06/02/2011 385 MOTION for Protective Order - Stipulated Motion for Entry of Stipulated Supplemental Protective Order for Source Code by Plaintiff e.Digital Corporation. (Yungwirth, Matthew) (Entered: 06/02/2011)
Plaintiff e.Digital Corporation (“e.Digital”) and Defendants Pentax of America, Inc.;
Hoya Corporation; Hoya Corporation USA; Canon USA, Inc.; Canon, Inc.; Coby Electronics
Corp.; DXG Technology (U.S.A.), Inc.; DXG Technology Corporation; HTC America, Inc.;
HTC Corporation; Imation Corporation; Kyocera Communications, Inc.; Kyocera Wireless
Corporation; Kyocera International, Inc.; Kyocera Corporation; Leica Camera, Inc.; Marantz
America, Inc.; D&M Holdings U.S. Inc.; D&M Holdings, Inc.; Nokia, Inc.; Nokia Corporation;
Panasonic Corporation Of North America; Panasonic Corporation; Sakar International, Inc.;
Samson Technologies Corp.; and Vtech Electronics North America, LLC (the “Moving
Defendants”) hereby submit the following Stipulated Motion for Entry Of Stipulated
Supplemental Protective Order For Source Code. In support of this Motion, e.Digital and the
Moving Defendants state as follows:
CERTIFICATE OF CONSULTATION
Pursuant to D.C.COLO.LCivR 7.1(A), e.Digital initiated the meet and confer process
regarding the subject matter of this Motion. On May 6, 2011, e.Digital and the Moving
Defendants agreed to jointly seek the relief requested herein.
MOTION
1. Fed.R.Civ.P. 26 (c) authorizes the Court to provide protection against public
disclosure of confidential or trade secret information.
2. Plaintiff has requested the production of source code. By stipulating to this
motion, Defendants do not concede that source code is relevant to any issue in this case.
3. Source code is considered by at least some Defendants or non-parties to be highly confidential. Because source code is difficult to create, but easy to copy, the provisions of the........(more)