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Nature of Suit Code: 820
Nature of Suit: Copyright
Cause of Action: 28:1338 Copyright Infringement

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONCERNING PRODUCTION OF CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS

CASE NO. 17-CV-04187-JST 

DUANE MORRIS LLP 

Karineh Khachatourian (CA SBN 202634) 

kkhachatourian@duanemorris.com 

Daniel T. McCloskey (CA SBN 191944) 

dtmccloskey@duanemorris.com 

Nikolaus A. Woloszczuk (CA SBN 286633) 

nawoloszczuk@duanemorris.com 

2475 Hanover Street 

Palo Alto, CA 94304-1194 

Telephone: 650.847.4150 

Facsimile: 650.847.4151 

Attorneys for Defendants 

SQUARE ENIX, INC. and 

CRYSTAL DYNAMICS, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

REARDEN LLC and REARDEN MOVA 

LLC, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 v. 

CRYSTAL DYNAMICS, INC., a California 

corporation, SQUARE ENIX, INC., a 

Washington Corporation, 

 Defendants. 

 

Case No. 17-cv-04187-JST 

JOINT STIPULATION AND 

[PROPOSED] ORDER CONCERNING 

PRODUCTION AND DESIGNATION OF 

CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS PRIOR 

TO ENTRY OF PROTECTIVE ORDER

Judge: Hon. Jon S. Tigar 

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JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER CONCERNING PRODUCTION OF CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS

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Plaintiffs Rearden LLC and Rearden MOVA LLC (“Plaintiffs”) and Defendants Crystal 

Dynamics, Inc. and Square Enix, Inc. (“Defendants”), by and through their counsel of record, 

stipulate as follows: 

WHEREAS, the Court has ordered that the case be divided into two tracks for discovery 

(Dkt. No. 103); 

WHEREAS, the Court has ordered under Track 1 that Defendants produce contracts and 

documents containing Defendants’ and/or third-parties’ highly sensitive business and financial 

information by August 31, 2018; 

WHEREAS, the parties filed a joint stipulation to enter a Protective Order for submission 

to the Court that has not yet been signed by the Court; 

WHEREAS, the parties agree that confidentiality protections are needed for documents 

and things produced in the interim period before a Protective Order is submitted to, and entered by 

the Court; 

NOW THEREFORE, for good cause, the parties stipulate as follows: 

Any documents or things produced prior to entry of a Protective Order in this case may be 

designated by the producing party as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL—OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS’ 

EYES ONLY” and shall be treated as such by the receiving party or parties, that is, a receiving 

party may only disclose such designated materials (including information derived from the 

designated materials) to the receiving party’s outside attorney(s) of record, as well as employees 

of said outside attorney(s) of record to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the information 

for this litigation. After the Court enters a Protective Order, the terms of that order shall be 

applied to any previously produced and designated documents or things. For purposes of track 1 

of discovery in this case and only with respect to contracts produced pursuant to the Court’s 

August 7, 2018 order for Track 1 as set forth therein, Steve Perlman is permitted to review such 

documents in counsel for the producing party’s office at a mutually convenient date and time. Mr. 

Perlman agrees that he cannot take notes, photographs or make copies of said documents. Mr. 

Perlman also agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of the Court to enforce this stipulation in the 

event of a breach and will sign the undertaking attached hereto. 

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IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

 DUANE MORRIS LLP 

Dated: August 29, 2018 By: /s/ Karineh Khachatourian 

 Karineh Khachatourian 

Daniel T. McCloskey 

Nikolaus A. Woloszczuk 

Attorneys for Defendants, 

SQUARE ENIX, INC. and CRYSTAL 

DYNAMICS, INC. 

 HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO 

Dated: August 29, 2018 By: /s/ Steve W. Berman 

 Steve W. Berman 

Mark S. Carlson 

Rio S. Pierce 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs, 

REARDEN LLC and REARDEN MOVA 

LLC 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: , 2018 

 HON. JON S. TIGAR 

United States District Judge 

August 30

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CIVIL LOCAL RULE 5-1 ATTESTATION 

I, Steve Berman, am the ECF user whose credentials were utilized in the electronic filing 

of this document. In accordance with Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), I hereby attest that Karineh 

Khachatourian concurred in the filing of this document. 

 /s/ Steve Berman 

 Steve Berman 

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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 terms of this Stipulation and Stipulated Protective Order that was filed by the 

United States District Court for the Northern District of California on August 28, 2018 in Case 

No. 17-cv-04187-JST. I agree to comply with and to be bound by all the terms of this Stipulated 

Stipulation and August 28,2018 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 

Stipulation or the August 28, 2018 Stipulated Protective Order to any person or entity except in 

strict compliance with the provisions of both. 

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 Stipulation and the 

August 28, 2018 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 Stipulation or the August 28, 2018 Stipulated Protective Order. 

Date: _________________________________ 

City and State where sworn and signed: _________________________________ 

Printed name: ___________________________________ 

Signature: ______________________________________ 

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