Famous Birthdays, LLC v. Passes, Inc. and Lucy Guo

Opinion

Christopher Beatty (State Bar No. 266466) chris.beatty@katten.com Murad Salim (State Bar No. 342747) murad.salim@katten.com 2121 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1100 Los Angeles, CA 90067-5010 Telephone: (310) 788-4400 Facsimile: (310) 788-4471 Attorneys for Plaintiff Famous Birthdays, LLC UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, WESTERN DIVISION

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS, LLC, a California limited liability Case No. 2:24-cv-08364-CBM- company, SSC Plaintiff,

v. STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER PASSES, INC., a Delaware corporation; and LUCY GUO, an individual, Assigned to Judge Consuelo B. Marshall, Magistrate Judge Stephanie S. Christensen Defendants.

1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Purposes and Limitations. Discovery in this action is 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 may 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 from public are entitled to confidential treatment under the applicable legal principles. 1.2 Good Cause Statement. This action involves claims for alleged copyright infringement, computer fraud, unfair competition, and breach of contract, and is likely to involve confidential customer and user information and other valuable research, development, commercial, financial, technical and/or proprietary information for which special protection from public disclosure and from use for any purpose other than prosecution of this action is warranted. Such confidential and proprietary materials and information may consist of, among other things, confidential business or financial information, related to the development, marketing, and or/display of copyrighted biographies, information regarding confidential business practices and agreements, or other confidential research, development, or commercial information (including information implicating the privacy rights of third parties), or information otherwise generally unavailable to the public. Accordingly, to expedite the flow of information, to facilitate the prompt resolution of disputes over confidentiality of discovery materials, to adequately protect information the parties are entitled to keep confidential, to ensure that the parties are permitted reasonable necessary uses of such material in preparation for and in the conduct of trial, to address their handling at the end of the litigation, and serve the ends of justice, a protective order for such information is justified in this matter. It is the intent of the parties that information will not be designated as confidential for tactical reasons and that nothing be so designated without a good faith belief that it has been maintained in a confidential, non-public manner, and there is good cause why it should not 1.3 Acknowledgment of Procedure for Filing Under Seal. The parties further acknowledge, as set forth in Section 12.3, below, that this Stipulated Protective Order does not entitle them to file confidential information under seal; Local Rule 79-5 sets forth the procedures that must be followed and the standards that will be applied when a party seeks permission from the court to file material under seal. There is a strong presumption that the public has a right of access to judicial proceedings and records in civil cases. In connection with non- dispositive motions, good cause must be shown to support a filing under seal. See Kamakana v. City and Cnty. of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1176 (9th Cir. 2006), Phillips ex rel. Ests. of Byrd v. Gen. Motors Corp., 307 F.3d 1206, 1210–11 (9th Cir. 2002), Makar-Welbon v. Sony Elecs., Inc., 187 F.R.D. 576, 577 (E.D. Wis. 1999) (even stipulated protective orders require good cause showing), and a specific showing of good cause or compelling reasons with proper evidentiary support and legal justification, must be made with respect to Protected Material that a party seeks to file under seal. The parties’ mere designation of Disclosure or Discovery Material as CONFIDENTIAL does not—without the submission of competent evidence by declaration, establishing that the material sought to be filed under seal qualifies as confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable—constitute good cause. Further, if a party requests sealing related to a dispositive motion or trial, then compelling reasons, not only good cause, for the sealing must be shown, and the relief sought shall be narrowly tailored to serve the specific interest to be protected. See Pintos v. Pac. Creditors Ass’n, 605 F.3d 665, 677–79 (9th Cir. 2010). For each item or type of information, document, or thing sought to be filed or introduced under seal in must articulate compelling reasons, supported by specific facts and legal justification, for the requested sealing order. Again, competent evidence supporting the application to file documents under seal must be provided by declaration. Any document that is not confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable in its entirety will not be filed under seal if the confidential portions can be redacted. If documents can be redacted, then a redacted version for public viewing, omitting only the confidential, privileged, or otherwise protectable portions of the document, shall be filed. Any application that seeks to file documents under seal in their entirety should include an explanation of why redaction is not feasible. i. DEFINITIONS i.1 Action: This pending federal lawsuit, Famous Birthdays, LLC v. Passes, Inc., et al., Case No. 2:24-cv-08364 in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. i.2 Challenging Party: A Party or Non-Party that challenges the designation of information or items under this Order. i.3 “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: Information (regardless of how it is generated, stored, or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for protection under Rule 26(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and as specified above in the Good Cause Statement. i.4 “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” Information or Items: Commercially sensitive CONFIDENTIAL Information or Items, disclosure of which would create a substantial risk of serious commercial, strategic, business, or competitive harm that the Designating Party reasonably believes could not be avoided by less restrictive means. i.5 Counsel: Outside Counsel of Record and In-House Counsel (as i.6 Designating Party: A Party or Non-Party that designates information or items that it produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” i.7 Disclosure or Discovery Material: All items or information, regardless of the medium or manner in which it is generated, stored, or maintained (including, among other things, testimony, transcripts, and tangible things), that are produced or generated in disclosures or responses to discovery in this matter. i.8 Expert: A person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter pertinent to the litigation, including any support staff, associates, or analysts working with or under the supervision of the Expert, who has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as an expert witness or as a consultant in this Action. Nothing in this Protective Order purports to alter in any way the requirements for offering testimony under Fed. R. Evid. 703, or to define the term “expert” for purposes other than those addressed in this Protective Order. i.9 Final Disposition: The later of (1) dismissal of all claims and defenses in this Action, with or without prejudice; and (2) final judgment herein after the completion and exhaustion of all appeals, rehearings, remands, trials, or reviews of this Action, including the time limits for filing any motions or applications for extension of time pursuant to applicable law. i.10 In-House Counsel: Attorneys who are employees of a party to this Action. In-House Counsel does not include Outside Counsel of Record or any other outside counsel. i.11 Non-Party: Any natural person, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity not named as a Party to this action. of a party to this Action but are retained to represent or advise a party to this Action and have appeared in this Action on behalf of that party or are affiliated with a law firm which has appeared on behalf of that party, and includes support staff. i.13 Party: Any party to this Action, including all of its officers, directors, employees, consultants, retained experts, and Outside Counsel of Record (and their support staffs). i.14 Producing Party: A Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or Discovery Material in this Action. i.15 Professional Vendors: Persons or entities that provide litigation- support services (e.g., photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or demonstrations, and organizing, storing, producing, or retrieving data in any form or medium) and their employees and subcontractors. i.16 Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” i.17 Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery Material from a Producing Party. ii. SCOPE The protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order cover not only Protected Material (as defined above), but also (1) any information copied or extracted from Protected Material; (2) all copies, excerpts, summaries, or compilations of Protected Material; and (3) any testimony, conversations, or presentations by Parties or Non-Parties or their Counsel that might reveal Protected Material. Any use of Protected Material at trial shall be governed by the orders of the trial judge. This Stipulated Protective Order does not iii. TRIAL AND DURATION The terms of this Stipulated Protective Order apply through Final Disposition of the Action. Once a case proceeds to trial, information that was designated as CONFIDENTIAL or maintained pursuant to this Stipulated Protective Order and used or introduced as an exhibit at trial becomes public and will be presumptively available to all members of the public, including the press, unless compelling reasons supported by specific factual findings to proceed otherwise are made to the trial judge in advance of the trial. See Kamakana, 447 F.3d at 1180–81 (distinguishing “good cause” showing for sealing documents produced in discovery from “compelling reasons” standard when merits-related documents are part of court record). Accordingly, for such materials, the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order do not extend beyond the commencement of the trial. Even after Final Disposition of this litigation, the confidentiality obligations imposed by this Stipulated Protective Order shall remain in effect until a Designating Party agrees otherwise in writing or a court order otherwise directs. iv. DESIGNATING PROTECTED MATERIAL 5.1 Exercise of Restraint and Care in Designating Material for Protection. Each Party or Non-Party that designates information or items for protection under this Order must take care to limit any such designation to specific material that qualifies under the appropriate standards. The Designating Party must designate for protection only those parts of material, documents, items, or oral or written communications that qualify so that other portions of the material, warranted are not swept unjustifiably within the ambit of this Order. Mass, indiscriminate, or routinized designations are prohibited. Designations that are shown to be clearly unjustified or that have been made for an improper purpose (e.g., to unnecessarily encumber the case development process or to impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may expose the Designating Party to sanctions. If it comes to a Designating Party’s attention that information or items that it designated for protection do not qualify for protection, that Designating Party must promptly notify all other Parties that it is withdrawing the inapplicable designation. 5.2 Manner and Timing of Designations. Except as otherwise provided in this Stipulated Protective Order (see, e.g., second paragraph of section 5.2(a) below), or as otherwise stipulated or ordered, Disclosure or Discovery Material that qualifies for protection under this Stipulated Protective Order must be clearly so designated before the material is disclosed or produced. Designation in conformity with this Stipulated Protective Order requires: (a) for information in documentary form (e.g., paper or electronic documents, but excluding transcripts of depositions or other pretrial or trial proceedings), that the Producing Party affix at a minimum, the legend “CONFIDENTIAL” or “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” to each page that contains protected material. If only a portion or portions of the material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the margins). A Party or Non-Party that makes original documents available for inspecting Party has indicated which documents it would like copied and produced. During the inspection and before the designation, all of the material made available for inspection shall be deemed CONFIDENTIAL. After the inspecting Party has identified the documents it wants copied and produced, the Producing Party must determine which documents, or portions thereof, qualify for protection under this Stipulated Protective Order. Then, before producing the specified documents, the Producing Party must affix the “CONFIDENTIAL” or “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” legend to each page that contains Protected Material. If only a portion or portions of the material on a page qualifies for protection, the Producing Party also must clearly identify the protected portion(s) (e.g., by making appropriate markings in the margins). (b) For testimony given in depositions where there was no designation of CONFIDENTIAL or ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY information made on the record, the transcript of any deposition (whether for discovery or testimony purposes) and all exhibits or attachments shall, for 14 days following the date of service of the transcript by the Party that took the deposition, be considered “CONFIDENTIAL.” If an ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY designation of testimony was made on the record during the deposition, then the transcript of the deposition (whether for discovery or testimony purposes) and all exhibits previously designated “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” shall, for 14 days following the date of service of the transcript by the Party that took the deposition, be considered “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” During that 14-day period, any Party or Producing Party may designate the portions of the transcript, and any specific exhibits or attachments that are to be treated as Parties of such designations in writing. Appropriate stampings or markings should be made during this time, if not already done so. If no such designations are made, then the entire transcript and exhibits will be considered unprotected after the expiration of the 14-day period, subject to the other provisions of this Order. (c) For information produced in some form other than documents and testimony and for any other tangible items, that the Producing Party affix in a prominent place on the exterior of the container or containers in which the information is stored the “CONFIDENTIAL” or “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” legend. If only a portion or portions of the information warrants protection, the Producing Party, to the extent practicable, shall identify the protected portion(s). 5.3 Inadvertent Failures to Designate. If timely corrected, an inadvertent failure to designate qualified information or items does not, standing alone, waive the Designating Party’s right to secure protection under this Order for such material. Upon timely correction of a designation, the Receiving Party must make reasonable efforts to assure that the material is treated in accordance with the provisions of this Stipulated Protective Order. v. CHALLENGING CONFIDENTIALITY DESIGNATIONS v.1 Timing of Challenges. Any Party or Non-Party may challenge a designation of confidentiality at any time that is consistent with the court’s Scheduling Order. v.2 Meet and Confer. The Challenging Party shall initiate the dispute resolution process under Local Rule 37.1 et seq. and with Section 2 of Judge Christensen’s Civil Procedures titled “Brief Pre-Discovery Motion Conference.”1 v.3 The burden of persuasion in any such challenge proceeding shall be on the Designating Party. Frivolous challenges, and those made for an improper purpose (e.g., to harass or impose unnecessary expenses and burdens on other parties) may expose the Challenging Party to sanctions. Unless the Designating Party has waived or withdrawn the confidentiality designation, all Parties shall continue to afford the material in question the level of protection to which it is entitled under the Producing Party’s designation until the court rules on the challenge. vi. ACCESS TO AND USE OF PROTECTED MATERIAL vi.1 Basic Principles. A Receiving Party may use Protected Material that is disclosed or produced by another Party or by a Non-Party in connection with this Action only for prosecuting, defending, or attempting to settle this Action. Such Protected Material may be disclosed only to the categories of persons and under the conditions described in this Order. When the Action reaches a Final Disposition, a Receiving Party must comply with the provisions of section 13 below. Protected Material must be stored and maintained by a Receiving Party at a location and in a secure manner that ensures that access is limited to the persons authorized under this Stipulated Protective Order. vi.2 Disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items. Unless otherwise ordered by the court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a Receiving Party may disclose any information or item designated “CONFIDENTIAL” only: (a) to the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this

1 Judge Christensen’s Procedures are available at Action, as well as employees of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the information for this Action; (b) to the officers, directors, and employees (including In-House Counsel) of the Receiving Party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action; (c) to Experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); (d) to the court and its personnel; (e) to court reporters and their staff; (f) to professional jury or trial consultants, mock jurors, and Professional Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); (g) to the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information; (h) during their depositions, to witnesses, and attorneys for witnesses, in the Action to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary, provided: (1) the deposing party requests that the witness sign the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); and (2) the witness will not be permitted to keep any confidential information unless they sign the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A), unless otherwise agreed by the Designating Party or ordered by the court. Pages of transcribed deposition testimony or exhibits to depositions that reveal Protected Material may be separately bound by the court reporter and may not be disclosed to anyone except as permitted under this (i) to any mediator or settlement officer, and their supporting personnel, mutually agreed upon by any of the parties engaged in settlement discussions. vi.3 Disclosure of “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” Information or Items. Unless otherwise ordered by the court or permitted in writing by the Designating Party, a Receiving Party may disclose any information or item designated “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” only to: (a) the Receiving Party’s Outside Counsel of Record in this Action, as well as employees of said Outside Counsel of Record to whom it is reasonably necessary to disclose the information for this Action; (b) the Receiving Party’s In-House General Counsel (but not any other employees or personnel of the Receiving Party, including the In- House General Counsel’s staff and other support); (c) outside experts (as defined in this Order) of the Receiving Party that have been retained to either provide consulting or testifying expert services for purposes of this Action, to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action, and for whom the following procedures have been followed: i. Before an Expert may receive “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” information, the party retaining the Expert must serve on all other parties a completed and signed “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” form (Exhibit A). ii. Counsel who retained the Expert must forward a copy of the executed undertaking to counsel for the producing party at least five (5) business days prior to the proposed disclosure of “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” information to such Expert, along with a copy of that Expert’s up-to-date resume or and the city and state of his or her primary residence, (2) identifies the Expert’s current employer(s), and (3) identifies any consulting or other relationship to the parties in this litigation within the last five (5) years, and (4) identifies each person or entity from whom the Expert has received compensation or funding for work in his or her areas of expertise or to whom the expert has provided professional services, including in connection with a litigation, at any time during the preceding five years. iii. If the Designating Party objects in writing to the proposed disclosure within five (5) business days after receipt of notice, the disclosure may not be made without separate agreement by the parties or prior approval by the Court. Any such objection must set forth in detail the grounds on which it is based. iv. A Party that receives a timely written objection must meet and confer with the Designating Party (through direct voice to voice dialogue) to try to resolve the matter by agreement within seven days of the written objection. If no agreement is reached, the Party seeking to make the disclosure to the Expert may initiate the dispute resolution process under Local Rule 37.1 et seq. and with Section 2 of Judge Christensen’s Civil Procedures titled “Brief Pre-Discovery Motion Conference.” v. In any such proceeding, the Party opposing disclosure to the Expert shall bear the burden of proving that the risk of harm that the disclosure would entail (under the safeguards Protected Material to its Expert. vi. “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” information may be disclosed to the Expert after the time allowing for filing the dispute with the Court has passed. (d) the court and its personnel. (e) court reporters and their staff; (f) professional jury or trial consultants, mock jurors, and Professional Vendors to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this Action and who have signed the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A); (g) the author or recipient of a document containing the information or a custodian or other person who otherwise possessed or knew the information; and (h) any other person with the prior written consent of the Designating Party or by order of this Court who has signed the “Acknowledgement and Declaration to be Bound” (Exhibit A). vii. PROTECTED MATERIAL SUBPOENAED OR ORDERED If a Party is served with a subpoena or a court order issued in other litigation that compels disclosure of any information or items designated in this Action as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” that Party must: (a) promptly notify in writing the Designating Party. Such notification shall include a copy of the subpoena or court order; (b) promptly notify in writing the party who caused the subpoena or order to issue in the other litigation that some or all of the material covered by the subpoena or order is subject to this Protective Order. Such (c) cooperate with respect to all reasonable procedures sought to be pursued by the Designating Party whose Protected Material may be affected. If the Designating Party timely seeks a protective order, the Party served with the subpoena or court order shall not produce any information designated in this action as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” before a determination by the court from which the subpoena or order issued, unless the Party has obtained the Designating Party’s permission. The Designating Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking protection in that court of its confidential material and nothing in these provisions should be construed as authorizing or encouraging a Receiving Party in this Action to disobey a lawful directive from another court. viii. A NON-PARTY’S PROTECTED MATERIAL SOUGHT TO BE 9.1 Application. The terms of this Stipulated Protective Order are applicable to information produced by a Non-Party in this Action and designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” Such information produced by Non-Parties in connection with this litigation is protected by the remedies and relief provided by this Order. Nothing in these provisions should be construed as prohibiting a Non-Party from seeking additional protections. 9.2 Notification. In the event that a Party is required, by a valid discovery request, to produce a Non-Party’s confidential information in its possession, and the Party is subject to an agreement with the Non-Party not to produce the Non-Party’s confidential information, then the Party shall: Party that some or all of the information requested is subject to a confidentiality agreement with a Non-Party; (b) make the information requested available for inspection by the Non-Party, if requested. 9.3 Conditions of Production. If the Non-Party fails to seek a protective order from this court within 14 days of receiving the notice and accompanying information, the Receiving Party may produce the Non- Party’s confidential information responsive to the discovery request. If the Non-Party timely seeks a protective order, the Receiving Party shall not produce any information in its possession or control that is subject to the confidentiality agreement with the Non-Party before a determination by the court. Absent a court order to the contrary, the Non-Party shall bear the burden and expense of seeking protection in this court of its Protected Material. ix. UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF PROTECTED If a Receiving Party learns that, by inadvertence or otherwise, it has disclosed Protected Material to any person or in any circumstance not authorized under this Stipulated Protective Order, the Receiving Party must immediately (a) notify in writing the Designating Party of the unauthorized disclosures, (b) use its best efforts to retrieve all unauthorized copies of the Protected Material, (c) inform the person or persons to whom unauthorized disclosures were made of all the terms of this Order, and (d) request such person or persons to execute the “Acknowledgment and Agreement to Be Bound” (Exhibit A). x. INADVERTENT PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED OR certain inadvertently produced material is subject to a claim of privilege or other protection, the obligations of the Receiving Parties are those set forth in Rule 26(b)(5)(B) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. This provision is not intended to modify whatever procedure may be established in an e-discovery order that provides for production without prior privilege review. Pursuant to Rules 502(d) and (e) of the Federal Rules of Evidence, neither the attorney-client privilege nor work product protection is waived, in this or any subsequent state or federal proceeding, by inadvertent or mistaken disclosure of documents, information, or ESI in this Action, regardless of the circumstances of disclosure. This Order shall be interpreted to provide the maximum protection allowed by Rule 502(d) of the Federal Rules of Evidence. xi. MISCELLANEOUS xi.1 Right to Further Relief. Nothing in this Stipulated Protective Order abridges the right of any person to seek its modification by the court in the future. xi.2 Right to Assert Other Objections. By stipulating to the entry of this Stipulated Protective Order no Party waives any right it otherwise would have to object to disclosing or producing any information or item on any ground not addressed in this Stipulated Protective Order. Similarly, no Party waives any right to object on any ground to use in evidence of any of the material covered by this Stipulated Protective Order. xi.3 Filing Protected Material. A Party that seeks to file under seal any Protected Material must comply with Local Rule 79-5. Protected Material may only be filed under seal pursuant to a court order authorizing the sealing of the specific Protected Material at issue. If a court, then the Receiving Party may file the information in the public record unless otherwise instructed by the court. xii. FINAL DISPOSITION After the Final Disposition of this Action, as defined in paragraph 4, within 60 days of a written request by the Designating Party, each Receiving Party must destroy all Protected Material. As used in this subdivision, “all Protected Material” includes all copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries, and any other format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected Material. After the Protected Material is destroyed, the Receiving Party must submit a written certification to the Producing Party (and, if not the same person or entity, to the Designating Party) by the 60 day deadline that (1) identifies (by category, where appropriate) all the Protected Material that was destroyed and (2) affirms that the Receiving Party has not retained any copies, abstracts, compilations, summaries or any other format reproducing or capturing any of the Protected Material. Notwithstanding this provision, Counsel is entitled to retain an archival copy of all pleadings, motion papers, trial, deposition, and hearing transcripts, legal memoranda, correspondence, deposition and trial exhibits, expert reports, attorney work product, and consultant and expert work product, even if such materials contain Protected Material. Any such archival copies that contain or constitute Protected Material remain subject to this Protective Order as set forth in Section 4. xiii. VIOLATION Any violation of this Stipulated Protective Order may be punished by any and all appropriate measures including, without limitation, contempt proceedings and/or monetary sanctions. M4 DATED: February 12, 2026 Murad Salim Katten Muchin Rosenman, LLP Attorney for Plaintiff Famous Birthdays, LLC DATED: February 12, 2026 /s/David Shukan David Shukan Valle Makoff LLP Attorneys for Defendants Pursuant to Local Rule 5-4.3.4(a)(2)(i), I, Murad Salim, hereby attest that all signatories on whose behalf this filing is submitted concur in the filing’s content and have authorized the filing. M2 DATED: February 12, 2026 SO Murad Salim FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, IT IS SO ORDERED. February 13, 2026 Z- ~ STEPHANIE 8S. CHRISTENSEN United States Magistrate Judge

I, ________________________ [print or type full name], of ________________________________________ [print or type full address], declare under penalty of perjury that I have read in its entirety and understand the Stipulated Protective Order that was issued by the United States District Court for the Central District of California on ________________[date] in the case of Famous Birthdays, LLC. v. Passes, Inc., et al., Case No. 2:24-cv-08364. I agree to comply with and to be bound by all the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order and I understand and acknowledge that failure to so comply could expose me to sanctions and punishment in the nature of contempt. I solemnly promise that I will not disclose in any manner any information or item that is subject to this Stipulated Protective Order to any person or entity except in strict compliance with the provisions of this Order. I further agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Central District of California for the purpose of enforcing the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order, even if such enforcement proceedings occur after termination of this action. I hereby appoint ________________________ [print or type full name] of ___________________________________________________ [print or type full address and telephone number] as my California agent for service of process in connection with this action or any proceedings related to enforcement of this Stipulated Protective Order. // // // Date: ___________________________ City and State where sworn and ___________________________ signed: Printed name: ___________________________ Signature: ___________________________