Amgen Inc. et al v. Sandoz Inc. et al

Filing 268

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE REBUTTAL EXPERT REPORTS ON THE 427 PATENT. Signed by Judge Richard Seeborg on 9/1/17. (cl, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 9/1/2017)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Vernon M. Winters (SBN 130128) SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP 555 California Street, Suite 2000 San Francisco, CA 94104-1503 Telephone: (415) 772-1200 Facsimile: (415) 772-7400 vwinters@sidley.com Nicholas Groombridge (pro hac vice) 1285 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10019-6064 Telephone: (212) 373-3000 Facsimile: (212) 757-3990 ngroombridge@paulweiss.com Additional counsel listed below Erik J. Olson (SBN 175815) MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP 755 Page Mill Road Palo Alto, California 94304 Telephone: 650.813.5600 Facsimile: 650.494.0792 ejolson@mofo.com Additional counsel listed below Attorneys for Defendants Sandoz Inc., Sandoz GmbH, and Sandoz International GmbH Attorneys for Plaintiffs Amgen Inc. and Amgen Manufacturing, Limited 10 11 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 12 13 14 15 AMGEN INC. and AMGEN MANUFACTURING, LIMITED, 16 Plaintiffs, 17 18 19 v. Case No. 3:14-cv-04741-RS STIPULATED REQUEST AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO EXTEND TIME TO FILE REBUTTAL EXPERT REPORTS ON THE ’427 PATENT SANDOZ INC., SANDOZ INTERNATIONAL GMBH, and SANDOZ GMBH, 20 Defendants. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 STIPULATED REQUEST AND [PROPOSED] ORDER Case No. 3:14-cv-04741-RS REGARDING ’427 PATENT REBUTTAL EXPERT REPORTS 1 Pursuant to Civil Local Rules 6-2 and 7-12, Plaintiffs Amgen Inc. and Amgen 2 Manufacturing, Limited and Defendants Sandoz Inc., Sandoz International GmbH, and Sandoz 3 GmbH, through their undersigned counsel, hereby stipulate as follows: 4 WHEREAS, on August 23, 2017, Amgen and Sandoz attended a mediation with Robert 5 B. Davidson where the parties made progress on resolving disputes regarding U.S. Patent No. 6 6,162,427 (“the ’427 patent”). The parties agreed to terms for a stipulated offer of judgment and 7 are in the process of drafting a formal document, subject to the approval of both Amgen and 8 Sandoz’s managements; 9 WHEREAS, Amgen’s lead trial and in-house counsel team members are preparing for 10 two separate trials, such that they cannot finalize the draft stipulated offer of judgment prior to 11 the current deadline to exchange rebuttal expert reports, September 1, 2017; 12 WHEREAS, a one-week extension of the time to exchange rebuttal expert reports on the 13 ’427 patent is needed so that the parties may reach agreement on a draft stipulation, and provide 14 rebuttal expert reports only if no agreement can be reached; 15 WHEREAS, the scheduling modifications since the Court entered the Case Management 16 Scheduling Order on October 28, 2016 together with Case No. Case No. 3:16-cv-02581-RS 17 (Dkt. No. 220) are as follows: the Court modified the schedule through dispositive motions on 18 May 15, 2017 (Dkt. No. 248); modified the schedule through trial on May 19, 2017 (Dkt. No. 19 253); and modified the deadlines for the exchange of expert reports (Dkt. No. 259); 20 WHEREAS, the extension will not change any other dates from the Court’s last 21 scheduling order, although Amgen will agree to extend the deadline for Sandoz to serve expert 22 reply reports on the ’427 patent, if any; 23 24 25 26 WHEREAS, the parties do not seek to extend the time to file rebuttal expert reports on the other patent in suit, U.S. Patent No. 8,940,878; NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereby jointly request that this Court extend the time to file rebuttal expert reports on the ’427 patent by one week from today, to September 8, 2017. 27 28 1 STIPULATED REQUEST AND [PROPOSED] ORDER Case No. 3:14-cv-04741-RS REGARDING ’427 PATENT REBUTTAL EXPERT REPORTS 1 Respectfully submitted, 2 Dated: September 1, 2017 3 4 5 6 7 Vernon M. Winters (SBN 130128) SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP 555 California Street, Suite 2000 San Francisco, CA 94104-1503 Telephone: (415) 772-1200 Facsimile: (415) 772-7400 vwinters@sidley.com 8 9 10 11 Attorneys for Amgen Inc. and Amgen Manufacturing, Ltd. 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 By: /s/ Nicholas Groombridge Nicholas Groombridge PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON & GARRISON LLP 1285 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10019-6064 Telephone: (212) 373-3000 Facsimile: (212) 757-3990 ngroombridge@paulweiss.com Dated: September 1, 2017 By: /s/ Erik J. Olson Erik J. Olson (SBN 175815) MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP 755 Page Mill Road Palo Alto, California 94304 Telephone: 650.813.5600 Facsimile: 650.494.0792 ejolson@mofo.com Attorneys for Defendants Sandoz Inc., Sandoz GmbH, and Sandoz International GmbH 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2 STIPULATED REQUEST AND [PROPOSED] ORDER Case No. 3:14-cv-04741-RS REGARDING ’427 PATENT REBUTTAL EXPERT REPORTS SIGNATURE ATTESTATION 1 2 Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), I hereby certify that concurrence in the filing 3 of this document has been obtained from each of the other Signatories shown above. 4 Dated: September 1, 2017 5 By: /s/ Sue Wang Sue Wang 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 3 STIPULATED REQUEST AND [PROPOSED] ORDER Case No. 3:14-cv-04741-RS REGARDING ’427 PATENT REBUTTAL EXPERT REPORTS 1 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 2 3 4 9/1 Dated: ___________, 2017 THE HONORABLE RICHARD SEEBORG UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 4 STIPULATED REQUEST AND [PROPOSED] ORDER Case No. 3:14-cv-04741-RS REGARDING ’427 PATENT REBUTTAL EXPERT REPORTS

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