In re: Petition for subpoena of Nintendo of America

District Court, W.D. Washington·Decided November 15, 2019·No. 2:19-cv-00966·Unknown

Opinion

THE HONORABLE RICHARD A. JONES

WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON

In re Ex Parte Application of Case No. 2:19-cv-00966-RAJ BROADCOM CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, and AVAGO STIPULATION AND PROTECTIVE SALES PTE. LIMITED, a business entity formed under the laws of Singapore, Applicants, for an Order Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1782 Granting Leave to Obtain Discovery for Use in Foreign Proceedings.

In order to expedite the flow of discovery materials, facilitate the prompt resolution of disputes over confidentiality, adequately protect confidential materials, and ensure that protection is afforded only to material so entitled, and for good cause shown, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(c), it is hereby ORDERED THAT: 1. PURPOSE AND LIMITATIONS 1.1 Protected Material designated as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” under the terms of this Protective Order shall be used by a Receiving Party solely for (i) the above-captioned case and all related appeals or (ii) the Actions and all related appeals, or (iii) invalidity or nullity actions regarding the Patents at issue in the Actions, and shall not be used directly or indirectly for any other purpose whatsoever, except as expressly provided for herein and/or agreed to by the Producing Party. 1.2 Nothing in this Protective Order shall be construed to require a Producing Party to produce or disclose information not otherwise required to be produced under the applicable rules or orders of the Court. Production or disclosure of “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” information under this Protective Order shall not prejudice the right of any Producing Party making that production or disclosure to maintain the trade secret status or confidentiality of that information in other contexts. Similarly, no Producing Party waives any right to object on any ground to the admissibility of any of the Discovery Material, or portion thereof, covered by this Protective Order. Likewise, nothing in this Protective Order shall prejudice the right of any Receiving Party to challenge the confidentiality designation of any materials produced and designated under this Protective Order. 1.3 Disclosure and discovery activity in the above-captioned case may 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. The parties acknowledge that this Protective Order does not confer blanket protections on all disclosures or responses to discovery and that the protection it affords from public disclosure and use extends only to the limited information or items that are entitled to confidential treatment under the applicable legal principles. Accordingly, the Parties hereby stipulate to and petition the Court to enter this Protective Order. 2. DEFINITIONS 2.1 Actions: Avago Techs. Int’l Sales Pte. Ltd. v. Nintendo of Europe GmbH, No. 2 O 32/18 (filed on March 14, 2018 before the Mannheim Regional Court in Germany); Avago Techs. Int’l Sales Pte. Ltd. v. Nintendo of Europe GmbH, No. 2 O 35/18 (filed on March 16, 2018 before the Mannheim Regional Court in Germany); Broadcom Corp. v. Nintendo of Europe GmbH, No. 7 O 62/18 (filed on May 25, 2018 before the Mannheim Regional Court in Germany); Avago Techs. Int’l Sales Pte. Ltd. v. Nintendo of Europe GmbH, No. 2 O 83/18 (filed on June 13, 2018 before the Mannheim Regional Court in Germany); Nintendo of Europe GmbH v. Avago Techs. Int’l Sales Pte. Ltd., No. 4 Ni 20/19 (EP) joined with 4 Ni 27/19 (EP) (filed on July 9, 2018 before the German Federal Patent Court in Munich, Germany); Nintendo of Europe GmbH v. Avago Techs. Int’l Sales Pte. Ltd., No. 6 Ni 35/18 (EP) (filed on July 6, 2018 before the German Federal Patent Court in Munich, Germany); consequent appeals before the Court of Appeal and Federal Court of Justice. If the Receiving Party intends to use Protected Material for any other German infringement or nullity actions not enumerated above and in which the EP 1,177,531; EP 1,260,910; EP 1,385,339; and EP 1,365,385 patents are at issue, the Receiving Party shall give reasonable advance notice to the Producing Party identifying the Protecting Materials and shall meet and confer to ensure the protections provided for in provisions 6.6 “Procedures for Approving or Objecting to Disclosure of Protected Material” and 6.7 “Use of Protected Material” are complied with in the handling of the Protected Material. 2.2 “CONFIDENTIAL” Information or Items: information (regardless of how it is generated, stored or maintained) or tangible things that qualify for protection under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c). A Producing Party may designate any Discovery Material as “CONFIDENTIAL” if it contains or reflects confidential, proprietary, and/or commercially sensitive information. 2.3 Counsel (without qualifier): Outside Counsel of Record and House Counsel (as well as their support staff). 2.4 Designating Party: a Party that designates information or items that it produces in disclosures or in responses to discovery as “CONFIDENTIAL” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY.” 2.5 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. 2.6 Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter pertinent to the litigation who has been retained by a Party or its Outside Counsel of Record to serve as an expert witness or a litigation consultant in the Actions (including any necessary support personnel of such person to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for this litigation or the Actions), and who is not a current employee of a Party or of a competitor of a Party, and who, at the time of retention, is not anticipated to become an employee of a Party or of a competitor of a Party. 2.7 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” Information or Items: Discovery Material that contains or reflects information that is extremely confidential and/or sensitive in nature and the Producing Party reasonably believes that the disclosure of such Discovery Material is likely to cause economic harm or significant competitive disadvantage to the Producing Party. The Parties agree that the following information, if non-public, shall be presumed to merit the “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” designation: trade secrets, pricing information, financial data, sales or marketing forecasts or plans, business plans, sales or marketing strategy, product development information, engineering documents, testing documents, employee information, and other non-public information of similar competitive and business sensitivity. Provided, however, that the forgoing presumption applies only to information originally created within the ten years prior to entry of this Protective Order. 2.8 House Counsel: attorneys (as well as their support staff) who are employees of the Receiving Party and who have responsibility for managing the above-captioned case or the Actions. House Counsel does not include Outside Counsel of Record or any other outside counsel. 2.9 Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity not named as a Party to the above-captioned case or the Actions. 2.10 Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of a Party but are retained to represent or advise a Party in connection with the above-captio

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