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Parties Involved:
Immersion Corporation
Counter-defendant
Internet Services LLC
Counter-claimant

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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 

Case No. 4:06-CV-02009-CW 

IRELL & MANELLA LLP 

Morgan Chu (70446) 

Richard M. Birnholz (151543) 

Alan J. Heinrich (212782) 

Josh B. Gordon (244818) 

1800 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 900 

Los Angeles, California 90067-4276 

Telephone: (310) 277-1010 

Facsimile: (310) 203-7199 

Attorneys for IMMERSION CORPORATION 

KEKER & VAN NEST, LLP 

Daralyn J. Durie (169825) 

Mark A. Lemley (155830) 

Matthias A. Kamber (232147) 

710 Sansome Street 

San Francisco, CA 94111-1704 

Telephone: (415) 391-5400 

Facsimile: (415) 397-7188 

Attorneys for INTERNET SERVICES LLC 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

INTERNET SERVICES, LLC, a California 

Limited Liability Company 

Plaintiff-Counterclaim 

Defendant, 

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IMMERSION CORPORATION, a Delaware 

corporation 

Defendant-Counterclaim 

Plaintiff. 

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Case No. 4:06-CV-02009-CW 

[PROPOSED] STIPULATED 

PROTECTIVE ORDER 

Ctrm: Hon. Claudia Wilken 

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Plaintiff, Internet Services LLC and Defendant, Immersion Corporation, assert that they 

may possess confidential information in the form of trade secrets or other confidential business, 

personal and/or technical information related to the subject matter of this litigation. The parties 

recognize that it may be necessary to disclose certain of the asserted confidential information 

during the course of this litigation. As a result, the parties desire limiting disclosure and 

preventing use of such information for purposes other than the prosecution and defense of this 

action. In addition, the parties contemplate that non-parties may produce confidential information. 

Pursuant to Rule 26(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the parties, by and through their 

respective undersigned counsel, hereby stipulate and agree to the request for, and entry of, the 

following Protective Order (hereinafter, "Order"). 

1. DEFINITIONS

(a) Designated Material: The term "Designated Material" shall mean any Discovery 

Material designated by a Producing Party as CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or 

ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY INFORMATION, which comprises or contains information that the 

Producing Party claims in good faith to constitute or relate to trade secrets under applicable law; 

and confidential and proprietary information, such as, without limitation, research and 

development information (including, for example, market and demographic research, and product 

and advertising development), commercial information (including, for example, business plans, 

business strategies, negotiations, and license agreements), financial information (including, for 

example, budgeting, accounting, sales figures and advertising expenditures), business relationship 

information (including, for example, information pertaining to potential and/or existing customers, 

competitors, suppliers, distributors, affiliates, subsidiaries, and parents), personnel information 

(including, for example, compensation, evaluations and other employment information), and 

patent prosecution information (including, for example, present or future patent applications). 

(b) Discovery Material: The term "Discovery Material" shall mean any document (as 

defined below), material, item, testimony, or thing filed with or presented to the Court or 

produced, served, or generated during the discovery process, including, for example, exhibits, 

answers to interrogatories; responses to requests for admissions; responses to requests for 

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production; subpoenas; declarations; affidavits; and deposition testimony or transcripts; and all 

copies, extracts, summaries, compilations, designations, and portions thereof. 

(c) Document: The term "Document" shall mean every means of recording any form 

of communication or representation upon any tangible thing, including letters, words, pictures, 

sounds, or symbols, or combinations thereof, whether recorded by handwriting, printing, 

photostatic, or photographic means, magnetic impulse, tape, computer disk, CD-ROM or any other 

form of data storage, data compilation, or mechanical or electronic recording, and all other 

tangible things which come within the meaning of writing contained in Rule 1001 of the Federal 

Rules of Evidence, or within the meaning of "document" or "tangible thing" contained in Rule 34 

of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 

(d) Producing Party: The term "Producing Party" shall mean any party to this action 

or any third party, including its counsel, retained experts, directors, officers, employees, or agents, 

who produces any Discovery Material during discovery for this action. 

(e) Receiving Party: The term "Receiving Party" shall mean any party to this action, 

including its counsel, retained experts, directors, officers, employees, or agents, who receives any 

Discovery Material. 

2. CATEGORIES OF DESIGNATED MATERIAL

(a) Types. Any Producing Party may mark Designated Material as: (i) 

"CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION"; or (ii) "ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY INFORMATION," if 

the Producing Party reasonably believes in good faith that the Designated Material is of such an 

extremely sensitive nature that the disclosure of such Designated Material to a Receiving Party 

would result in competitive or other business injury to it. The parties agree to not use the 

designation "ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY INFORMATION" for purposes of harassing the 

Receiving Party or for purposes of unnecessarily restricting the Receiving Party's access to 

information concerning the lawsuit. 

(b) Scope. The scope of this Order shall be understood to encompass not only 

Designated Material which is expressly designated as CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or 

ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY INFORMATION, but also any information copied therefrom, and 

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all copies, excerpts, and summaries thereof, as well as testimony and oral conversations which 

reveal that information. 

(c) Additional Categories. The parties may agree to add additional categories of 

Designated Material (in addition to CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION and ATTORNEYS' 

EYES ONLY INFORMATION) from time to time as necessary. If the parties cannot resolve the 

issue of whether this Order should be amended to include the proposed new category of 

Designated Material, the dispute may be submitted to the Court by motion or otherwise. 

Disclosure of the Discovery Material, however, shall still be made, but with the highest level of 

confidentiality available under this Order, pending resolution of the objection by the parties or the 

Court, as the case may be. 

3. PROCEDURE FOR MARKING DESIGNATED MATERIAL

Marking Designated Material as CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or ATTORNEYS' 

EYES ONLY INFORMATION shall be made by the Producing Party in the following manner: 

(a) In the case of documents or any other tangible thing produced, designation shall be 

made by placing the legend "CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION" or "ATTORNEYS' EYES 

ONLY INFORMATION" on each page of the document or on the cover or in a prominent place 

on any other tangible thing prior to production of the document or tangible thing; 

(b) In producing original files and records for inspection, no marking need be made by 

the Producing Party in advance of the inspection. For the purposes of the inspection, all 

documents produced shall be considered as marked "ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY 

INFORMATION." Thereafter, upon selection of specified documents for copying by the 

Receiving Party, the Producing Party shall mark as "CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION" or 

"ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY INFORMATION" the copies of such documents as may contain 

confidential information at the time the copies are produced to the Receiving Party; and 

(c) In the case of deposition testimony, transcripts or portions thereof, designation shall 

be made by the Producing Party either (i) on the record during the deposition, in which case the 

portion of the transcript of the designated testimony shall be bound in a separate volume and 

marked "CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION" or "ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY 

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INFORMATION" by the reporter, as the Producing Party may direct, or (ii) by captioned, written 

notice to the reporter and all counsel of record, given within ten (10) business days after the 

reporter sends written notice to the deponent or the deponent's counsel that the transcript is 

available for review, in which case all counsel receiving such notice shall be responsible for 

marking the copies of the designated transcript or portion thereof in their possession or control as 

directed by the Producing Party or deponent. Pending expiration of the ten (10) business days, all 

parties and, if applicable, any third party witnesses or attorneys, shall treat the deposition 

transcript as if it had been designated "ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY INFORMATION." No 

person shall attend the designated portions of such depositions unless such person is an authorized 

recipient of Designated Material under the terms of this Order. 

4. CONTESTING THE DESIGNATION

(a) No party to this action shall be obligated to challenge the propriety of any 

designation by any Producing Party, and a failure to do so shall not constitute a waiver or in any 

way preclude a subsequent challenge in this or any other action to the propriety of such 

designation. 

(b) Any party may contest a claim of confidentiality. Any party objecting to the 

designation of any Discovery Material as Designated Material, such as CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION or ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY INFORMATION, must give outside counsel of 

record for the Producing Party written notice of its reasons for the objection. Failing resolution 

after service of the written notice of its reasons for the objection, the party objecting may, on a 

duly noticed motion, seek an order changing or removing the designation. In the resolution of 

such matter, the burden of establishing confidentiality shall be on the party who made the claim of 

confidentiality, i.e., the Producing Party, but information designated as CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION or ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY INFORMATION shall be deemed as such until 

the matter is resolved. 

5. RESTRICTION ON DISCLOSURE AND USE 

(a) Confidentiality. Designated Material and the information derived from such 

Designated Material (excluding information which is derived lawfully from an independent 

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source) shall be kept confidential and shall not be given, shown, made available, discussed, or 

otherwise communicated in any manner, either directly or indirectly, to any person not authorized 

to receive the information under the terms of this Order. 

(b) Designated Material and the information derived from such Designated Material 

(excluding information which is derived lawfully from an independent source) shall not be used 

by the Receiving Party for any purpose other than in connection with the litigation and dispute 

between Immersion and ISLLC unless and until such designation is removed by written agreement 

of the Producing Party or by Order of the Court. 

(c) Maintenance of Designated Material. Designated Material shall be maintained by 

the Receiving Party at a location and under circumstances to ensure that access is limited to those 

persons entitled to have access under this Order. 

(d) A Producing Party is free to do whatever it desires with its own Designated 

Material. 

6. ACCESS TO DESIGNATED MATERIAL

(a) Access- "ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY INFORMATION." Designated Material 

marked "ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY INFORMATION" shall be available only to the following 

persons subject to the terms of paragraph 7: 

(i) Outside counsel of record to any party in connection with this action, and 

the outside counsel's partners, associates and employees; 

(ii) Judges, Magistrate Judges, law clerks, and clerical personnel of the Court 

before which this action is pending or qualified court reporters; 

(iii) Approved consultants or experts, excluding employees, officers or directors 

of a named party, retained by any of the parties or their counsel to consult or testify in the case; 

(iv) Authors or drafters; addressees; and those who received the documents or 

information prior to the commencement of this action, or during this action, only if obtained 

independent and outside of this action and not in violation of this Order; 

(v) Third party contractors and their employees involved in document 

management or copying services for this litigation; 

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(vi) Graphics or design services retained by counsel for a party for purposes of 

preparing demonstratives or other exhibits for deposition, trial, or other court proceedings in this 

action; 

 (vii) Jury or trial consulting services retained by a party in this action; 

 (viii) Persons who have been retained by a party to provide translation or 

interpretation from one language to another; 

 (ix) Mock jurors retained by a party in this action, excluding individuals who 

are officers, directors, or employees of a named party, or owners of more than a two-percent 

interest in a named party; and 

 (x) At depositions to persons employed by or otherwise associated with the 

Producing Party reasonably believed to have authored, received, or been aware of the Designated 

Materials. 

(b) Access- "CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION." Designated Material marked 

"CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION" shall be available only to: 

 (i) Those persons who may have access to materials designated "ATTORNEYS' 

EYES ONLY INFORMATION" subject to the terms of paragraph 7; and 

(ii) For each party to this litigation, which includes Internet Services LLC and 

Immersion Corporation, three employees subject to the terms of paragraph 7. With respect to this 

subparagraph, the term "employee" shall include current directors, officers and/or employees of 

the Receiving Party. 

7. CONDITIONS ON ACCESS TO DESIGNATED MATERIAL

 (a) Consultants and Experts. Prior to a Receiving Party giving, showing, disclosing, 

making available or communicating Designated Material to any expert or consultant under 

paragraph 6(a)(iii), the party shall: 

 (i) Serve a notice on the Producing Party, identifying the expert or consultant 

and the expert's or consultant's business address, business telephone numbers, present employer 

and position (along with a job description), consulting activities and job history for the past three 

years, and past or present relationship, if any, with the Receiving Party. Furthermore, if available 

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or reasonably obtainable, the most recent curriculum vitae or resume of the expert or consultant 

shall be provided under this section. If the most recent curriculum vitae or resume of the expert or 

consultant provides the information required under this paragraph, then the information need not 

be separately provided. 

 (ii) State in such notice the specific Designated Material proposed to be 

disclosed. In the absence of such specific designation, the notice will be construed as referring to 

all of the Designated Material of the Producing Party subject to this Order. In the event a specific 

designation is made, only so much of the Producing Party's Designated Material as is specifically 

designated shall be disclosed to the intended recipient, unless and until such time as a further 

notice is given to the Producing Party in the manner set forth in this paragraph, specifying any 

additional Designated Material to be disclosed. 

 (iii) Include with such notice, a copy of the Acknowledgment of Protective 

Order, in the form shown in Exhibit A, which is attached hereto, signed by the expert or consultant 

and including all the information to be completed therein. 

 (iv) The Producing Party shall be entitled to object to such disclosure to the 

expert or consultant within five (5) business days after receipt of the Acknowledgment of 

Protective Order by stating specifically in writing the reasons why such expert or consultant 

should not receive the Designated Material. 

 (v) The parties shall meet and confer within five (5) business days after the 

Producing Party serves its objection, for the purpose of attempting to resolve the objection. 

 (vi) If the objection is not resolved by the parties, the Producing Party must file 

and serve a motion to prevent disclosure within ten calendar (10) days after such meet and confer, 

otherwise, the Producing Party shall be deemed to have withdrawn its objection. 

 (vii) In any motion before the Court, the Producing Party shall bear the burden of 

showing the need for confidentiality and the grounds for its objection. No disclosure of 

Designated Material shall be made to the proposed expert or consultant until the parties resolve the 

matter, the objection is withdrawn, or the Court permits such disclosure. 

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(viii) The filing and pendency of objections shall not limit, delay, or defer any 

disclosures of Designated Material to persons as to whom no such objection has been made, nor 

shall it delay or defer any other pending discovery unless the level of confidentiality bears directly 

on the objecting party's ability to conduct such discovery. 

 (b) Authorization and Acknowledgment. Each person hereof (excluding Outside 

Counsel, Judges, Magistrate Judges, law clerks, and clerical personnel of the Court before which 

this action is pending or qualified court reporters, as well as third party contractors and their 

employees involved solely in document management, delivery or copying services for this 

litigation) to whom Designated Material is to be given, shown, disclosed, made available or 

communicated in any way, shall first execute an Acknowledgment of Protective Order in the form 

shown in Exhibit A, agreeing to be bound by the terms of this Order, acknowledging that 

Designated Material is subject to this Order, that the person is authorized under paragraphs 6(a)-

(b) to receive Designated Material marked as CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or 

ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY INFORMATION, that the person has read this Order, that such 

person agrees to comply with, and be bound by, this Order, and that such person is aware that 

contempt sanctions may be entered for violation of this Order. Counsel to whom Designated 

Material is produced shall keep in his or her files an original of each such executed 

Acknowledgment of Protective Order until sixty (60) calendar days after the final termination of 

this action. Upon final termination of this action and at the written request of the Producing Party, 

all such executed agreements shall be provided to outside counsel for the Producing Party. 

8. PROCEDURES FOR FILING PAPERS WITH DESIGNATED MATERIAL

Designated Material may be included with, or referred to in, papers filed with the Court 

where this case is now pending or in any other court only in accordance with the following 

procedures: 

(a) The Designated Material must be filed under seal in sealed envelopes endorsed 

with the title of this action, an indication of the contents of the envelope, the identity of the filing 

party and the notation "CONFIDENTIAL - SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER - NOT TO BE 

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DISCLOSED EXCEPT BY COURT ORDER OR WRITTEN STIPULATION OF THE 

PARTIES." 

(b) All papers filed with the Court, including but not limited to pleadings and 

memoranda of law, which include all or any portion of information set forth in Designated 

Material must be filed under seal in accordance with the terms and procedures set forth in this 

Order, including the procedures for filing materials set forth above in paragraph 8(a). Counsel for 

the party filing papers with Designated Material shall be responsible for designating all papers 

filed with the Court as Designated Material and marked as CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or 

ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY INFORMATION depending on the contents of the papers being 

filed. Such papers shall be subject to the terms of this Order. 

9. REDACTED FILINGS OF PAPERS WITH DESIGNATED MATERIAL 

Redacted versions of papers with Designated Material filed under seal may be filed with 

the Court in accordance with normal procedures and made publicly available provided that: 

(a) All Designated Material set forth in the papers is deleted or obscured and all 

Designated Material is removed as exhibits; and 

(b) Redacted versions of the papers are clearly marked "Public Version Confidential 

Material Omitted." Redacted versions of the papers also must clearly identify each place where 

information or exhibits have been deleted. 

10. PROCEDURE FOR DISCLOSURES TO OTHER PERSONS

If it becomes necessary for a Receiving Party's outside counsel to seek the assistance of 

any person, other than those persons referred to in paragraph 6, and to disclose Designated 

Material to such person to properly prepare this litigation for trial, the following procedures shall 

be employed: 

(a) Outside counsel of the Receiving Party shall notify, in writing, outside counsel for 

the Producing Party, stating therein the specific Designated Material to be disclosed and the name, 

address and position of the person(s) to whom such disclosure is to be made; 

(b) If no objection to such disclosure is made by outside counsel for the Producing 

Party within ten (10) business days of such notification, outside counsel for the Receiving Party 

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shall be free to make such disclosure to the designated person(s); provided, however, that outside 

counsel for the Receiving Party shall serve upon outside counsel for the Producing Party, prior to 

disclosure, an Acknowledgment of Protective Order in the form shown in Exhibit A, whereby 

such person agrees to comply with and be bound by this Order. The acknowledgment shall be 

retained by outside counsel for the Receiving Party, and distributed upon final disposition of this 

action as set forth in Paragraph 15 below. 

(c) If, within ten (10) business days, the outside counsel for the Producing Party 

objects, in writing, to such disclosure, no disclosure shall be made, except by order of the Court 

upon a regularly noticed motion brought by the Receiving Party. Before filing such a motion, 

outside counsel for the Receiving Party shall meet and confer with outside counsel for the 

Producing Party in a good faith effort to resolve their differences. 

(d) Any party moving for such an order requesting disclosure shall explain why the 

requested disclosure is appropriate, but the Producing Party shall bear the burden of justifying the 

confidentiality designation and explaining the harm that would result from the requested 

disclosure. 

11. UNINTENTIONAL FAILURE TO DESIGNATE

If, through inadvertence, a Producing Party provides any Designated Material pursuant to 

this litigation without designating and marking the Designated Material as CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION or ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY INFORMATION, or fails to designate 

materials correctly, the Producing Party may subsequently inform the Receiving Party of the 

confidential nature of the disclosed Designated Material, and the Receiving Party shall treat the 

disclosed Designated Material as CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or ATTORNEYS' EYES 

ONLY INFORMATION upon receipt of written notice from the Producing Party, to the extent the 

Receiving Party has not disclosed this Designated Material. Disclosure of such Designated 

Material to persons not authorized to receive that material prior to receipt of the confidentiality 

designation shall not be deemed a violation of this Order. However, in the event the material has 

been distributed in a manner inconsistent with the categorical designation, the Receiving Party 

will take the steps necessary to conform distribution to the categorical designation, i.e., by 

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retrieving all copies of the Designated Material, or notes or extracts thereof, in the possession of 

the persons not authorized under this Order to possess such Designated Material and advising the 

person to whom disclosure was made that the material is confidential and should be treated as 

provided in the Order. 

12. UNINTENTIONAL DISCLOSURE OF PRIVILEGED INFORMATION

Counsel shall exert their best efforts to identify documents or material protected by the 

attorney-client privilege or the work-product doctrine prior to the disclosure of any such 

documents or material. If, however, a party unintentionally discloses documents or material that is 

privileged or otherwise immune from discovery, the party shall, within seven (7) business days 

upon discovery of the disclosure, so advise the Receiving Party in writing, request the documents 

or material be returned, and attach a privilege log with an entry pertaining to the documents or 

material that is privileged or otherwise immune from discovery. If that request is made and the 

privilege log provided, no party to this action shall thereafter assert on this basis that the disclosure 

waived any privilege or immunity. It is further agreed that the Receiving Party will return or 

destroy the inadvertently produced documents or material, and all copies and derivations, within 

five (5) business days of the Receiving Party's receipt of a written request for the return of the 

documents or material. The cost, if any, for excising such documents or materials by the 

Receiving Party shall be borne by the Producing Party. The Receiving Party having returned the 

inadvertently produced documents or material may thereafter seek production of the documents or 

material in accordance with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. To the extent that any such 

inadvertently produced material has been used, included, referenced or summarized in a pleading, 

deposition or other proceeding, nothing in this paragraph shall require a Receiving Party to purge, 

redact or excise any such information that has been used in good faith before a request for the 

return of the unintentionally produced material. 

13. INFORMATION NOT COVERED BY THIS ORDER

The restrictions set forth in this Order shall not apply to information which is in the 

possession of or otherwise known to the Receiving Party or the public before the date of its 

transmission to the Receiving Party, or which lawfully comes into the possession of or becomes 

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known to the Receiving Party or lawfully comes into the possession of or otherwise becomes 

known to the public after the date of its transmission to the Receiving Party, provided that such 

information does not become publicly known by any act or omission of the Receiving Party which 

would be in violation of this order. 

14. RESPONSIBILITY OF ATTORNEYS 

Outside counsel of record shall be responsible for providing a copy of this Order to all 

persons entitled access to Designated Material under paragraph 6 and to employ reasonable 

measures to control duplication of, access to, and distribution of copies of materials so designated. 

No person shall duplicate any Designated Material except, as contemplated by this Order, for use 

as exhibits at depositions, in connection with court filings or, as necessary, by counsel, experts or 

consultants approved under paragraphs 6 and 7 for use as working copies. All copies, extracts and 

translations must be appropriately marked and are subject to paragraph 15 of this Order. 

15. FINAL DISPOSITION 

Upon termination, settlement or final judgment of this litigation including exhaustion of all 

appeals, the originals and all copies of Designated Material shall be either destroyed or turned over 

to the Producing Party, or to their respective outside counsel, within sixty (60) calendar days. 

However, retained counsel may retain pleadings, attorney and consultant work product, and 

depositions for archival purposes. If Designated Material is destroyed pursuant to this paragraph, 

outside counsel for the Receiving Party shall provide to outside counsel for the Producing Party a 

certification identifying when and how the destruction was performed. The provisions of this 

Order insofar as it restricts the disclosure, communication of, and use of Designated Material 

produced hereunder shall continue to be binding after the conclusion of this action. 

16. DISCLOSURE OF DESIGNATED MATERIAL AT TRIAL OR PRE-TRIAL 

HEARINGS 

This Order governs only discovery. At trial or on appeal, the parties will re-designate or 

redact confidential designations as deemed appropriate. 

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17. REFERENCE TO THIS ORDER AT TRIAL

No reference may be made at the trial in this action in the presence of a jury to the 

existence of this Order or to the effect that certain material is subject to this Order. 

18. NO LIMITATION OF OTHER RIGHTS

This Order shall be without prejudice to the right of any party to oppose production of any 

information on any and all grounds other than confidentiality. 

19. RELEASE FROM OR MODIFICATION OF THIS ORDER

This Order is entered without prejudice to the right of any party to apply to the Court at 

any time for additional protection, or to release, rescind, or modify the restrictions of this Order, to 

determine whether a particular person shall be entitled to receive any particular information or to 

seek relief from inadvertent disclosure of privileged or work-product information. This Order 

does not preclude all of the parties to this Order from entering into any stipulation (in writing or 

on the record) constituting a modification of this Order. On any motion seeking disclosures 

beyond those authorized by this Order, the burden will be on the Receiving Party to justify the 

disclosure. 

20. DISCOVERY FROM THIRD PARTIES

If discovery is sought of a person not a party to this action ("third party") requiring 

disclosure of such third party's Designated Material, the Designated Material disclosed by any 

such third party will be accorded the same protection as the parties' Designated Material, and will 

be subject to the same procedures as those governing disclosure of the parties' Designated Material 

pursuant to this Order. 

21. ADMISSIBILITY

Nothing herein shall be construed to affect in any way the evidentiary admissibility of any 

document, testimony, or other matter at any court proceeding related to this matter. The marking of 

Designated Material as CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY 

INFORMATION pursuant to this Order shall not, for that reason alone, bar its introduction or use at 

any court proceeding related to this matter pursuant to such terms and conditions as the Court may 

deem appropriate, consistent with the need for a complete and accurate record of the proceedings; 

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provided, however, that every effort shall be made, through the use of procedures agreed upon by 

the parties or otherwise, to preserve the confidentiality of Designated Material marked as 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY INFORMATION. 

22. NON-PARTY REQUEST/SUBPOENA OF DESIGNATED MATERIAL 

If a Receiving Party receives a subpoena or other compulsory process from a non-party to 

this Order seeking production or other disclosure of a Producing Party's Designated Material, that 

Receiving Party shall give written notice to outside counsel of record for the Producing Party 

within ten (10) business days after receipt of the subpoena or other compulsory process identifying 

the specific Designated Material sought and enclosing a copy of the subpoena or other compulsory 

process. If the Producing Party timely seeks a protective order, the Receiving Party to whom the 

subpoena or other compulsory process was issued or served shall not produce the Designated 

Material requested prior to receiving a Court order or consent of the Producing Party. In the event 

that Designated Material is produced to the non-party, such material shall be treated as Designated 

Material pursuant to this Order. 

23. UNINTENTIONAL DISCLOSURE OF DESIGNATED MATERIAL

 If Designated Material, or any portion thereof, is disclosed by the Receiving Party, through 

inadvertence or otherwise, to any person or party not authorized under this Protective Order, then 

the Receiving Party shall use its best efforts to retrieve immediately all copies of such Designated 

Material, and to bind such person to the terms of this Order. In such event, the Receiving Party 

shall also (a) promptly inform such person of all the provisions of this Order; (b) identify such 

person immediately to the Producing Party; and (c) request such person to execute the 

Acknowledgment of Protective Order in the form shown in Exhibit A. 

24. COUNSEL'S RIGHT TO PROVIDE ADVICE

Nothing in this Order shall bar or otherwise restrict any counsel herein from rendering 

advice to the counsel's party-client with respect to this action, and in the course thereof, relying 

upon an examination of Designated Material, provided, however, that in rendering such advice and 

in otherwise communicating with the party-client, the counsel shall not disclose any Designated 

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Material, nor the source of any Designated Material, to anyone not authorized to receive such 

Designated Material pursuant to the terms of this Order.

25. NO CONTRACT

To the extent that the parties have agreed on the terms of this Order, such stipulation is for 

the Court's consideration and approval as an Order. The parties' stipulation shall not be construed 

to create a contract between the parties or between the parties and their respective counsel. 

26. EFFECTIVE DATE

This Order shall be effective on the date of its execution, provided that all material 

previously produced shall be deemed ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY INFORMATION unless and 

until they are re-designated by the Producing Party or by further order of the Court. 

27. TERMINATION 

The termination of this action shall not automatically terminate the effectiveness of this 

Order and persons subject to this Order shall be bound by the confidentiality obligations of this 

Order until the Producing Party agrees otherwise in writing or this Court (or any other court or 

competent jurisdiction) orders otherwise. 

Dated: August 9, 2007 IRELL & MANELLA LLP 

Morgan Chu (70446) 

Richard M. Birnholz (151543) 

Alan J. Heinrich (212782) 

Josh B. Gordon (244818) 

By: /s/ Richard M. Birnholz 

Attorneys for IMMERSION CORPORATION 

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Dated: August 9, 2007 KEKER & VAN NEST, LLP 

Daralyn J. Durie (169825) 

Mark A. Lemley (155830) 

Matthias A. Kamber (232147) 

By: /s/ Matthias A. Kamber 

Attorneys for INTERNET SERVICES LLC 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: August ___, 2007 

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The Honorable Claudia Wilken 

United States District Judge 

10 BUT SEE L.R. 79-5.

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EXHIBIT A 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

INTERNET SERVICES, LLC, a California 

Limited Liability Company 

Plaintiff-Counterclaim 

Defendant, 

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IMMERSION CORPORATION, a Delaware 

corporation 

Defendant-Counterclaim 

Plaintiff. 

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF 

PROTECTIVE ORDER 

Ctrm: Hon. Claudia Wilken 

I, ________________________________________________, state that: 

I have read and reviewed in its entirety the annexed Protective Order ("Protective Order") 

that has been signed and entered in this matter. 

I hereby agree to be bound by and comply with the terms of the Protective Order, and not 

to disseminate or disclose any information subject to the Protective Order that I review or about 

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which I am told, to any person, entity, party, or agency for any reason, except in accordance with 

the terms of the Protective Order. 

I understand that contempt sanctions may be entered for violation of this Protective Order 

and further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of this Court for the purposes of enforcement of the 

terms of this Protective Order. 

DATED this _____ day of ______________________, 200_. 

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(Signature) 

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(Typed or Printed Name) 

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