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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:2201 Declaratory Judgement

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO FILE DOCUMENTS UNDER SEAL

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HOWREY LLP

WILLIAM C. ROOKLIDGE (SBN 134483)

RUSSELL B. HILL (SBN 190070)

JESSE D. MULHOLLAND (SBN 222393)

HOWREY LLP

2020 Main Street, Suite 1000

Irvine, California 92614

Telephone: (949) 721-6900

Facsimile: (949) 721-6910

rooklidgew@howrey.com

hillr@howrey.com

mulhollandj@howrey.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING, INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING, INC., a 

Delaware corporation,

Plaintiff,

vs.

JAN R. COYLE, an individual, and KOLBET 

LABS, a Nevada sole proprietorship,

Defendant.

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Case No. C 01-4853 MJJ and Consolidated 

Case No. C 05-0619 MJJ

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

TO FILE DOCUMENTS UNDER SEAL

Judge: Hon. Martin J. Jenkins

Hearing: November 1, 2005

Time: 9:30 a.m.

Courtroom: 11, 19th Floor

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In order to protect Defendants Jan R. Coyle’s and Kolbet Labs’ privacy and the confidentiality 

of their personal and financial information, Plaintiff and Defendants request permission to file certain 

documents, which apply to a declaration filed in support of the hearing on November 1, 2005, under 

seal in conjunction with its Motion for Sanctions. The relevant documents are marked 

“CONFIDENTIAL” pursuant to the Court’s April 4, 2005 Protective Order entered in this case. A 

copy of the Protective Order is attached hereto as Exhibit A. Pursuant to Civil Local Rules 7-11 and 

79-5(d) Plaintiff therefore requests permission to file under seal the following document and exhibits:

1. Exhibit C to the Declaration of William C. Rooklidge (“Rooklidge Decl.”), a copy of 

the 1997 Confidential Disclosure Agreement Between Jan R. Coyle and Gradco (Japan) Ltd. a 

corporation of Japan and Gradco (USA) Inc. a corporation of California. EFI received this letter from 

Defendants on January 16, 2004 in response to Plaintiff’s First Set of Requests for Production, and 

Defendants designated the document “CONFIDENTIAL” under this Court’s April 4, 2005 Protective 

Order.

2. Exhibit D to the Rooklidge Declaration, a copy of a letter dated April 16, 1998 from 

Newton Lee to Martin Tash and Bernard Bressler on Gradco (USA) Inc. letterhead. EFI received this 

letter from Defendants on January 16, 2004 in response to Plaintiff’s First Set of Requests for 

Production, and Defendants designated the document “CONFIDENTIAL” under this Court’s April 4, 

2005 Protective Order.

3. Exhibit E to the Rooklidge Declaration, a copy of a January 26, 2000 fax message from 

Newton Lee to Terry Hashimoto with attached “descriptive materials” from Dan Kolbet and Dr. Bill 

Avery disclosing the Coyle Technology. EFI received this fax and attachment from Defendants on 

January 16, 2004 in response to Plaintiff’s First Set of Requests for Production, and Defendants 

designated the document “CONFIDENTIAL” under this Court’s April 4, 2005 Protective Order.

4. Exhibit F to the Rooklidge Declaration, a copy of a May 27, 1998 letter from Newton 

Lee to Martin Tash and Bernard Bressler on Gradco (USA) Inc. letterhead. EFI received this letter 

from Defendants on January 16, 2004 in response to Plaintiff’s First Set of Requests for Production, 

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and Defendants designated the document “CONFIDENTIAL” under this Court’s April 4, 2005 

Protective Order.

5. Exhibit H to the Rooklidge declaration, a copy of a July 14, 2000 OEM Agreement 

entered into between Artifex Software, Inc. and Jan R. Coyle. The agreement was received pursuant to 

discovery requests in this case, and Defendants designated the document “CONFIDENTIAL” under

this Court’s April 4, 2005 Protective Order.

IT IS SO STIPULATED by the undersigned counsel.

Dated: September 23, 2005 Respectfully submitted,

HOWREY LLP

By: /s/

William C. Rooklidge

Attorneys for Plaintiff

ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING, INC. 

SANTORO, DRIGGS, WALCH, KEARNEY,

JOHNSON & THOMPSON

By: /s/

James D. Boyle

Attorneys for JAN R. COYLE AND 

KOLBET LABS

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

The Court hereby ORDERS that Plaintiff and Defendants’ Miscellaneous Administrative 

Request is GRANTED to protect Defendant Jan R. Coyle’s privacy and the confidentiality of his 

financial information and for court convenience. The Clerk of the Court shall file under seal relevant 

portions of the Declaration of William C. Rooklidge in Support of EFI’s Motion for Sanctions

including Exhibit C, Exhibit D, Exhibit E, Exhibit F and Exhibit H. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: September, 2005

BY THE COURT,

By:

Honorable Martin J. Jenkins

United States District Court

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PROOF OF SERVICE

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

COUNTY OF ORANGE

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I am employed in the County of Orange, State of California. I am over the age of 18 and not a 

party to the within action. My business address is 2020 Main Street, Suite 1000, Irvine, California

92614.

On September 23, 2005, I served on the interested parties in said action the within:

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO FILE DOCUMENTS UNDER SEAL

by electronically forwarding the above documents in Adobe Acrobat format to the below 

recipients:

James D. Boyle, Esq.

Santoro, Driggs, Walch, Kearney, Johnson & Thompson

400 South Fourth Street, Third Floor

Las Vegas, NV 89101

E-mail: jboyle@nevadafirm.com

James Tatum

Santoro, Driggs, Walch, Kearney, Johnson & Thompson

400 South Fourth Street, Third Floor

Las Vegas, NV 89101

E-mail: jtatum@nevadafirm.com

(E-MAIL) I caused the foregoing document to be served by electronic transmission to each 

interested party at the e-mail addresses shown as stated above.

I declare under penalty of perjury that I am employed in the office of a member of the bar of 

this Court at whose direction the service was made and that the foregoing is true and correct.

Executed on September 23, 2005, at Irvine, California.

Serap Karaman-Stothers /s/

(Type or print name) (Signature)

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