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Parties Involved:
Michael R. Hsing
Defendant
Micrel, Incorporated
Plaintiff
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.
Defendant
James C. Moyer
Defendant

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MARK E. MILLER (S.B. #130200) – markmiller@omm.com

DARIN W. SNYDER (S.B. #136003) – dsnyder@omm.com

THOMAS B. REES (S.B. #233348) – trees@omm.com

O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP

Embarcadero Center West

275 Battery Street

San Francisco, CA 94111-3305

Telephone: (415) 984-8700

Facsimile: (415) 984-8701

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

MICREL, INCORPORATED

THOMAS J. FRIEL, JR. (S.B. #80065) – tfriel@cooley.com

MATTHEW J. BRIGHAM (S.B. #191428) – mbrigham@cooley.com

COOLEY GODWARD LLP

Five Palo Alto Square

3000 El Camino Real

Palo Alto, CA 94306

Telephone: (650) 843-5000

Facsimile: (650) 857-0663

Attorneys for Defendants 

MONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEMS, INC., 

MICHAEL R. HSING, and JAMES C. MOYER

JEFFERY ANNE TATUM (S.B. #83060) - jatatum@tatumgc.com

GENERAL COUNSEL SERVICES

P.O. Box 988

Aptos, CA 95001

Telephone: (831) 768-7481

Facsimile: (831) 768-7528

Attorney for Defendant

MONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEMS, INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

MICREL, INCORPORATED, a 

Delaware Corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.

MONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEMS, 

INC., a Delaware Corporation, 

MICHAEL R. HSING, JAMES C. 

MOYER, and DOES 1-20 inclusive,

Defendants.

Case No. CV-04-04770 JSW (JCS)

[PROPOSED]

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Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26, and it appearing that discovery in 

the above-entitled Action will involve the disclosure of confidential information, it is 

hereby stipulated by and between the Parties through their respective counsel and ordered 

that the following Protective Order be entered to give effect to the terms and conditions 

set forth below:

1.0 Definitions

1.1 “Micrel” means Micrel, Incorporated.

1.2 “MPS” means Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.

1.3 “Hsing” means Michael R. Hsing.

1.4 “Moyer” means James C. Moyer.

1.5 “Designating Party” means Micrel, MPS, Hsing, or Moyer, or any NonParty producing documents or information under this Protective Order.

1.6 “Receiving Party” means Micrel, MPS, Hsing, or Moyer.

1.7 “Protected Information” includes documents produced during discovery, 

answers to interrogatories, responses to requests for admissions, depositions, hearing or 

trial transcripts, tangible things, the information contained therein and all copies, notes, 

abstracts, excerpts, analyses or other writings that contain, reflect or disclose such

information, and includes the following categories of information:

1.7.1 “Confidential” designates information that a Designating Party

believes to contain (a) proprietary business, financial, or technical information not 

readily available to competitors, potential competitors, and/or other third parties, or 

(b) personal or other information furnished to the Designating Party in confidence 

by any third party, which information is not known or freely accessible to the

general public.

1.7.2 “Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes Only” designates information that 

the Designating Party reasonably believes contains proprietary business, financial, 

or technical information the disclosure of which is likely to cause harm to the 

competitive position of the Designating Party. Such information may fall into one 

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or more of the following categories, provided that information falling within these 

categories may not, solely by virtue of that fact, be appropriately designated

Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes Only:

1.7.2.1 Future Business Plans

1.7.2.2 Current Business Plans

1.7.2.3 New Product Development

1.7.2.4 New Business Development (for old products)

1.7.2.5 Trade Secrets (as defined by California law)

1.7.2.6 Proprietary Engineering Information (not generally

available to the public)

1.7.2.7 Competitor Market Analyses

1.7.2.8 Customer Lists; Costs

1.7.2.9 Internal Financial/Accounting Information

1.7.2.10 Operations Information

1.7.2.11 Distributor Agreements

1.7.2.12 License Agreements

1.7.2.13 Foundry Agreements

1.7.2.14 Development Agreements

1.7.2.15 Agreements With Sales Representatives

1.7.2.16 Prices Charged To Customers

1.7.2.17 Business Relationships With Third Parties

1.7.3 Protected Information shall not include:

1.7.3.1 information that is in the public domain at the time of 

disclosure;

1.7.3.2 information which after disclosure is published or becomes 

part of the public domain through no fault of a Party receiving information 

under this Protective Order, but only after it is published or comes into the 

public domain;

1.7.3.3 information that is in the possession of a Party receiving 

such information without any confidentiality obligations at the time of

disclosure; or

1.7.3.4 information disclosed by a third party having the legal 

right to do so.

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1.8 “Document” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure Rule 34(a).

1.9 “Employees” means full-time employees and also temporary personnel who 

are providing secretarial, clerical, and/or administrative services only.

2.0 Designations of Protected Information

2.1 Each Designating Party who produces or discloses any material that the 

Designating Party reasonably believes to comprise Protected Information may designate 

the same Confidential, or Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes Only.

2.2 Documents may be designated as Confidential only if, prior to production, 

the document is clearly marked on every page or item with a legend which states:

CONFIDENTIAL

2.3 Documents may be designated as Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes Only only 

if, prior to production, the document is clearly marked on every page or item with a 

legend which states:

CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY

2.4 Answers to Interrogatories may be designated as the appropriate category of 

Protected Information by a statement made on the cover page and by a designation in each 

answer indicating that the answer includes and identifying the appropriate category of 

Protected Information.

2.5 Counsel of record shall exert their best efforts to raise claims of

confidentiality prior to the disclosure of Protected Information.

2.6 A Designating Party that inadvertently fails to mark information as

Confidential or Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes Only at the time of production shall have 

ten (10) business days thereafter in which to correct such failure. Any such correction and 

notice thereof shall be made in writing, accompanied by appropriately marked substitute 

copies of such information. Within five (5) business days of receiving the substitute 

copies, the Receiving Party shall return or destroy the unmarked information and all 

copies thereof.

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2.7 All information produced shall be considered and treated as Confidential –

Attorneys’ Eyes Only until expiration of the ten day period specified in Section 2.6.

3.0 Designation of Protected Information in Depositions

3.1 At any deposition session, when counsel of record for a Party deems that a 

question and/or the answer to a question will result in the disclosure of Protected

Information, counsel may designate the portion of the transcript containing such question 

and/or answer as Confidential or Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes Only.

3.1.1 Any portion of a transcript designated as Protected Information shall 

be transcribed separately from the remainder of the transcript of the deposition.

3.1.2 Counsel of record for the Designating Party may also request that all 

persons other than the individuals specified in Section 4.1 or 4.2 of this Protective 

Order, as appropriate, leave the deposition room during the portion of the

deposition in which Protected Information is disclosed. The failure of such other 

persons to comply with a request of this type shall constitute substantial

justification for counsel of record to advise the witness not to answer the question.

3.1.3 Where appropriate in light of the amount of Protected Information 

likely to be disclosed at a given deposition, counsel of record for the Parties

involved in the deposition may agree at the beginning of the deposition that the 

entire transcript shall be designated Confidential or Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes

Only subject to review of the transcript and withdrawal of any unnecessary

Confidential or Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes Only designation within thirty (30) 

days of receipt of the transcript.

3.1.4 Counsel attending a deposition who inadvertently fails to designate 

any portion of the transcript as Protected Information on the record at the

deposition shall have thirty (30) calendar days following the mailing (via overnight 

mail) of the transcript or videotape by the court reporter or videographer to correct

such failure. Such correction and notice thereof shall be made in writing to the 

reporter, with copies to all other counsel, designating the portions of the transcript 

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or videotape that contain Protected Information, and directing the reporter to mark

that portion of the transcript or videotape accordingly.

4.0 Disclosure of Protected Information

4.1 Information designated Confidential may only be disclosed to the following 

persons:

4.1.1 outside counsel of record for Micrel, MPS, Hsing, or Moyer in this 

Action and their Employees who are assisting in this litigation and whose duties 

require access to Protected Information;

4.1.2 independent experts and/or consultants retained by counsel of record 

for Micrel, MPS, Hsing or Moyer, subject to the provisions of Section 5.0 of this 

Protective Order;

4.1.3 not more than one (1) in-house attorney for Micrel or MPS, and 

Employees who are assisting such in-house attorney in this litigation and whose 

duties require access to Protected Information, subject to the provisions of Section 

5.0 of the Protective Order;

4.1.4 not more than one (1) other Employee or representative of each Party 

subject to the provisions of Section 5.0 of this Protective Order;

4.1.5 third parties specifically retained to assist outside counsel in copying 

or computer coding of documents, but only for purposes of copying or computer 

coding Protected Information;

4.1.6 qualified persons taking or recording testimony involving Protected 

Information and their Employees whose duties require access to Protected

Information;

4.1.7 the Court and the Court's staff; and

4.1.8 persons who created or who are shown to have previously received 

the material designated as Confidential information.

4.2 Information designated Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes Only may only be 

disclosed to persons falling within the categories specified in Sections 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.5,

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4.1.6, 4.1.7, and 4.1.8 of this Protective Order for the stated purposes.

4.3 Micrel’s April 1, 2005 Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 2019(d)1 Identification of 

Trade Secrets and Micrel’s supplemental statement served in response to the Order 

announced by the Court at the July 15, 2005 hearing may be disclosed to Michael R. 

Hsing and James C. Moyer, even if designated Confidential – Attorneys’ Eyes Only.

4.4 No person (other than those persons identified in Sections 4.1.1, 4.1.5, 4.1.6,

and 4.1.7) shall have access to Protected Information without having first read,

acknowledged and agreed in writing (in the form of the Declaration for Protective Order 

attached hereto as Exhibit A) to be bound by this Protective Order. A file of all such 

written acknowledgments shall be maintained by the Party obtaining them, and copies of 

such written acknowledgments shall be provided to all counsel of record upon request.

Persons who are permitted access to Protected Information under this Protective Order 

solely for clerical or administrative purposes, and who do not retain copies or extracts 

thereof, are not required to execute written acknowledgments but are otherwise bound by 

all terms of this Protective Order.

4.5 In the event that information requested from a Designating Party contains a 

third-party’s confidential or proprietary information, the Designating Party will make a 

good faith attempt to obtain consent of the third party prior to disclosing such information.

If the Designating Party cannot obtain the third-party’s consent, the Designating Party will 

notify the Receiving Party of (a) the existence of the information, and (b) the identity of 

the third party. If possible, the Designating Party may also redact the third-party’s

confidential or proprietary information to protect the third-party’s interest. Nothing in the 

Protective Order shall be interpreted to affect any Party’s obligation to produce responsive 

documents or information, notwithstanding the fact that it may contain a third-party’s

confidential or proprietary information.

4.6 Notwithstanding the above, a former employee of a Designating Party may 

be examined or deposed and may testify concerning the Protected Information (i) that was 

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created by the former employee, or (ii) that is shown to have been reviewed by the former 

employee during the period or periods of his/her employment.

5.0 Objections to Disclosures

5.1 Not less than ten (10) business days prior to the initial disclosure of

Protected Information to any person falling under the provisions of Sections 4.1.2, 4.1.3,

or 4.1.4 of this Protective Order, the Party proposing to make such disclosure shall serve 

(by facsimile and e-mail) on the Designating Party (and to the opposing Party, if the 

Designating Party is other than Micrel, MPS, Hsing or Moyer) the name, address, present 

employer and title (for in-house attorneys, a description of their job responsibilities),

resume, and a signed Declaration in the form of Exhibit A of the proposed recipient. In 

the case of outside consultants/experts, the disclosure shall also include (a) an

identification of any past or present employment or consulting relationship with any party 

or any related entity, and (b) an identification of other cases in which the consultant/expert 

has testified at trial or in deposition in the last four (4) years.

5.2 Within the period before disclosure of the Protected Information to the 

proposed recipient, the Designating Party whose Protected Information is concerned may 

serve (by facsimile and e-mail) upon counsel for all Parties a written objection to such 

disclosure. Any written objection shall state with specificity the reason(s) for such an 

objection. Such an objection shall stay disclosure to the proposed recipient. Failure to 

serve a written notice of objection within ten (10) days shall be deemed approval for 

disclosure to a proposed recipient.

5.3 If a written objection is served pursuant to Section 5.2 of this Protective 

Order and the objection is not resolved by meeting and conferring within ten (10) business

days of service of the notice of written objection, the Party seeking to prevent disclosure 

shall file and serve a motion with respect to such objection within twenty (20) business 

days after service of the notice of written objection. Failure to file such a motion within 

the prescribed period shall preclude a Party from objecting to the disclosure of Protected 

Information to the proposed recipient to whom the objection is directed. The disclosure of 

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Protected Information to such proposed recipient shall be withheld pending the ruling of 

the Court on any such motion. On any such motion, the Party seeking to prevent 

disclosure to a proposed recipient shall have the burden of establishing good cause to 

support its objection and shall use reasonable means to expedite the hearing upon the 

objection.

5.4 If, at any time during the pendency or trial of this Action, counsel for any 

Party claims that a Designating Party is unreasonably or improperly designating

information as Confidential or Confidential - Attorneys’ Eyes Only, the objecting Party 

may serve a captioned notice of objection on all Parties, identifying with particularity the 

items to which the designation is challenged, stating the basis for each challenge, and 

proposing a new designation for each item. If the Designating Party does not re-designate

the material within ten (10) business days after service of such notice, the objecting Party 

may file and serve a motion for an order that the material be re-designated. On any such 

motion, the Designating Party shall have the burden of proof. The original designation 

shall remain effective until three (3) business days after an order re-designating the 

materials.

6.0 Use of Protected Information

6.1 Protected Information disclosed pursuant to this Protective Order shall, 

unless otherwise ordered by this Court, be used by a recipient thereof solely for the

purpose of this Action and not for any business or competitive purposes or for any other 

reason.

6.2 No person shall disclose to anyone not specified in Section 4.0 of this

Protective Order any Protected Information without prior written consent of the

Designating Party or further order of this Court.

7.0 Court Filings Including Protected Information

7.1 With respect to any written material constituting or disclosing Protected

Information that is filed with the Clerk of the Court, including Court papers, the parties 

shall comply with Local Rule 79-5. The parties shall also submit a complete unredacted 

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chambers copy of any brief or supporting papers lodged under seal with all confidential 

material highlighted.

8.0 Pretrial and Trial

8.1 This Protective Order is intended to regulate the handling of Protected

Information during the pretrial period of this litigation, but shall remain in force and effect 

thereafter until modified, superseded or terminated on the record by agreement of the 

Parties hereto or by order of this Court.

8.2 Subject to the Federal Rules of Evidence, Protected Information may be 

offered in evidence at trial or any Court hearing in this Action, provided that:

8.2.1 the proponent of the evidence advises the Court and the Designating 

Party that Protected Information will be offered prior to its offer;

8.2.2 the evidence be received in camera or under other conditions to

prevent disclosure to any persons other than the judge, the jury, the court reporter, 

counsel of record, any witness testifying with respect to the evidence, and other 

persons who are entitled to receive the appropriate category of Protected

Information under the terms of this Protective Order; and

8.2.3 the trial transcript is treated in the manner specified in Section 7.0 of 

this Protective Order.

9.0 General Provisions

9.1 Not later than thirty (30) days after final termination of this Action with 

respect to any Party, that Party shall, at the option of the Party, either return to the 

Designating Party or destroy all Protected Information in its possession, except such 

pretrial and trial records as are regularly maintained by outside counsel in the ordinary 

course of business, which records must be protected in conformity with this Protective 

Order.

9.2 If Protected Information is disclosed to any person other than in the manner 

authorized by this Protective Order, the Party responsible for the disclosure must

immediately inform the Designating Party of all pertinent facts relating to such disclosure 

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and shall make every effort to prevent disclosure by each unauthorized person who 

received such information.

9.3 In the event that any person who has had access to Protected Information 

leaves the employ of a Receiving Party, the Designating Party shall be given written 

notice of such departure and written confirmation of that person's understanding that he or 

she remain bound by this Protective Order.

9.4 This Protective Order is intended to provide a mechanism for the handling 

of Protected Information, the disclosure or production of which is objected to only on the 

basis of confidentiality. Each Party reserves the right to object to any disclosure of

information or production of any document it deems Protected Information on any other 

ground it may deem appropriate. The designation of Protected Information pursuant to 

this Protective Order shall not create any presumption with respect to the confidential,

proprietary, or trade secret nature of any information, documents or things.

9.5 Inadvertent production of privileged attorney work-product or attorneyclient communications shall not be deemed a waiver of any attorney-client privilege or

attorney work-product immunity that may apply thereto if (a) a request for return of such 

documents or information is made promptly after the Designating Party learns of the 

inadvertent production, (b) the Designating Party took reasonable precautions to prevent 

the disclosure of the inadvertently produced document, and (c) the extent of the

inadvertent production was reasonable. Upon written request, the Receiving Party shall 

promptly return the inadvertently produced material. If the Receiving Party disputes in 

Court whether the inadvertently produced material is privileged or argues that a privilege 

has been waived, the Receiving Party shall not withhold return of the inadvertently

produced material pending resolution of that dispute. Notwithstanding the above, it is not 

the intent of this paragraph to either extend or diminish the scope of any privilege or 

immunity that may apply to the inadvertently produced material.

9.6 This Protective Order may be amended without leave of the Court by the 

agreement of counsel for the Parties in the form of a stipulation that shall be filed in this 

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case.

9.7 Nothing in this Protective Order shall limit or restrict the manner in which 

Micrel and MPS shall handle its own Protected Information.

Dated: July 20, 2005 MARK E. MILLER

DARIN W. SNYDER

THOMAS B. REES

O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP

By: /s/ Thomas B. Rees

Thomas B. Rees

Attorneys for Plaintiff

MICREL, INCORPORATED

Dated: July 20, 2005 THOMAS J. FRIEL, JR.

MATTHEW J. BRIGHAM

COOLEY GODWARD LLP

By: /s/ Matthew J. Brigham

Matthew J. Brigham

Attorneys for Defendants

MONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEMS, INC.,

MICHAEL R. HSING, and

JAMES C. MOYER

Dated: July 20, 2005 JEFFERY ANNE TATUM

GENERAL COUNSEL SERVICES

By: /s/ Jeffery Anne Tatum

Jeffery Anne Tatum

Attorney for Defendant

MONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEMS, INC.

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Filer’s Attestation: Pursuant to General Order No. 45, §X(B), I attest under penalty of perjury that 

concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from the other signatories

Dated: July 20, 2005 By: /s/ Thomas B. Rees

Thomas B. Rees

Attorney for Plaintiff

MICREL, INCORPORATED

ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED:

Dated: July , 2005

Honorable Jeffrey S. White

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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/s/ Joseph C. Spero

MAGISTRATE

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EXHIBIT A

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

MICREL, INCORPORATED, a 

Delaware Corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.

MONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEMS, 

INC., a Delaware Corporation, 

MICHAEL R. HSING, JAMES C. 

MOYER, and DOES 1-20 inclusive,

Defendants.

Case No. C 04-04770 JSW (JCS)

DECLARATION FOR STIPULATED 

PROTECTIVE ORDER

1. I, , hereby certify my understanding 

that Protected Information is being provided to me pursuant to the terms and restrictions 

of the Protective Order in the above mentioned Action.

2. I reside at .

3. I am presently employed as (position)

by (name and address of employer) .

4. I have read the Protective Order that has been entered in this case, and a 

copy of it has been given to me. I understand the provisions of the Protective Order, and 

agree to comply with and to be bound by the provisions of the Protective Order. I will 

maintain all Protected Material in a secure manner and prevent unauthorized access to it.

Not later than thirty (30) days after the conclusion of this Action, I will return the

Protected Material to the counsel who provided me with the Protected Material.

5. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of 

America that the foregoing is true and correct.

Executed this ___ day of _____________, 200__, at ___________________________.

_______________________________

Signature

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