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    I Mark H Gunderson, Esq. SBN: 2134)

    Catherine

    A

    Reichenberg, Esq. SBN: 10362)

    2 GUNDERSON LAW FIRM

    5345 Kietzke Lane, Suite 200

    3 Reno,Nevada89511

    Telephone: 775) 829-1222

    4 Facsimile: 775) 829-1226

    5 Deborah

    A

    Klar, Esq. SBN: CA 124750)

    Tuneen E Chisolm, Esq. SBN: CA 211741)

    6 LINER Y ANKELEVITZ

    SUNSHINE REGENSTREIF LLP

    7 1100 Glendon A venue, 14th Floor

    Los Angeles, California 90024-3503

    8 Telephone: 310) 500-3500

    Facsimile: 310) 500-3501

    9 ADMITTED PRO HAC VICE

    10

    Attorneys for Plaintiffs

    DENNIS MONTGOMERY, THE MONTGOMERY FAMILY TRUST, OPSPRING, LLC, and

    11

    EDRA BLIXSETH

    12

    13

    UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

    DISTRICT OF NEVADA

    14 DENNIS MONTGOMERY and the ) Case No. 3:06-CV-00056-PMP-VPC

    MONTGOMERY FAMILY TRUST, ) BASE FILE

    15 )

    Plaintiffs, ) Consolidated with Case No. 3:06-CV-

    16 ) 00145-PMP-VPC)

    vs. )

    17 )

    DECLARATION

    O

    DENNIS

    ETREPPID TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, WARREN ) MONTGOMERY IN SUPPORT OF THE

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    TREPP, and the UNITED STATES ) MONTGOMERY PARTIES MOTION

    DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, )

    OR

    PROTECTIVE ORDER AND

    19 )

    DETERMINATION REGARDING

    Defendants. )

    COMMON INTEREST AGREEMENT

    )

    )

    21 AND RELATED CASES. )

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    DECL R TION OF DENNIS MONTGOMERY

    2

    3 I Dennis Montgomery, declare and state as follows:

    4

    1.

    I have personal knowledge of the facts set forth in this Declaration and, if called as a

    5 witness, could and would testify competently to such facts under oath.

    6

    2.

    In early 2006, the Montgomery Parties were involved in litigation with eTreppid in

    7 federal and state court and were

    lso

    in discussions regarding the employment ofme y OpSpring.

    8 The Montgomery Parties and OpSpring anticipated (correctly) that after we reached agreement on

    9 my employment, OpSpring would be named as a party in the litigation y eTreppid. The

    10 Montgomery Parties and OpSpring sought to evaluate the risks and opportunities presented by such

    11 anticipated litigation, to prepare for such litigation, and to conduct the litigation efficiently and

    12 effectively. In furtherance

    of

    those goals, the Montgomery Parties and OpSpring agreed that we

    13

    would exchange information relating to the actual and potential litigation and would maintain all

    14 such information in the strictest confidence.

    15

    3.

    Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a true and correct copy of a written Common

    16 Interest, Confidentiality, and Cooperation Agreement dated April 5 2006 (hereinafter, the Written

    17 Agreement ).

    18 4. Pursuant to the parties' agreement as reflected in the Written Agreement, the parties

    19 and counsel for the parties exchanged certain confidential information for purposes of evaluating,

    20 preparing for, and defending the litigation involving eTreppid.

    21 5. In doing so, we abided by the strict confidentiality requirements set out in the

    22 Written Agreement and intended that the exchange of information not alter the privileged and

    23 confidential nature of the information.

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    6.

    he

    information exchanged pursuant to the Written Agreement was not shared with

    2 any third parties and the Montgomery Parties and OpSpring took appropriate steps to preserve the

    3 confidentiality

    of

    the that information.

    4

    6 I declare under penalty

    of

    perjury under the laws

    of

    the United States

    of

    America that the

    7 foregoing is true and correct.

    8 Executed on this 30th

    day of

    June 2008

    at

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    EXHIBIT

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    COMMON

    INTEREST CONFIDENTIALITY AND COOPERATION

    AGREEMENT

    This

    Common

    Interest, Confidentiality,

    and

    Cooperation Agreement ( Agreement ), dated

    April

    .S.

    2006,

    is

    entered into

    y

    and

    between,

    on the

    one

    hand,

    Opspring

    LLC,

    a Washington

    limited liability company, with a principal place ofbusiness

    at

    600 106th Avenue N.E., Suite 210,

    Bellevue, Washington 98004-5043 (the Company'') and, on

    the

    other hand, Dennis

    Montgomery

    and

    the

    Montgomery Family Trust, a California revocable trust (collectively, Montgomery ).

    Opspring and Montgomery are each a Party

    and

    collectively

    the

    ''Parties to this

    Agreement.

    WHEREAS,

    Montgomery developed, owns, and seeks to provide and/or assign certain

    intellectual property, technology, and related services to Opspring;

    WHEREAS,

    the Parties have common legal interests in

    i)

    lawfully furthering Opspring's

    interest in hiring Dennis Montgomery

    as an

    employee

    of

    Opspring, purchasing the intellectual

    property and technology owned

    by

    Montgomery, and using the same (and the Parties are engaged in

    good faith negotiations for that purpose), (ii) determining the nature, scope, protectability, validity,

    enforceability, ownership, and extent

    of

    violation of Montgomery's intellectual property

    and

    technology, and eTreppid Technologies, LLC's, a Nevada limited liability company ( eTreppid''),

    purported intellectual property, so that each Party

    may

    exercise due· care with respect to those rights and

    minimize litigation risk over

    those rights,

    (iii) investigating, analyzing, and defending

    any

    and

    all

    allegations of trade secrets misappropriation, intellectual property infringement, breach of contract,

    conversion, and any and all other potential or actual claims asserted by any eTreppid Party

    as

    defined in Section 7) against Montgomery and/or Opspring, including but not limited to the

    Litigations defined below (collectively, Common Interests );

    WHEREAS, Montgomery

    and

    eTreppid have litigations pending against each other in

    various Nevada

    state

    and federal courts, including a

    case

    styled

    eTreppid

    11

    Montgomery

    No. CV06·

    114 in the

    Second Judicial District Court ofthe State

    of

    Nevada in the Country

    of Washoe;

    cases

    styled

    eTreppid 11 Montgomery et al. Nos. 3:06-cv-41 and

    3:06-cv-145 in the U.S. District Court

    for the District of Nevada; a case styled Montgomery

    11

    eTreppid et al. No. 3:06-cv-56-BES-VPC,

    in 1he U.S. District Court for the District ofNevada; and other litigations that

    may

    arise between the

    eTreppid Parties (as defined

    in

    Section 7)

    and

    either or

    bo1h

    of he Parties (the Litigations );

    WHEREAS,

    the

    Parties have

    each

    employed individual and independent legal counsel

    and

    may wish to confer confidentially with said legal counsel and each other about the legal issues

    concerning the Parties' and eTreppid's rights, intellectual property, and technology;

    WHEREAS,

    the Parties

    are

    of

    the

    opinion that it

    is in

    their respective best interests

    and will

    be. necessary to exchange certain confidential infonnation, share certain of their individual attorney

    work product, and cooperate in certain endeavors with respect to the legal matters referenced herein,

    including without limitation the Litigations and the Common Interests ( Common Interest Efforts );

    WHEREAS,

    the Parties affum that these

    Common

    Interest Efforts, because

    of

    their purpose,

    operation, and use, are subject

    to

    the protections

    of,

    and

    will

    require the exchange of Confidential

    Materials

    as

    defined below) which

    may each be

    subject to the attorney-client privilege, the

    work

    product doctrine, the common interest privilege, and/or other privileges or protections;

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    WHEREAS, the Parties, through the undersigned and their counsel, desire to memorialize

    certain understandings reached among them with respect to their Common Interest Efforts; and

    WHEREAS, each Party intends that such past, present,

    and

    future Common Interest Efforts

    shall not constitute, nor be construed as a waiver o

    any

    attorney-client privilege, work product

    protection, or other privilege or protection, to which the Parties

    are

    entitled individually or

    collectively;

    NOW TIIEREFORE, n consideration of the mutual representations, warranties and

    agreements contained n this Agreement,

    and for

    other good

    and.

    valuable consideration, the receipt

    and

    sufficiency o which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows:

    Section

    I.

    Authority. The undersigned

    company

    representatives o the Parties represent

    that they

    re

    fully authorized

    to

    enter into this Agreement and on that basis execute this Agreement.

    Section 2. Privilege

    and

    Protection. The Parties affirm that the Common Interest Efforts

    t

    be undertaken by their respective counsel (including without limitation investigation, compilation,

    and

    analysis o

    data and

    documents undertaken by the

    Parties.

    and their legal counsel), because o

    their purpose, operation or use are protected as attorney-client privileged and confidential work

    product and

    may require the exchange o information, documents or materials subject

    to

    the attomey

    client privilege, work product doctrine, common interest privilege,

    and

    other privileges

    and

    protections. Each Party agrees that

    it

    will protect

    and

    assert all applicable privileges and protections

    in opposition

    to any

    discovery request or deposition question propounded by any person or entity not

    a Party to this Agreement, which seeks information the Party has received or developed relating

    t

    the Common Interest Efforts.

    2.1. Privileges Held Jointly

    by

    All Parties. All confidential communications

    (whether oral or

    written)

    between the .Parties related

    to

    the Common Interest Efforts, including

    without limitation such communications which precede

    the

    date o this Agreement, shall

    be

    subject

    to the attorney-client privilege and/or the work product doctrine, and the protection shall be jointly

    held by

    all

    the Parties, except as expressly set forth in Paragraph 2.2 o this Agreement. Documents

    turned over

    to

    one Party by another Party,

    no

    matter whether before or after execution o this

    Agreement,

    in

    furtherance o the Common Interest Efforts, which

    are

    otherwise subject to the

    attorney-client privilege or the work product doctrine shall be treated as documents delivered

    for the

    Common Interest Efforts.

    As

    such, they shall retain their protected character, and the protections

    shall be held jointly by the Parties.

    2.2.

    Privileges and Protections Held Individually

    by

    a Party or its Counsel.

    All

    privileged or confidential communications solely between a Party

    and

    its own counsel, whether

    occurring before or after execution o this Agreement, shall remain privileged or otherwise protected

    as confidential. Similarly,

    an

    attorney s work product solely

    on

    behalf o a Party as its

    own

    client,

    whether created before o after execution of

    this

    Agreement, shall remain independently protected.

    The attorney-client privilege protecting such communications shall be held solely

    by

    the

    communicating Party, and the work product protection protecting such work

    product

    shall

    be

    held

    solely by the attorney who produced the work product.

    2

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    2.3.

    No New

    Attorney-Client Relationship Created. Except for

    the

    purposes

    of the

    Common Interest Efforts, nothing

    n

    this Agreement shall be construed

    as

    creating or otherwise

    giving rise to an attorney-client relationship (for conflicts purposes or otherwise),. between a Party

    and counsel for another Party. Further, this Agreement is purely contractual in nature, and shall not

    be construed as creating or otherwise imposing a fiduciary or other legal duty or obligation

    on any

    Party or counsel for

    any

    Party, exceptas expressly provided in this Agreement.

    2.4.

    This Agreement

    Also

    Subject to Common Interest Privilege.

    To the

    extent

    the

    Parties, prior

    to

    the execution of this Agreement, have communicated directly or through

    their

    attorneys (whether orally and in writing)

    to

    arrive

    at

    this Agreement or in furtherance of the

    Common Interest Efforts, such communications

    as

    well

    as

    this Agreement

    are

    and shall remain

    confidential and subject

    to

    the attorney-client privilege and work product doctrine. The applicable

    privilege and work product protection shall

    be

    held jointly by the Parties.

    2.5. Confidentiality of Agreement. The existence and terms of this Agreement

    may

    be disclosed only I) in

    an

    action to enforce the tenns of the Agreement; (2) where reasonably

    necessary to accomplish the purposes

    of

    this Agreement; or (3) where disclosure

    is

    ordered by a

    court of

    competent jurisdiction or otherwise required by

    law.

    Section 3.

    Scope. This Agreement governs all of the Confidential Materials exchanged

    between, or disseminated

    among the

    Parties to this Agreement or their counsel.

    The term

    Confidential Materials means all confidential information, documents, materials or opinions which

    a Party receives

    from

    another Party or its legal counsel n connection with Common Interest Efforts,

    and

    all

    information, documents or materials directly or indirectly derived therefrom,

    which

    re

    subject to the attorney-client privilege, the work product doctrine, the common interest privilege, or

    another privilege or protection.

    3.1. Communications Not

    Covered.

    This Agreement does not govern a Party's

    confidential communications solely

    with its

    own counsel, except to the extent that

    such

    communications contain privileged or protected information received

    by

    the other Parties

    n

    connection with the Common Interest

    Efforts.

    3.2. Marking. Confidential Materials that

    are

    exchanged n written or document

    form and intended

    to

    be kept confidential should be marked Privileged and Confidential I Subject to

    Common Interest Agreement or with a similar legend; provided, however,

    that

    failure to

    mark

    privileged, confidential, or otherwise protected Confidential Materials shall not waive any privilege

    or other protection. Notwithstanding the foregoing, publicly-available documents (as opposed to

    confidential selections, compilations, arrangements, organizations, and annotations thereof) shall

    not

    constitute Confidential Materials within

    the

    terms

    of

    this Agreement.

    Section 4:

    Puty to Maintain Confidentialitv. To ensure the protection of the mental

    impressions, conclusions, opinions, legal theories,

    and

    other work product of counsel, as

    well

    as

    privileged or confidential information, each Party agrees that Confidential Materials received

    from

    any other Party shall not be given, shown made available, or communicated n any way

    to

    anyone

    other than:

    i)

    counsel

    for

    the Parties,

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     ii)

    paralegal assistants and clerical staffs

    o

    such counsel,

    iii) employees, directors, managers, officers and members o the Parties who have a

    need to know or are otherwise providing assistance to counsel in connection with advising the

    Parties

    in

    regard to the Parties Common Interests,

    iv) any

    technical consultant retaine4

    by

    a Party, provided, however, that any Party

    disclosing Confidential Materials to such technical consultants shall frrst require such person to

    review and agree in writing to be bound by the terms o this Agreement, and

    v) those determined by Opspring in is sole discretion t receive or use

    any

    Confidential

    Materials that

    are

    not privileged or attorney work product.

    4.1. Enlargement.

    The

    foregoing groups o persons identified above in clauses i)

    -

     v),

    inclusive,

    may

    be enlarged only upon

    the

    written consent o each Party producing Confidential

    Materials pursuant

    to

    this Agreement; provided, however, that

    i any

    Party should withhold such

    consent, the withholding Party s own Confidential Materials shall not be disclosed

    to

    any such

    persons

    in

    the

    enlarged group.

    Section 5. Non-Waiver. Each Party affirms that Confidential Materials which have been or

    will be exchanged among the Parties and counsel in confidence pursuant to the Common Interest

    Efforts

    are

    subject

    to

    the attorney-client privilege, work product doctrine, common interest privilege,

    and

    any

    other applicable privilege or protection

    to

    the fullest extend permitted by law. These

    privileges and protections may not be waived by any Party to this Agreement without the prior

    written consent o

    he

    Party that produced or generated the Confidential Materials.

    5.1. Non-Disclosure. No Party shall, in any litigation initiated by

    any

    third party

    attempt to disclose, introduce into evidence, or rely on another Party s Confidential Materials n any

    fushion.

    5.2. Notice

    o

    Compelled Disclosure.

    Each

    Party to this Agreement will promptly

    notify

    every

    other Party to this Agreement

    o any

    discovery request, notice

    o

    deposition, subpoena,

    court process, or similar activity that seeks to cause disclosure o the communications and

    information subject to this Agreement. Each Party to this Agreement shall resist any attempt by

    anyone to

    cause disclosure

    o

    communications

    and

    information subject

    to

    this Agreement without

    the

    express written consent o all Parties to this Agreement.

    Section 6. Limitation on Use o Confidential Materials. Each Party agrees that Confidential

    Materials received from another Party to this Agreement shall

    be

    used only in connection with the

    Parties Common Interests

    and

    shall

    not

    be used for

    any

    other purpose.

    6.1. Exceptions. The prohibitions o this Section 6 shall not apply to

    (1)

    Non-

    Confidential Materials and publicly available information or documents that may be included among

    Confidential Materials exchanged pursuant to this Agreement or

    2)

    any dispute between some

    or

    all

    o the Parties. .

    Section 7. Assignment o Montgomery s Claims. Montgomery hereby assigns to Opspring

    any

    and

    all, known or

    unknown,

    absolute or contingent, present or

    future

    claims, causes

    of action,

    and

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    demands

    ( claims )

    th t

    Montgomery

    has,

    had or may

    have as

    a claimant, counterclaimant or

    otherwise) against (i) eTreppid, (ii) Friendly Capital Partners, L.P. ( PCP ), (iii)

    The

    Fremont Trust,

    dated

    May

    16, 1994 ( FT ),

    iv) any

    officer, director, manager, member, committee member,

    employee, consultant, representative, affiliate, trustee, successor, assignee or agent o eTreppid, PCP

    and/or FT,

    v)

    Warren Trepp and/or vi)

    Douglas Frye

    (collectively, the eTreppid Parties ), including

    without limitation the rights to obtain

    payment

    and relied, at law and in equity, therefor. Montgomery

    authorizes Opspring

    to stand in the place o Montgomery

    as

    the real

    party

    in interest

    as

    to all such

    claims, including without limitation those claims pied in the Litigations. Pursuant to this assignment,

    Opspring shall have the exclusive right in its sole discretion to review and approve the settlement o

    any or all claims asserted against

    any

    eTreppid Parties. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in

    this Agreement or otherwise, nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as Opspring assuming any

    ownership, liability, risk, or responsibility o or for any claims, causes o action, or demands any

    eTreppid Party may

    have

    against Montgomery.

    Section

    8.

    Litigation Cooperation.

    n

    furtherance o the Common Interest Efforts, the

    Parties

    agree to

    cooperate

    in

    the analysis

    and

    implementation

    o

    strategy in the Litigations or other

    disputes involving some or all o the Parties that may arise related to the subject matter hereof

    (collectively with the Litigations, Disputes ). Opspring agrees to pay a maximum of$1,000,000 per

    year for three (3) years to be applied, in Opspring' sole discretion, to Opspring's legal fees and

    expenses nd Montgomery's legal

    fees

    and expenses in connection with the Disputes incurred after

    the date o this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement,

    any

    fees or

    expenses incurred

    by

    a Party that are not paid for by Opspring pursuant to the immediately foregoing

    sentence shall

    be

    the sole obligation of the Party incurring such fees or expenses. Subject to the

    protections and non-waiver provisions o this Agreement, Opspring shall have the rights, exercisable

    in its sole discretion, to select, terminate, replace

    and

    monitor Montgomery's counsel,

    to

    review the

    files and work product o Montgomery's counsel, and to audit the legal bills o Montgomery's

    counsel related to the Litigations; provided, however, that any selection, termination or replacement

    o

    Montgomery's counsel shall

    be

    reasonably agreed

    to

    by

    Dennis Montgomery and

    the. Company.

    Upon notice to Montgomery,

    Montgomery

    agrees to promptly provide to Opspring, and to direct its

    counsel to provide, all information in their possession, custody, or control that Opspring and/or its

    counsel request and to cooperate fully in connection with the analysis and implementation o strategy

    in the Litigations and in furtherance o he Common Interest Efforts.

    Section

    9.

    No Conflict o Interest or Disqualification. Each counsel has explained fully to

    its client the limitations on the direct

    use o

    the information obtained pursuant

    to

    this

    Agreement.

    Each Party represents that it has considered the foregoing and believes that

    the

    benefits

    o

    being a

    Party

    to

    this Agreement outweigh any of the limitations imposed hereby. Therefore, as a condition

    precedent to the receipt o any Confidential Materials or Common Interest information, each Party

    represents

    nd

    covenants that it will

    not and

    will not allow its counsel to) assert

    any

    future

    claim

    that any attorney covered by this Agreement is disqualified or barred

    from

    representation by virtue o

    its receipt o Confidential Materials or Common Interest information. Neither the existence of this

    Agreement, nor the exchange

    o

    Confidential Materials, nor the assistance and representation by

    either Party's legal counsel

    to

    analyze

    and

    provide advice, work product, mental impressions, and

    opinions regarding the Common Interests shall be used by any Party or its counsel as the basis o any

    claim that any legal counsel is disqualified

    from

    representing any person or entity in any matter,

    including the Litigations or a dispute

    or

    litigation between one or more Parties to this Agreement.

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    All

    Parties to this Agreement and their counsel hereby

    waive

    their right to seek such disqualification

    on that basis.

    Section 10. No Admission of Liabilitv. Nothing contained herein

    is

    intended

    to

    be, or shall

    be deemed to be, an admission of any liability on the part of any Party or of the existence of facts

    upon which liability could be based or inferred.

    Section 11.

    No Prejudice.

    This

    Agreement

    is made

    without prejudice

    to

    the right

    of any

    Party to claim that privileges or protections greater or other than those specified in this Agreement

    exist with respect

    to

    any information, communication, or docwnent relating

    to the

    Common

    Interests.

    Section

    12.

    Severability. f any prov1s1on of this Agreement

    is

    deemed invalid or

    unenforceable, the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

    Section

    13.

    Modification. Any modification or waiver of this Agreement or addition of a

    new party must

    be

    agreed upon in writing

    by

    Opspring and Dennis Montgomery.

    Any

    such

    modification

    or waiver or addition

    of

    a

    new

    party shall be binding on all

    of

    the Parties, including the

    Montgomery Family

    Trust.

    Sedion 14. Survival. This Agreement shall continue to

    be

    in full force and effect

    notwithstanding the withdrawal

    from

    or discontinuance of participation in the Common Interest

    Efforts by

    any

    Party to this Agreement.

    Any

    Party that withdraws from or discontinues participation

    in the Common Interest Efforts shall remain

    bound

    by this Agreement.

    Section 15.

    FEo.

    R. EVID. 408. The Parties intend and agree that this Agreement,

    as

    well

    as

    their discussions and communications

    among

    themselves and with other Parties relating

    to the

    matters covered in this Agreement,

    are to be

    afforded the

    full

    scope

    of the

    protection provided in

    the

    Federal Rules of Evidence, including, without limitation, Rule 408, which limits the admissibility of

    settlement-related materials.

    Section 16. Remedy for Breach.

    The

    Parties and their counsel acknowledge that disclosure

    of

    ny

    Confidential Materials in violation of this Agreement will cause the non-disclosing Parties

    to

    suffer irreparable

    harm for

    which there

    is

    no

    adequate

    legal remedy. Notwithstanding other

    provisions

    of

    this Agreement regarding dispute resolution, each Party acknowledges that preliminary,

    temporary, or permanent relief-including injunctive relief, prohibiting each other Party

    and

    its

    counsel, and/or prohibiting

    any

    third party (and/or its counsel) to

    whom

    any Confidential Materials

    have been disclosed, from disclosing or using any such Confidential Materials in any manner not

    expressly contemplated

    by

    this Agreement, without proof

    of

    actual damages and without

    any

    requirement

    for

    the securing or posting

    of

    a

    bond is an

    appropriate and necessary

    remedy for

    violation of this Agreement. In addition to any other remedies available, performance of this

    Agreement

    may be

    specifically .ordered.

    The

    Parties hereby expressly consent to the personal

    jurisdiction of

    the

    state and federal courts located in

    King County

    Washington

    for

    any lawsuit filed

    there arising

    from

    or related to this Agreement

    to seek

    injunctive relief. agree that

    the

    prevailing

    party will be entitled to its costs and attorneys fees incurred in any litigation or dispute relating

    to

    the interpretation or enforcement

    of

    this

    Agreement.

    6

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    Section 17. Limitations. his Agreement shall not constitute a modification or waiver

    of

    any

    Party's rights, claims or defenses against the other Parties.

    Section

    18.

    Successors. This Agreement shall

    be

    binding on and inure to the benefit

    of

    the

    Parties' successors, inheritors, heirs,

    and

    assigns.

    Section 19. Choice

    of

    Law

    and

    Arbitration. This Agreement shall be governed

    and

    construed

    in accordance with the laws of the State of Washington (without regard to its choice of law rules).

    Except

    for

    the right

    of

    the Parties to seek injunctive relief in court, in

    the

    event

    of

    any dispute

    arising

    from or related to the Common Interest Efforts, those disputes will be resolved exclusively

    by final

    and binding arbitration conducted by a neutral arbitrator appointed by Judicial Dispute Resolution

    LLC ( JDR ) of Seattle, Washington.

    f

    JDR is unable or unwilling

    to

    so act, then t shall be

    substituted with the Seattle office of Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services,

    Inc.

    ( JAMS ).

    The only parties to the arbitration shall be the Parties. Reasonable discovery will be permitted and

    the arbitrator may decide

    any

    issue as

    to discovery.

    The arbitrator shall prepare a written award

    stating the findings of fact and conclusions of law that form the basis for that award. Each party may

    be represented by counsel at the arbitration. The location of the arbitration shall

    be

    Seattle,

    Washington. Judgment upon the

    award

    may be entered

    by any

    court having jurisdiction of the

    matter. The arbitrator's fees will be paid in equal portions

    by

    the Parties. The substantially

    prevailing party is entitled to recover its reasonable attorneys'

    fees

    and expenses in conjunction with

    the arbitration

    award.

    Section 20. Entire Agreement: Counterparts. This Agreement constitutes the entire

    understanding

    of

    the Parties with respect

    to the Common

    Interest Efforts. This Agreement

    may be

    signed in counterparts

    and

    each signed counterpart shall be

    deemed

    an original document.

    Section

    21.

    Notices. All notices under this Agreement shall be sent to the Parties and legal

    counsel for the Parties at the last known

    address

    therefor.

    Section

    22.

    Interpretation. Each Party and its counsel have participated fully in the review

    and revision of this Agreement. Any rule of interpretation or doctrine of contr proferentem to the

    effect that ambiguities are to be construed against the drafting Party shall not apply in interpreting

    this Agreement.

    IN

    WITNESS THEREOF, the Parties

    have

    executed this Agreement as

    of

    the date first set

    orth

    above.

    Opspring LLC

    By:

    7

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    By

    Brenda Montgomery Co-Trustee

    8

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    1

    CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

    2 Pursuant to NRCP 5(b) I certify that I am an employee of the Law Offices Of Liner

    Yankelevitz Sunshine RegenstreifLLP, and tliat on June 30, 2008, I caused to be

    3 served the within document oescribed as

    DECLARATION OF DENNIS

    MONTGOMERY IN SUPPORT OF THE MONTGOMERY PARTIES MOTION FOR

    4

    PROTECTIVE ORDER AND DETERMINATION REGARDING COMMON INTEREST

    AGREEMENT

    on the interested parties in this action as stated below:

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    J Stephen Peek, Esq.

    6 Jerry M. Snyder, Esq.

    Hale

    Lane

    Peek Dennison and

    Howard

    7 5441 Kietzke Lane, Second Floor

    Reno,

    Nevada

    89511

    8 (775) 327-3000; 786-6179 - FAX

    [email protected]; [email protected]

    9 Attorneys for eTreppid and Warren Trepp

    10 Reid H. Weingarten, Esq.

    Brian

    M. Heberlig, Esq.

    11

    Robert A. Ayers, Esq.,

    Steptoe Johnson, LLP

    12 1330 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.

    Washington, D.C. 20036-1795

    13 (202) 429-3000; (202) 429-3902 - FAX

    [email protected];

    14 [email protected]; [email protected]

    Attornevs for eTrennid

    and

    Warren Trenn

    15 Greg Addington,

    AUSA

    U.S.

    DEPARTMENT

    OF

    JUSTICE

    16 100 W. Liberty Street. Suite 600

    Reno,

    Nevada

    89501

    17 E-mail: [email protected]

    (775) 784-5181 - FAX

    18 Attorneys for Department of Defense

    19 Jacquelyn

    A.

    Beatty, Esq.

    Karr Tuttle Campbell

    20

    1201 Third Avenue, Suite 2900

    21

    Seattle, Washington 98101

    Fax: (206) 682-7100

    22

    E-mail: [email protected]

    Attorneys for Michael Sandoval

    Carlotta P Wells, Sr. Trial Counsel

    U.S. Dept. of Justice; Fed. Programs Branch

    Civil Division, Room 7150

    20

    Massachusetts A venue, NW

    Post

    Office

    Box

    883

    Washington, D.C.

    20044

    (202) 514-4522; 616-8470 -

    FAX

    E-mail: [email protected]

    Attornevs for Department

    of

    Defense

    Raphael

    0.

    Gomez, Esq., Sr. Trial Counsel

    U.S. Dept.

    of

    Justice, Fed. Programs Branch

    Civil Division,

    Room

    6144

    20

    Massachusetts Avenue,

    NW

    Post Office Box 883

    Washington, D.C. 20044

    (202) 514-1318; 616-8470- FAX

    E-mail: [email protected]

    Attorneys for Department

    of

    Defense

    Bridget Robb Peck, Esq.

    Lewis and

    Roca

    LLP

    50

    West

    Liberty Street, Suite 410

    Reno,

    Nevada

    89501

    Tel: (775) 823-2900; Fax: (775) 823-2929

    [email protected]

    Attorneys for Atigeo

    LLC

    and Michael Sandoval

    Robert E Rohde, Esq.

    Gregory Schwartz, Esq.

    Rohde

    Van

    Kampen

    1001 Fourth Avenue, Suite

    4050

    Seattle, Washington 98154

    Tel: (206) 386-7353Fax: (206) 405-2825

    E-mail: [email protected]

    A ttornevs for

    Ati eo LLC

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    istrict Court and therefore the court s computer system has electronically

    deltvered a < .OPY o f ~ h foregoing documentls) to tlie persons listed above at

    their respective email address.

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    of

    perjury under the laws

    of

    the State

    of

    California and

    the United States ofAmerica that the foregoing is true and correct.

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