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

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TOWNSEND AND TOWNSEND AND CREW LLP 

J. GEORG SEKA (State Bar No. 40069); jgs@townsend.com 

IGOR SHOIKET (State Bar No. 190066); ishoiket@townsend.com 

PRIYA SREENIVASAN (State Bar No. 232649); psreenivasan@townsend.com 

Two Embarcadero Center, 8th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94111 

Telephone: (415) 576-0200 

Facsimile: (415) 576-0300 

Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counterdefendant 

SICK A.G. 

COATS & BENNETT, P.L.L.C. 

David E. Bennett, Pro Hac Vice

Anthony J. Biller, Pro Hac Vice

Michael D. Murphy, Pro Hac Vice

1400 Crescent Green, Suite 300 

Cary, NC 27511 

Phone: (919) 854-1844 

Fax: (919) 854-2084 

PRESTON GATES & ELLIS LLP 

Elaine Y. Chow (State Bar No. 194063) 

55 Second Street, Suite 1700 

San Francisco, CA 94105-3493 

Phone: (415) 882-8200 

Fax: (415) 882-8220 

Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaimant 

SCIENTIFIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

 

SICK A.G., German corporation, and SICK, INC., 

a Minnesota corporation 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

Scientific Technologies Inc., an Oregon 

corporation, 

Defendant. 

Case No. C06-2028 CW (MEJ) 

[PROPOSED] STIPULATED PROTECTIVE 

ORDER 

The Honorable Judge Claudia Wilken 

Courtroom 2, 4th Floor 

AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIMS 

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1. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS

Disclosure and discovery activity in the above-entitled action (the “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 Action would be 

warranted. In addition, the parties contemplate that non-parties may produce confidential information 

that should also be subjected to limited disclosure and use. Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate 

to and respectfully request the Court to enter the following Stipulated Protective Order (the “Order”). 

2. DEFINITIONS

2.1 Party: any party to this Action, including all of its officers, directors, 

employees, consultants, retained experts, and in-house Counsel (and their support staff). 

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

medium or manner generated, stored, or maintained (including, among other things, testimony, 

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

in this Action. 

2.3 "Confidential" Information or Items: information (regardless of how generated, 

stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for protection under standards developed under 

F.R.Civ.P. 26(c). 

2.4 "Highly Confidential – Attorneys' Eves Only" Information or Items: extremely 

sensitive confidential information or items, the disclosure of which to another Party or non-party 

would create a substantial risk of serious injury to the Producing Party. 

2.5 Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery Material from a 

Producing Party. 

2.6 Producing Party: a Party or non-party that produces Disclosure or Discovery 

Material in this Action. 

2.7 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." 

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

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"Confidential" or as "Highly Confidential – Attorneys' Eyes Only." 

2.9 Outside Counsel: attorneys who are not employees of a Party, but who are 

retained to represent or advise a Party in this Action. 

2.10 In-House Counsel: attorneys who are employees of a Party. 

2.11 Counsel (without qualifier): Outside Counsel and In-House Counsel (as well as 

their support staffs). 

2.12 Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter pertinent 

to the Action who has been retained by a Party or its Counsel to serve as an expert witness or as a 

consultant in this Action and who is not a past or a current employee of a Party or of a competitor of a 

Party's and who, at the time of retention, is not anticipated to become an employee of a Party or a 

competitor of a Party. This definition includes a professional jury or trial consultant retained in 

connection with this Action. 

2.13 Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation support 

services (e.g., photocopying; videotaping; translating; preparing exhibits or demonstrations; 

organizing, storing, retrieving data in any form or medium; etc.) and their employees and 

subcontractors. 

3. SCOPE

The protections conferred by this Order cover not only Protected Material (as defined above), 

but also any information copied or extracted therefrom, as well as all copies, excerpts, summaries, or 

compilations thereof, plus testimony, conversations, or presentations by Parties or Counsel to or in 

court or in other settings that might reveal Protected Material. 

4. DURATION

Even after the termination of this Action, 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. 

5. DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL

5.1 Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for Protection. Each 

Designating Party designates information or items for protection under this Order must take care to 

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limit any such designation to specific material that qualifies under the appropriate standards. 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, or as otherwise stipulated or ordered, 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 (apart from transcripts of 

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

"CONFIDENTIAL" or "HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY" on each 

document that contains protected material. Unless otherwise indicated, the designation of 

confidentiality shall apply to the entire document. If only a portion or portions of the document 

qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify the protected portion(s) and 

must specify, for each portion, the level of protection being asserted (either "CONFIDENTIAL" or 

"HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY"). 

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

that the Party or non-party offering or sponsoring the testimony identify on the record, before the close 

of the deposition, hearing, or other proceeding, all Protected Material, and further specify any portions 

of the testimony that qualify as "HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY." When 

it is impractical to identify separately each portion of testimony that is entitled to protection, and when 

it appears that substantial portions of the testimony may qualify for protection, the Party or non-party 

that sponsors, offers, or gives the testimony may invoke on the record (before the deposition or 

proceeding is concluded) a right to designate the entire testimony or particular topic thereof 

"CONFIDENTIAL" or "HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY". Testimony in 

a deposition may also be designated “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL– 

ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY” by notifying the deposing party in writing within fourteen (14) days of 

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the receipt of the transcript of those pages and lines or those exhibits that are “CONFIDENTIAL” or 

“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY,” as the case may be. No deposition 

may be read by anyone other than the deponent, the attorneys for the parties, and those qualified to see 

“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY” material under Paragraph 7 during the 

fourteen (14) day period following a deposition unless otherwise agreed upon among the Outside 

Counsel. Upon being informed that certain portions of a deposition disclose either 

“CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL– ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY” information, 

each party must cause each copy of the transcript in its custody or control to be marked immediately. 

Transcript pages containing Protected Material must contain on each page the 

legend "CONFIDENTIAL" or "HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY," as 

instructed by the Party or non-party offering or sponsoring the witness or presenting the testimony. 

(c) for electronic documents and other electronic files, that the Producing 

Party affix the legend "CONFIDENTIAL" or "HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS' EYES 

ONLY" as appropriate to the media containing the documents, or by indicating in writing those 

documents designated as "CONFIDENTIAL" or "HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS' 

EYES ONLY" 

(d) 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." If only portions of the information or 

item warrant protection, the Producing Party, to the extent practicable, shall identify the protected 

portions, specifying whether they qualify as "Confidential" or as "Highly Confidential — Attorneys' 

Eyes Only." 

5.3 Inadvertent Failures to Designate. The inadvertent or unintentional production 

by any Producing Party, or any third party subject to an obligation of confidentiality, of confidential 

material or information without designating such material or information as "Confidential" or "Highly 

Confidential -- Attorneys' Eyes Only" shall not be deemed a waiver in whole or in part of a party's 

claim of confidentiality, either as to that specific information or as to any other information. In the 

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event that a Producing Party discovers that it or a third party subject to an obligation of confidentiality 

inadvertently or unintentionally provided confidential information without designation, that party shall 

promptly, by letter sent to opposing counsel, designate all documents or portions thereto containing 

such information as "Confidential" or "Highly Confidential -- Attorneys' Eyes Only" subject to the 

protections of this Stipulated Protective Order, and the opposing parties shall treat all documents or 

portions thereto containing such information as "Confidential" or "Highly Confidential -- Attorneys' 

Eyes Only." If inadvertently or unintentionally provided confidential information has been disclosed 

by the opposing parties in any filing, motion, hearing, trial or proceeding, then the opposing parties, 

after being duly notified by letter, shall, to the extent necessary designate all documents or portions 

containing such information as "Confidential" or "Highly Confidential -- Attorneys' Eyes Only". To 

the extent this confidential information was submitted in a filing or motion, the party submitting the 

filing shall cooperate in any motion or request to the Court to seal such information, in accordance 

with the Court's rules and procedures. 

The inadvertent or unintentional production of documents subject to work product 

immunity, trade secret immunity, or the attorney-client privilege shall not constitute a waiver of the 

immunity or privilege, provided that the Producing Party (or the party holding the privilege or 

immunity if produced by a third party such as an outside law firm) promptly after learning of the 

production notifies the receiving party in writing of such inadvertent production. No party to this 

Action thereafter shall assert that such inadvertent disclosure alone waived any privilege or immunity. 

Absent court order or agreement of the parties to the contrary, no use shall be made of such documents 

during deposition, at trial, or in any filing or motion, nor shall they be shown to anyone who was not 

given access to them prior to the request to return or destroy them. The receiving parties will return 

such inadvertently produced items and all copies within seven (7) days of the earliest of (a) discovery 

by the receiving party of its inadvertent production, or (b) receiving a written request from the 

producing party for the return of such items. The return of such items shall not be construed as an 

agreement by the returning party that the information is, in fact, protected by any privilege or 

immunity. The receiving party, having so returned the items, may thereafter seek production of any 

such documents in accordance with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (without asserting waiver 

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based solely on their inadvertent production). Nothing in this Stipulated Protective Order shall be 

construed to require the production of any information, document, or thing that a party contends is 

protected from disclosure by any privilege or immunity. 

6. CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS

6.1. Any party may object to the designation of particular "Confidential" or "Highly 

Confidential -- Attorneys' Eyes Only" information by giving written notice to the party designating the 

disputed information. The written notice shall identify the information to which the objection is made. 

If the parties cannot resolve the objection, it shall be the obligation of the party challenging the 

"Confidential" or "Highly Confidential -- Attorneys' Eyes Only" designation to file and serve a motion 

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

the challenged material and sets forth in detail the basis for the challenge. Each such motion must be 

accompanied by a competent declaration that affirms that the movant has complied with the meet and 

confer requirements imposed in Section 6.2 below. Until the Court rules on the challenge, 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. 

6.2 Meet and Confer. A Party that elects to initiate a challenge to a Designating 

Party's confidentiality designation must do so in good faith and must begin the process by conferring 

with the Designating Party. 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 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. 

7. PRESERVATION 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-parry in connection with this case only for 

prosecuting, defending, or attempting to settle this Action. Such Protected Material may be disclosed 

only to the categories of persons and under the conditions described in this Order. When the Action 

has been terminated, a Receiving Party must comply with the provisions of Section 11 below (FINAL 

DISPOSITION). 

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

ONLY” information shall be maintained under the control of Outside Counsel, who shall be 

responsible for preventing any disclosure thereof except in accordance with the terms of 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 to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the information 

for this Action; 

(b) the officers, directors, and employees (including In-House Counsel) of 

the Receiving Parry to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action; 

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

disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action and who have signed the "Agreement to Be Bound 

by Protective Order" (Exhibit A); 

(d) the Court and its personnel; 

(e) court reporters, their staffs, and Professional Vendors to whom 

disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action; 

(f) during their depositions, witnesses in the Action to whom disclosure is 

reasonably necessary for this Action. 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 Order. 

(g) Each person the document or information identifies as an author, source 

or recipient of such document or information. 

(h) Any person that evidence demonstrates to have already viewed the 

information or document or been told of its content, provided that the party desiring such disclosure 

first provide seven (7) days advanced written notice to the Designating Party of the planned disclosure 

describing precisely what is to be disclosed, to whom it will be disclosed, and the evidentiary basis for 

believing the document or information has already been disclosed to such person. Should the 

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designating party object to such disclosure within the seven days, disclosure shall not be made under 

this provision. 

7.3 Disclosure of "HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL — ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY" 

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" only to: 

(a) The Receiving Party's Outside Counsel of record in this Action, as well 

as employees of said Outside Counsel to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the information 

for this Action; 

(b) Experts (as defined in this Order) (1) to whom disclosure is reasonably 

necessary for this Action, (2) who have signed the "Agreement to Be Bound by Protective Order" 

(Exhibit A), and (3) as to whom the procedures set forth in Section 7.4 below, have been followed; 

(c) The Court and its personnel; 

(d) Court reporters, their staffs, and Professional Vendors to whom 

disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action; and 

(e) Each person the document or information identifies as an author, source 

or recipient of such document or information. 

(f) Any person that evidence demonstrates to have already viewed the 

information or document or been told of its content, provided that the party desiring such disclosure 

first provide seven (7) days advanced written notice to the Designating Party of the planned disclosure 

describing precisely what is to be disclosed, to whom it will be disclosed, and the evidentiary basis for 

believing the document or information has already been disclosed to such person. Should the 

designating party object to such disclosure within the seven days, disclosure shall not be made under 

this provision. 

7.4 Procedures for Approving Disclosure of "HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL —

ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY" Information or Items to "Experts"

(a) Unless otherwise ordered by the Court or agreed in writing by the 

Designating Party, a Receiving Party that seeks to disclose to an "Expert" (as defined in this Order) 

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any information or item that has been designated "HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL — ATTORNEYS' 

EYES ONLY" first must make a written request to the Designating Party that (1) identifies the 

"HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL — ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY" information that the Receiving Party 

seeks permission to disclose to the Expert, (2) sets forth the full name of the Expert and the address 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 (by name, address, telephone number and dates of service) 

each person or entity from whom the Expert has received compensation for work in his or her areas of 

expertise or to whom the expert has provided professional services at any time during the preceding 

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

litigation in connection with which the Expert has provided any professional services during the 

preceding five years, and (7) describes the nature of any relationship (purpose and length of 

relationship) that the Expert has or has had with any Party to this Action. 

(b) A Receiving Party that makes a request and provides to the Designating 

Party the information specified in Section 7.4 (a) above may disclose the subject Protected Material to 

the identified Expert unless, within five (5) court days of making the request, the Receiving 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 Receiving Party that receives a timely written objection must meet 

and confer with the Designating Party to try to resolve the matter by agreement. If no agreement is 

reached, the Party challenging the disclosure to 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 a Protective Order 

from the Court to prohibit the disclosure to the Expert. Any such motion must describe the 

circumstances with specificity, set forth in detail the reasons for the challenge, assess the risk of harm 

to the Designating Party that the disclosure would entail, and may suggest any additional means that 

might be used to reduce that risk. In addition, any such motion must be accompanied by a competent 

declaration in which the movant describes the Parties' efforts to resolve the matter by agreement. The 

Receiving Party shall not disclose the designated material to the Expert until the objection is resolved 

by the parties or the Court. Disagreement by the producing party that the Expert is competent to 

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render and admissible opinion in this proceeding is not a valid basis for refusing disclosure. Likewise, 

the disclosure of designated material to an Expert under the terms of this Order may not be used as 

evidence that the Producing Party acquiesced to the expertise or qualifications of the Expert. 

9. 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 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 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 that such 

person or persons execute the "Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound" that is attached hereto 

as Exhibit A. 

10. 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. 

11. FINAL DISPOSITION. Unless otherwise ordered or agreed in writing by the 

Producing Party, within 60 days after the final termination of this Action, each Receiving Party must 

return all Protected Material to the Producing Party. As used in this subdivision, "all Protected 

Material" includes all copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries or any other form of reproducing or 

capturing any of the Protected Material. In lieu of returning to the Producing Party, counsel for a 

Receiving Party may destroy any Protected Material that is intertwined with attorney work product or 

privileged communications. With permission in writing from the Designating Party, the Receiving 

Party may destroy some or all of the Protected Material instead of returning it. 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 verifies all the Protected Material was returned or destroyed and that affirms that the 

Receiving Parry has not retained any copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries or other forms of 

reproducing or capturing any of the Protected Material. Notwithstanding this provision, Counsel are 

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entitled to retain an archival copy of all pleadings, motion papers, deposition and hearing transcripts, 

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

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

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

12. MISCELLANEOUS

12.1 Right to Further Relief. Nothing in this Order abridges the right of any person 

to seek its modification by the Court in the future. The Parties may by stipulation provide for 

exceptions to this Order, provided that such stipulation is presented to the Court as a Consent Order, 

and any Party may seek an order of this Court modifying or interpreting this Order. 

12.2 Right to Assert Other Objections. By stipulating to the entry of this 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 Order or from asserting that certain discovery materials 

should receive greater confidentiality protection than that provided herein, in accordance with Rule 

26(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Similarly, no Party waives any right to object on any 

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

12.3 Enforcement

In the event anyone shall violate or threaten to violate the terms of this Stipulated 

Protective Order, subject to meet and confer obligations in the Court's Local Rules, the aggrieved 

party may apply to obtain injunctive relief against any such person, and in such event, the respondent, 

subject to the terms of this Order, shall not employ as a defense thereto the claim that the aggrieved 

party possesses an adequate remedy at law. The parties and any other person subject to the terms of 

this Order agree that this Court shall retain jurisdiction over the Order and the parties for the purpose 

of enforcing the Order. 

12.4 No Waiver

Nothing in this Stipulated Protective Order, or the taking of any action in accordance 

with the provisions of this Order, or the failure to object thereto, shall be construed as a waiver or 

admission of any claim or defense in the Action. The failure to object to a designation shall not 

constitute an admission by the receiving party that the designated information is in fact trade secret or 

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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 

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proprietary information. This Protective Order shall not in any way limit what a party may do or 

disclose with its own documents or information. Nothing in this Order shall be deemed to preclude a 

party from seeking and obtaining, on an appropriate showing, different or additional protections or 

relief regarding matter designated as containing "CONFIDENTIAL" or "HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL 

-- ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY" information. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD 

DATED: September 13, 2006 TOWNSEND AND TOWNSEND AND CREW LLP 

 /s/ Igor Shoiket 

TOWNSEND AND TOWNSEND AND CREW LLP 

J. GEORG SEKA (State Bar No. 40069) 

IGOR SHOIKET (State Bar No. 190066) 

PRIYA SREENIVASAN (State Bar No. 232649) 

Two Embarcadero Center, 8th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94111 

Telephone: (415) 576-0200 

Facsimile: (415) 576-0300 

Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counterdefendant 

SICK A.G. 

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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 

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DATED: September 13, 2006 COATS & BENNETT, P.L.L.C. 

 /s/ Anthony J. Biller 

COATS & BENNETT, P.L.L.C. 

David E. Bennett, Esq., Pro Hac Vice

Anthony J. Biller, Esq., Pro Hac Vice

Michael D. Murphy, Esq., Pro Hac Vice 

dbennet@coatsandbennet.com 

abiller@coatsandbennet.com 

mmurphy@coatsandbennet.com 

1400 Crescent Green, Suite 300 

Cary, NC 27511 

Telephone: (919) 854-1844 

Facsimile: (919)-854-2084 

PRESTON GATES & ELLIS LLP 

Elaine Y. Chow (State Bar No. 194063) 

echow@prestongates.com 

55 Second St., #1700 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

Phone: (415) 882-8200 

Fax: (415) 882-8220 

Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaimant 

SCIENTIFIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: 

 The Honorable Claudia Wilken 

 United States District Court Judge 

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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 

Case No. C C06-2028 CW (MEJ)

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 (the “Order”) that was issued by the United States District Court for the Northern 

District of California on [date] in the case of C06-2028 CW (MEJ) (the “Action”). I agree to comply 

with and to be bound by all the terms of this 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 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 Order, even if such 

enforcement proceedings occur after termination of this Action. 

Date: 

City and State where sworn and signed: 

Printed name: 

 [printed name] 

Signature: 

 [signature] 

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PROOF OF SERVICE 

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I, Igor Shoiket, attest that concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from 

counsel for defendant. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of 

America that the foregoing is true and correct. 

Executed this 13th day of September, 2006 at San Francisco, California. 

 /s/ Igor Shoiket 

 IGOR SHOIKET 

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