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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS

MARSHALL DIVISION

ANALYTICAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC,

 Plaintiff,

v.

RESTAURANT BRANDS

INTERNATIONAL, INC.,

 Defendant.

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CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:23-CV-00288-JRG-RSP

PROTECTIVE ORDER

WHEREAS, Plaintiff Analytical Technologies, LLC and Defendant Restaurant Brands 

International, Inc., 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,thePartiesseek a protective orderlimiting disclosure thereofin accordancewith 

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c):

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

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

information or material as follows: “CONFIDENTIAL,” “RESTRICTED -

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

The word “CONFIDENTIAL,” “RESTRICTED – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” or

“RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE CODE” shall be placed clearly on each page 

of the Protected Material (except deposition and hearing transcripts) for which such 

protection is sought. For deposition and hearing transcripts, the word “CONFIDENTIAL,” 

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

SOURCE CODE” 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 as “CONFIDENTIAL,” “RESTRICTED – ATTORNEYS’ 

EYES ONLY,” or “RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE CODE.”

2. Any document produced under Patent Rules 2-2, 3-2, and/or 3-4 before issuance of this 

Order with the designation “Confidential” or “Confidential- Outside Attorneys’ Eyes Only” 

shall receive the same treatment as if designated “RESTRICTED - ATTORNEYS’ EYES 

ONLY” under this Order, unless and untilsuch document isredesignated to have a different 

classification under this Order.

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

“RESTRICTED - ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” or “RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIAL 

SOURCE CODE” (“DESIGNATED MATERIAL”),1 subject to the provisions hereinand

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

to the class of materials designated as “CONFIDENTIAL,” “RESTRICTED - ATTORNEYS’ 

EYES ONLY,” or “RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE CODE,” both individually and

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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, exhibits to 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,” “RESTRICTED -

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” or “RESTRICTED 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 

DESIGNATEDMATERIALmay request destruction ofthatProtectedMaterial by notifying 

the recipient(s), as soon as reasonably possible after the producing Party becomes aware of 

the inadvertent or unintentional disclosure, and providing replacement Protected Material 

that is properly designated. The recipient(s)shall then destroy all copies of the inadvertently 

or unintentionally produced Protected Materials and any documents, 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,

collectively.

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upon order of the Court, or as set forth in paragraph 12 herein:

(a) outside counsel of record in this Action for the Parties;

(b) employees of such counsel assigned to and reasonably necessary to assist such 

counsel in the litigation of this Action;

(c) in-house counsel for 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;

(d) up to and including three (3) designated representatives of each of the Parties to the 

extent reasonably necessary for the litigation of this Action, except that either party 

may in good faith request the other party’s consent to designate one or more 

additional representatives, the other party shall not unreasonably withhold such 

consent, and the requesting party may seek leave of Court to designate such 

additional representative(s) if the requesting party believes the other party has 

unreasonably withheld such consent;

(e) outside consultants or experts (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 

upon the producing Party with a (i) current curriculum vitae of the consultant or 

expert; (ii) an identification of the consultant’s or expert’s current employer(s) and 

corresponding job description, (iii) an identification of each person or entity from 

whom the consultant or expert has received compensation for work in his or her 

areas of expertise or to whom the expert has provided professional services in 

connection with a litigation, at any time during the preceding five years, and (iv) 

an identification (by name and number of the case and location of court) any 

litigation in connection with which the consultant or expert has offered testimony, 

including through a declaration, report, or testimony at a deposition or trial, during 

the preceding five years (including a list of all other cases in which, during the 

previous four years, the witness testified as an expert at trial or by deposition) at 

least ten (10) 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 fifteen (15) days of the notice, or within such other time asthe 

Partiesmay 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;

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(f) independent litigation support services, including persons working for or as court 

reporters, graphics or design services, jury or trial consulting services, and 

photocopy, document imaging, and database services retained by counsel and 

reasonably necessary to assist counsel with the litigation of this Action; and

(g) the Court and its personnel.

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 believesit owes an obligation of confidentiality with respect to such documents, 

information or 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 (other than the producing Party) 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 of such 

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 “RESTRICTED --

ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” or to the extent such Protected Material includes computer 

source code and/or live data (that is, data as it exists residing in a database or databases)

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(“Source Code Material”), the producing Party may designate such Protected Material as 

“RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE CODE.”

9. For Protected Material designated RESTRICTED -- ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY, access 

to, and disclosure of, such Protected Material shall be limited to individuals listed in 

paragraphs 5(a-c) and (e-g).

10. For Protected Material designated RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE CODE, 

the following additional restrictions apply:

(a) Access to a Party’s Source Code Material shall be provided only on “stand-alone” 

computer(s) (that is, the computer may not be linked to any network, including a 

local area network (“LAN”), an intranet or the Internet). The stand-alone 

computer(s) (i) will be able to print selected code to pdf, or (ii) may be connected 

to a device capable of temporarily storing electronic copies solely for the limited 

purposes permitted pursuant to paragraphs 10 (h and k) below. At the request of 

the receiving Party, the stand-alone computer(s) may have installed source code 

review programs or tools, as requested, to assist the outside consultants or experts 

in their review. The requesting party shall provide valid license keys for any 

requested programs. Additionally, except as provided in paragraph 10(k) below, the 

stand-alone computer(s) may only be located at the offices of the producing Party’s 

outside counsel in the United States (at the producing Party’s election), or another 

mutually agreed upon location. Neither the receiving Party’s outside counsel nor 

its outside consultants or experts may connect any device to the stand-alone 

computer(s);

(b) The receiving Party shall request access to the stand-alone computer(s) to inspect 

Source Code Material at least ten business days prior to the first review and three 

business days prior for subsequent review session, which requests shall not be 

reasonably refused. The receiving Party shall make reasonable efforts to restrict 

its requests for such access to the stand-alone computer(s) to normal business 

hours, which for purposes of this paragraph shall be 9:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m. 

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 the stand-alone computer(s) outside of normal business hours. The 

receiving Party shall not bring electronics including, but not limited to, laptops, 

external drives, cellular telephones, tablets, and cameras, into the room containing 

the stand-alone computer(s) for review. The Parties agree to cooperate in good faith 

such that maintaining the producing Party’s Source Code Material at the offices of 

its outside counsel shall not unreasonably hinder the receiving Party’s ability to 

efficiently and effectively conduct the prosecution or defense of this Action;

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(c) The Producing Party will collect any electronically printed versions of the source 

code created in Adobe, and Bates number, copy, and label them ''HIGHLY 

CONFIDENTIAL - SOURCE CODE.” Within five (5) business days, the 

Producing Party must either (a) deliver 1 set of such pages to one office of the 

Receiving Party’s Counsel of Record or (b) provide notice that the printed portions 

are excessive or were not requested for a permitted purpose, A reasonable request 

will be presumed to extend for no more than 25 contiguous pages and for no more 

than 500 total printed pages. These limits may be increased by agreement of the 

Parties or on a showing of need.

(d) The producing Party shall provide the receiving Party with information explaining 

how to start, log on to, and operate the stand-alone computer(s) in order to accessthe 

produced Source Code Material on the stand-alone computer(s);

(e) The producing Party will produce Source Code Material in computer searchable 

format on the stand-alone computer(s) as described above;

(f) Access to Protected Material designated RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIAL -

SOURCE CODE shall be limited to outside counsel and up to three (3) 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 and approved to access 

such Protected Materials pursuant to paragraph 5(e) above. A receiving Party may 

include excerpts of Source Code Material in a pleading, exhibit, expert report, 

discovery document, deposition transcript, other Court document, provided that the 

Source Code Documents are appropriately marked under this Order, restricted to 

those who are entitled to have access to them as specified herein, and, if filed with 

the Court, filed under seal in accordance with the Court’s rules, procedures and 

orders;

(g) 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 

asRESTRICTEDCONFIDENTIALSOURCECODEor(2)those pages containing 

quoted Source Code Material will be separately stamped and treated as 

RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE CODE;

(h) Except as set forth in paragraph 10(k) below, no electronic copies of Source Code 

Material 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;

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

the outside consultant’s or expert’s direct reports and other support personnel, such that the 

disclosure to a consultant or expert who employs others within his or her firm to help in his or her 

analysis shall count as a disclosure to a single consultant or expert.

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(i) The receiving Party shall be permitted reasonable number of printouts and 

photocopies of Source Code Material, all of which shall be designated and clearly 

labeled “RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE CODE,” and the receiving 

Party shall maintain a log of all such files that are printed or photocopied. The 

Parties agree that printing portions of source code that exceed a reasonable number 

of total pages or a reasonable block of continuous pages shall be done only by 

agreement by the producing Party or by an order from the Court. For purposes of 

this provision, printing up to 50 continuous or 250 total pages shall be presumed 

reasonable;;

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

media shall be labeled “RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE CODE” and 

shall continue to be treated as such;

(k) If the receiving Party’s outside counsel, consultants, or experts obtain printouts or 

photocopies of Source Code Material, the receiving Party shall ensure that such 

outside counsel, consultants, or experts keep the printouts or photocopies in a 

secured locked area in the offices of such outside counsel, consultants, or expert. 

The receiving Partymay also temporarily keep the printouts or photocopies at:(i)the 

Court for any proceedings(s) relating to the Source Code Material, for the dates 

associated with the proceeding(s); (ii) the sites where any deposition(s) relating to 

the Source Code Material are taken, for the dates associated with the deposition(s); 

and (iii) any intermediate location reasonably necessary to transport the printouts or 

photocopies (e.g., a hotel prior to a Court proceeding or deposition); and

(l) A producing Party’s SourceCode Material may only be transported by the receiving 

Party at the direction of a person authorized under paragraph 10(e) above to another 

person authorized under paragraph 10(e) above, 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 

paragraph 10(j) above and is at all timessubject to the transport restrictionsset forth 

herein. But, for those purposes only, the Source Code Materials may be loaded onto 

a stand-alone computer.

11. Any attorney representing Plaintiff, whether in-house or outside counsel, and any 

person associated with Plaintiff and permitted to receive another Party’s Protected Material 

that is designated RESTRICTED -- ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY and/or 

RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE CODE (collectively “HIGHLY SENSITIVE 

MATERIAL”), who obtains, receives, has access to, or otherwise learns, in whole or in

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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 pertaining to the field of the invention of the patents-in-suit on behalf of the 

Plaintiff or its acquirer,successor, predecessor, or other affiliate during the pendency ofthis 

Action and for one year after its conclusion, including any appeals. To ensure compliance 

with the purpose of this provision, Plaintiff shall create an “Ethical Wall” between those 

persons with access to HIGHLY SENSITIVE MATERIAL and any individuals who, on 

behalf of Plaintiff 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-in-suit. To avoid any doubt, “Prosecute” as 

used in this paragraph does not include representing a Party for secretarial purposes, such 

as, for example, recording assignments and paying maintenance fees and, further, does not 

include representing a Party in any and all Inter Partes Review (IPR) proceedings related 

to the patents-in-suit, even if they have received and/or reviewed the other HIGHLY 

SENSITIVE MATERIAL, provided that they do not advise, consult, participate, or assist 

in any claim drafting or amendment of claims in such IPR proceedings, and will not use 

any of the Producing Party’s Protected Material in the proceeding.

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 claim of 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,

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

producesdocuments,informationorothermaterialitreasonablybelieves 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 

producingParty, exceptfor any pages containing privileged or otherwise protectedmarkings 

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

producing Party.

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

to have access thereto 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.

14. 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 DESIGNATEDMATERIALas 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

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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 

accesstoDESIGNATED MATERIAL. DESIGNATEDMATERIALshall not be disclosed 

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

producing Party or from the Court.

15. Parties may, at the deposition or hearing or within thirty (30) days after receipt of a 

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

thereof as “CONFIDENTIAL,” “RESTRICTED - ATTORNEY’ EYES ONLY,” or 

“RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE CODE” pursuant to this Order. 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.

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

shall remain underseal until further order of the 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.

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17. The Order applies to pretrial discovery. Nothing in this Order shall be deemed to prevent 

the Parties from introducing any DESIGNATED MATERIAL into evidence at the trial of 

this Action, or from using any information contained in DESIGNATED MATERIAL at 

the trial of this Action, subject to any pretrial order issued by this Court.

18. A Party may request in writing to the other Party that the designation given to any 

DESIGNATED MATERIAL be modified or withdrawn. If the designating Party does not 

agree to redesignation within ten (10) days of receipt of the written request, the requesting 

Party may apply to the Court for relief. Upon any such 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 Federal Rules of Civil 

Procedure 37, 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.

19. 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.

20. 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,

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

21. To the extent that discovery or testimony is taken of Third Parties, the Third Parties may 

designate as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “RESTRICTED -- ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” 

or “RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE CODE” any documents, information or 

other material, in whole or in part, produced or given by such Third Parties. The Third 

Parties shall have ten (10) days after production of such documents, information or other 

materials to make such a designation. Until that time period lapses or until such a 

designation has been made, whichever occurs sooner, all documents, information or other 

material so produced or given shall be treated as “CONFIDENTIAL” in accordance with 

this Order.

22. Within n i n e t y (90) days of final termination of this Action, including any appeals, 

all DESIGNATED MATERIAL, including all copies, duplicates, abstracts, indexes, 

summaries, 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. No copies shall be retained by a receiving Party or other individuals retained to 

assist them in this litigation, except counsel may retain copies of pleadings in their files 

and the terms of this Protective Order shall continue to apply to such copies. The language 

contained in this paragraph shall not preclude counsel from retaining documents 

constituting attorney work product as defined by applicable law, or from retaining one 

copy of all such work product documents as part of a permanent litigation file that is

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otherwise subject to the confidentiality restrictions set forth herein.

23. 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.

24. 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.

25. 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 claim the Parties may have asto the proprietary and 

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

26. 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.

27. Each of the Partiesshall also retain the right to file a motion with theCourt (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

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protection of DESIGNATED MATERIAL.

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS 

MARSHALL DIVISION

)

ANALYTICAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, )

)

Plaintiff, ) Civil Action No. 2:23-cv-288-JRG-RSP

)

v. ) JURY TRIAL DEMANDED

)

RESTAURANT BRANDS )

INTERNATIONAL, INC., )

)

Defendant. )

)

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 

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,” 

“RESTRICTED -- ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” or “RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIAL 

SOURCE CODE” that is disclosed to me.

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

designated as “CONFIDENTIAL,” “RESTRICTED -- ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” 

or “RESTRICTED 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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