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Parties Involved:
Axiom Worldwide, Inc.
Defendant
Axiom Worldwide, LLC
Defendant
Nick Exharos
Defendant
James Gibson
Defendant
Tony L. Hoang
Plaintiff
Charles C. Strong
Plaintiff

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STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER 

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LIBA/1868849.1 

GOODWIN PROCTER LLP 

Forrest A. Hainline III, Esq., SBN 64166 

Patrick S. Thompson, Esq., SBN 160804 

Susanne N. Geraghty, Esq., SBN 218098 

Elizabeth F. Stone, Esq., SBN 239285 

Three Embarcadero Center, 24th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: (415) 733-6000 

Facsimile: (415) 677-9041 

Attorneys for Defendants Axiom 

Worldwide, Inc. and Axiom Worldwide, LLC 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

TONY L. HOANG and CHARLES C. 

STRONG, individually and on behalf of all 

others similarly situated, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

AXIOM WORLDWIDE, LLC, a Florida 

corporation; AXIOM WORLDWIDE, INC., a 

Florida corporation; JAMES GIBSON; NICK 

EXHAROS; and DOES 1-50, 

Defendants. 

Case No. C07-5450 MHP 

[PROPOSED] STIPULATED 

PROTECTIVE ORDER 

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Plaintiffs Tony L. Hoang and Charles C. Strong (“plaintiffs”) and defendants Axiom 

Worldwide, Inc. and Axiom Worldwide, LLC (collectively, “Axiom”) stipulate as follows: 

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

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

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

Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to and petition the court to enter the following Stipulated 

Protective Order. The parties acknowledge that this Order does not confer blanket protections on 

all disclosures or responses to discovery and that the protection it affords extends only to the 

limited information or items that are entitled under the applicable legal principles to treatment as 

confidential. The parties further acknowledge that Civil Local Rule 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. 

The parties further stipulate and agree that CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, 

CONFIDENTIAL COUNSEL ONLY INFORMATION, and PRIVILEGED INFORMATION 

shall be disclosed only as follows: 

1. Two designations of documents or things may receive the protection of this Order: 

(1) those designated CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION and (2) those designated 

CONFIDENTIAL COUNSEL ONLY INFORMATION. No party or individual may use any 

materials labeled with either designation except for this case and in accordance with the terms of 

this Agreement. In addition, this Agreement governs the production of PRIVILEGED 

INFORMATION. 

2. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION means material that contains a trade secret or 

confidential research, development and other competitively sensitive commercial information that 

has not been disclosed to the public. CONFIDENTIAL COUNSEL ONLY INFORMATION 

means material that is CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION and that is particularly competitively 

sensitive, including but not limited to undisclosed business plans of any kind and financial 

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information that has not been publicly reported. PRIVILEGED INFORMATION means material 

covered by the attorney-client or work product privileges. 

3. The Parties may designate any information as CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION 

by stamping “CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION” upon the face of a document containing 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, or by specifying that any deposition or trial testimony 

contains CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. 

4. The Parties may designate any information as CONFIDENTIAL COUNSEL 

ONLY INFORMATION by stamping “CONFIDENTIAL COUNSEL ONLY INFORMATION” 

upon the face of a document containing CONFIDENTIAL COUNSEL ONLY INFORMATION, 

or by specifying that any deposition or trial testimony contains CONFIDENTIAL COUNSEL 

ONLY INFORMATION. 

5. In the event that the producing person discovers, after producing any documents or 

information, that it has inadvertently produced information that was not designated as 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or CONFIDENTIAL COUNSEL ONLY INFORMATION 

but should have been, the producing person may correct the error by written notice specifically 

identifying the designated information. Upon receipt of a written notice concerning inadvertent 

production of CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or CONFIDENTIAL COUNSEL ONLY 

INFORMATION, the parties shall treat the information as CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or 

CONFIDENTIAL COUNSEL ONLY INFORMATION under the terms of this Agreement. 

6. Where a requested document is withheld under a claim that it contains 

PRIVILEGED INFORMATION, counsel for the person making the claim will specify in a writing 

served upon opposing counsel: (a) the type of document, e.g., letter or memorandum; (b) the 

general subject matter of the document; (c) the date of the document; and (d) such other 

information as is sufficient to identify the document for a subpoena duces tecum, including the 

author of the document, the addressees of the document and any other recipients shown in the 

document, and, where not apparent, the relationship of the author, addressees and recipients to 

each other. 

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7. In the event that any producing person discovers that it has inadvertently produced 

PRIVILEGED INFORMATION, the producing party may correct that error at any time by written 

notice specifically identifying the privileged information that was inadvertently produced. Upon 

receipt of a written notice concerning inadvertent production of PRIVILEGED INFORMATION, 

the receiving person shall return to the producing person the originals and all copies of the 

PRIVILEGED INFORMATION, and will confirm that all references to the PRIVILEGED 

INFORMATION in any work product material will be destroyed. 

8. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION shall be used for purposes of this case only, 

and shall not be disclosed to anyone except a QUALIFIED PERSON, as defined in ¶ 10 below. 

With the exception of the Court and its staff, stenographic reporters of deposition or trial 

testimony in this case, and attorneys of record, CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION may not be 

disclosed to any QUALIFIED PERSON until such person has signed a copy of this Agreement 

and has agreed to be bound by its terms. 

9. CONFIDENTIAL COUNSEL ONLY INFORMATION shall be used for purposes 

of this case only, and shall not be disclosed to anyone except a SPECIALLY QUALIFIED 

PERSON, as defined in ¶ 11 below. With the exception of the Court and its staff, stenographic 

reporters of deposition or trial testimony in this case, and attorneys of record, CONFIDENTIAL 

COUNSEL ONLY INFORMATION may not be disclosed to any SPECIALLY QUALIFIED 

PERSON until such person has signed a copy of this Agreement and has agreed to be bound by its 

terms. 

10. A “QUALIFIED PERSON” is: 

a. Axiom and plaintiffs; 

b. Attorneys of record and their respective staffs; 

c. Each expert, consultant or advisor retained by attorneys of record to assist 

them in the preparation of the case; 

d. A witness at deposition or the trial and a witness’s counsel, in connection 

with testimony given in this case; 

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e. A stenographic reporter of deposition or trial testimony in this case; and 

f. The Court and its staff. 

11. A “SPECIALLY QUALIFIED PERSON” is: 

a. An attorney of record; 

b. An expert, consultant or advisor retained by attorneys of record to assist 

them in the preparation of the case; 

c. A witness at deposition or the trial and a witness’s counsel, in connection 

with testimony given in this case, where opposing counsel has been given 

advance notice and the opportunity to object; 

d. Stenographic reporters of deposition or trial testimony in this case; and 

e. The Court and its staff. 

12. A party may disclose its own CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or 

CONFIDENTIAL COUNSEL ONLY INFORMATION to any person. However, the extent of 

such disclosure may affect the continuing confidentiality of such information. 

13. Any transcript, pleading, or other paper containing CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION shall be clearly marked “CONTAINS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.” 

Any document submitted to the Court that contains CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION must 

comply with Civil Local Rule 79-5. 

14. Any transcript, pleading, or other paper containing CONFIDENTIAL COUNSEL 

ONLY INFORMATION shall be clearly marked “CONTAINS CONFIDENTIAL COUNSEL 

ONLY INFORMATION.” Any document submitted to the Court that contains CONFIDENTIAL 

COUNSEL ONLY INFORMATION must comply with Civil Local Rule 79-5. 

15. Deposition and other testimony may be designated CONFIDENTIAL or 

CONFIDENTIAL COUNSEL ONLY in the following manner: 

a. During the deposition, an attorney of record may designate any portion of 

the transcript as CONFIDENTIAL or CONFIDENTIAL COUNSEL 

ONLY. 

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b. After the deposition, the parties shall have 10 days after the transcript is 

prepared in which to review the transcript in order to determine whether to 

designate any portion as CONFIDENTIAL or CONFIDENTIAL 

COUNSEL ONLY. If the requesting attorney designates any portion of the 

transcript as CONFIDENTIAL or CONFIDENTIAL COUNSEL ONLY, he 

or she will notify both the reporter and opposing counsel. The reporter will 

then prepare a revised transcript in accordance with ¶ 15(c) of this 

Agreement. Opposing counsel will destroy the superseded transcript, 

whether in hard copy or electronic form. Should it be necessary for a Party 

to use any deposition material in a pleading or paper submitted to the Court 

before the 14 day period has ended, the submitting attorney will first give 

opposing counsel the opportunity to designate submitted deposition material 

as CONFIDENTIAL or CONFIDENTIAL COUNSEL ONLY. During the 

14 day period, the deposition will be treated as CONFIDENTIAL 

COUNSEL ONLY, unless the party owning the information gives opposing 

counsel written permission to treat specified material as CONFIDENTIAL. 

c. Deposition transcripts containing CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or 

CONFIDENTIAL COUNSEL ONLY INFORMATION shall be separately 

bound and appropriately marked, but will keep the same pagination as if the 

testimony did not contain CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or 

CONFIDENTIAL COUNSEL ONLY INFORMATION. All electronic 

copies of deposition testimony containing CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION or CONFIDENTIAL COUNSEL ONLY 

INFORMATION shall contain a header or footer on each page identifying 

the testimony as containing CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or 

CONFIDENTIAL COUNSEL ONLY INFORMATION. 

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16. Before any CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION is disclosed to any QUALIFIED 

PERSON (except the Court and its staff, stenographic reporters of deposition or trial testimony in 

this case, and attorneys of record), the QUALIFIED PERSON shall sign a copy of this Agreement. 

Stenographic reporters of deposition or trial testimony will be given a copy of this Agreement. 

The attorney disclosing CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION shall be responsible for obtaining the 

signature of the QUALIFIED PERSON and shall keep a copy of all such signatures until the end 

of the case. At the request of a party to this Agreement, the other party shall disclose the names of 

those to whom CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION has been disclosed, and provide their 

signatures. However, the disclosure required by this paragraph does not require the disclosure of 

the name of any expert witness until the time set for disclosing expert witnesses in this matter. At 

the end of the case, at the request of a party to this Agreement, the other party shall disclose the 

names of those undisclosed experts to whom CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION has been 

disclosed, and provide their signatures. 

17. Before any CONFIDENTIAL COUNSEL ONLY INFORMATION is disclosed to 

any SPECIALLY QUALIFIED PERSON (except the Court and its staff, stenographic reporters of 

deposition or trial testimony in this case, and attorneys of record), the SPECIALLY QUALIFIED 

PERSON shall sign a copy of this Agreement. Stenographic reporters of deposition or trial 

testimony will be given a copy of this Agreement. The attorney disclosing CONFIDENTIAL 

COUNSEL ONLY INFORMATION shall be responsible for obtaining the signature of the 

SPECIALLY QUALIFIED PERSON and shall keep a copy of all such signatures until the end of 

the case. At the request of a party to this Agreement, the other party shall disclose the names of 

those to whom CONFIDENTIAL COUNSEL ONLY INFORMATION has been disclosed, and 

provide their signatures. 

18. Before any CONFIDENTIAL COUNSEL ONLY INFORMATION is disclosed to 

an expert, consultant or advisor retained by attorneys of record to assist them in the preparation of 

the case, or to a witness at deposition or trial, the disclosing party must give notice to opposing 

counsel sufficiently in advance to permit the party whose CONFIDENTIAL COUNSEL ONLY 

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INFORMATION would be disclosed the opportunity to object to such disclosure. This notice 

shall include the names of persons and firms for which the expert, consultant or advisor has 

performed services within the past three years. In addition, the expert, consultant or advisor must 

disclose in the notice any services that he or she has provided to a competitor of Axiom 

Worldwide, Inc. and/or Axiom Worldwide, LLC. Such notice does not require the disclosure of 

the name of any expert witness until the time set for disclosing expert witnesses in this matter. No 

disclosure of CONFIDENTIAL COUNSEL ONLY INFORMATION may be made to an expert, 

consultant or advisor until the party whose CONFIDENTIAL COUNSEL ONLY 

INFORMATION would be disclosed agrees to the disclosure or the Court has ruled on any 

objection. At the end of the case, at the request of a party to this Agreement, the other party shall 

disclose the names of those undisclosed experts to whom CONFIDENTIAL COUNSEL ONLY 

INFORMATION has been disclosed, and provide their signatures. 

19. A Party that elects to challenge a CONFIDENTIAL COUNSEL ONLY 

INFORMATION designation or a CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION designation must do so in 

good faith and must begin the process by conferring directly (in voice to voice dialogue; other 

forms of communication are not sufficient) with counsel for the designating Party. In conferring, 

the party objecting to the designation must explain the basis for its belief that the confidentiality 

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

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

offered, to explain the basis for the chosen designation. A party objecting to the designation may 

proceed to the next stage of the challenge process only if it has engaged in this meet and confer 

process first. 

20. A Party that elects to press a challenge to a confidentiality designation after 

considering the justification offered by the designating party may file and serve a motion under 

Civil Local Rule 7 (and in compliance with Civil Local Rule 79-5, if applicable) that identifies the 

challenged material and sets forth in detail the basis for the challenge. Each such motion must be 

accompanied by a competent declaration that affirms that the movant has complied with the meet 

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

justification for the confidentiality designation that was given by the designating party in the meet 

and confer dialogue. The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be on the 

designating party. Until the Court rules on any motion for a protective order, the materials in 

question will continue to be treated as CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or CONFIDENTIAL 

COUNSEL ONLY INFORMATION. 

21. At the end of this case, by final judgment after appeal or by settlement, a party 

receiving CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION must keep such information confidential for thirty 

(30) days, within which time the disclosing party may demand return of all CONFIDENTIAL 

INFORMATION. Upon a demand for the return of CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, the party 

in receipt of such information will either (a) return to the disclosing party within ten (10) days all 

documents containing CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, including all copies of documents, all 

papers and pleadings, and all transcribed testimony, or (b) certify that all such material has been 

destroyed. Attorneys of record may keep deposition, trial testimony, papers and pleadings 

containing CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, but must return or destroy all underlying 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION upon the producing party’s request. Attorneys keeping 

pleadings, papers and transcripts containing CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION are under a 

continuing Agreement and obligation to insure the confidentiality of such documents 

22. At the end of this case, by final judgment after appeal or by settlement, counsel 

receiving CONFIDENTIAL COUNSEL ONLY INFORMATION shall either (a) return to the 

disclosing party within ten (10) days all documents containing CONFIDENTIAL COUNSEL 

ONLY INFORMATION, or (b) certify that all such material has been destroyed. The obligation 

to return or destroy CONFIDENTIAL COUNSEL ONLY INFORMATION extends to copies of 

documents, all papers and pleadings, and all transcribed testimony. 

23. Any party violating the provisions of this Order by improperly disclosing 

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION or CONFIDENTIAL COUNSEL ONLY INFORMATION 

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shall be liable for contempt, any provable damages and for the opposing party’s attorneys’ fees 

incurred in enforcing the terms of the Order. 

IT IS SO ORDERED 

Dated: _________________ ___________________________ 

 United States District Judge 

Dated: February 27, 2008 GOODWIN PROCTER LLP 

Forrest A. Hainline III 

 Patrick S. Thompson 

Susanne N. Geraghty 

Elizabeth F. Stone 

 By /s/ Susanne N. Geraghty 

Defendants Axiom Worldwide, LLC and Axiom 

Worldwide, Inc. 

Dated: February 27, 2008 MCINERNEY & JONES 

 Kevin J. McInerney 

 Kelly McInerney 

 Charles A. Jones 

 By /s/ Kelly McInerney 

 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

SUBJECT TO ATTACHED SUPPLEMENT. 2/28/2008

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Marilyn H. Patel

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