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Parties Involved:
Cell Signaling Technology, Inc
Defendant
Epitomics, Inc
Plaintiff

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MATTHEW I. KREEGER (CA SBN 153793)

Email: MKreeger@mofo.com

REBECCA S. SAELAO (CA SBN 222731)

Email: RSaelao@mofo.com

MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

425 Market Street

San Francisco, California 94105-2482

Telephone: 415.268.7000

Facsimile: 415.268.7522

JANA G. GOLD (CA SBN 154246)

Email: JGold@mofo.com

MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

755 Page Mill Road

Palo Alto, California 94304-1018

Telephone: 650.813.5600

Facsimile: 650.494.0792

Attorneys for Plaintiff

EPITOMICS, INC.

ROBERT J. GOLDMAN (CSB # 189922)

Email: robert.goldman@ropesgray.com

LINDA E. ROST (CSB # 211769)

Email: linda.rost@ropesgray.com

KELLY L. BAXTER (CSB # 232286)

Email: kelly.baxter@ropesgray.com

ROPES & GRAY LLP

525 University Avenue

Palo Alto, California 94301

Telephone: (650) 617-4000

Facsimile: (650) 617-4090

Attorneys for Defendant

CELL SIGNALING TECHNOLOGY, INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

EPITOMICS, INC.,

Plaintiff,

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CELL SIGNALING TECHNOLOGY, INC.,

Defendant.

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Case No. C 07-5275 MMC

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

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Whereas pretrial discovery in the above-entitled action (the “Case”) may involve the 

disclosure of confidential, trade secret, proprietary, technical, business and financial information 

of a party or a third party entitled to protections from disclosure; and

Whereas the parties have in good faith conferred and have agreed upon the terms of a 

Stipulated Protective Order (“Order”) and for good cause shown; 

Plaintiff Epitomics, Inc. (“Epitomics”) and Defendant Cell Signaling Technology, Inc. 

(“CST”) hereby stipulate, pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 26(c), subject to the 

approval of the Court, to the following Order:

1. Designated Material. Any information or material disclosed, formally or informally, 

in this Case and any material submitted to the Court may be designated under this Order by any 

party, or by the person or entity, including nonparties to this Case, disclosing or lodging it 

(“Designating Person”). All such information and material and all information or material 

derived from it constitutes “Material” or “Designated Material” under this Order. The 

designation may be made for the purposes of avoiding invasion of individual privacy and of 

protecting proprietary information, confidential business information and/or trade secrets. The 

designation shall be “CONFIDENTIAL-OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” or 

“CONFIDENTIAL” as described below.

2. Criteria for Designation. 

(a) CONFIDENTIAL-OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY. A Designating Person 

may designate Material as “CONFIDENTIAL-OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” if the 

Designating Person in good faith believes it constitutes extremely sensitive non-public 

information whose disclosure would create a substantial risk of serious injury that could not be 

avoided by less restrictive means.

(b) Confidential Information. A Designating Person may designate Material as 

“CONFIDENTIAL” if the Designating Person reasonably believes that the Material embodies 

non-public sensitive information. 

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3. Access to Designated Material. Except as otherwise required by law, Designated 

Material shall not be used or disclosed for any purposes other than this Case and may only be 

disclosed pursuant to the following provisions.

(a) CONFIDENTIAL-OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY Material. Material 

designated under this Order as CONFIDENTIAL-OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY may 

be disclosed only to qualified persons as follows:

(i) Counsel. Material designated “CONFIDENTIAL-OUTSIDE 

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” may be disclosed to outside counsel of record for 

Epitomics and for CST in this case, their legal partners, of counsel, associates, contract 

attorneys, legal assistants, case clerks, office staff and support services, such as copy 

centers or court reporter or videographer services, and the like whose duties and 

responsibilities require access to CONFIDENTIAL-OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS’ EYES 

ONLY Material. 

(ii) Outside consultants/experts. Material designated “CONFIDENTIALOUTSIDE ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” may be disclosed to independent 

consultants/experts who are not present employees or counsel of either party, or of any 

parent, subsidiary, affiliated or related company of either party and are retained solely for 

the purpose of this Case, and the secretarial and clerical staffs of such consultants/experts, 

so long as the consultants/experts and their staff have signed the undertaking attached 

hereto as Exhibit A; and further provided that the parties mutually agree in advance to the 

disclosure to such consultants/experts as follows:

The parties agree that, prior to transmitting Material designated “CONFIDENTIALOUTSIDE ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” to an expert (testifying or consulting), each will give 

the other ten (10) business days advance written notice. The written notice shall contain, at a 

minimum, the expert’s name, address, corporate affiliations (including consultations) and a 

curriculum vitae. An objection to the expert shall be made, if at all, within ten (10) days of the 

notification. The party seeking to make the disclosure of the Material to said expert shall have 

the burden of (i) notifying opposing counsel in writing within ten (10) days of receipt of the 

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written notice; and (ii) making an appropriate motion to the Court within twenty (20) business 

days of receipt of the written notice. If objection is made, no Material designated 

“CONFIDENTIAL-OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” shall be transmitted to the experts 

(testifying or consulting) in question until the Court issues an Order permitting disclosure or the 

parties otherwise agree to the disclosure. If there are no objections within the ten (10) day period, 

Material designated “CONFIDENTIAL-OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” may be 

disclosed to testifying experts and nontestifying experts (consultants) and their office staff who 

have been retained by counsel for any party and who have agreed in writing to be bound by this 

Order. 

(iii) Authors and Addressees. Material designated “CONFIDENTIALOUTSIDE ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” may be disclosed to any person who appears as 

an author or addressee on the face of the document or who previously received a copy of 

the document in the regular course of business. 

(b) CONFIDENTIAL Material. Material designated under this Order as 

CONFIDENTIAL may be disclosed only as follows:

(i) Counsel: Outside counsel of record for Epitomics and for CST in this case, 

their legal partners, of counsel, associates, contract attorneys, legal assistants, case clerks, 

office staff and support services, such as copy centers or court reporter or videographer 

services, and the like whose duties and responsibilities require access to 

CONFIDENTIAL Material;

(ii) Client personnel: Persons employed by a party to this lawsuit who have 

signed the undertaking attached hereto as Exhibit A;

(iii) Outside consultants/experts: Persons who are not employed by the 

receiving party but are retained by the receiving party or its attorneys of record in this 

Case, for the purposes of assisting in preparation of this Case, who have signed the 

undertaking attached hereto as Exhibit A;

(iv) Authors and Addressees. Material designated “CONFIDENTIAL” may be 

disclosed to any person who appears as an author or addressee on the face of the 

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document or who previously received a copy of the document in the regular course of 

business. 

(c) Others by agreement or order. All Designated Material or a class of Designated 

Material may be disclosed to other persons who are subsequently designated by agreement of the 

parties or by order of the Court upon motion by a party.

4. Disclosure of Designated Materials. If at any time a party is required to disclose 

Material designated as CONFIDENTIAL or CONFIDENTIAL-OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS’ EYES 

ONLY by any Court, administrative or legislative body, law, or regulation, or is requested by any 

other Person or entity having authority to require the disclosure of such Material, the Party shall 

immediately give written notice thereof to the Designating Party with respect to the Material to be 

disclosed and shall afford the Designating Party reasonable opportunity to pursue formal 

objections to such disclosure. 

5. Custody of Designated Materials. A person having custody of any Designated 

Material shall maintain it in a manner that limits access to qualified persons.

6. Designating Documents. Documents shall be designated “CONFIDENTIALOUTSIDE ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” or “CONFIDENTIAL” and shall have each page of all 

such documents and exhibits marked as such. The documents shall be marked prior to 

production. With respect to documents already produced or exchanged by the parties and 

previously marked confidential or otherwise subject to confidentiality provisions pursuant to 

agreement of the parties prior to entry of this Order, such documents are to be treated as 

CONFIDENTIAL under the terms of this Order and marked as such when produced or otherwise 

used in this action. Designated Material not reduced to documentary, tangible or physical form or 

which cannot be conveniently designated in the manners set forth or described herein shall be 

designated by the Designating Person by informing the receiving party in writing.

7. Designating Depositions.

(a) Deposition transcripts or portions thereof may be designated either 

“CONFIDENTIAL” or “CONFIDENTIAL-OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.”

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(b) Where testimony is designated at a deposition, the Designating Person may exclude 

from the deposition all persons other than those to whom the Designated Material may be 

disclosed under paragraph 3 of this Order.

(c) A Designating Person may mark Designated Material as a deposition exhibit and 

examine any witness thereon, or examine any witness about Designated Material, provided that 

the deposition witness is one to whom the Designated Material may be disclosed under paragraph 

3 of this Order and the exhibit, if any, and related transcript pages receive the same 

confidentiality designation as the original Designated Material.

8. Use of Confidential Materials During Court Proceedings.

In the event that any Designated Material is used in any Court pre-trial proceeding in this 

litigation (including but not limited to conferences, oral arguments, or hearings), the Designated 

Material shall not lose its status as Designated Material through such use. No less than three (3) 

days prior to such pre-trial proceeding, the party intending to use such Designated Material shall 

notify the Designating Party of its intention. For the purposes of hearings on motions, 

designation or citation of the briefs of Designated Material shall be sufficient notice to a party 

with respect to information referenced therein. In the event that the 3-day notice provided for 

herein is not practical, this provision shall not be used to strike confidential materials from being 

used at the proceeding, except for good cause shown, and the party seeking to use the Designated 

Material on less than 3 days’ notice shall notify the Court and the Designating Party of its intent 

to use the Designated Material prior to the use of any such Designated Material. Upon such 

notification, the parties shall meet and confer and the party seeking to use the Designated 

Material shall take all steps reasonable required to protect the confidentiality of the Designated 

Material during such use, including, but not limited to, requesting in camera proceedings. The 

terms of this Order do not preclude, limit, restrict, or otherwise apply to the use of Designated 

Material at trial. The parties agree to meet and confer in good faith prior to the trial to establish 

procedures for the use of Designated Material at trial. 

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9. Procedure for Submitting Confidential Information to the Court.

All submissions to the Court of “CONFIDENTIAL-OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS’ EYES 

ONLY” or “CONFIDENTIAL” Material shall be made in accordance with Northern District of 

California Civil Local Rule 79-5, “Filing Documents Under Seal.” 

10. Designations to be Reasonable.

Designating Persons will use reasonable care to avoid designating any documents or 

information as “CONFIDENTIAL-OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” or 

“CONFIDENTIAL” that are generally available to the public or for which the Designating Person 

does not have a good faith belief that the document or information satisfies the criteria set forth in 

paragraph 2.

11. Objections. A party may challenge the propriety of any designation under this 

Order. The Designating Person and the party objecting to the designation shall then meet and 

confer regarding the challenged designation. If they are unable to resolve the disagreement, the 

objecting party shall make an appropriate motion to the court. Absent order of the Court to the 

contrary, the Material shall maintain the original designation. 

12. No Prejudice.

(a) Nothing in this Order shall preclude any party from seeking and obtaining additional 

or different protection with respect to the confidentiality of discovery.

(b) This Order shall not diminish any existing obligation or right with respect to 

Designated Material, nor shall it prevent a disclosure to which the Designating Person consents in 

writing before the disclosure takes place.

(c) The designation of information as “CONFIDENTIAL-OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS’ 

EYES ONLY” or “CONFIDENTIAL,” pursuant to this Order, shall not be construed as a 

concession by a producing party that such information is relevant or material to any issue or is 

otherwise discoverable, or by a receiving party that such information is, in fact, a trade secret or 

confidential research, development, or commercial information.

13. Inadvertent Production of Privileged Materials. The inadvertent production of any 

document or thing shall be without prejudice to a claim that such material is protected by the 

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attorney-client privilege or protected from discovery as work product. If within a reasonable time 

after materials are disclosed, a Designating Person asserts that such materials are protected by the 

attorney-client privilege or work product doctrine and were inadvertently produced, the receiving 

party shall take prompt steps to ensure that all known copies of such material are returned to the 

Designating Person and the receiving party shall not use any of the information contained in the 

inadvertently produced materials in any manner. Any inadvertent disclosure of material protected 

by the attorney-client privilege, attorney work product doctrine, or any other applicable privilege 

shall not be deemed a waiver of privilege.

14. Error in Designation. The inadvertent or unintentional production of documents 

containing, or otherwise disclosing, private, proprietary or secret information without being 

designated “CONFIDENTIAL-OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” or 

“CONFIDENTIAL”, as appropriate, at the time of production or disclosure shall not be deemed a 

waiver in whole or in part of a Designating Person’s claim of confidentiality or secrecy, either as 

to the specific information disclosed or as to any other information relating thereto or on the same 

or related subject matter. Any error in designation shall be corrected within a reasonable time 

after the Designating Person becomes aware of the error.

15. Final Disposition. Upon final termination of this case including the running of any 

time to appeal, seek review, or move for relief under Fed. R. Civ. P. 60, and at the written request 

of the Designating Person, all Designated Material and all copies, extracts and summaries thereof 

shall be returned to the person who produced the Material, or destroyed with written certification 

of such destruction. However, counsel of record may retain copies of pleadings, attorney and 

consultant work product, and deposition transcripts for archival purposes.

16. Modification and Survival. The restrictions imposed by this Order may only be 

modified or terminated by written stipulation of all parties, by stipulation read into the Court 

record or deposition record, or by order of the Court. Any party may seek modification of this 

Order by the Court, upon showing of good cause therefor. This Order shall survive termination 

of this case.

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17. Restrictions. Nothing in this Order shall impose any restriction on the use or 

disclosure by a party of: (a) its own documents and information or (b) documents and information 

obtained independently from other sources without violation of confidentiality obligations owed 

to any party in this case.

18. Remedies for Violation. Any violation of the terms of this Protective Order may 

result in the imposition of such relief as deemed appropriate by a court of competent jurisdiction, 

including specific performance and injunctive relief. It shall not be a defense to a request for 

injunctive relief that the aggrieved party possesses an adequate remedy at law. 

19. Notices may be given under this Order by facsimile or e-mail.

Dated: January 22, 2008 MATTHEW I. KREEGER

JANA G. GOLD

REBECCA S. SAELAO

MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

By: /s/ Jana G. Gold

Jana G. Gold

 JGold@mofo.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff

EPITOMICS, INC.

Dated: January __, 2008 ROBERT J. GOLDMAN

LINDA E. ROST

KELLY L. BAXTER

ROPES & GRAY LLP

By:

Robert J. Goldman

 robert.goldman@ropesgray.com

Attorneys for Defendant

CELL SIGNALING TECHNOLOGY, INC.

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 

Honorable Maxine M. Chesney

U.S. District Court Judge

/s/ Robert J. Goldman

January 28, 2008

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EXHIBIT “A”

UNDERTAKING RE: INFORMATION COVERED BY PROTECTIVE ORDER

Epitomics, Inc., v. Cell Signaling Technology, Inc., Case No. C 07-5275 MMC (N.D. Cal.)

The undersigned hereby acknowledges that he/she has read the Stipulated Protective 

Order entered in Epitomics, Inc., v. Cell Signaling Technology, Inc., Case No. C 07-5275 MMC 

(N.D. Cal.), and understands its terms and agrees to be bound by each of those terms. 

Specifically, and without limitation upon such terms, the undersigned agrees not to use or 

disclose any “CONFIDENTIAL-OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” or 

“CONFIDENTIAL” Material made available to him/her other than in accordance with said 

Stipulated Protective Order. The undersigned further agrees and understands that this agreement 

may be enforced in a court of law, and additionally agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of the state 

and federal courts in the State of California for the purpose of enforcing this agreement.

Dated: ______________________

_________________________________________ (signature)

_________________________________________ (type or print name of individual)

Of: ______________________________________

(name of employer)

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