. 

21. Upon final termination of this action, including any and all appeals, 

counsel for each party shall, upon request of the producing party, return all 

Confidential Information to the party that produced the information, including any 

copies, excerpts, and summaries thereof, or shall destroy same at the option of the 

receiving party, and shall purge all such information from all machine-readable media 

on which it resides. Notwithstanding the foregoing, counsel for each party may retain 

all pleadings, briefs, memoranda, motions, and other documents filed with the Court 

that refer to or incorporate Confidential Information, and will continue to be bound by 

this Order with respect to all such retained information. Further, attorney work product 

materials that contain Confidential Information need not be destroyed, but, if they are 

not destroyed, the person in possession of the attorney work product will continue to 

be bound by this Order with respect to all such retained information. 

22. The restrictions and obligations set forth herein shall not apply to any 

information that: (a) the parties agree should not be designated Confidential 

Information; (b) the parties agree, or the Court rules, is already public knowledge; (c) 

the parties agree, or the Court rules, has become public knowledge other than as a 

result of disclosure by the receiving party, its employees, or its agents in violation of 

this Order; or (d) has come or shall come into the receiving party’s legitimate 

knowledge independently of the production by the designating party. Prior knowledge 

must be established by pre-production documentation. 

23. The restrictions and obligations herein shall not be deemed to prohibit 

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discussions of any Confidential Information with anyone if that person already has or 

obtains legitimate possession thereof. 

24. Transmission by facsimile is acceptable for all notification purposes 

herein.

25. This Order may be modified by agreement of the parties, subject to 

approval by the Court. 

26. The Court may modify the terms and conditions of this Order for good 

cause, or in the interest of justice, or on its own order at any time in these 

proceedings. The parties prefer that the Court provide them with notice of the Court’s 

intent to modify the Order and the content of those modifications, prior to entry of 

such an order 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: October 14, 2009 

The Hon. Ruben B. Brooks 

U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge 

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