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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 15:1126 Patent Infringement

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC., CASE NO. 3~07-CV-05488 EDL 

v. 

NETWORK APPLIANCE, NC., 

PlaintiWCounterdefendant, 

The Court issues this Protective Order to facilitate document disclosure and production 

[PROPOSED] PROTECTIVE ORDER 

under the Local Rules of this Court and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Unless modified 

upon proper application to this Court, this Order shall remain in effect through the conclusion of 

this litigation. 

In support of this order, the Court finds that: 

1. Documents or information containing confidential proprietary and business 

information and/or trade secrets ("Confidential Information,'"WHighly Confidentid Information," 

and "Proprietary Source Code") is Iikely to be disclosed or produced during the course of 

discovery in this litigation by both parties and non-parties; 

2. The parties and non-parties to this litigation may assert that public dissemination 

and disclosure of Confidential Information, Highly Confidential Information, or Proprietary 

Source Code could severely injure or damage the party or non-party disclosing or producing the 

Confidential Information, Highly Confidential Information, or Proprietary Source Code, and 

could place that party or non-party at a competitive disadvantage; 

3. To protect the respective interests of the parties and non-parties, and to facilitate 

the progress of disclosure and discovery in this case, the following Order should issue: 

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED THAT: 

1. This Protective Order shdl apply to all information, documents, andor things 

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subject to discovery in this action ("Discovery Material") which contain proprietary, 

confidential andor commercialIy sensitive information, as well as pleadings, testimony and 

other information, documents and/or things designated CONFIDENTIAL, ATTORNEYS' 

EYES ONLY, and/or ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY--SOURCE CODE. As used herein, 

"Producing Party" shall refer to any party, including the parties to this action and nan-parties, 

who disclose and/or produce any Discovery Material in this action. "Receiving Party" shall refer 

to the parties to this action who receive Discovery Material from a Producing Party. 

2. Documents, discovery responses, or testimony containing Confidential 

Information, Highly Confidential Information, or Proprietary Source Code disclosed or 

by any Producing Party in this litigation are referred to as "Protected Materials." 

Except as otherwise indicated below, all documents, discovery responses, or testimony 

designated by the Producing Party as "CONFIDENTIAL," "ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY" or 

"ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY-SOURCE CODE," and which are disclosed or produced to the 

attorneys for the other parties to this litigation, are Protected Materials and are entitIed to 

confidential treatment as described below. 

3. Protected Materials shall not include (a) materials that on their face show that they 

have been published to the general public, (b) documents that have been submitted to any 

governmental entity without request for confidential treatment, (c) source code distributed to the 

open source community, (d) information that the Receiving Party can demonstrate that it has 

derived independently without reference to the Protected Material, and (e) information that the 

Receiving Party can demonstrate was disclosed to the Receiving Party by a third party without 

breach of a confidentiality agreement. 

4. Protected Materials and any information contained therein shall be used solely for 

the purpose of this litigation and shalI not be used for any other purpose other than as set forth in 

paragraph 6(a). 

5. At any time after the delivery of Protected Materials, counsel for the Receiving 

Party or Parties may challenge the confidentiality designation of all or any portion of the 

Protected Materials by providing written notice thereof to counsel for the Producing Party. The 

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challenging Party must explain the basis for its belief that the confidentiality designation was not 

proper and must give the Producing Party an 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 party that elects to press a challenge to a confidentiality designation 

after considering the justification offered by the Producing Party may file and serve a motion 

under Civil Local Rule 7 (and in compliance with Civil Local Rule 79-5, if applicable) within 

ten (10) days after delivery of the written notice that identifies the challenged material and sets 

forth in detail the basis for the challenge. Each such motion must be accompanied by a 

campetent declaration that afirrns that the movant complied with the meet-and-confer 

requirements set forth above, and that sets forth with specificity the justification for the 

confidentiality designation that was given by the Producing Party in the meet and confer 

process. The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be on the Producing 

Party. Until the Court rules on the challenge, all parties shalI continue to afford the material in 

question the level of protection to which it is entitled under the Producing Party's designation 

6. Confidential Treatment. Protected Materials and any information contained 

therein shall not be used or shown, disseminated, copied, or in any way communicated to 

anyone for any purpose whatsoever, except as provided for in this Order. 

a. The Parties agree that all documents produced in this action will be 

deemed produced in the Network Appliance, Inc. u. Sun Microsystems, Inc., Case No. C-07-6053 

EDL ("the C-07-6053 Case".). The parties further agree that all documents produced by a party 

in the C-07-6053 Case will be deemed produced in this action. The parties further agree that 

any such document so deemed can be used for all purposes in either action, subject to the 

limitations imposed by the respective Protective Orders. 

7. "Confidential Information" as used herein refers to information that has not been 

made public, the disclosure of which the Producing Party contends could cause harm to the 

business operations of the disclosing party or provide improper advantage to others, including, 

but not limited to, trade secrets within the meaning of the Uniform Trade Secrets Act and 

information that concerns or relates to (i) sales or marketing, (ii) financial performance, (iii) 

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manufacturing or other costs of doing business, (iv) license or other confidential agreements, (v) 

design, manufacturing or research and development, or (vi) technical characteristics of products 

or manufacturing processes. Any document that contains Confidential Information should be so 

designated by the Producing Party at the time of disclosure by placing the notation 

"CONFIDENTIAL" on every page of each document so designated. In the case of Confidential 

Information disclosed in a non-paper medium (e.g., videotape, audiotape, computer disks, etc.), 

the notation "CONFIDENTIAL" shall be affixed to the outside of the medium and its container, 

if any, so as to clearly give notice of the designation, 

8. Documents marked CONFIDENTIAL, and any information contained therein, 

shall be disclosed only to the foIlowing persons: 

(a) Outside counsel of record in this action for the party or parties receiving 

Protected Materids or any information contained therein; 

(b) Employees of outside counsel of record assigned to and necessary to assist 

such counsel in this action; 

(c) Three employees of the Receiving Party identified in writing to the Producing 

party; 

(dl Outside technical or litigation consultants and experts, including their support 

and clerical personnel, who are engaged by the party or parties receiving Protected Materials for 

the purposes of this Iitigation and who are designated by each party respectively pursuant to 

paragraph 14 below; 

(e) Outside vendors that provide photocopying, document processing, translation 

or graphics services to outside counsel to assist such counsel in the preparation and trial of this 

action; 

(f) The Court, jury, and court personnel; and 

(g) Any other person with the prior written consent of the Producing Party. 

9. "Highly Confidential Information" as used herein refers to information that has not 

been made public, the discIosure of which to employees of the Receiving Party the Producing 

Party contends could cause harm to the business operations of the disclosing party or provide 

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improper advantage to others, including, but not limited to, trade secrets within the meaning of 

the Uniform Trade Secrets Act and information that concerns or relates to (i) design, 

manufacturing or research and development, or (ii) technical characteristics of products or 

manufacturing processes. Any document that contains Highly CoddentiaI Information should 

be so designated by the Producing Party at the time of disclosure by placing the notation 

"ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY)' on every page of each document so designated. In the case of 

Highly Confidential Mormation disclosed in a non-paper medium (e.g., videotape, audiotape, 

computer disks, etc.), the notation "ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY" shall be affixed to the 

outside of the medium and its container, if any, so as to clearly give notice of the designation. 

10. Documents marked "ATTOTWEYS' EYES ONLY,'" and any information 

contained therein, shall be disclosed only to the following persons: 

(a) Outside counsel of record in this action for the party or parties receiving Protected 

Materials or any information contained therein; 

(b) Employees of outside counsel of record assigned to and necessary to assist such 

counsel in this action; 

(c) One in-house come1 of the Receiving Party, approved by the Producing Party, who is 

not involved in patent prosecution or patent licensing activities, who is not othenvise involved in 

"competitive decision making" as that term is used in the US. Steel Corp. v. US., 730 F.2d 1465 

(Fed. Cir. 1984) line of cases, and who agrees to be bound by the terms of the Protective Order 

by executing Exhibit A; 

(d) Outside technical or litigation consu1tants and experts, including their support and 

clerical personnel, who are engaged by the party or parties receiving Protected Materials for the 

purposes of this litigation and who are designated by each party respectively pursuant to 

paragraph 14 below; 

(e) Outside vendors that provide photocopying, document processing, translation or 

graphics services to outside counsel to assist such counsel in the preparation and trial of this 

action; 

(f) The Court, jury, and court personnel; and 

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(g) Any other person with the prior written consent of the Producing Party. 

1 1. The Producing Party may designate Discovery Material as "ATTORNEYS' EYES 

ONLY-SOURCE CODE" if it comprises or includes confidential, proprietary and/or trade 

secret source code ("Proprietary Source Code"). As used herein, the term "source code" means 

computer instructions and data definitions expressed in a form suitable for input to an assembler, 

compiler, or other translator. Nothing in this Order shall obligate the parties to produce any 

source code or act as an admission that any particular source code is discoverable. However, if 

Discovery Material designated as ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY--SOURCE CODE is produced, 

it shall be subject to the following provisions: 

(a) Any source code that is produced shall be made available for inspection in 

electronic format at the Silicon Valley office of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP where Producing 

Party is Network Appliance, Inc., and at the SiIicon Valley office of DLA Piper US LLP where 

Producing Party is Sun Microsystems, Inc., seven days a week without restriction on the number 

or timing of inspections. Between the hours of 8 a.m. and 6 p.m., the Receiving Party shall 

provide 30 minutes notice of the inspection; between the hours of 6 p.m. and 10 p.m., the 

Receiving Party shall provide 1 hour notice of the inspection; between the hours of 10 p.m. and 

8 a.m, the Receiving Party shall provide 2 hours notice of the inspection. All notices of 

inspection of NetApp source code shall be made to Jose Gutierrez (or another person designated 

subsequently in writing) via email and telephone, with an email copy to Jeffrey Homrig; all 

notices of inspection of Sun source code shall be made to Laurie Ouchida (or another person 

designated subsequently in writing) via ernail and telephone, with an email copy to Carrie 

Williamson; 

(b) The source code will be made available during the inspection by the Producing 

Party to the Receiving Party's outside counsel, consultants or experts in a private room on a nonnetworked computer ("the Source Code Computer") attached to a stand-alone printer and 

without interference from the Producing Party or its counsel. A paralegal employed by outside 

counsel for the Producing Party shall be present in the room at all times during the inspection. 

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business. During the inspection, the Receiving Party may print one copy of such portions of the 

source code as it deems in good faith to be necessary. This copy shall be provided to the 

paralegal observing the inspection, who will immediately label the copy with Bates numbers and 

the "Attorneys' Eyes Only - Source Code" designation and return the copy to the Receiving 

Party while the Receiving Party is on site. Except as described above, the Receiving Party shall 

not copy, remove, or otherwise transfer any source code from the Source Code Computer 

including, without limitation, copying, removing, or transferring the source code onto any other 

computers or peripheral equipment. The Receiving Party shall not transmit any source code in 

any way from the Producing Party's office of its outside counsel of record; (c) The Receiving 

Party's outside counsel of record and designated consultant or expert shall maintain and store 

the paper copy of the source code produced under paragraph 11 (a) above at their offices in a 

manner that prevents duplication of, transmittal from, or unauthorized access to the source code, 

including, without limitation, storing the source code in a locked room or cabinet at all times 

when it is not in use, and shall return each paper copy of the source code produced under 

paragraph 1 l(a) to the Producing Party at the conclusion of this action. 

(d) The Receiving Party shall not create electronic images of the source code hm the 

paper copy for use on a computer (e.g., shall not scan the source code to a PDF) and shall not 

reproduce the source code in any way (e.g. shall not re-type the source code into a word 

processing document or email). This paragraph 1 l(d) notwithstanding, the Receiving Party's 

outside counsel of record may make no more than two (2) paper copies of the source code 

provided by the Producing Party under paragraph 1 l(a). These copies shall be stored in a 

manner that prevents duplication of or unauthorized access to the source code, including, 

without limitation, staring the source code in a locked room or cabinet at all times when it is not 

in use, and shall be returned to the Producing Party at the conclusion of this action. 

(e) The Receiving Party's outside counsel may disclose the copies of the source code 

produced or created under paragraphs 1 l(a) and 1 l(d) only to individuals specified in paragraph 

12 below. 

12. Discovery Material designated as "ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY-SOURCE 

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CODE " may ody be disclosed to: 

(a) Outside counsel of record in this action for the party or parties receiving Protected 

Materials or any information contained therein; 

(b) Employees of outside counsel of record assigned to and necessary to assist such 

counsel in the preparation and trial of this action; 

(c) Outside technical or litigation consultants and experts, including their support and 

clerical personnel, who are engaged by the party or parties receiving Protected Materials for the 

purposes of this litigation and who are designated by each party respectively pursuant to 

paragraph 14 below; 

(d) Outside vendors that provide photocopying, document processing, translation or 

graphics services to outside counsel to assist such counsel in the preparation and trial of this 

action; 

(e) The Court, jury, and court personnel; and 

(f) Any other person with the prior written consent of the Producing Party. 

13. Any natural person who reviews information designated as "ATTORNEYS' 

EYES ONLY" or "ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY-SOURCE CODE" shaU not participate in 

any way, direct or indirect, in the prosecution or support of the prosecution of any patent 

application or reissue proceeding, or reexamination of a patent (except where challenging, or 

representing a party chaIlenging, a patent through reexamination] on behalf of any entity listed 

in subparagraph a) for a patent directed to technology described in subparagraph b) for a period 

beginning upon the person's f~st review of designated information and ending two years after 

(1) that person's last review of the designated idormation, or (2) the final termination of the 

litigation, whichever is later, unless the Producing Party agrees otherwise. 

(a) Network Appliance, Inc.; Sun Microsystems, Inc.; the storage divisions of EMC, 

Hewlett Packard, Dell, Hitrtchi, and IBM. 

(b) Storage computers and storage software products designed primarily for storing and 

retrieving data to/from RAID arrays of hard disk drives and/or solid state storage devices in 

response to storage requests using NFS or CIFS protocols received over a computer 

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communication channel from client wmpute~s, and having file systems for logically organizing 

the data as hie rarchicaI structures which are used in servicing the requests. 

14. Prior to disclosing any Protected Materials to outside experts or consultants 

identified in paragraphs 8(d), 10(c) or 12(c), the party seeking to disclose the information under 

these paragraphs shall: (1) have each outside expert or consultant sign a document in the form 

of Exhibit A hereto, and (2) provide the Producing Party (whose confidential information is at 

issue or who produced the information) with: (i) the person's name; (ii) the person's present 

employer and title, (iii) an up-to-date curriculum vitae of the person; (iv) an identScation of any 

work performed by that person for or on behalf of any party in this action within the four-year 

period before the filing of this action; (v) a list of cases in which the expert or consultant has 

testified at deposition, at a hearing, or at trial within the last four years; and (vi) a general 

identification of the Protected Materials that it seeks to disclose (for example, and without 

limitation, ail Protected Materials, only "Confidential" information, only designated inforrnation 

that is technical in nature, or only non-technical designated information). Within five (5) court 

days of submission of this idormation to the Producing Party, the Producing Party may object to 

the proposed outside expert or consultant on a reasonable basis, or, if it believes in good faith 

that it needs more information concerning the proposed expert or consultant to make a decision 

about whether to object, may request such additional information as it believes necessary for the 

decision. If the Producing Party requests additional information about the individual to whom 

the information is proposed to be disclosed, the deadline for the Producing Party to object to the 

disclosure is the later of (a) five (5) court days after the information is provided, or (b) five (5) 

court days after the party seeking to disclose the confidential information declines to provide the 

requested information. 

(a) If an objection to disclasure is made within the time required, the parties shall 

meet and confer within five (5) court days and, if not resolved, the party seeking to disclose the 

inforrnation must 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. In any such 

proceeding, the Party opposing disclosure to the expert shall bear the burden of proving that the 

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risk of harm that the disclosure would entail (under fhe safeguards proposed) outweighs the 

Receiving Pa rty's need to disclose the Protected Material to its expert. 

(b) Where an objection is made, no such information shall be disclosed to the 

consultant or expert until the objection is withdrawn or resolved by the Court. 

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

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

Materials, provided that counsel does not disclose Protected Materials in a manner not 

specifically authorized under this Protective Order. 

16. The term "copy" as used herein means any photographic, mechanical or 

computerized copy or reproduction of any document or thing, or any verbatim transcript, in 

whole or in part, of such document or thing. 

17. To the extent that Protected Materials or information contained therein is used in 

depositions, at hearings, or at trial, such documents or idormation shall remain subject to the 

provisions of this Order, along with the transcript pages of the deposition testimony and/or trial 

testimony referring to the Protected Materials or information contained therein. 

18. Any court reporter or transcriber who reports or transcribes testimony in this 

action shall keep all information designated as such under this Order confidential and shall not 

disclose it except pursuant to the terms of this Order. Any notes or transcriptions of such 

testimony (and any accompanying exhibits) will be retained by the reporter or delivered to 

counsel of record. 

19. Any disclosing party or non-party may designate testimony on oral deposition as 

"CONFIDENTIAL," '%ATTORNEYSa EYES ONLY," or "ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLYSOURCE CODE" under the terms of this Order by (i) so stating on the record during the 

deposition, or (ii) by notifjring the other parties in writing of the portians of such testimony to be 

so designated within ten (10) court days of receipt of the official transcript by the deponent or 

deponent's counsel, whichever is earlier. Testimony provided during a deposition shall be 

treated as "ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY" until such written notification is received, or if no 

written notification is provided, until the expiration of the ten (10) court day period. With 

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regard to designations made during the deposition, the designating party shall have the right to 

exclude from the deposition all persons not entitled under this Order to view or receive such 

confidential information before the taking of such testimony. If a disclosing party or non-party 

promptly and timely determines that it inadvertently faiIed to properly designate confidential 

testimony, it may do so by giving notice to all parties, who shall thereafter .treat the materials 

pursuant to the provisions of this Order. Any transcript portion that contains testimony so 

designated shall be labeled in a visible manner with the "CONFIDENTIAL," "ATTORNEYS' 

EYES ONLY," or "ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY-SOURCE CODE legend, and if requested 

by the designating party, shall be bound in a separate, sealed volume by the court reporter. If 

either party intends to offer any evidence at trial based on Proprietary Source Code, both parties 

hereby agree to jointly move the Court to take appropriate measures to preserve the 

confidentiality of the Proprietary Source Code to the extent reasonably practicable. 

20. Inadvertent or unintentional production of documents or information containing 

Confidential Information, Highly Confidential Information, or Proprietary Source Code that are 

not designated "CONFIDENTIAL," "ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY," or "ATTORNEYS' EYES 

ONLY-SOURCE CODE" shall not be deemed a waiver in whole or in part of a claim for 

confidential treatment. 

21. The party or parties receiving Protected Materials shall not under my 

circumstances sell, offer for sale, advertise, or publicize Protected Materials or any information 

contained therein. 

22. Nothing in this Protective Order shall preclude any party to this lawsuit or its 

attorneys (a)frorn showing a Protected Document designated as "CONFIDENTZAL," 

"ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY," or "ATTOFWEYS' EYES ONLY-SOURCE CODE" to an 

individual who either prepared the Protected Document or reviewed it prior to the filing of this 

action, or (b) from disclosing or using, in any manner or for any purpose, its own Protected 

Document designated as "CONFIDENTIAL," "ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY," or 

"ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY-SOURCE CODE." Notwithstanding any designation of 

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deposition, and examined on, any Protected Document that the witness authored or previously 

received. The witness may aIso be shown at a deposition, arid examined on, any Protected 

Docwnen t for which specific documentary or testimonial evidence indicates (i) that the 

Protected Document was communicated to or fiom the witness, or (ii) that the witness was 

involved in the specific matter@) addressed in the Protected Document, or if the Producing Party 

of the Protected Document agrees. In addition, Protected Materials may be shown without 

restriction to a witness designated to testify for the Producing Party pursuant to Federal Rule of 

Civil Procedure 30(b)(6). 

23. This Order does not affect or alter a Producing Party's rights to refbse to disclose 

information properly subject to the attorney-client privilege or the attorney work-product 

doctrine. If a party, through inadvertence, produces or provides discovery that it believes is 

subject to a claim of attorney-client privilege, work product immunity, or is otherwise protected 

from disclosure, the Producing Party may give prompt and timely written notice to the 

Receiving Party or Parties that the document is subject to a claim of attorney-client privilege, 

work-product immunity, or other protection fiom disclosure, and request that the discovery be 

returned to the Producing Party. The Receiving Party or Parties shall within five (5) court days 

return to the Producing Party such discovery. Return of the document by the Receiving Party 

shall not constitute an admission or concession, or permit any inference, that the returned 

document or thing is, in fact, properly subject to a claim of attorney-client privilege, workproduct immunity, or other protection from disclosure, nor shall it foreclose any party from 

moving the Court for an order that such document or thing has been improperly designated or 

should be discoverable andfor usable in this action for reasons other than a waiver caused by the 

inadvertent production. 

24. In the event that a party reasonably believes that, due to a c~~dentiality 

obligation owed to a non-party, it cannot produce certain information ("Restricted Information") 

in this action, said party shall within ten (10) days of discovering such obligation (i) provide 

written notification to the non-party that Restricted Information is subject to disclosure in this 

action, and (ii) provide the non-party with a copy of this Order. When such written notice is 

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given to the non-party, the disclosing party will advise the potential Receiving Party that such 

notice has been given. The non-party shall have fourteen (14) days from receipt of the written 

notice in which to seek relief from the Court if the non-party so desires. If the fourteen (14) 

days elapse without the third party seeking relief from the Corn, the party from which 

production is requested may (a) seek a protective order from the Court, or (b) produce the 

requested Restricted Information in accordance with the terms of this Protective Order. 

25. After termination of this litigation, the provisions of this Order shall continue to be 

binding, except with respect to those documents and information that become a matter of public 

record. This Court retains and shall have continuing jurisdiction over the parties and recipients 

of the Protected Materials for enforcement of the provisions of this Order following termination 

of this litigation. 

26. Within thirty (30) days following the final termination of this action by dismissal, 

judgment, or settlement, counsel for the party or parties receiving Protected Materials shall 

certify destruction or return the Protected Materials to the counsel for the party or parties 

disclosing or producing the Protected Materials. Notwithstanding this provision, counsel for the 

party or parties are entitled to retain an archival copy of all pleadings, motion papers, transcripts, 

legal memoranda, correspondence or attorney work product, even if such materials contain 

Protected Material. Any such archival copies that contain or constitute Protected Material 

remain subject to the Protective Order. 

27. This Order shall be binding upon the parties and their attorneys, successors, 

executors, personal representatives, administrators, heirs, legal representatives, assigns, 

subsidiaries, divisions, employees, agents, independent contractors, or other persons or 

organizations over which they have control. 

28. Without written permission from the Producing 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 RuIe 79-5. 

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29. Nothing in this Order abridges the right of any person to seek modification by the 

Court in the future. 

30. 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 grounds 

not addressed in the 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. 

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SO STIPULATED 

Dated: February 29,2008 

Dated: February 29,2008 

/s/ Christine K. Corbett 

Mark D. Fowler 

David Alberti 

Christine K. Corbett 

Yakov M. Zolotorev 

Carrie L. Williamson 

DLA PIPER US LLP 

2000 University Avenue 

East Palo Alto, CA 94303-221 5 

Telephone: (650) 833-2000 

Facsimile: (650) 833-2001 

Attorneys for PlaintifWCounterdefendant, 

SUN MICROSYSEMS, INC. 

/sf Jeffrev G. Hornrig 

Matthew D. Powers 

Edward R. Reines 

Jeffrey G. Homrig 

Jill J. Ho 

WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP 

201 Redwood Shores Parkway 

Redwood Shores, CA 94065 

Telephone: (650) 802-3 000 

Facsimile: (650) 802-3 100 

Elizabeth Weiswasser (admitted pro hac vice) 

WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP 

767 Fiflh Avenue 

New York, NY 101 53 

Telephone: (212) 3 10-8000 

Facsimile: (2 12) 3 10-8007 

Attorneys for Defendant/Counterplaintiff 

NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC. 

So ORDERED AND SIGNED this day of ,2008. 

Honorable Elizabeth D. Laporte 

United States Magistrate Judge 

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NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Elizabeth D. Laporte

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EXHIBIT A 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

SUN MICROSYSTEMS, Inc., 

Plaintiff/Counterdefendant, 

v. 

Network Appliance, Inc., 

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CONFIDENTIALITY UNDERTAKING OF: 

1. My home address is: 

2. My present employer is and the address of my present employment is: 

3. My present occupation or job description is: 

4. I have received a copy of the Protective Order ("Protective Order") in this action. 

5. I have carefully read and understand the provisions of the Protective Order in this 

action. 

6. I will compIy with all of the provisions of the Protective Order. 

7. I will hoId in confidence, will not disclose to anyone not qualified under the 

Protective Order, and will use only for purposes of this action in strict compliance with the terms 

and conditions of the Protective Order, any confidential information which is disclosed to me. 1 

acknowledge that termination of the litigation does not release me from the obligations set out in 

this paragraph. 

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8. At the oonclusion of this action or my engagement with this action I will return a11 

confidential information that comes into my possession, and documents or things which I have 

prepared relating thereto, to counsel for the party by whom I am employed or retained in strict 

accordance with the provisions of the Protective Order. 

9. 1 acknowledge and agree that, if I review information that has been designated as 

"Attorneys' Eyes Only" or "Attorney's Eyes Only-Source Code," I shall not participate in any 

way, direct or indirect, in the prosecution or support of the prosecution of any patent application 

or reissue proceeding, or reexamination of a patent (except where challenging, or representing a 

party challenging, a patent through reexamination) on behalf of any entity listed in subparagraph 

a) for a patent: directed to technology described in subparagraph b) for a period beginning upon 

my first review of designated information and ending two years after (1) my last review of the 

designated information, or (2) the ftnal termination of the litigation, whichever is later, unless the 

Producing Party agrees otherwise. 

(a) Network Appliance, Inc.; Sun Microsystems, Inc.; the storage divisions of EMC, 

Hewlett Packard, Dell, Hitachi, and IBM. 

(b) Storage computers and storage software products designed primarily for storing and 

retrieving data to/f?om RAID arrays of hard disk drives andlor solid state storage devices in 

response to storage requests using NFS or CIFS protocols received over a computer 

communication channel from client computers, and having file systems for logicaIly organizing 

the data as hierarchical structures which are used in servicing the requests. 

10. I hereby submit to the jurisdiction of this Court for the purpose of enforcement of 

the Protective Order in this action. 

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statement to the best of my knowledge, and I acknowledge that in submitting such resume or 

curriculum vitae I know that the receiving party shall rely thereon. 

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