Tafas v. Dudas et al

Filing 112

MOTION for Leave to File Amicus Brief and for Extension of Time by Polestar Capital Associates, LLC, Norseman Group, LLC. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1)(Franco, Craig)

Tafas v. Dudas et al

Doc. 112 Att. 1

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA Alexandria Division TRIANTAFYLLOS TAFAS Plaintiff, v. JON W. DUDAS, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

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CONSOLIDATED WITH SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CORPORATION, et al. Plaintiffs v. JON W. DUDAS, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

1:07cv1008 (JCC)

ORDER Upon consideration of the several motions for leave to file briefs as amici curiae in these consolidated cases, it is hereby ORDERED that: 1) the Motions of Pharmaceutical Research and Manufactures of America, Biotechnology Industry Organization, Monsanto Company, Intellectual Property Institute of William Mitchell College of Law, and Elan Pharmaceutical Corporation for Leave to File Briefs as Amici Curiae in Support of Plaintiffs'

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Anticipated Motions for Summary Judgment are GRANTED; 2) the Motion of American Intellectual Property Law Association for Leave to File a Brief as Amicus Curiae on the Issue of Retroactivity of the New Rules is GRANTED; 3) any brief of amicus curiae shall be filed by December 27, 2007, and shall not exceed twenty (20) pages in length; and 4) the Clerk shall forward a copy of this Order to all Counsel of Record.

December 18, 2007 Alexandria, Virginia

_______________/s/_________________ James C. Cacheris UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE