Tafas v. Dudas et al

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Memorandum in Support re 130 MOTION for Leave to File Brief as Amicus Curiae in Support of Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment filed by Micron Technology, Inc.. (Mullins, Maurice)

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. MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF 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, states as follows as its Memorandum in Support of its Motion as Amicus Curiae for Leave to File its Brief in Support of the Defendant's Anticipated Motion for Summary Judgment: Micron is one of the world's leading providers of advanced semiconductor solutions. Micron's DRAM and Flash memory components are used in today's most advanced computing, networking, and communications products, including computers, workstations, servers, cell phones, wireless devices, digital cameras, and gaming systems. Micron also provides CMOS image sensor solutions to the handset camera, digital still camera, and PC video camera markets. Civil Action No. 1:07cv1008 (JCC/TRJ) Civil Action No. 1:07cv846(L) (JCC/TRJ)

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Micron is driven by an unwavering commitment to be the most efficient and innovative global provider of semiconductor solutions. Micron is also a significant stakeholder in the patent system and, accordingly, has a keen interest in its improvement. Micron's investment in research and development, and the company's focus on innovation, has led to a portfolio of over 18,000 issued U.S. patents and pending applications. Micron wishes to submit a brief in support of the US Patent and Trademark Office's authority to issue the Final Rules. Micron recognizes that the current rules permit applicants to file broad disclosures in an initial application and then tailor claims after monitoring the industry's development and adoption of the disclosed technology. This practice is inconsistent with sound public policy, informed by the Constitutional purpose of the patent system to promote the progress of useful arts, and creates public uncertainty as to the territory staked out by the inventor as her own. Micron believes any rules that attempt to encourage earlier public awareness of the metes and bounds of that territory are not only justified, but also well within USPTO's rule-making authority. WHEREFORE, Micron respectfully requests that the Court grant its Motion and allow the filing of its Amicus Curiae Brief and for such other and further relief as the Court deems appropriate.

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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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