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MOTION for Leave to File Substitute Brief Amicus Curiae in Support of Plaintiffs' Anticipated Summary Judgment Motions by CFPH, LLC. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order)(Link, Jonathan) Modified on 12/26/2007 to notify counsel to notice(klau, ).

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA (Alexandria Division)

TRIANTAFYLLOS TAFAS, Plaintiff, - against JON. W. DUDAS, et al., et al., Defendants. 1:07cv846 JCC/TRJ Judge Cacheris

SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CORPORATION, et al., Plaintiff, - against JON. W. DUDAS, et al., et al., Defendants. 1:07cv1008 (JCC/TRJ) Judge Cacheris

MOTION OF CFPH, LLC FOR LEAVE TO FILE SUBSTITUTE BRIEF AMICUS CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFFS' ANTICIPATED SUMMARY JUDGMENT MOTIONS CFPH, LLC (Cantor Fitzgerald Patent Holdings, "CFPH"), hereby moves for leave to file a substitute brief amicus curiae, in support of the anticipated motions for summary judgment of Plaintiffs SmithKline Beecham PLC and Glaxo Group Limited (collectively, "GSK") and Triantafyllos Tafas, if needed and in the event that this Court extends the date for other parties to file amicus briefs to December 27, 2007.

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Paragraph 2 of the Court's Scheduling Order of November 29, 2007, set December 20, 2007 as the date for filing any and all amicus briefs. However, a subsequent Order on December 18, 2007 granted the motions of a number of different parties to file briefs amicus curiae. Further, this subsequent Order set December 27, 2007 as the date for filing such briefs. However, the Order was unclear whether this date applied to all amicus curiae, or just those named in the December 18, 2007 Order. Therefore, out of an abundance of caution, CFPH filed, inter alia, its Motion for Leave to File a Brief Amicus Curiae in Support of Plaintiffs' Anticipated Summary Judgment Motions and accompanying amicus brief on December 20, 2007. If this Court extends until December 27, 2007 the date for all amicus curiae (and not just those listed in the December 18, 2007 Order) to file briefs, CFPH requests that it also be provided the same amount of time as the other amicus curiae and be allowed to file a substitute amicus brief, if circumstances arise necessitating such a filing, by no later than December 27, 2007. December 20, 2007 By: Respectfully submitted, /s/ Richard S. Meyer (VSB #66236) TOWNSEND AND TOWNSEND AND CREW LLP 1301 K Street, N.W., Ninth Floor, East Tower Washington, DC 20005 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] e-mail: [e-mail] Jonathan D. Link (VSB #42951) TOWNSEND AND TOWNSEND AND CREW LLP 1301 K Street, N.W., Ninth Floor, East Tower Washington, DC 20005 Telephone: [phone] Fax: [phone] e-mail: [e-mail]

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ATTORNEYS FOR AMICUS CURIAE CFPH, LLC Of Counsel Dean Alderucci, Esq. Vice President and Assistant General Counsel CFPH, LLC 110 East 59th Street New York, NY 10022 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] e-mail: [e-mail]

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on this 20th day of December 2007, I electronically filed in Case Nos. 1:07cv1008 and 1:07cv846 (JCC/TRJ) the foregoing "MOTION OF CFPH, LLC FOR LEAVE TO FILE SUBSTITUTE BRIEF AMICUS CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFFS' ANTICIPATED SUMMARY JUDGMENT MOTIONS" and "PROPOSED ORDER" using the CM/ECF system and that service was thereby accomplished on: Elizabeth M. Locke, Esq. KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP 655 15th Street, NW - Suite 1200 Washington, DC 20005 e-mail: [e-mail] and Craig C. Reilly, Esq. RICHARD MCGETTIGAN REILLY & WEST PC 1725 Duke Street, Suite 600 Alexandria, VA 22314 e-mail: [e-mail] Counsel for Plaintiffs in Civil Action No. 1:07cv1008 (JCC/TRJ) Joseph Dale Wilson, III, Esq. KELLEY DRYE & WARREN LLP Washington Harbour 3050 K Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20007 e-mail: [e-mail] Counsel for Plaintiff in Civil Action No. 1:A07cv846 (JCC/TRJ) Lauren A. Wetzler, Esq. United States Attorney's Office 2100 Jamison Ave. Alexandria, VA 22314 e-mail: [e-mail] Counsel for Defendants in Civil Action Nos. 1:07cv1008 (JCC/TRJ) and 1:07cv846 (JCC/TRJ)

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Thomas J. O'Brien Morgan, Lewis & Bockius 1111 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC 20004 e-mail: to'[e-mail] Counsel for Amicus American Intellectual Property Lawyers Association Dawn-Marie Bey Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP 700 13th Street, NW Suite 800 Washington, DC 20005 e-mail: [e-mail] Counsel for Amicus Hexas, LLC, The Roskamp Institute, Tikvah Therapeutics, Inc. James Murphy Dowd Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP 1455 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC 20004 e-mail: [e-mail] Counsel for Amicus Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Randall Karl Miller Arnold & Porter LLP 1600 Tysons Blvd., Suite 900 McLean, VA 22102 e-mail: [e-mail] Counsel for Amici BIO and Monsanto Company Charles Gorenstein Michael K. Mutter Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP 8110 Gatehouse Rd, Suite 100 East Falls Church, Virginia 22042 e-mail: [e-mail] Counsel for Amicus Intellectual Property Institute of the William Mitchell College of Law

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Rebecca M. Carr Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP 2300 N Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20037 e-mail: [e-mail] Counsel for Amicus Elan Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

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/s/ Jonathan D. Link (VSB #42951) TOWNSEND AND TOWNSEND AND CREW LLP 1301 K Street, N.W., Ninth Floor, East Tower Washington, DC 20005 Telephone: [phone] Fax: [phone] e-mail: [e-mail]

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