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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS

WACO DIVISION

WSOU INVESTMENTS, LLC D/B/A

BRAZOS LICENSING AND 

DEVELOPMENT,

Plaintiff,

v.

DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC., DELL INC., 

AND EMC CORPORATION,

 Defendants.

CIVIL ACTION 6:20-CV-00473-ADA

CIVIL ACTION 6:20-CV-00474-ADA

CIVIL ACTION 6:20-CV-00475-ADA

CIVIL ACTION 6:20-CV-00476-ADA

CIVIL ACTION 6:20-CV-00477-ADA

CIVIL ACTION 6:20-CV-00478-ADA

CIVIL ACTION 6:20-CV-00479-ADA

CIVIL ACTION 6:20-CV-00482-ADA

PATENT CASE

JURY TRIAL DEMANDED

WSOU INVESTMENTS, LLC D/B/A

BRAZOS LICENSING AND 

DEVELOPMENT,

Plaintiff,

v.

DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC., DELL INC., 

EMC CORPORATION, AND VMWARE, 

INC.,

 Defendants.

CIVIL ACTION 6:20-CV-00480-ADA

CIVIL ACTION 6:20-CV-00481-ADA

CIVIL ACTION 6:20-CV-00485-ADA

CIVIL ACTION 6:20-CV-00486-ADA

PATENT CASE

JURY TRIAL DEMANDED

PROTECTIVE ORDER

WHEREAS, Plaintiff and Defendants, hereafter referred to as “the parties,” believe that

certain information that is or will be encompassed by discovery demands by the parties involves 

the production or disclosure of trade secrets, confidential business information, or other 

proprietary information;

WHEREAS, the partiesseek a protective orderlimiting disclosure thereofin accordance with

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c):

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THEREFORE, it is hereby stipulated among the parties and ORDERED that:

1. Each party may designate as confidential for protection under this Order, in whole or in part, 

any document, information or material that constitutes or includes, in whole or in part, 

confidential or proprietary information or trade secrets of the party or a third party to whom 

the party reasonably believes it owes an obligation of confidentiality with respect to such 

document, information or material (“Protected Material”). Protected Material shall be 

designated by the party producing it by affixing a legend or stamp on such document, 

information or material as follows: “CONFIDENTIAL,” “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – 

– ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE.”

The appropriate designation shall be placed clearly on each page of the Protected Material

(except depositionand hearing transcripts and natively produced documents) for which such

protection is sought. For deposition and hearing transcripts, the appropriate designation 

shall be placed on the cover page of the transcript (if not already present on the cover page 

of the transcript when received from the court reporter) by each attorney receiving a copy

of the transcript after that attorney receives notice of the designation of some or all of 

that transcript is designated as containing Protected Material. For natively produced 

Protected Material, the appropriate designation shall be placed in the filename of each such 

natively produced document.

2. Any document produced under the Order Governing Proceedings before issuance of this 

Order with the designation “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” shall receive the same treatment as if designated “HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” under this Order, unless and untilsuch

document isredesignated to have a different classification under this Order.

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DESIGNATION

3. With respect to documents, information or material designated “CONFIDENTIAL,”

“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” or “HIGHLY

CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE” (“DESIGNATED MATERIAL”),

1 subject to the

provisions herein and unless otherwise stated, this Order governs, without limitation: (a)

all documents, electronically stored information, and/or things as defined by the Federal

Rules of Civil Procedure; (b) all pretrial, hearing or deposition testimony, or documents

marked as exhibits or for identification in depositions and hearings; (c) pretrial pleadings,

exhibitsto pleadings and other court filings; (d) affidavits; and (e) stipulations. All copies,

reproductions, extracts, digests and complete or partial summaries prepared from any

DESIGNATED MATERIALS shall also be considered DESIGNATED MATERIAL and

treated as such under this Order.

4. A designation of Protected Material (i.e., “CONFIDENTIAL,” “HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL

SOURCE CODE”) may be made at any time. Inadvertent or unintentional production of 

documents, information or material that has not been designated as DESIGNATED

MATERIAL shall not be deemed a waiver in whole or in part of a claim for confidential

treatment. Any party that inadvertently or unintentionally produces Protected Material

without designating it as DESIGNATED MATERIAL may request destruction of that

Protected Material by notifying the recipient(s), as soon as reasonably possible after the

producing party becomes aware of the inadvertent or unintentional disclosure, and 

 1 The term DESIGNATED MATERIAL is used throughout this Protective Order to refer to the 

class of materials designated as “CONFIDENTIAL,” “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE CODE” both 

individually and collectively.

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providing replacement Protected Material that is properlydesignated. The recipient(s)shall

then destroy all copies of the inadvertently or unintentionally produced Protected Materials

and anydocuments, information or material derived from or based thereon.

5. “CONFIDENTIAL” documents, information and material may be disclosed only to the 

following persons, except upon receipt of the prior written consent of the designating party

or upon order of the Court:

(a) outside counsel of record in this Action for the parties, and outside counsel

retained for the purpose of this litigation;

(b) outside counsel’s paralegals, attorneys, and staff who are working at the direction 

of such outside counsel and are assigned to and reasonably necessary to assist

such counsel in the litigation of this Action;

(c) no more than 5 in-house counselfor eachof the parties who either have responsibility

for making decisions dealing directly with the litigation of this Action, or who are

assisting outside counsel in the litigation of this Action and who have completed 

the Undertaking attached as Exhibit A hereto;

(d) if the party is an entity, such officers or employees of the party who are actively 

involved in the prosecution or defense of this case who, prior to any disclosure of 

Protected Material to such person, have completed the Undertaking attached as 

Exhibit A hereto;

(e) outside consultants or experts2 (i.e., not existing employees or affiliates of a party

or an affiliate of a party ) retained for the purpose of this litigation, provided that: 

(1) such consultants or experts are not presently employed by the parties hereto for 

purposes other than this Action; (2) before access is given, the consultant or expert 

has completed the Undertaking attached as Exhibit A hereto and the same is served 

 2 For any such person, the curriculum vitae shall identify his or her (i) current employer(s), (ii) 

each person or entity from whom he or she has received compensation or funding for work in his 

or her areas of expertise or to whom the he or she has provided professional services, including in 

connection with a litigation, at any time during the preceding five years; (iii) (by name and number 

of the case, filing data, and location of court) any litigation in connection with which he or she has 

offered expert testimony, including through a declaration, report, or testimony at a deposition or 

trial, during the preceding 5 years. If such consultant or expert believes any of this information is 

subject to a confidentiality obligation to a third-party, then he or she should provide whatever 

information can be disclosed without violating any confidentiality agreements, and the party 

seeking to disclose Protected Material to the consultant or expert shall be available to meet and 

confer with the designating Party regarding any such engagement.

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upon the producing partywith a current curriculum vitae of the consultant or expert 

at least 7 calendar days before access to the Protected Material is to be given to

that consultant or Undertaking to object to and notify the receiving party in writing

that it objects to disclosure of Protected Material to the consultant or expert. The

parties agree to promptly confer and use good faith to resolve any such objection. 

If the parties are unable to resolve any objection, the objecting party may file a

motion with the Court within 3 business days of the notice, or within such other time

as the parties may agree, seeking a protective order with respect to the proposed

disclosure. The objecting party shall have the burden of proving the need for a

protective order. No disclosure shall occur until all such objections are resolved by

agreement or Court order;

(f) mock jurors and independent litigation support services, including persons

working for or as court reporters, graphics or design services, jury or trial 

consulting services, mediators and their staff, and photocopy, document imaging, 

and database services retained by counsel and reasonably necessary to assist 

counsel with the litigation of this Action; 

(g) the Court and its personnel;

(h) a deponent or witness during, or in good faith preparation for, deposition or trial, 

if it appears that the witness authored or received a copy of the information, was 

involved in the subject matter described therein, is employed by the party who 

produced the Protected Material, or if the producing party consents to such 

disclosure;

(i) any person who was an author, addressee, or intended or authorized recipient of 

the Protected Material and who agrees to keep the information confidential, 

provided that such persons may see and use the Protected Material but not retain a 

copy; and

(j) insurers to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for purposes of the litigation, 

provided any such insurer has signed the Undertaking attached hereto as Exhibit A

(such signed document to be maintained by the attorney designating such person).

6. A party shall designate documents, information or material as “CONFIDENTIAL” only 

upon a good faith belief that the documents, information, or material contains confidential

or proprietary information or trade secrets of the party or a third party to whom the party

reasonably believes it owes an obligation of confidentiality with respect to such documents, 

information or material. For Protected Material designated “CONFIDENTIAL,” access 

shall be provided to the individuals identified in paragraph 5, except that (a) in-house 

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attorneys designated according to paragraph 5(c) shall not have access to another party’s 

Source Code Material; and (b) insurers designated according to paragraph 5(i) shall not 

have access to any party’s Source Code Material.

7. Documents, information or material produced pursuant to any discovery request in this 

Action, including but not limited to Protected Material designated as DESIGNATED 

MATERIAL, shall be used by the parties only in the litigation of this Action and shall not

be used for any other purpose. Any person or entity who obtains access to DESIGNATED 

MATERIAL or the contents thereof pursuant to this Order shall not make any copies, 

duplicates, extracts,summaries or descriptions ofsuch DESIGNATED MATERIAL or any 

portion thereof except as may be reasonably necessary in the litigation of this Action. Any 

such copies, duplicates, extracts, summaries or descriptions shall be classified 

DESIGNATED MATERIALS and subject to all of the terms and conditions of this Order.

8. To the extent a producing party believes that certain Protected Material qualifying to be 

designated CONFIDENTIAL is so sensitive that its dissemination deserves even further 

limitation, the producing party may designate such Protected Material “HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” or to the extent such Protected

Material includes computer source code (i.e., a text listing of computer instructions, 

commands and data definitions expressed in a form suitable for input to an assembler, 

compiler, or other translator) and/or live data (that is, data as it exists residing in a database 

or databases) (“Source Code Material”), the producing partymay designate such Protected 

Material as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE.”

9. For Protected Material designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES

ONLY,” access to, and disclosure of, such Protected Material shall be limited to individuals 

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listed in paragraphs 5(a-c) and (e-i).

SOURCE CODE

10. For Protected Material designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE,” the 

following additional restrictions apply:

(a) Access to a party’s Source Code Material shall be provided on one source code 

machine with the identical production available for in-person review as follows: 

on a “stand-alone” computer (that is, the computer may not be linked to any 

network, including a local area network (“LAN”), an intranet or the Internet) and 

a display screen or monitor of a size of at least seventeen inches. The stand-alone 

computer may be connected to (i) a printer, or (ii) a device capable of temporarily 

storing electronic copies solely for the limited purposes otherwise permitted 

pursuant to this paragraph 10. Additionally, except as provided in this paragraph

10, the stand-alone computer may only be located at the offices of the producing 

party’s outside counsel or as otherwise agreed. Should the need arise due to a 

public health emergency, state, local or national restrictions or travel restriction, 

which hinder the source code review, the parties shall meet and confer in good 

faith to discuss the feasibility of making the source code machine available in a 

location that would allow source code review to occur. The producing party will 

make the aforementioned source code machine available at a law firm office within 

a reasonable distance of the receiving party’s expert or law firm. If a law firm 

office is not available within a reasonable distance of the receiving party’s expert 

or law firm, the producing party will make its source code machine available at 

another mutually agreeable location that is within a reasonable distance to the 

receiving party’s expert or law firm, at the receiving party’s expense. 

(b) The receiving party may, at its own expense, request that the designating party 

install software on the stand-alone computer provided that such other software is 

necessary for the receiving party to perform its review of the Source Code Material 

consistent with all of the protections herein. The receiving party must explain in 

writing what software or software tool that it requests to install, and why the 

existing tools on the stand-alone computer are insufficient for the receiving party’s 

review. The receiving party must provide the designating party with appropriate 

access to such software tools(s) at least 5 business days in advance of the date upon 

which the receiving party wishes to have the additional software available for use 

on the stand-alone computer. Timely requests for the installation of such software 

will not be unreasonably denied. In no event shall tools be installed on the standalone computer that have the effect of altering, assembling, compiling, modifying, 

deleting, copying, or otherwise permitting the reproduction or removal of any 

Source Code Material.

(c) The receiving party may not bring any electronic devices into the room where the 

stand-alone computer is provided, including, but not limited to, cameras, cellular 

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phones, laptops, recordable media, or recording devices. The receiving party will 

not copy, remove, or otherwise transfer or transmit Source Code Material from the

stand-alone computer. The receiving party will not remove copies of all or any 

portion of the Source Code Material from the room in which the Source Code 

Material is inspected except as otherwise provided herein. The receiving party will 

not create any other written or electronic record of the Source Code Material except 

as provided herein. Should the need arise, the parties shall meet and confer 

regarding any exceptions to this rule in order to minimize the burden to the parties. 

If the parties are unable to reach agreement, a party seeking an exception may 

present the dispute to the Court according to the applicable discovery dispute 

procedure. Upon any such application to the Court, the burden shall be on the party 

seeking the exception to show good cause why the exception should be provided;

(d) Outside counsel and their staff or an expert, consultant, or technical advisor for the 

receiving party shall be entitled to take notes relating to the Source Code Material 

but may not copy the Source Code Material into the notes. Any such notes shall 

be maintained at all times in a secure location under the direct control of an 

individual authorized to view Source Code Material, shall be labeled “HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE,” and shall be destroyed within 30 calendar 

days of the conclusion of this litigation by settlement or final judgment, including 

exhaustion of all appeals, as required under this Order (including paragraph 25). 

Before reviewing the producing party’s Source Code Material, any expert, 

consultant, or technical advisor mentioned in this paragraph must agree in writing 

not to perform software development work directly or indirectly intended for 

commercial purposes relating to any functionality covered by the Source Code

Material reviewed by the expert, consultant, or technical advisor for a period of 

one year after the issuance of a final, non-appealable decision resolving all issues 

in the litigation.

(e) The receiving party shall make reasonable efforts to restrict its requests for such 

access to a source code review computer to normal business hours, which for 

purposes of this paragraph shall be 9:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m. local time on 

business days (i.e., weekdays that are not federal holidays). However, upon 

reasonable notice from the receiving party, the producing party shall make 

reasonable efforts to accommodate the receiving party’s request for access to a 

source code review computer outside of normal business hours. The parties agree 

to cooperate in good faith such that maintaining the producing party’s Source Code

Material at the office of its outside counsel shall not unreasonably hinder the 

receiving party’s ability to efficiently and effectively conduct the prosecution or 

defense of this litigation. The receiving party shall provide 14 calendar days 

written notice of its intent to inspect for its initial inspection of the Source Code

Material produced by a designating party and identify in writing the individuals 

who are qualified to review Source Code Material under this Order and plan to 

review the Source Code Material during the initial inspection, as well as the 

employer and curriculum vitae of each of those individuals (unless the receiving 

party already has provided that particular information to the producing party in the 

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litigation). The producing party must approve in writing each of those individuals 

before he or she is permitted to review the Source Code Material. The receiving 

party is limited to designating no more than a total of two individuals to review the 

producing party’s Source Code Material in this litigation. The receiving party shall 

thereafter provide written notice at least 5 business days prior to any subsequent 

inspection and identify in writing the individuals who plan to review the Source 

Code Material during each inspection. The producing party shall in good faith 

attempt to accommodate reasonable requests for inspection on shorter notice. In 

addition, the receiving party may, in a single written notice for initial or subsequent 

inspection, may request multiple consecutive days for inspection. Those 

individuals who enter the source code review room shall sign in with the producing 

party’s retained counsel on each day they view Source Code Material on the standalone computer, in a log that will include the names of such persons, their time of 

arrival and departure, and cumulative time spent reviewing the Source Code

Material that day. That same log shall also maintain a complete record of any 

individuals who review the Source Code Material, whether on the stand-alone 

computer or on print-outs. The same procedures discussed above apply regardless 

of whether the inspection is the initial inspection or a subsequent inspection.

(f) The producing party shall provide the receiving partywith information explaining 

how to start, log on to, and operate the stand-alone computer in order to access the 

produced Source Code Material on the stand-alone computer.

(g) The producing partywill produce Source Code Material in computer searchable 

format on the stand-alone computer as described above.

(h) Access to Protected Material designated “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –

SOURCE CODE” shall be limited to outside counsel and up to 3 outside 

consultants or experts3 (i.e., not existing employees or affiliates of a party or an 

affiliate of a party) retained for the purpose of this litigation and approved to access 

such Protected Materials pursuant to paragraph 5(e) above. Except as provided in 

this Order, absent written permission from the producing party, the receiving party 

may not create electronic images, or any other images, or make electronic copies, 

of Source Code Material for use in any manner (including by way of example only, 

the receiving party may not scan the Source Code Material to a PDF or photograph 

the code). The receiving party shall not include excerpts of Source Code Material 

(either graphical copies or copied text) in correspondence between the parties 

(references to production numbers shall be used instead). Only if it is necessary, 

and then only to the extent necessary, the receiving party may include excerpts of 

Source Code Material in a pleading, exhibit, expert report, discovery document, or 

other court document, provided that such documents are appropriately marked 

 3 For the purposes of this paragraph, an outside consultant or expert is defined to include 

the outside consultant’s or expert’s staff and other support personnel, working at the direction of 

such outside consultant or expert, and as such, the disclosure to a consultant’s or expert’s staff and 

other support persons shall count as a disclosure to a single consultant or expert.

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under this order, restricted to those who are entitled to have access to them as 

specified herein, include the minimal amount of such Source Code Material 

information that is reasonably necessary, and, if filed with the Court, filed under 

seal. Wherever possible, the receiving party will make a reasonable and good-faith 

effort to limit this information to references to production numbers, file names, and 

line numbers.

(i) To the extent portions of Source Code Material are quoted in a Source Code 

Document, either (1) the entire Source Code Document will be stamped and treated 

as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE” or (2) those pages containing 

quoted Source Code Material will be separately stamped and treated as “HIGHLY

CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE.”

(j) Except as otherwise set forth in this paragraph 10, no copies of Source Code 

Material of any kind shall be made without prior written consent of the producing

party, except as necessary to create documents which, pursuant to the Court’s rules, 

procedures and order, must be filed or served electronically.

(k) Outside counsel and their staff or an expert or consultant for the receiving party 

may request two paper copies of print-outs of limited portions of Source Code 

Material up to a maximum of 100 pages total and up to a maximum of 15 pages of 

a continuous block of Source Code Material. To the extent reasonably necessary, 

the parties agree in good faith to meet and confer regarding an increase to either of 

these print-out page limits. Otherwise, printed portions of Source Code Material 

outside these page limits shall be presumed to be excessive. Each page printed 

from Source Code Material will be printed on blue-colored paper and shall be 

designated and clearly labeled “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE.” 

The producing party shall Bates number, copy, and label “HIGHLY

CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE” any pages printed for the receiving party. 

The receiving party shall maintain a log of all such files that are printed or 

photocopied; if the producing party restricts the printing of the Source Code 

Material such that the persons reviewing the code are unable to take the print-outs 

with them at the end of a code review day, the producing party shall be responsible 

to deliver such printouts within 10 business days to an address designated by the 

receiving party.

(l) Should such printouts or photocopies be transferred back to electronic media, such 

media shall be labeled “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE” and shall 

continue to be treated as such.

(m) Any printouts of Source Code Material made under this paragraph 10 shall be 

stored or viewed only at (1) a locked location at the offices of outside counsel for 

the receiving party; (2) a locked location at the offices of a person designated to 

receive the printouts under this paragraph 10; (3) the site where any deposition is 

taken; (4) the Court; or (5) any intermediate location necessary to transport the 

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information to one of the foregoing locations. Access to the key(s) used to unlock 

any such location will be restricted and, upon reasonable request, the receiving 

party will provide the producing party with a list of the persons who have had 

access to such key(s). The location must be marked with an “Access Restricted” 

or similar notice. The receiving party will maintain a log of all persons who have 

accessed the location to view Source Code Material and will provide a copy of the 

log to the designating party upon request. Any printouts shall be maintained at all 

times in a secure location under the direct control of an individual authorized to 

view Source Code Material, and shall be destroyed within 60 calendar days of the 

conclusion of this litigation by settlement or final judgment, including exhaustion 

of all appeals, as required under this Order. Upon reasonable request of the 

designating party, the receiving party will provide written confirmation of the 

number of printouts made of Source Code Material.

(n) A producing Party’s Source Code Material may only be transported by the 

receiving Party at the direction of a person authorized under this paragraph 10 to 

another person authorized under this paragraph 10, on paper or removable 

electronic media (e.g., a DVD, CD-ROM, or flash memory “stick”) via hand carry, 

Federal Express or other similarly reliable courier. Source Code Material may not 

be transported or transmitted electronically over a network of any kind, including 

a LAN, an intranet, or the Internet. Source Code Material may only be transported 

electronically for the purpose of Court proceeding(s) or deposition(s) as set forth 

in this paragraph 10 and is at all times subject to the transport restrictions set forth 

herein. For those purposes only, the Source Code Material may be stored on a 

stand-alone computer.

(o) Except on a temporary basis in connection with a particular deposition or hearing, 

the receiving party’s outside counsel may make no more than 5 copies of any 

printed page of the Source Code Material (on blue-colored paper, as discussed in 

this paragraph 10) received from a producing party pursuant to this Order. The 

receiving party’s outside counsel shall maintain a log of all such paper copies of 

the Source Code Material, including the names of the recipients and storage 

locations of the same. All such copies shall be designated and clearly labeled 

“HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE.” Upon 5 calendar days advance 

notice from the producing party, the receiving party shall provide a copy of this 

log to the producing party, and in any event the receiving party shall provide this 

log to the producing party upon the conclusion of the litigation.

(p) The parties shall cooperate to take such steps as are reasonably necessary to protect 

information which contains or discloses the substance of any portion of the Source 

Code Material from disclosure to the public, including (subject to this Court’s 

rules) in the course of the trial of this litigation, during any hearing in this litigation, 

and in any briefing or other filing in this litigation.

(q) Copies of printed Source Code Material that are marked as deposition exhibits may 

be provided to the Court reporter during the deposition, but shall not be retained 

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by the Court reporter or attached to deposition transcripts; rather, the deposition 

record will identify the exhibit by its production numbers.

(r) A receiving party may request that the producing party make a source code review 

computer with the Source Code Material available for depositions to the extent 

reasonably necessary for the furtherance of its claims and defenses in this case. 

The receiving party shall make such requests at least 14 calendar days before the 

date of the deposition, or in the case of a deposition scheduled less than 7 calendar 

days in advance, no later than 24 hours after scheduling such deposition.

PROSECUTION AND ACQUISITION BAR

11. Any attorney representing the plaintiff in this Action, whether in-house or outside counsel,

and any person associated with a party and permitted to receive the other party’s Protected

Material that is designated HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY 

and/or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE and directed to technical 

information relevant to the case or non-technical business information (collectively 

“HIGHLY SENSITIVE MATERIAL”), who obtains, receives, or otherwise learns, in 

whole or in part, the other party’s HIGHLY SENSITIVE MATERIAL under this Order 

shall not prepare, prosecute, supervise, or assist in the preparation or prosecution of any

patent application, or be involved in acquisition activity, pertaining to the field of the 

invention of the patents-in-suit on behalf of the receiving party or its acquirer, successor,

predecessor, or other affiliate during the pendency of this Action and for one year after its

conclusion, including anyappeals or two years after such person last reviewed the HIGHLY 

SENSITIVE MATERIAL, whichever is earlier. These prohibitions shall not preclude 

Plaintiff’s litigation counsel from participating in any inter partes review, covered business 

method, or post-grant review proceedings, provided there is no attempt to amend any 

claims in the proceedings by any counsel for patent owner during the course of the 

proceedings. To ensure compliance with the purpose of this provision, each party shall

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create an “Ethical Wall” between those persons with access to HIGHLY SENSITIVE 

MATERIAL and any individuals who, on behalf of the party or its acquirer, successor,

predecessor, or other affiliate, prepare, prosecute, supervise or assist in the preparation or

prosecution of any patent application pertaining to the field of invention of the patent-insuit.

NO WAIVER OF PRIVILEGE BY VIRTUE OF INADVERTENT DISCLOSURE

12. Nothing in this Order shall require production of documents, information or other material 

that a party contends is protected from disclosure by the attorney-client privilege, the work 

product doctrine, or other privilege, doctrine, or immunity. If documents, information or 

other materialsubject to a claimof attorney-client privilege, work product doctrine, or other 

privilege, doctrine, or immunity is inadvertently or unintentionally produced, such 

production shall in no way prejudice or otherwise constitute a waiver of, or estoppel as to, 

any such privilege, doctrine, or immunity. Any party that inadvertently or unintentionally 

producesdocuments, informationor othermaterial it reasonablybelieves are protectedunder 

the attorney-client privilege, work product doctrine, or other privilege, doctrine, orimmunity 

may obtain the return of such documents, information or other material by promptly

notifying the recipient(s) and providing a privilege log for the inadvertently or 

unintentionally produced documents, information or other material. The recipient(s) shall 

gather and return all copies of such documents, information or other material to the 

producing party, exceptfor anypages containing privileged or otherwise protectedmarkings 

by the recipient(s), which pages shall instead be destroyed and certified as such to the 

producing party.

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DUTY TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE

13. There shall be no disclosure of any DESIGNATED MATERIAL by any person authorized 

to have accessthereto to any person who is not authorized for such access under this Order. 

The parties are hereby ORDERED to safeguard all such documents, information and 

material to protect against disclosure to any unauthorized persons or entities. Any party 

designating any person as someone permitted to receive DESIGNATED MATERIAL 

under this Order shall have the duty to reasonably ensure that such person observes the 

terms of this Order and shall be responsible upon breach of such duty for the failure of 

such person to observe the terms of this Order. 

14. Any party knowing or believing that any other party is in violation of or intends to violate 

this Order and has raised the question of violation or potential violation with the opposing 

party and has been unable to resolve the matter by agreement may move the Court for such 

relief as may be appropriate in the circumstances. Pending disposition of the motion by 

the Court, the party alleged to be in violation of or intending to violate this Order shall 

discontinue the performance of and/or shall not undertake the further performance of any 

action alleged to constitute a violation of this Order.

15. Each outside consultant or expert to whom DESIGNATED MATERIAL is disclosed in 

accordance with the terms of this Order shall be advised by counsel of the terms of this 

Order, shall be informed that he or she is subject to the terms and conditions of this Order, 

and shall sign an acknowledgment that he or she has received a copy of, has read, and has 

agreed to be bound by this Order. A copy of the acknowledgment form is attached as 

Appendix A.

16. “Data Breach” means but is not limited to: any accidental, unlawful, or unauthorized 

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destruction, alteration, disclosure, misuse, loss, theft, access, copying, use, modification, 

disposal, compromise, or access to Protected Material or any act or omission that 

compromises or undermines the physical, technical, or organizational safeguards put in 

place by the receiving party in processing or possessing the producing party’s Protected 

Material. The receiving party shall have and maintain appropriate physical, organizational, 

and technical processes, security standards, guidelines, controls, and procedures to protect 

against a Data Breach (“Appropriate Safeguards”), and shall ensure that its professional 

vendors, experts, and any other person or entity that receives Protected Material pursuant 

to the Protective Order implements and maintains Appropriate Safeguards.

17. In the event of a Data Breach impacting any Protected Material under this Protective 

Order, the party suffering said Data Breach, and each party with knowledge thereof, shall 

immediately notify counsel for the producing party whose Protected Material has been 

compromised or otherwise potentially accessed, all known relevant information 

concerning the nature and circumstances of the Data Breach, shall promptly take all 

reasonable measures to correct the Data Breach, and shall work in good faith with the 

producing party to ensure that no further unauthorized disclosure and/or use thereof is 

made, or to mitigate the impacts of any such unauthorized disclosure and/or use thereof.

USE OF DESIGNATED MATERIAL

18. All Protected Material provided by any party or nonparty in the course of this litigation 

shall be used solely for the purpose of preparation, trial, and appeal of this litigation, as 

well as reexamination, inter partes review, covered business method review, or other postgrant review proceeding in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office related to the patents-insuit, and for no other purpose, and shall not be disclosed except in accordance with the 

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terms hereof. The provisions of this order will govern any post-grant review proceeding 

until an appropriate protective order is in place for that proceeding.

19. Except as otherwise restricted under the provisions set forth in paragraph 10 of this Order, 

nothing contained herein shall be construed to prejudice any party’s right to use any 

DESIGNATED MATERIAL in taking testimony at any deposition or hearing provided that 

the DESIGNATED MATERIAL is only disclosed to a person(s) who is: (i) eligible to have 

access to the DESIGNATED MATERIAL by virtue of his or her employment with the 

designating party, (ii) identified in the DESIGNATED MATERIALas an author, addressee, 

or copy recipient of such information, (iii) although not identified as an author, addressee, 

or copy recipient of such DESIGNATED MATERIAL, has, in the ordinary course of 

business, seen such DESIGNATED MATERIAL, (iv) a current or former officer, director 

or employee of the producing party or a current or former officer, director or employee of 

a company affiliated with the producing party; (v) counsel for a party, including outside 

counsel and in-house counsel (subject to paragraph 9 of this Order); (vi) an independent 

contractor, consultant, and/or expert retained for the purpose of this litigation; (vii) court

reporters and videographers; (viii) the Court; or (ix) other persons entitled hereunder to 

accessDESIGNATEDMATERIAL. DESIGNATEDMATERIALshallnot bedisclosed to

any other persons unless prior authorization is obtained from counsel representing the 

producing party or from the Court.

20. Parties may, at the deposition or hearing or within 30 calendar days after receipt of

a deposition or hearing transcript, designate the deposition or hearing transcript or any

portion thereof as “CONFIDENTIAL,” “RESTRICTED – ATTORNEYS’ EYES 

ONLY,” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE” pursuant to this Order.

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Accessto the deposition or hearing transcript so designated shall be limited in accordance

with the terms of this Order. Until expiration of the 30-day period, the entire deposition

or hearing transcript shall be treated as confidential.

21. Any DESIGNATED MATERIAL that is filed with the Court shall be filed under seal and 

shallremain underseal until further order ofthe Court. The filing party shall be responsible 

for informing the Clerk of the Court that the filing should be sealed and for placing the 

legend “FILED UNDER SEAL PURSUANT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER” above the 

caption and conspicuously on each page of the filing. Exhibits to a filing shall conform to 

the labeling requirements set forth in this Order. If a pretrial pleading filed with the Court, 

or an exhibit thereto, discloses or relies on confidential documents, information or material, 

such confidential portions shall be redacted to the extent necessary and the pleading or 

exhibit filed publicly with the Court.

CHALLENGING DESIGNATIONS

22. A party may request in writing to the other party that the designation given to any

DESIGNATED MATERIAL be modified or withdrawn. The parties shall try to resolve 

the dispute in good faith on an informal basis, and must begin the process within 14 

calendar days of the date of the written notice. The challenging party 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. Only if the designating party does not agree to redesignation within

14 calendar days of the parties agreeing that the meet-and-confer process will not resolve 

their dispute, the requesting party may apply to the Court for relief. Upon any such

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application to the Court, the burden shall be on the designating party to show why its

classification is proper. Such application shall be treated procedurally as a motion to 

compel pursuant to Rule 37 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, subject to the Rule’s

provisions relating to sanctions. In making such application, the requirements of the 

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Local Rules of the Court shall be met. Pending 

the Court’s determination of the application, the designation of the designating party shall 

be maintained.

THIRD PARTIES

23. To the extent that any discovery is taken of persons who are not parties to this Action 

(“Third parties”) and in the event that such Third parties contended the discovery sought

involves trade secrets, confidential business information, or other proprietary information, 

then such Third parties may agree to be bound by this Order.

24. To the extent that discovery or testimony is taken of Third parties, the Third parties may 

designate as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ 

EYES ONLY” any documents, information or other material, in whole or in part, produced 

or given by such Third parties. The Third parties shall have 10 calendar days after

production ofsuch documents, information or other materials to make such a designation.

Until that time period lapses or untilsuch a designation has been made, whichever occurs

sooner, alldocuments, information or other materialso produced or given shall be treated as

“CONFIDENTIAL” in accordance with this Order.

RETURN/DESTRUCTION OF MATERIALS

25. Within 30 calendar days of final termination of this Action, including any appeals, all 

DESIGNATEDMATERIAL,includingallcopies, duplicates, abstracts,indexes,summaries, 

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descriptions, and excerpts or extracts thereof (excluding excerpts or extracts incorporated 

into any privileged memoranda of the parties and materials which have been admitted into 

evidence in this Action), shall at the producing party’s election either be returned to the 

producing party or be destroyed. The receiving party shall verify the return or destruction 

by affidavit furnished to the producing party, upon the producing party’s request.

* * *

26. The failure to designate documents, information or material in accordance with this Order 

and the failure to object to a designation at a given time shall not preclude the filing of a 

motion at a later date seeking to impose such designation or challenging the propriety 

thereof. The entry of this Order and/or the production of documents, information and 

material hereunder shall in no way constitute a waiver of any objection to the furnishing 

thereof, all such objections being hereby preserved.

27. Production of DESIGNATED MATERIAL by each of the parties shall not be deemed a 

publication of the documents, information and material (or the contents thereof) produced 

so asto void or make voidable whatever claimthe parties may have asto the proprietary and 

confidential nature of the documents, information or other material or its contents.

28. Nothing in this Order shall be construed to effect an abrogation, waiver or limitation of any 

kind on the rights of each of the parties to assert any applicable discovery or trial privilege.

29. This Order shall not bar any attorney in the course of rendering advice to such attorney’s 

client with respect to this litigation from conveying to any party or client the attorney’s 

evaluation in a general way of Protected Material produced or exchanged under the terms 

of this order; provided, however, that in rendering such advice and otherwise 

communicating with the client, the attorney shall not disclose the specific contents of any 

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Protected Material produced by another party if such disclosure would be contrary to the 

terms of this Protective Order.

30. Each of the parties shall also retain the right to file a motion with the Court (a) to modify 

this Order to allow disclosure of DESIGNATED MATERIAL to additional persons or 

entities if reasonably necessary to prepare and present this Action and (b) to apply for 

additional protection of DESIGNATED MATERIAL.

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS

WACO DIVISION

WSOU INVESTMENTS, LLC D/B/A

BRAZOS LICENSING AND 

DEVELOPMENT,

Plaintiff,

v.

DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC., DELL INC., 

AND EMC CORPORATION,

 Defendants.

CIVIL ACTION 6:20-CV-00473-ADA

CIVIL ACTION 6:20-CV-00474-ADA

CIVIL ACTION 6:20-CV-00475-ADA

CIVIL ACTION 6:20-CV-00476-ADA

CIVIL ACTION 6:20-CV-00477-ADA

CIVIL ACTION 6:20-CV-00478-ADA

CIVIL ACTION 6:20-CV-00479-ADA

CIVIL ACTION 6:20-CV-00482-ADA

PATENT CASE

JURY TRIAL DEMANDED

WSOU INVESTMENTS, LLC D/B/A

BRAZOS LICENSING AND 

DEVELOPMENT,

Plaintiff,

v.

DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC., DELL INC., 

EMC CORPORATION, AND VMWARE, 

INC.,

 Defendants.

CIVIL ACTION 6:20-CV-00480-ADA

CIVIL ACTION 6:20-CV-00481-ADA

CIVIL ACTION 6:20-CV-00485-ADA

CIVIL ACTION 6:20-CV-00486-ADA

PATENT CASE

JURY TRIAL DEMANDED

APPENDIX A

UNDERTAKING OF EXPERTS OR CONSULTANTS REGARDING 

PROTECTIVE ORDER

I, ___________________________________________, declare that:

1. My address is _________________________________________________________. 

My current employer is _________________________________________________. 

My current occupation is ________________________________________________.

2. I have received a copy of the Protective Order in this action. I have carefully read and 

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understand the provisions of the Protective Order.

3. I will comply with all of the provisions of the Protective Order. I will hold in confidence, 

will not disclose to anyone not qualified under the Protective Order, and will use only for 

purposes of this action any information designated as “CONFIDENTIAL,” “HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL –

SOURCE CODE” that is disclosed to me.

4. Promptly upon termination of these actions, I will return all documents and things 

designated as “CONFIDENTIAL,” “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES 

ONLY,” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE” that came into my 

possession, and all documents and things that I have prepared relating thereto, to the 

outside counsel for the party by whom I am employed.

5. I hereby submit to the jurisdiction of this Court for the purpose of enforcement of the

Protective Order in this action.

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.

Signature ________________________________________

Date ____________________________________________

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