Tafas v. Dudas et al

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MOTION for Leave to File Brief as Amicus Curiae in Support of Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment by Micron Technology, Inc.. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order Allowing Filng of Amicus Brief# 2 Brief of Amicus Curiae Micron Technology, Inc.)(Mullins, Maurice) Modified on 12/26/2007 re notifed counsel to notice for Friday Docket (klau, ).

Tafas v. Dudas et al

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA Alexandria Division TRIANTAFYLLOS TAFAS, Plaintiff, v. JON W. DUDAS, et al., Defendants. CONSOLIDATED WITH SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CORPORATION, et al., Plaintiffs, v. JON W. DUDAS, et al., Defendants. MOTION OF AMICUS CURIAE MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. FOR LEAVE TO FILE ITS BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF THE DEFENDANT'S ANTICIPATED MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT Micron Technology, Inc. ("Micron"), by counsel, pursuant to the Court's Orders of November 29, 2007 and December 5, 2007 allowing the filing of briefs by "any and all amici curiae who wish to file briefs in support of the parties' cross-motions for summary judgment," hereby moves for leave to file its brief as Amicus Curiae in support of Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment. Accordingly, for the reasons more particularly set forth in its Memorandum in support of this Motion, Micron respectfully requests that the Court enter the accompanying proposed order allowing the filing of Micron's Amicus Curiae Brief as of the day that this Motion is being filed. Civil Action No. 1:07cv1008 (JCC/TRJ) Civil Action No. 1:07cv846(L) (JCC/TRJ)

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Respectfully submitted, MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC. Dated: December 20, 2007 _________/s/______________________ M. F. Connell Mullins, Jr. (VSB #47213) Email: [e-mail] Hugh M. Fain, III (VSB No. 26494) Email: [e-mail] Attorneys for Micron Technology, Inc. SPOTTS FAIN PC 411 East Franklin Street, Suite 600 P.O. Box 1555 Richmond, Virginia 23218-1555 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone]

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on December 20, 2007, I will electronically file the foregoing document with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF System, which will then send a notification of such filing (NEF) to the following: Joseph D. Wilson, Esq. Kelley Drye & Warren LLP 3050 K. Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, D.C. 20007-5 108 Email: [e-mail] Attorney for Plaintiff in Case No. 1:0 7cv846 Elizabeth M. Locke, Esq. Kirkland & Ellis LLP 655 l5th Street, NW, Suite 1200 Washington, D.C. 20005 Email: [e-mail] and Craig C. Reilly, Esq. Richard McGettigan Reilly & West PC 1725 Duke Street, Suite 600 Alexandria, Virginia 22314 Email: [e-mail] Attorneys for Plaintiffs in Case No. 1:07cv1008 Chuck Rosenberg, Esq. United States Attorney Lauren A. Wetzler, Esq. R. Joseph Sher, Esq. Andrew Price, Esq. Assistant United States Attorneys United States Attorney's Office 2100 Jamison Avenue Alexandria, Virginia 22314 Email: [e-mail] Attorneys for Defendants in Case Nos. 1:07cv846 and 1:07cv1008

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Rebecca Malkin Carr, Esq. Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 2300 N. Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20037 Email: [e-mail] and Scott J. Pivnick, Esq. Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 1650 Tysons Boulevard McLean, Virginia 22102-4856 Email: [e-mail] Attorneys for Amicus Elan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. James Murphy Dowd, Esq. Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr, LLP 1455 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20004 Email: [e-mail] Attorney for Amicus Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Dawn-Marie Bey, Esq. Kirkpatrick Stockton LLP 700 13th Street, NW, Suite 800 Washington, D.C. 20005 Email: [e-mail] Attorney for Amicus Hexas, LLC, The Roskamp Institute and Tikvah Therapeutics, Inc. Randall Karl Miller, Esq. Arnold & Porter, LLP 1600 Tysons Boulevard, Suite 900 McLean, Virginia 22102 Email: [e-mail] Attorney for Amicus Biotechnology Industry Organization and Amicus Monsanto Company Charles Gorenstin, Esq. Birch, Stewart, Kolasch and Birch, LLP 8110 Gatehouse Road, Suite 100 East FaUs Church, Virginia 22042 Email: [e-mail] Attorney for Amicus Intellectual Property Institute

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Thomas J. O'Brien, Esq. Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20004 Email: to'[e-mail] Attorney for Amicus American Intellectual Property Law Association Robert E. Scully, Jr. VA Bar No. 19218 Stites & Harbison PLLC 1199 North Fairfax Street, Suite 900 Alexandria, Virginia 22314 [phone] Fax: [phone] [e-mail] Counsel for Amicus Curiae Human Genome Sciences, Inc.

__________________/s/__________________ M. F. Connell Mullins, Jr. (VSB #47213) Attorney for Micron Technology, Inc. Spotts Fain PC 411 East Franklin Street, Suite 600 P.O. Box 1555 Richmond, Virginia 23218-1555 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Email: [e-mail]

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