Philips North America LLC v. Advanced Imaging Services, Inc.

District Court, E.D. California·Decided July 29, 2021·No. 2:21-cv-00876·Unknown

Opinion

BUCHALTER James T. Hultquist (pro hac vice) A Professional Corporation Email: jhultquist@reedsmith.com DYLAN W. WISEMAN (SBN: 173669) Jennifer Y. DePriest (pro hac vice) JACQUELINE N. VU (SBN: 287011) Email: jdepriest@reedsmith.com 500 Capitol Mall, Suite 1900 Ismail C. Kuru (pro hac vice) Sacramento, CA 95814 Email: ikuru@reedsmith.com Telephone: 916.945.5170 REED SMITH LLP Email: dwiseman@buchalter.com 10 South Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606-7507 Attorneys for Defendants Telephone: +1 312 207 1000 ADVANCED IMAGING SERVICES, INC., Facsimile: +1 312 207 6400 d/b/a ADVANCED IMAGING PARTS; and WANG XIUYUAN a/k/a SEAN WANG Christopher J. Pulido (SBN 313142) Email: cpulido@reedsmith.com 101 Second Street, Suite 1800 San Francisco, California 94105-3659 Telephone: +1 415 543 8700 Facsimile: +1 415 391 8269

Attorneys for Plaintiff Philips North America LLC PHILIPS NORTH AMERICA LLC, Case No. 2:21-cv-00876-JAM-AC Plaintiff, STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE CONFIDENTIAL vs. INFORMATION

d/b/a ADVANCED IMAGING PARTS; and Judge: Hon. John A. Mendez WANG XIUYUAN a/k/a SEAN WANG, Mag. Judge: Hon. Allison Claire Defendants.

1. A. PURPOSES AND LIMITATIONS Disclosure and discovery activity in this action are likely to involve production of confidential, proprietary, or private information for which special protection from public disclosure and from use for any purpose other than prosecuting this litigation 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 disclosure and use extends only to the limited information or items that are entitled to confidential treatment under the applicable legal principles. The Parties further acknowledge, as set forth in Section 13.3, below, that this Stipulated Protective Order does not entitle them to file confidential information under seal; Civil Local Rule 141 and any pertinent orders of the assigned District Judge and Magistrate Judge set 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. In light of the nature of the claims and allegations in this case and the Parties’ representations that discovery in this case will involve production of confidential records, and in order 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 connection with this Action, to address their handling of such material at the end of the litigation, and to serve the ends of justice, a protective order for such information is justified in this matter. The Parties shall not designate any information/documents as confidential without a good faith belief that such information/documents have been maintained in a confidential, non-public manner, and that there is good cause or a compelling reason why it should not be part of the public record of this case. 2. DEFINITIONS 2.1 Action: the instant action, Philips North America LLC v. Advanced Imaging Services, Inc. d/b/a Advanced Imaging Parts and Wang Xiuyuan a/k/a Sean Wang, Case No. 2:21-cv-00876-JAM-AC. 2.2 Challenging Party: a Party or Non-Party that challenges the designation of information or items under this Order. 2.3 “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), and as specified in the Good Cause Statement. 2.4 Counsel: Outside Counsel of Record and House Counsel (as well as their support staff). 2.5 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 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” or “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE”. 2.6 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. 2.7 Expert: a person with specialized knowledge or experience in a matter pertinent to the litigation who has been retained by a Party or its counsel to serve as an expert witness or as a consultant in this Action. A party retaining an Expert who is a current officer, director, or employee of a competitor of a Party or anticipated to become one will be subject to the requirements set forth in Section 7.3(c), below. 2.8 “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY” Information or Items: extremely sensitive “CONFIDENTIAL Information or Items,” disclosure of which to another Party or Non-Party would create a substantial risk of serious harm that could not be avoided by less restrictive means. 2.10 House Counsel: attorneys who are employees of a Party. House Counsel does not include Outside Counsel of Record or any other outside counsel. 2.11 Non-Party: any natural person, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity not named as a Party to this Action. 2.12 Outside Counsel of Record: attorneys who are not employees of a Party but are retained to represent or advise a Party 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. 2.13 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). 2.14 Producing Party: a Party or Non-Party that produces Disclosure or Discovery Material in this Action. 2.15 Professional Vendors: persons or entities that provide litigation support services (e.g., photocopying, videotaping, translating, preparing exhibits or demonstrations, and organizing, storing, or retrieving data in any form or medium) and their employees and subcontractors. 2.16 Protected Material: any Disclosure or Discovery Material that is designated as “CONFIDENTIAL,” as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – ATTORNEYS’ EYES ONLY,” or as “HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL – SOURCE CODE.” 2.17 Receiving Party: a Party that receives Disclosure or Discovery Material from a Producing Party. 3. 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 their Counsel that might reveal Protected Material. However, the protections conferred by this Stipulation and Order do not cover the following information: (a) any information that is in the public domain at the time of disclosure to a Receiving Party or becomes part of the public domain after its disclosure to a Receiving Party as a result of publication not involving a violation of this Order, including becoming part of the public record through trial or otherwise; and (b) any information known to the Receiving Party prior to the disclosure or obtained by the Receiving Party after the disclosure from a source who obtained the information lawfully and under no obligation of confidentiality to the Designating Party. Any use of Protected Material during a court hearing or at trial shall be governed by the orders of the District Judge or Magistrate Judge. This Stipulation and Orde

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