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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Other Contract

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1 MORGENSTEIN & JUBELIRER LLP

ROBERT B. MULLEN (CSB #136346)

CHRISTOPHER D. LEGRAS (CSB #234958)

One Market, Spear Street Tower, 32nd Floor

San Francisco, CA 94105

Telephone: (415) 901-8700

Facsimile: (415) 901-8701

Attorneys for Defendant

P. TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROBERT R. CREAGER, an individual

Plaintiff STIPULATION AND (PROPOSED)

PROTECTIVE ORDER

Case No. : C 05-01985 JSW

MASUO YOSHIMOTO, an individual; M.

15 TECHNOLOGIES, INC. , a corporation;

and M2M , INC. , a corporation

Defendants.

PURPOSE AND LIMITATIONS

Disclosure and discovery activity in this action are likely to involve production of

21 confidential , proprietary, or private information for which special protection from public

22 disclosure and from use for any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation would be

23 warranted. Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to and petition the court to enter the

24 following Stipulated Protective Order. The parties acknowledge that this Order does not

25 confer blanket protections on all disclosures or responses to discovery and that the

26 protection it affords extends only to the limited information or items that are entitled

27 under the applicable legal principles to treatment as confidential. The parties further

28 acknowledge, as set forth in Section 10 below, that this Stipulated Protective Order

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creates no entitlement to file confidential information under seal; Civil Local Rule 79-

sets forth the procedures that must be followed and reflects the standards that will be

applied when a party seeks permission from the court to file material under seal.

DEFINITIONS

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

6 employees, consultants, retained experts, and outside counsel (and their support staff).

Disclosure or Discoverv Material : all items or information , regardless

of the medium or manner generated , stored , or maintained (including, among other

9 things, testimony, transcripts, or tangible things) that are produced or generated in

10 disclosures or responses to discovery in this matter.

Confidential" Information or Items: information (regardless of how

12 generated , stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for protection under

13 standards developed under F.R.Civ. P. 26(c).

2.4 Receivinq Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery

15 Material from a Producing Party.

Producinq Party: a Party or non-party that produces Disclosure or

17 Discovery Material in this action.

Desiqnatinq Party: a Party or non-party that designates information

19 or items that it produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as "ConfidentiaL"

Protected Material : any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is

designated as "ConfidentiaL"

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

23 who are retained to represent or advise a Party in this action.

House Counsel : attorneys who are employees of a Party.

10 Counsel (without qualifier): Outside Counsel and House Counsel (as

26 well as their support staffs).

Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a

28 matter pertinent to the litigation who has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve

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as an expert witness or as a consultant in this action and who is not a past or 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 s. This

definition includes a professional jury or trial consultant retained in connection with this

litigation.

12 Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation

support services (e. photocopying; videotaping; preparing exhibits or demonstrations;

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

subcontractors.

SCOPE

The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only Protected

12 Material (as defined above), but also any information copied or extracted therefrom, as

13 well as all copies , excerpts, summaries, or compilations thereof, plus testimony,

14 conversations, or presentations by parties or counsel to or in court or in other settings

15 that might reveal Protected Material.

DURATION

Even after the termination of this litigation , the confidentiality obligations imposed

18 by this Order shall remain in effect until a Designating Party agrees otherwise in writing

19 or a court order otherwise directs.

DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL

Exercise of Restraint and Care in Desiqnatinq Material for

22 Protection . Each Party or non-party that designates information or items for protection

23 under this Order must take care to limit any such designation to specific material that

24 qualifies under the appropriate standards. A Designating Party must take care to

25 designate for protection only those parts of material , documents, items , or oral or written

26 communications that qualify - so that other portions of the material, documents, items , or

27 communications for which protection is not warranted are not swept unjustifiably within

28 the ambit of this Order.

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If it comes to a Party s or a non-party s attention that information or items

that it designated for protection do not qualify for protection at all, that Party or non-party

must promptly notify all other parties that it is withdrawing the mistaken designation.

Manner and Timinq of Desiqnations . Except as otherwise provided

in this Order (see, e. second paragraph of section 5.2(a), below), 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

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

legend "CONFIDENTIAL" at the top of each page that contains protected material. If the

12 Producing Party would like to protect only a portion or portions of the material, the

13 Producing Party should clearly identify the protected portion(s) (e. by making

14 appropriate markings in the margins).

A Party or non-party that makes original documents or materials

16 available for inspection need not designate them for protection until after the inspecting

17 Party has indicated which material it would like copied and produced. During the

18 inspection and before the designation , all of the material made available for inspection

19 shall be deemed "CONFIDENTIAL." After the inspecting Party has identified the

20 documents it wants copied and produced , the Producing Party must determine which

document, or portions thereof, qualify for protection under this Order, and make the

22 appropriate designation as "CONFIDENTIAL" before producing the specified documents.

(b) for testimony qiven in deposition or in other pretrial or trial

24 proceedinqs, that the Party or non-party offering or sponsoring the testimony identify on

25 the record , before the close of the deposition, hearing, or other proceeding, all protected

26 testimony. When it is impractical to identify separately each portion of testimony that is

27 entitled to protection , and when it appears that substantial portions of the testimony may

28 qualify for protection , the Party or non-party that sponsors, offers or gives the testimony

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may invoke on the record (before the deposition or proceeding is concluded) a right to

have up to 30 days to identify the specific portions of the testimony as to which

protection is sought. Only those portions of the testimony that are designated for

protection within the 30 days shall be covered by the provisions of this Stipulated

Protective Order.

Transcript pages containing Protected Material must be separately bound

by the court reporter, who must affix to the top of each such page the legend

8 "CONFIDENTIAL " as instructed by the Party or non-party offering or sponsoring the

witness or presenting the testimony.

(c) for information produced in some form other than

documentary. and for any other tanqible items , that the Producing Party affix in a

12 prominent place on the exterior of the container or containers in which the information or

13 item is stored the legend "CONFIDENTIAL." If only portions of the information or item

14 warrant protection , the Producing Party, to the extent practicable, shall identify the

15 protected portions as "ConfidentiaL"

Inadvertent Failures to Desiqnate . If timely corrected , an

inadvertent failure to designate information or items as "Confidential" does not, standing

alone, waive the Designating Party s right to secure protection under this Order for such

material. If material is designated as "Confidential" after the material was initially

produced , the Receiving Party, on timely notification of the designation , must make

reasonable efforts to assure that the material is treated in accordance with the provisions

of this Order.

In the event the Receiving Party receives such notice of a "Confidential"

designation three days or less before the Receiving Party includes the subject material in

a court fiing, the Receiving Party shall not be sanctioned for any failure to follow sealing

procedures required by this Stipulated Protective Order.

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CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS

Timinq of Challenqes . Unless a prompt challenge to a Designating

3 Party s confidentiality designation is necessary to avoid foreseeable substantial

4 unfairness, unnecessary economic burdens , or a later significant disruption or delay of

the litigation , a Party does not waive its right to challenge a confidentiality designation by

electing not to mount a challenge promptly after the original designation is disclosed.

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 directly (in voice to voice dialogue; other forms of

10 communication are not sufficient) with counsel for the Designating Party. In conferring,

11 the challenging Party must explain the basis for its belief that the confidentiality

12 designation was not proper and must give the Designating Party an opportunity to review

13 the designated material , to reconsider the circumstances, and , if no change in

14 designation is offered , to explain the basis for the chosen designation. A challenging

15 Party may proceed to the next stage of the challenge process only if it has engaged in

16 this meet and confer process first.

Judicial Intervention . A Party that elects to press a challenge to a

18 confidentiality designation after considering the justification offered by the Designating

19 Party may file and serve a motion under Civil Local Rule 7 (and in compliance with Civil

20 Local Rule 79- , 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

22 competent declaration that affirms that the movant has complied with the meet and

23 confer requirements imposed in the preceding paragraph and that sets forth with

24 specificity the justification for the confidentiality designation that was given by the

25 Designating Party in the meet and confer dialogue.

The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be on

27 the Designating Party. Until the court rules on the challenge, all parties shall continue to

28 treat the material in question as confidential.

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ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL

Basic Principles. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that

is disclosed or produced by another Party or by a non-party in connection with this case

only for prosecuting, defending, or attempting to settle this liigation. Such Protected

Material may be disclosed only to the categories of persons and under the conditions

described in this Order. When the litigation has been terminated, a Receiving Party

must comply with the provisions of section 11 , below (FINAL DISPOSITION).

Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving Party at

a location and in a secure manner that ensures that access is limited to the persons

10 authorized under this Order.

Disclosure of "CONFIDENTIAL" Information or Items. Unless

12 otherwise ordered by the court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a

13 Receiving Party may disclose any information or item designated CONFIDENTIAL only

14 to:

(a) the Receiving Party s Outside Counsel of record in this

16 action, as well as employees of said Counsel to whom it is reasonably necessary to

17 disclose the information for this litigation;

(b) the officers, directors, and employees (including House

19 Counsel) of the Receiving Party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this

20 litigation;

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

22 whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation and who have signed the

23 "Agreement to Be Bound by Protective Order" (Exhibit A);

(d)

(e)

the Court and its personnel;

court reporters, their staffs, and professional vendors to

26 whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation;

(f) during their depositions, witnesses in the action to whom

28 disclosure is reasonably necessary and who have signed the "Agreement to Be Bound

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by Protective Order" (Exhibit A). 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 Stipulated

Protective Order.

(g)

translators of the information , and , during deposition

translators for witnesses testifying regarding the information, who have signed the

7 "Agreement to Be Bound by Protective Order" (Exhibit A).

(h) the author of the document or the original source of the

information.

PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED PRODUCED 

OTHER LITIGATION

If a Receiving Party is served with a subpoena or an order issued in other

13 litigation that would compel disclosure of any information or items designated in this

14 action as "CONFIDENTIAL " the Receiving Party must so notify the Designating Party, in

15 writing (by fax, if possible) immediately and in no event more than three court days after

16 receiving the subpoena or order. Such notification must include a copy of the subpoena

17 or court order.

The Receiving Party also must immediately inform in writing the Party who

19 caused the subpoena or order to issue in the other litigation that some or all of the

20 material covered by the subpoena or order is the subject of a Protective Order. In

addition , the Receiving Party must deliver a copy of this Stipulated Protective Order

22 promptly to the Party in the other action that caused the subpoena or order to issue.

The purpose of imposing these duties is to alert the interested parties to the

24 existence of this Protective Order and to afford the Designating Party in this case an

25 opportunity to try to protect its confidentiality interests in the court from which the

26 subpoena or ordered issued. The Designating Party shall bear the burdens and the

27 expenses of seeking protection in that court of its confidential material - and nothing 

28 these provisions should be construed as authorizing or encouraging a Receiving Party in

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this action to disobey a lawful directive from another court.

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

Stipulated Protective Order, that 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 terms of this Order, and (d) request such

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

10 attached hereto as Exhibit A.

10. FILING PROTECTED MATERIAL. Without written permission from the

12 Designating Party or a court order secured after appropriate notice to all interested

13 persons, a Party may not file in the public record in this action any Protected Material. A

14 Party that seeks to file under seal any Protected Material must comply with Civil Local

15 Rule 79-

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

17 the Producing Party, within sixty days after the final termination of this action (including

18 appellate review), each Receiving Party must destroy, or return to the Producing Party,

19 all Protected Material. As used in this subdivision

, 

all Protected Material" includes all

20 copies, abstracts , compilations, summaries or any other form of reproducing or capturing

any of the Protected Material. Whether the Protected Materials is returned or destroyed

22 the Receiving Party must submit a written certification to the Producing Party (and , if not

23 the same person or entity, to the Designating Party) by the sixty day deadline that

24 identifies (by category, where appropriate) all the Protected Material that was returned or

25 destroyed and that affirms that the Receiving Party has not retained any copies,

26 abstracts, compilations, summaries or other forms of reproducing or capturing any of the

27 Protected Material. Notwithstanding this provision , Counsel are entitled to retain an

28 archival copy of all pleadings, motion papers, transcripts, legal memoranda

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

12. MISCELLANEOUS

12. Riqht to Further Relief. Nothing in this Order abridges the right of

any person to seek its modification by the Court in the future.

12. Riqht to Assert Other Obiections . 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 any ground not addressed in this Stipulated

10 Protective Order. Similarly, no Party waives any right to object on any ground to use in

11 evidence of any of the material covered by this Protective Order.

12 IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.

14 DATED: March 6, 2006 COTCHETT, PITRE, SIMON

& MCCARTHY

By Isl Laura Schlictmann

Laura Schlichtmann

Attorneys for Plaintiff

ROBERT R. CREAGER

20 DATED: March 6, 2006 MORGENSTEIN & JUBELIRER LLP

By Isl Robert B. Mullen

Robert B. Mullen

Attorneys for Defendant

P. TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED:

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By Isl Brian Gearinqer

Brian Gearinger

Attorneys for Defendants

MASUO YOSHIMOTO and M2M , INC.

Hon. Jeffrey S. White

United States District Judge

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EXHIBIT A

ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND

(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 that was issued by the United States

District Court for the Northern District of California on (date) in the case of Robert 

Creager v. Masuo Yoshimoto, et a/. Case No. C05-01985 JSW. I agree to comply with

and to be bound by all the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order and I understand and

10 acknowledge that failure to so comply could expose me to sanctions and punishment in

11 the nature of contempt. I solemnly promise that I wil not disclose in any manner any

12 information or item that is subject to this Stipulated Protective Order to any person or

13 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

15 the Northern District of California for the purpose of enforcing the terms of this Stipulated

16 Protective Order, even if such enforcement proceedings occur after termination of this

17 action.

I hereby appoint (print or type full name) of

(print or type full address and telephone number) as

20 my California agent for service of process in connection with this action or any

proceedings related to enforcement of this Stipulated Protective Order.

23 Date:

24 City and State where sworn and signed:

25 Printed name:

(printed name)

Signature:

(signature)

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