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Parties Involved:
Rackable Systems, Inc.
Counter-defendant
Super Micro Computer, Inc.
Counter-claimant

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[COUNSEL LISTED ON SIGNATURE PAGE] 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

RACKABLE SYSTEMS, INC., 

 Plaintiff, 

v. 

SUPER MICRO COMPUTER, INC., 

 Defendant. 

Case No. C 05-03561 PJH

[PROPOSED] STIPULATED PROTECTIVE 

ORDER 

[Proposed] Stipulated Protective Order Case No. C 05-03561 PJH 

 

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WHEREAS, in the course of this litigation disclosure may be sought of information which a 

party regards as containing confidential, trade secret or proprietary information, including but not 

limited to confidential research, development or commercial information; and 

WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to establish a mechanism governing access to and use 

of such confidential, trade secret, or proprietary information in this action;

WHEREAS, the parties acknowledge that Civil L.R. 79-5 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; 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the parties hereto, by and through their 

respective undersigned counsel of record herein that the following protective order shall govern the 

access to and use of confidential, trade secret, or proprietary information produced in this action. 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. This Order shall apply to all information produced during discovery in this action that 

shall be designated by the party or person producing it as "Confidential" or "Confidential-Attorneys'

Eyes Only" (collectively "Confidential Information"). This Order shall not apply to information 

that, before disclosure, is properly in the possession or knowledge of the party to whom such 

disclosure is made, or is public knowledge. The restrictions contained in this Order shall not apply 

to information that is, or after disclosure becomes, public knowledge other than by an act or 

omission of the party to whom such disclosure is made, or that is legitimately acquired from a source 

not subject to this Order. 

2. As a general guideline, an exhibit; pleading; interrogatory answer or admission 

(collectively "discovery response"); document, thing, or other form of information, including 

electronic information (collectively, "document or thing"); or deposition transcript, other transcript 

of testimony, or declaration or affidavit (collectively "testimony") may be designated "Confidential" 

when it contains confidential technical or other information that may be reviewed by the receiving 

party, technical experts, and other representatives, but must be protected against disclosure to third 

parties. An exhibit; pleading; discovery response; document or thing; or testimony may be 

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designated "Confidential-Attorneys' Eyes Only" only when it contains the following highly sensitive 

information: financial information; cost information; pricing information; sales or marketing 

information; customer, license, supplier and vendor information; technical , development and 

manufacturing information about a party's products; product testing protocols and results; business 

plans; marketing strategy; current or future product or service strategies; pending patent applications 

or disclosures; joint development agreements, joint ventures and strategic alliances; or any other 

information that would put the producing party at a competitive disadvantage if the information 

became known to competitive decision-makers of the receiving party or third parties.

3. If an exhibit, pleading, discovery response, or document or thing contains information 

considered "Confidential" by a party, such exhibit, pleading, discovery response, document or thing 

shall be marked with the following or equivalent legend: 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION 

SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER 

 or 

CONFIDENTIAL 

Such notation shall be placed on every page of each document designated.

If an exhibit, pleading, discovery response, or document or thing contains information 

considered "Confidential-Attorneys' Eyes Only" by a party, such exhibit, pleading, discovery 

response, document or thing shall be marked with the following or equivalent legend: 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION – ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY 

SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER 

 or 

CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY 

Such notation shall be placed on every page of each document designated.

4. All Confidential Information that has been obtained from a party during the course of

this proceeding shall be used only for the purpose of the above-titled litigation. Further, such 

information may not be disclosed to anyone except as provided in this Order. 

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5. No change in this Stipulated Protective Order that adversely affects the protection of 

any document produced or given by a non-party in this case shall be made without giving to that 

non-party appropriate notice and opportunity to be heard by the Court. 

6. Information disclosed at a deposition or other testimony may be designated as 

"Confidential" or "Confidential-Attorneys' Eyes Only" at the time of the testimony or deposition, or 

within thirty (30) days following receipt of the transcript, and shall be subject to the provisions of 

this Order. Information disclosed during a deposition or other testimony may also be designated as 

"Confidential" or "Confidential-Attorneys' Eyes Only" by notifying the other party, in writing, 

within thirty (30) days after receipt of the transcript, of the specific pages of the transcript that 

should also be designated. Unless otherwise agreed on the record of the deposition or other 

testimony, all transcripts shall be treated as "Confidential-Attorneys' Eyes Only" for a period of 

thirty (30) days after their receipt, and the transcript shall not be disclosed by a non-designating 

party to persons other than those persons named or approved according to Paragraphs 8-12 to review 

documents or materials designated "Confidential-Attorneys' Eyes Only" on behalf of that nondesignating party. 

7. A party or non-party that seeks to file under seal with the Court pursuant to this action 

any materials (exhibits, pleadings, discovery responses, documents or things, testimony or other 

submissions) designated "Confidential" or "Confidential-Attorneys' Eyes Only," or any pleading or 

memorandum purporting to reproduce, paraphrase, or otherwise disclose such information 

designated as Confidential Information, shall comply with Civil L.R. 79-5. Each party or non-party 

that designates information or items for protection under this Order must take care to limit any such 

designation to specific material that qualifies under the appropriate standards. A designating party 

must take care to designate for protection only those parts of material that qualify so that other 

portions of the material for which protection is not warranted are not swept unjustifiably within the 

ambit of this Order. 

8. Material designated as "Confidential" that has been obtained from a party during the 

course of this proceeding may be disclosed or made available only to the Court; for Plaintiff the 

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attorneys, paralegals, agents and support staff of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, and Rackable's in-house 

counsel Bill Garvey (to be used only as needed to aid in this litigation); for Defendant the attorneys, 

paralegals, agents and support staff of DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP; and to the persons 

designated below subject to the provisions of Paragraphs 10 and 12: 

(a) officers, directors, and employees of a party deemed necessary by counsel for 

Plaintiff and Defendant to aid in the prosecution, defense, or settlement of this action; 

(b) independent experts or consultants (together with their clerical staff) retained by 

counsel for Plaintiff and Defendant to assist in the prosecution, defense, or settlement of this action 

to the extent approved pursuant to Paragraph 12; 

(c) court reporter(s) employed in this action; 

(d) agents or independent contractors supporting counsel for Plaintiff and Defendant 

needed to perform various services such as, for example, copying, drafting of exhibits, and support 

and management services, including vendors retained by the parties, or by counsel for parties, for the 

purpose of encoding, loading into a computer and storing and maintaining for information control 

and retrieval purposes, transcripts of depositions, hearings, trials, pleadings, exhibits marked by a 

party, or attorneys' work product, all of which may contain material designated Confidential; 

(e) witnesses in any deposition or other proceeding in this action who are the author or 

recipient of the Confidential material, or who, based on evidence, reasonably appear to have seen the 

material in the past, or current or former employees of the party who produced the document; and 

(f) any other persons as to whom the parties in writing agree, and as may be ordered by 

the Court. 

9. Material designated as "Confidential-Attorneys' Eyes Only" that has been obtained 

during the course of this proceeding may be disclosed or made available only to the Court and to the 

persons designated below: 

(a) For Plaintiff: The attorneys, paralegals, agents and support staff of Kirkland & Ellis 

LLP; 

(b) For Defendant: The attorneys, paralegals, agents and support staff of DLA Piper 

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Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP; 

(c) independent experts or consultants (together with their clerical staff) retained by such 

counsel for Plaintiff and Defendant to assist in the prosecution, defense, or settlement of this action 

to the extent approved pursuant to Paragraph 12; 

(d) court reporter(s) employed in this action; 

(e) agents of counsel for Plaintiff and Defendant needed to perform various services such 

as, for example, copying, drafting of exhibits, and support and management services, including 

vendors retained by the parties, or by counsel for the parties, for the purpose of encoding, loading 

into a computer and storing and maintaining for information control and retrieval purposes, 

transcripts of depositions, hearings, trials, pleadings, exhibits marked by a party, or attorneys' work 

product, all, of which may contain material designated "Confidential-Attorneys' Eyes Only;" 

(f) witnesses in any deposition or other proceeding in this action who are the author or 

recipient of the "Confidential-Attorney Eyes Only" material, or who, based on evidence, reasonably 

appear from the face of the materials to have seen the material in the past, or current employees of 

the party who produced the document; and; 

(g) any other persons as to whom the parties in writing agree, and as may be ordered by 

the Court. 

(h) It is, however, understood that outside litigation counsel (Kirkland & Ellis LLP and 

DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP) may give advice and opinions to his or her client based on 

his or her evaluation of "Confidential" or "Confidential-Attorney Eyes Only" information received in 

discovery, provided that such rendering of advice and opinions shall not reveal the content of such 

information, except by prior written agreement with counsel for the party who produced the 

information. 

10. Any independent experts or consultants (together with their clerical staff) identified 

under Paragraphs 8(b) and 9(c), or officer, director, or designated employee of a party identified 

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under Paragraph 8(a), having access to Confidential Information shall be given a copy of this Order 

before being shown such Confidential Information and its provisions shall be explained to them by 

an attorney. Each such person, before having access to the Confidential Information, shall agree not 

to disclose to anyone any Confidential Information not exempted by this Order and not to make use 

of any such Confidential Information other than solely for purpose of this litigation, and shall 

acknowledge in writing by signing a document in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto, notice of 

execution to be served on the producing party, that he or she is fully conversant with the terms of 

this Order and agrees to comply with it and be bound by it. Counsel for Plaintiff and Defendant 

listed above, and the paralegals, agents and support staff thereof, having access to "Confidential" or 

"Confidential-Attorneys' Eyes Only" information shall be given a copy of this Order before being 

shown such information and its provisions shall be explained to them by an attorney, but they shall 

not be required to comply with the provisions in this Order regarding Exhibit A. 

11. For the purpose of this Protective Order an independent expert or consultant shall be 

defined as a person who is not an employee of a party or scheduled to become an employee in the 

near future, and who is retained or employed as a bona fide consultant or expert for purposes of this 

litigation, either full or part-time, by or at the direction of counsel of a party. 

12. The procedure for having an independent expert or consultant approved for access to 

information designated as "Confidential" or "Confidential-Attorneys' Eyes Only" shall be as follows: 

(a) The party seeking to have the independent expert or consultant approved shall 

provide the producing party with: 

(i) The name of the person; 

(ii) The present employer and title of the person; 

(iii) An up-to-date curriculum vitae and a listing of all employers and consulting or expert 

engagements (whether or not related to litigation and, in the case of litigation, whether or not they 

testified) within the past five years; and 

(iv) A written acknowledgment in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto, signed by the 

person for whom approval is sought, that the person has read this Stipulated Protective Order and 

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agrees to be bound by its terms. 

Within seven (7) calendar days after mailing (via overnight delivery) a copy of the 

information and the written acknowledgment described in Paragraph 12(a), the producing party may 

object to the person proposed for approval upon a reasonable basis. Failure to object within seven 

(7) calendar days to the person proposed shall be deemed approval, but shall not preclude a 

producing party from later objecting to continued access by that person where facts suggesting a 

basis for objection are subsequently learned by the producing party or its counsel. If objection is 

made, the "Confidential" or "Confidential Attorneys' Eyes Only" information shall not be disclosed 

to the designated person except under the provisions of Paragraph 12(b) or until the producing party 

withdraws its objection. 

(b) If the producing party so objects the producing and requesting party shall, within 

seven (7) calendar days from the date of the mailing of notice of objection, confer and attempt to 

resolve the dispute. At that conference, the producing party shall inform the requesting party of its 

reasons for objecting to the designated person. If the parties cannot resolve the dispute, or if the 

conference does not take place, then the producing party may move the Court for an appropriate 

order. The "Confidential" or "Confidential-Attorneys' Eyes Only" information may be disclosed to 

the retained consultant or expert if the producing party fails to move the Court for an appropriate 

order within ten (10) calendar days after the conference. If the producing party timely files a motion 

with the court for an appropriate order within the ten (10) day period, the "Confidential" or 

"Confidential-Attorneys' Eyes Only" information may not be disclosed to the designated person 

unless and until the Court denies the producing party's motion. These time periods are not to restrict 

either party from moving for a Court order earlier if the circumstances so require. 

(c) Paragraph 12 of this Order shall not apply to the disclosure of "Confidential" or

"Confidential Attorneys' Eyes Only" information to outside counsel of record in this action for 

Plaintiff and Defendant listed above, and the paralegals, agents and support staff/independent 

contractors thereof. 

13. Any Confidential Information may be used in the course of any deposition taken of 

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the party producing such Confidential Information or its employees without consent subject to 

Paragraphs 8 and 9, or otherwise used in any deposition with the consent of the party producing such 

Confidential Information, subject to the condition that when such Confidential Information is so 

used, the party who made the designation may notify the reporter that the portion of the deposition in 

any way pertaining to such Confidential Information or any portion of the deposition relevant thereto 

is being taken pursuant to this Order. Further, whenever any Confidential Information is to be 

discussed or disclosed in a deposition, any party claiming such confidentiality may exclude from the 

room any person not entitled to receive such Confidential Information pursuant to the terms of this 

Order. 

14. A party shall not be obligated to challenge the propriety of a designation as 

"Confidential" or "Confidential-Attorneys' Eyes Only" at the time made, and a failure to do so shall 

not preclude a subsequent challenge. In the event that any party to this litigation disagrees at any 

stage of these proceedings with the designation by the designating party or non-party of any 

information as "Confidential" or "Confidential-Attorneys' Eyes Only," the parties and any producing 

non-party shall first try to resolve such disagreement in good faith on an informal basis, such as by 

production of redacted copies. If the disagreement cannot be resolved on an informal basis, the 

objecting party may move the Court for an Order modifying the designated status of such 

information. In the event of any dispute as to the propriety of a redaction, the party objecting to the 

redaction may submit the issue to the Court for review. 

15. Notwithstanding anything contrary herein, if a party through inadvertence or mistake 

produces discovery of any Confidential Information without marking it with the legend 

"Confidential" or "Confidential-Attorneys' Eyes Only," or by designating it with an incorrect level of 

confidentiality, the producing party may give written notice to the receiving party that the exhibit, 

pleading, discovery response, document or thing, or testimony contains Confidential Information and 

should be treated as such in accordance with the provisions of this Protective Order. Upon receipt of 

such notice, and upon receipt of properly marked materials, the receiving party shall return said 

unmarked materials and not retain copies thereof, and must treat such exhibits, pleadings, discovery 

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responses, documents or things, or transcript testimony as Confidential Information and shall 

cooperate in restoring the confidentiality of such Confidential Information. The inadvertent or 

unintentional disclosure by a party of Confidential Information, regardless of whether the 

information was so designated at the time of disclosure, shall not be deemed a waiver in whole or in 

part of a party's claim of confidentiality either as to the specific information disclosed or as to any

other information relating thereto, or on the same or related subject matter, provided that the nonproducing party is notified and properly marked documents are supplied as provided herein. The 

receiving party shall not be responsible for the disclosure or other distribution of belatedly 

designated Confidential Information as to such disclosure or distribution that may occur before the 

receipt of such notification of a claim of confidentiality and such disclosure or distribution shall not 

be deemed to be a violation of this Protective Order. 

16. If information subject to a claim of attorney-client privilege or work-product 

immunity is inadvertently produced, such production shall in no way prejudice or otherwise 

constitute a waiver of, or estoppel as to, any such claim. If a party has inadvertently produced 

information subject to a claim of immunity or privilege, upon request, such information shall be

returned promptly and, if a document, all copies of that document shall be destroyed. The party 

returning such information may move the Court for an Order compelling production of such 

information. 

17. With the exception of the inadvertent production provision above, it is not the 

intention of this Protective Order to address discovery objections to producing, answering, or 

responding on the grounds of attorney-client privilege or work product immunity. Nor does this 

order preclude either party from seeking further relief or protective orders from the Court as may be 

appropriate under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 

18. The fact that Information is designated "Confidential" or "Confidential-Attorneys'

Eyes Only" under this Order shall not be deemed to be determinative of what a trier of fact may 

determine to be confidential or proprietary. This Order shall be without prejudice to the right of any 

party to bring before the Court the question of: 

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(a) whether any particular information is or is not Confidential Information; 

(b) whether any particular information is or is not entitled to a greater or lesser degree of 

protection than provided hereunder; or 

(c) whether any particular information is or is not relevant to any issue in this case. 

19. The terms of the Protective Order are applicable to Confidential Information 

produced by a non-party, and Confidential Information produced by a non-party in connection with 

this litigation is protected by the remedies and relief provided by the Protective Order.

20. A party shall not use any Confidential or Confidential-Attorneys’ Eyes Only 

information produced in discovery by the opposing party for the purpose of prosecuting any patent 

application or in connection with any other proceeding before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 

or any other national patent office. Furthermore, during the pendency of this Action and for two 

years after the case is terminated (either through settlement or judgment including any appeals), any 

individual given access to Confidential or Confidential-Attorneys’ Eyes Only material of the 

opposing party shall not have substantive involvement in the preparation or prosecution of any 

patent application, protest, interference, public use proceeding, reissue, reexamination, citation of 

prior art under 35 U.S.C. § 301, or request for certificate of correction related to (a) any of the 

patents in suit, including U.S. or foreign patents or patent applications that correspond to, claim

priority from, or are the basis for a claim of priority in, any of the patents in suit; or (b) the fields of

server and server-related storage products. Nothing in this paragraph shall limit the ability of outside 

litigation counsel of either party (Kirkland & Ellis LLP and DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP) 

to give advice and opinions to their client pursuant to Paragraph 9(h) of this order or to seek relief 

pursuant to Paragraph 22. 

21. Within thirty (30) days following the final conclusion of this litigation and any appeal 

thereof, all information designated as Confidential Information, except such documents or 

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information which incorporate or are incorporated into attorney work product (a single copy of 

which may be retained in counsel's file), shall, upon request, be returned to the producing party, or 

disposed of pursuant to the instructions of the producing party and with a certificate of destruction to 

be provided. 

22. The restrictions provided for above shall not terminate upon the conclusion of this 

lawsuit, but shall continue until further Order of this Court. This Stipulated Protective Order is 

without prejudice to the right of a party hereto to seek relief from the Court, upon good cause shown, 

from any of the provisions or restrictions provided herein, and nothing in this Stipulated Protective 

Order shall abridge the right of any person or party to seek judicial modification or amendment of 

this Order. 

Dated: March 29, 2006 

Respectfully submitted, 

s/ 

Eric R. Lamison (Bar No. 178262) 

Benjamin R. Ostapuk (Bar No. 194364) 

Pablo D. Arredondo (Bar No. 241142) 

KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP 

555 California St., 24th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94104 

Telephone: (415) 439-1400 

Facsimile: (415) 439-1500 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

RACKABLE SYSTEMS, INC.

Dated: March 28, 2006 

Respectfully submitted, 

s/ 

Richard I. Yankwich (Bar No. 089924) 

Alan A. Limbach (Bar No. 173059) 

Megan Whyman Olesek (Bar No. 191218) 

DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP 

2000 University Avenue 

East Palo Alto, California 94303-2215 

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Telephone: (650) 833-2000 

Facsimile: (650) 833-2001 

Attorneys for Defendant 

SUPER MICRO COMPUTER, INC. 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO 

ORDERED:

____________________________________ 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

DATED: ______________________ 

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March 31, 2006

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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A

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton

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EXHIBIT A 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENT 

 I, , declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United 

States that: 

1. My address is: 

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2. My present employer is: 

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3. My present occupation or job description is: 

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I HEREBY CERTIFY AND AGREE that I have read and understand the terms of the 

Stipulated Protective Order entered in Rackable Systems, Inc. v. Super Micro Computer, Inc., Case 

No. C 05-03561 PJH. I agree that I will not disclose any information received by me pursuant to this 

Stipulated Protective Order, except for purposes directly related to this litigation, as explicitly 

allowed by said Protective Order, agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Order unless 

and until modified by further Order of the Court. I hereby consent to the jurisdiction of the United 

States District Court for the Northern District of California, San Francisco Division, for purposes of 

enforcing this Order. 

I understand that I am to retain all copies of any of the materials I receive which have been so 

designated as Confidential Information in a container, cabinet, drawer, room or other safe place in a 

manner consistent with this Protective Order, and that all copies are to remain in my custody until I 

have completed my assigned or legal duties, whereupon the copies are to be returned or destroyed as 

specified in the Protective Order. I acknowledge that such return or the subsequent destruction of 

such materials shall not relieve me from any of the continuing obligations imposed upon me by the 

Protective Order. 

Dated: , 200__ 

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I, Benjamin R. Ostapuk, attest that concurrence in the filing of this document has been 

obtained from counsel for defendant Super Micro Computer, Inc. I declare under penalty of perjury 

under the laws of the United States of America that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed this 

29th day of March, 2006 at San Francisco, California. 

 s/Benjamin R. Ostapuk 

___________________________

Benjamin R. Ostapuk 

[Proposed] Stipulated Protective Order 15 Case No. C 05-03561 PJH

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EM\7200076.2 

355856-5 

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