Provisions typically require review on a standalone secured computer at counsel's office, prohibit remote access and copying, limit printed pages, restrict access to designated reviewers, and impose prosecution bars.
Terms are negotiated before production.
Alternative Names:
Source Code Protective Order|Source Code Provisions
Why it Matters?
Prosecution bars restricting reviewers from patent prosecution in related technology are heavily negotiated, since they can disqualify a party's regular patent counsel from continued prosecution work, and the scope should be limited to the specific technology rather than the party's entire portfolio. Printed page limits also constrain expert work meaningfully and should account for the volume the analysis genuinely requires.
Frequently Confused with
Related terms
Frequently asked questions
What makes prosecution bars contested?
What constraint affects expert work?
