Rosco, Inc. v. Safety Vision, LLC

CourtDistrict Court, S.D. New York
DecidedAugust 13, 2020
Docket1:19-cv-08933
StatusUnknown

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Rosco, Inc. v. Safety Vision, LLC, (S.D.N.Y. 2020).

Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

ROSCO, INC., Civil Case No.: 1:19-cv-08933-JMF Plaintiff, Vv. fPROPOSED}STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER FOR VENUE SAFETY VISION, LLC and RELATED DISCOVERY JOHN DOE CORPORATION, Defendants.

WHEREAS, venue related discovery in the above entitled litigation may involve the disclosure of confidential trade secrets, technical know-how, or other confidential or proprietary research, development, commercial, personal, financial information or information furnished in confidence by a non-party (hereinafter individually and collectively referred to as “Designated Material’) relating to the subject matter of the above captioned litigation (hereinafter “the Litigation”), regardless of how generated; WHEREAS, Plaintiff Rosco, Inc. (“Rosco”) and Defendant Safety Vision, LLC (“Safety Vision,” and together with Rosco the “Parties”) desire to limit the extent of disclosure and use of such Designated Material, and to protect such Designated Material from unauthorized use and further disclosure, and wish to ensure that no advantage is gained by any Party through the use of such Designated Material, which could not have been learned without the discovery in the Litigation. NOW, THEREFORE, HAVING BEEN STIPULATED AND AGREED by and between the Parties, through their respective counsel, subject to the approval of the Court, the Parties request that the following Stipulated Protective Order pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(c) be

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entered. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: 1. This Stipulated Protective Order shall apply to all information, including but not limited to documents, electronic documents, electronically stored information, things, exhibits, discovery responses and testimony designated in good faith as constituting or containing Designated Material by Parties and non-Parties in the Litigation. Any Designated Material produced by a Party or non-party during the course of the Litigation may be designated by such Party or non-party as (1) CONFIDENTIAL or (2) HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL under the terms of this Stipulated Protective Order. 2. For the purposes of this Stipulated Protective Order, Designated Material designated as CONFIDENTIAL shall be information or tangible things that the producing Party believes in good faith qualifies for protection under standards developed under Rule 26(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure as non-public confidential and/or proprietary information, whether personal or business related. Absent a specific order by this Court, once designated as CONFIDENTIAL such Designated Material shall be used by the Parties only in connection with the Litigation or appeal therefrom, and not for any other purpose, including business, competitive, or governmental purposes or functions, and such information shall not be disclosed to anyone except as provided herein. 3. Designated Material designated as HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL shall be information that the producing Party believes in good faith is extremely sensitive confidential information that if disclosed to another Party or non-party would create a substantial adverse impact on the producing Party’s business, financial condition, ability to compete, standing in the industry, or any other risk of injury that could not be avoided by less restrictive means. Such

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material may include, without limitation, confidential non-public information business or technical information, including but not limited to market studies and analyses, future projections, strategies, forecasts, business plans, and information concerning business decisions or negotiations; company financial information and projections in any form that have not been made available to the public; license agreements and other contractual relationships with third Parties; identification of current, former, or potential customers and vendors; materials relating to sales training information; and non-public correspondence and non-public documents relating to the prosecution of any patent applications or any other non-public proceeding before the United States Patent and Trademark Office or any foreign patent office. Absent a specific order by this Court, once designated as HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL, such designated material shall be used by the Parties only in connection with the Litigation, and not for any other purpose, including business, competitive, or governmental purposes or functions, and such material shall not be disclosed to anyone except as provided herein. 4. The scope of this Stipulated Protective Order shall be understood to encompass not only those items or things which encompass CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL information, but also any information derived therefrom and all excerpts and summaries thereof, as well as testimony and oral conversation related thereto. 5. Each Party or non-party that designates Designated Material for protection under this Stipulated Protective Order must limit any such designation to specific material that qualifies under the appropriate standards. The designation of Designated Material as CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL for purposes of this Stipulated Protective Order shall be made in the following manner by the Party or non-party seeking protection: a. In the case of documents, electronic documents, exhibits, briefs,

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memoranda, interrogatory responses, responses to requests for admission, things or other materials (apart from documents and things made available for inspection, depositions, pretrial or trial testimony) by affixing the legend CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL, as appropriate, to every page of any document containing Designated Material at the time such documents are produced or such information is disclosed, or as soon thereafter as the Party or non-party seeking protection becomes aware of the confidential nature of the material disclosed and sought to be protected; b. For documents and things made available for inspection only, such documents and things shall be considered HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL. Upon request for copying and production by the inspecting Party, the producing Party shall designate such documents with the appropriate confidentiality marking; c. In the case of depositions, pretrial and trial testimony: (i) by a statement by counsel on the record during such deposition, pretrial or trial proceeding that the entire transcript or a portion thereof shall be designated as CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL, as appropriate, hereunder; or (11) by written notice of such designation sent by counsel to all Parties within thirty (30) calendar days after receipt of the transcript of the testimony. The Parties shall treat all deposition, pretrial and trial testimony as HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL hereunder until the expiration of thirty (30) calendar days after the receipt of the transcript. Until designated otherwise thereinafter, any confidentiality is waived after the expiration of the 30-day period unless otherwise stipulated or ordered. The Parties may modify this procedure for any particular deposition or proceeding through agreement on the record at such deposition or proceeding or otherwise by written stipulation, without further order of the Court;

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d. In the case of Designated Material designated as CONFIDENTIAL or HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL used during the course of a deposition, as a deposition exhibit or otherwise, that portion of the deposition record reflecting such Designated Material shall be sealed and stamped with the designated degree of confidentiality, and access thereto shall be limited pursuant to the other terms of this Stipulated Protective Order; and e.

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