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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`TYLER DIVISION
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`SIPCO, LLC and IP CO, LLC
`(d/b/a INTUS IQ),
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`Plaintiffs,
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`v.
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`EMERSON ELECTRIC CO., EMERSON
`PROCESS MANAGEMENT LLLP,
`FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC.,
`ROSEMOUNT INC., BP, p.l.c., BP
`AMERICA PRODUCTION COMPANY,
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`Defendants.
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`Civil Action No. 6:15-cv-907
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`FIRST STIPULATED ADDENDUM TO PROTECTIVE ORDER
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`WHEREAS Defendants Emerson Electric Co., Emerson Process Management LLLP,
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`Fisher-Rosemount Systems, Inc., and Rosemount Inc. (“Defendants”) have produced to Plaintiffs
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`information designated by Plaintiffs as “Attorneys Eyes Only” information under the Protective
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`Order (Doc. No. 68);
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`WHEREAS Plaintiffs have identified to Defendants certain individuals as party
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`representatives under Section 7(f) of the Protective Order to whom Defendants wish to provide
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`access to Plaintiffs’ “Attorneys Eyes Only” information;
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`WHEREAS Third Party Linear Technology Corp. (“Linear”) has or may also produce
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`information to Defendants designated as “Attorneys Eyes Only”;
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`WHEREAS Plaintiffs have not identified to Linear any party representatives under
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`Section 7(f) of the Protective Order to whom Plaintiffs wish to provide access to Linear’s
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`“Attorneys Eyes Only” information;
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`WHEREAS, under agreements calling for confidentiality and non-disclosure, Defendants
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`are in possession of potentially producible material revealing information received from Linear,
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`including highly sensitive product design, development, and other technical information;
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`WHEREAS to the extent produced, that material revealing information received from
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`Linear will be designated as “Attorneys Eyes Only” information;
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` WHEREAS Linear objects to any access to Linear’s Attorneys Eyes Only information
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`by Plaintiffs’ representatives identified under Section 7(f) of the Protective Order until and
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`unless Plaintiffs seek and receive consent of Linear or leave of Court;
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`WHEREAS Plaintiffs have licensees who have objected to the production of certain
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`license-related documents to Defendants because such documents may be shared with
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`Defendants’ representatives under Section 7(f) of the Protective Order;
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`THEREFORE, pursuant to Section 16 of the Protective Order (Doc. No. 68), Plaintiffs
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`SIPCO, LLC and IP CO, LLC and Defendants Emerson Electric Co., Emerson Process
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`Management LLLP, Fisher-Rosemount Systems, Inc., and Rosemount Inc. stipulate by
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`agreement with Third Party Linear Technology Corp. to the following additional provisions to
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`the Protective Order:
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`“Attorneys Eyes Only” Information that Linear (or third-party licensees) reasonably
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`believes should not be accessed by party representatives may be additionally designated as
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`OUTSIDE COUNSEL’S EYES ONLY, and shall not be disclosed to any individual(s) identified
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`under Section 7(f) of the Protective Order without consent of Linear (or the third-party licensees)
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`or leave of Court, which in any event shall require a showing by Plaintiffs (or in the case of the
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`third-party licensees, Defendants) that the specific information sought to be so disclosed is
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`specifically relevant to a claim or defense, that there is substantial need for such disclosure to
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`such individual(s) that cannot be otherwise met without undue hardship on Plaintiffs (or in the
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`case of the third-party licensees, Defendants), and that the need for such disclosure is
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`proportional to the needs of the case taking into account the factors specified in the Federal
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`Rules.
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`Documents, things, and source code produced subject to the Protective Order and any
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`Addendums in the case Emerson Elec. Co. et al. v. SIPCO, LLC et al., Civil No. 1:15-cv-319
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`(N.D. Ga.) will be considered produced in this Action, provided that information additionally
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`designated as OUTSIDE COUNSEL’S EYES ONLY shall in this case also be subject to and
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`give rise to the same restrictions set forth in Emerson Elec. Co. et al. v. SIPCO, LLC et al., Civil
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`No. 1:15-cv-319 (N.D. Ga.) in the Protective Order and any modifications thereto, including any
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`Addendums.
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`So ORDERED and SIGNED this 23rd day of June, 2016.
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