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Case 2:07-cv-00475-MJP Document 43 Filed 09/14/2007 Page 1 of 4

The Honorable Marsha J. Pechman

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
8 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE
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DIANNE KELLEY and KENNETH HANSEN, )
10 ) No. C07-475 MJP
Plaintiffs, )
11 MICROSOFT S MOTION FOR
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12 v. ) ENTRY OF PROTECTIVE
) ORDER
13 MICROSOFT CORPORATION, a Washington )
corporation, ) Note on Motion Calendar:
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Defendant. ) September 25, 2007
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17 Microsoft has reviewed the Court s September 13, 2007, Order denying the parties

18 Stipulated Protective Order and has revised the Stipulated Protective Order to comply with the

19 Court s Order.1 In particular, to implement the Court s directions, Microsoft modified

20 Paragraph 13 of the Stipulated Protective Order as follows:

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Although the Court s preference is now clear, the Court deserves an explanation as to why
22 the parties requested entry of the Stipulated Protective Order in a form that contemplated
conditional filing under seal where the party filing the documents was not the party (or non-
23 party) that had designated the documents as confidential. Microsoft believed the party
seeking protection should be responsible for the motion to seal because: (1) the party seeking
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protection should bear the burden of preparing the papers on the motion, and (2) the party
25 seeking to have the record sealed bears the burden of persuasion and therefore should have the
opportunity to file a reply. Other judges in this district have entered Protective Orders using
26 similar procedures for conditional filing. See, e.g., Blaylock, et al. v. First American Title, et
al., No. 06-1667 JCC, Dkt. No. 18 (Jan. 4, 2007) (Judge Coughenour); Miller v. Holland
27 America Line, Inc., No. 06-1363 RSL, Dkt. No. 17 (June 1, 2007) (Judge Lasnik).
MOTION FOR ENTRY OF PROTECTIVE
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13. If a party wishes to use CONFIDENTIAL

1 material to support or oppose a motion or at trial, the following
procedures shall apply:
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(a) The party submitting the material shall submit to
3 the Court a motion to seal pursuant to CR 5(g)(2)
contemporaneous with the filing of the CONFIDENTIAL
4 material and shall adhere to all requirements in CR 5(g)(3) for
filing such material under seal.
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(b) If the disclosing party or non-party is not the
6 party filing the motion to seal, then the disclosing party or non-
party shall make the showing required by CR 5(g) in its
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8 (c) Any motion to seal filed under any subsection of
this Paragraph 13 shall be noted for consideration not less than
9 fifteen (15) judicial days after filing.2 The Clerk of the Court
shall maintain the CONFIDENTIAL materials under seal
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provisions of the following Paragraph.
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Microsoft presented this revised Protective Order to the Plaintiffs for their agreement
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and signature, given that the Court direct[ed] the parties to revise their agreed Protective
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Order to use the procedure for filing under seal set forth in CR 5(g). As more particularly
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detailed in the Declaration of Stephen M. Rummage, filed along with this Motion, Plaintiffs
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declined to stipulate to the revised Order. Because the proposed Protective Order reflects the
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parties written agreement, modified to implement the Court s direction, Microsoft requests
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its entry.
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DATED this 14th day of September, 2007.
19 Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Attorneys for Microsoft Corporation
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By /s/Stephen M. Rummage, WSBA #11168
21 Cassandra Kinkead, WSBA #22845
Charles S. Wright, WSBA #31940
22 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 2200
Seattle, WA 98101-3045
23 Telephone: (206) 622-3150
Fax: (206) 757-7700
24 E-mail: steverummage@dwt.com
cassandrakinkead@dwt.com
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26 Microsoft requests this period of time for the motion to seal to be filed because the parties
by definition simultaneously will be briefing the substantive motion with respect to which the
27 confidential materials have been offered.
MOTION FOR ENTRY OF PROTECTIVE
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
ORDER (C07-0475 MJP) 2 L AW O F FI CE S
Suite 2200 1201 Third Avenue
SEA 2082843v1 0025936-000689 Seattle, Washington 98101-3045
(206) 622-3150 Fax: (206) 757-7700
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Of Counsel:
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Charles B. Casper
2 Patrick T. Ryan
Montgomery, McCracken,
3 Walker & Rhoads, LLP
123 S. Broad Street
4 Philadelphia, PA 19109
(215) 772-1500
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MOTION FOR ENTRY OF PROTECTIVE
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
ORDER (C07-0475 MJP) 3 L AW O F FI CE S
Suite 2200 1201 Third Avenue
SEA 2082843v1 0025936-000689 Seattle, Washington 98101-3045
(206) 622-3150 Fax: (206) 757-7700
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1 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

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I hereby certify that on September 14, 2007, I electronically filed the foregoing
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Microsoft's Motion for Entry of Protective Order with the Clerk of the Court using the
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CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing to the following:
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Jeffrey I. Tilden: jtilden@gordontilden.com
6 Jeffrey M. Thomas: jthomas@gordontilden.com
Michael Rosenberger: mrosenberger@gordontilden.com
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Mark A. Wilner: mwilner@gordontilden.com
8 William C. Smart: wsmart@kellerrohrback.com
Mark A. Griffin: mgriffin@kellerrohrback.com
9 Ian S. Birk: ibirk@kellerrohrback@dwt.com
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DATED this 14th day of September, 2007.
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12 Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Attorneys for Defendant
13 Microsoft Corporation

14 By /s/ Stephen M. Rummage

Stephen M. Rummage, WSBA #11168
15 Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
16 Suite 2200
1201 Third Avenue
17 Seattle, WA 98101-3045
Telephone: (206) 757-8136
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E-mail: steverummage@dwt.com
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MOTION FOR ENTRY OF PROTECTIVE
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
ORDER (C07-0475 MJP) 4 L AW O F FI CE S
Suite 2200 1201 Third Avenue
SEA 2082843v1 0025936-000689 Seattle, Washington 98101-3045
(206) 622-3150 Fax: (206) 757-7700