Illumina, Inc. et al v. QIAGEN, N.V. et al
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ORDER REGARDING THE SCHEDULE FOR MOTION TO TRANSFER, MOTION TO DISMISS, MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION, AND RESPONSE TO THE COMPLAINT, Set/Reset Deadlines as to 29 MOTION to Transfer Case or in the Alternative Stay, 31 MOTION t o Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction, 13 MOTION for Preliminary Injunction . Responses to 29 and 31 due by 6/27/2016. Replies due by 7/1/2016. Motion Hearing set for 7/14/2016 08:00 AM in Courtroom 8, 19th Floor, San Francisco before Hon. William Alsup. 13 Motion Hearing set for 8/25/2016 08:00 AM in Courtroom 8, 19th Floor, San Francisco before Hon. William Alsup.. Signed by Judge Alsup on 6/20/16. (whalc1, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 6/20/2016)
1 John L. Cooper (SBN 50324)
jcooper@fbm.com
2 Jeffrey M. Fisher (SBN 155284)
jfisher@fbm.com
3 Winston Liaw (State Bar No. 273899)
wliaw@fbm.com
4 FARELLA BRAUN & MARTEL LLP
235 Montgomery Street, 17th Floor
5 San Francisco, California 94104
Telephone: (415) 954-4400
6 Facsimile: (415) 954-4480
Edward R. Reines (SBN 135960)
edward.reines@weil.com
Derek C. Walter (SBN 246322)
derek.walter@weil.com
WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP
201 Redwood Shores Parkway
Redwood Shores, California 94065
Telephone: (650) 802-3000
Facsimile: (650) 802-3100
Attorneys for Plaintiffs Illumina, Inc. and
Illumina Cambridge Ltd.
7 Attorneys for Defendants QIAGEN, N.V.,
QIAGEN GmbH, QIAGEN Gaithersburg, Inc.,
8 QIAGEN Sciences, LLC, QIAGEN Inc. (USA),
QIAGEN Redwood City, Inc., and
9 Intelligent Bio-Systems, Inc.
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION
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ILLUMINA, INC., and ILLUMINA
14 CAMBRIDGE LTD.,
Plaintiffs,
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17 QIAGEN N.V., QIAGEN GmbH,
QIAGEN GAITHERSBURG, INC.,
18 QIAGEN SCIENCES, LLC,
QIAGEN INC. (USA), QIAGEN REDWOOD
19 CITY, INC., and INTELLIGENT BIOSYSTEMS, INC.,
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Defendants.
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Case No. 3:16-cv-02788
STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]
ORDER REGARDING THE SCHEDULE
FOR MOTION TO TRANSFER,
MOTION TO DISMISS, MOTION FOR
PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION, AND
RESPONSE TO COMPLAINT
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WHEREAS, on May 24, 2016, Illumina, Inc. and Illumina Cambridge Ltd. (together,
24 “Illumina”) filed its Complaint [Dkt. No. 1] and Motion for Preliminary Injunction [Dkt. No. 13]
25 against defendants QIAGEN N.V., QIAGEN GmbH, QIAGEN Gaithersburg, Inc., QIAGEN
26 Sciences, LLC, QIAGEN Inc. (USA), QIAGEN Redwood City, Inc., and Intelligent Bio-Systems,
27 Inc. (together, “QIAGEN”);
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WHEREAS, the parties stipulated and the Court ordered that the deadline for QIAGEN to
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2 respond to Illumina’s Complaint and Motion for Preliminary Injunction be extended until and
3 including June 17, 2016 to allow the parties time to engage in further discussions regarding the
4 efficient resolution of the parties’ disputes;
WHEREAS, the parties have previously jointly filed a Notice of Pendency of a Related
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6 Case [Dkt. No. 27], notifying the Court of the case Tr. of Columbia Univ. in the City of N.Y. v.
7 Illumina, Inc., No. 12-cv-0376 (U.S.D.C. D. Del.) (Sleet, J.), and the intention of the QIAGEN
8 defendants to move to transfer this case to the District of Delaware;
WHEREAS, the QIAGEN defendants except for QIAGEN N.V. have now filed a motion
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10 to transfer this matter to the District of Delaware [Dkt. No. 29], and QIAGEN N.V. intends to file
11 on or before June 16, 2016, a motion to dismiss QIAGEN N.V. from this case for lack of personal
12 jurisdiction;
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WHEREAS, Illumina intends to oppose these motions;
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NOW THEREFORE, the parties HEREBY STIPULATE AND AGREE, subject to the
15 approval and order of the Court, as follows:
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Motion to Transfer
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a.
The QIAGEN defendants filed their motion on June 14, 2016.
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b.
Illumina shall file its opposition on or before June 27, 2016.
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c.
QIAGEN shall file its reply on or before July 1, 2016.
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d.
The parties respectfully request that, if the Court plans to hold a hearing for
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21 this motion, that it be set for July 14, 2016, or on such other date that week convenient to the
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Motion to Dismiss QIAGEN N.V. for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction
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a.
QIAGEN N.V. shall file its motion on or before June 16, 2016.
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b.
Illumina shall file its opposition on or before June 27, 2016.
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Pursuant to Local Rule 7-2(a), in its motion to transfer, QIAGEN noticed the hearing date
for July 21, 2016. By this stipulation, the parties respectfully request that the hearing date
be moved to July 14, 2016.
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c.
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QIAGEN N.V. shall file its reply on or before July 1, 2016, except that if
2 QIAGEN believes that it will be filing an additional declaration or declarations with its Reply, it
3 shall notify the Court and Illumina by June 30, and Illumina agrees that QIAGEN's Reply in such
4 a circumstance is due on or before July 6, 2016.
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The parties respectfully request that, if the Court plans to hold a hearing for
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6 this motion, that it be set for July 14, 2016, or on such other date that week convenient to the
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Answers to Complaint
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Reserving all defenses they may have, the QIAGEN defendants other than
10 QIAGEN N.V. will limit their response to the Complaint to an answer, affirmative defenses, and
11 any counterclaims, and such answers to the complaint will be due on the day that is 7 business
12 days after the Court’s decision on QIAGEN’s Motion to Transfer.
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4.
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Motion for Preliminary Injunction
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If the Court has not granted QIAGEN’s motion to transfer as of July 25,
16 2016, QIAGEN shall file its opposition on or before July 25, 2016, and Illumina shall file its reply
17 on or before August 12, 2016. QIAGEN has the right to depose Illumina witnesses who submit
18 declarations with Illumina's reply, and to submit to the Court by August 18, 2016, designations of
19 such deposition testimony with a concise statement of the relevance of such designations to the
20 matters before the Court.
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If this case is transferred to Delaware, and the parties have not completed
22 the preliminary injunction briefing yet, they will diligently negotiate a schedule for the prompt
23 completion of briefing in Delaware.
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Pursuant to Local Rule 7-2(a), in its motion to dismiss, QIAGEN N.V. will notice the
hearing date for July 21, 2016. By this stipulation, the parties respectfully request that the
hearing date be moved to July 14, 2016.
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Continuance of Noticed Hearing Date under Civil Local Rule 7-7
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Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7-7, Illumina hereby requests to continue the
3 originally noticed hearing date of July 21, 2016 for its preliminary injunction motion to Thursday,
4 August 25, 2016 at 8:00 A.M.
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IT IS SO STIPULATED.
7 Dated: June 16, 2016
FARELLA BRAUN & MARTEL LLP
8 I, John L. Cooper, represent that
concurrence in the filing of this document
9 has been obtained from each of the other
signatories, which shall serve in lieu of
10 their signatures on this document.
/s/ John L. Cooper
John L. Cooper
Attorneys For Defendants
QIAGEN, N.V., QIAGEN GMBH, QIAGEN
GAITHERSBURG, INC., QIAGEN SCIENCES,
LLC, QIAGEN INC. (USA), QIAGEN
REDWOOD CITY, INC., AND INTELLIGENT
BIO-SYSTEMS, INC.
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WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP
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/s/ Edward R. Reines
Edward R. Reines
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Attorneys for Plaintiffs
ILLUMINA, INC. AND ILLUMINA
CAMBRIDGE LTD.
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[PROPOSED] ORDER
PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.
22 IT IS SO ORDERED.
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June 20, 2016.
24 Date: ___________________
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THE HONORABLE WILLIAM H. ALSUP
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