Tafas v. Dudas et al

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Response to 233 Order,, filed by Public Patent Foundation, Computer and Communications Industry Association, AARP, Consumer Federation of America, Essential Action, Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, Initiative for Medicines, Access and Knowledge, Knowledge Ecology International, Prescription Access Litigation, Public Knowledge, Research on Innovation, Software Freedom Law Center. (Schruers, Matthew)

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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. ) ____________________________________)

Case No. 1:07cv846 (JCC/TRJ)

CONSOLIDATED WITH ____________________________________ SMITHKLINE BEECHAM ) CORPORATION, et al. ) ) Plaintiffs, ) v. ) Case No. 1:07cv1008 (JCC/TRJ) ) JON W. DUDAS, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) ____________________________________) RESPONSE TO ORDER In response to the Court's January 11, 2008, Order, [233] Amici Curiae Public Patent Foundation, Computer & Communications Industry Association, AARP, Consumer Federation of America, Essential Action, Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, Initiative for Medicines, Access & Knowledge, Knowledge Ecology International, Prescription Access Litigation, Public Knowledge, Research on Innovation, and Software Freedom Law Center confirm that the Local Rule 7.1 Financial Disclosure filed by the Public Patent Foundation et al. [115] was and remains accurate.

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AARP, a tax-exempt social welfare organization organized under Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code, was formerly the "American Association of Retired Persons." AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan membership organization with nearly 40 million members age 50 and over, including over 40,000 members who live outside the United States. People also do not have to be retired to join AARP. In fact, 44 percent of AARP members work part time or full time. For these reasons, AARP shortened its name in 1999 from the American Association of Retired Persons to just four letters: AARP. More information is available on the "AARP History" web page located on AARP's website at http://www.aarp.org/about_aarp/aarp_overview/a2003-0113-aarphis tor y.h tml. Respectfully submitted, Of Counsel Daniel B. Ravicher PUBLIC PATENT FOUNDATION, INC. 1375 Broadway, Suite 600 New York, New York 10018 Tel.: [phone] Fax: [phone] [e-mail] /s/ Matthew Schruers (VSB # 48752) COMPUTER & COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION 900 17th Street, NW, Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20006 Tel.: [phone] Fax: [phone] [e-mail] Counsel for Amici Curiae Public Patent Foundation, Computer & Communications Industry Association, AARP, Consumer Federation of America, Essential Action, Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, Initiative for Medicines, Access & Knowledge, Knowledge Ecology International, Prescription Access Litigation, Public Knowledge, Research on Innovation, and Software Freedom Law Center

David Balto 2600 Virginia Ave. N.W. Suite 1111 Washington, D.C. 20037 Tel.: [phone] [e-mail]

Dated: January 15, 2008

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on this 15th day of January 2008, I caused a copy of the foregoing RESPONSE TO ORDER to be electronically filed with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system, which will send a notification of such filing to the following: Elizabeth M. Locke Daniel Sean Trainor Kirkland & Ellis LLP 655 15th Street, NW Suite 1200 Washington, DC 20005 Email: [e-mail] Email: [e-mail] and Craig C. Reilly Richard McGettigan Reilly & West PC 1725 Duke Street Suite 600 Alexandria, VA 22314 Email: [e-mail] Counsel for GSK Plaintiffs Joseph Dale Wilson, III Kelley Drye & Warren LLP Washington Harbour 3050 K Street NW Suite 400 Washington, DC 20007 Email: [e-mail] and Joanna Elizabeth Baden-Mayer Collier Shannon & Scott PLLC 3050 K Street NW Suite 400 Washington, DC 20007-5108 Email: [e-mail] Counsel for Plaintiff Tafas

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Lauren A. Wetzler United States Attorney's Office 2100 Jamison Ave. Alexandria, VA 22314 Email: [e-mail] Counsel for the Defendants Thomas J. O'Brien Morgan, Lewis & Bockius 1111 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC 20004 Email: to'[e-mail] Counsel for Amicus American Intellectual Property Lawyers Association Dawn-Marie Bey King & Spalding LLP 1700 Pennsylvania Avenue Suite 200 Washington, DC 20006 Email: [e-mail] Counsel for Amici Hexas, LLC, The Roskamp Institute, and Tikvah Therapeutics, Inc. James Murphy Dowd Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP 1455 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC 20004 Email: [e-mail] Counsel for Amicus Pharmaceutical Research and Manufactures of America Rebecca Malkin Carr Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 2300 N St NW Washington, DC 20037 Email: [e-mail] and Scott Jeffrey Pivnick Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

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1650 Tysons Blvd, Suite 400 McLean, VA 22102 Email: [e-mail] Counsel for Amicus Elan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Randall Karl Miller Arnold & Porter LLP 1600 Tysons Blvd., Suite 900 McLean, VA 22102 Email: [e-mail] Counsel for Amici Biotechnology Industry Organization and Monsanto Company Charles Gorenstein Michael K. Mutter Birch, Stewart, Kolasch and Birch, LLP 8110 Gatehouse Rd., Suite 100 East Falls Church, Virginia 22042 Email: [e-mail] Counsel for Amicus Intellectual Property Institute of the William Mitchell College of Law Robert E. Scully Jr. Stites & Harbison PLLC 1199 North Fairfax Street, Suite 900 Alexandria, Virginia 22314 Email: [e-mail] Counsel for Amicus Human Genome Sciences, Inc. Jackson David Toof Robins Kaplan Miller & Ciresi LLP 1875 Eye St NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20006-1307 Email: [e-mail] Counsel for Amici Valspar Corporation, General Mills, Inc., Donaldson Company, Inc., Ecolab Inc., and Anchor Wall Systems, Inc. Maurice Francis Mullins Spotts Fain PC 411 E Franklin St., Suite 600

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PO Box 1555 Richmond, VA 23218-1555 Email: [e-mail] Counsel for Amici Intel Corporation and Micron Corporation Craig James Franco Odin Feldman & Pittleman PC 9302 Lee Highway Suite 1100 Fairfax, VA 22031 Email: [e-mail] Counsel for Amici Polestar Capital Associates, LLC and Norseman Group, LLC Jonathan Dyste Link Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP 1301 K St NW 9Th Floor, East Tower Washington, DC 20005 Email: [e-mail] Counsel for Amicus CFPH, LLC John C. Maginnis, III 1350 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Suite 301 Washington, DC 20036 Email: [e-mail] Counsel for Amicus CropLife America Timothy A. Molino Bingham McCutchen LLP 2020 K St NW Washington, DC 20006 Email: [e-mail] Counsel for Amicus Federation Internationale Des Conseils En Proprit Industrielle Mark Fox Evens Thelen, Reid & Priest, LLP 701 Eighth St NW

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5th Floor Washington, DC 20001-3721 Email: [e-mail] and Kenneth Carrington Bass, III Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox 1100 New York Ave NW Suite 600 Washington, DC 20005 Email: [e-mail] Counsel for Amici AmberWave Systems Corporation, Fallbrook Technologies Inc., InterDigital Communications LLC, Nano-Terra Inc., and Tessera, Inc. Robert C. Gill Saul Ewing LLP 2600 Virginia Ave NW Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20037 Email: [e-mail] Counsel for Amici BioAdvance, Life Sciences Greenhouse of Central Pennsylvania, and Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse Kevin Michael Henry Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP 1501 K St NW Washington, DC 20005 [phone] Email: [e-mail] Counsel for Amicus Washington Legal Foundation Blair Elizabeth Taylor Covington & Burling 1201 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington, DC 20004-7566 Email: [e-mail] Counsel for Amicus Intellectual Property Owners Association

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David Wayne Long Howrey Simon Arnold & White LLP 1299 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington, DC 20004 Email: [e-mail] Counsel for Amicus Teles AG Informationstechnologien Robert Christian Bertin Swidler Berlin LLP 3000 K St NW Suite 300 Washington, DC 20007-5116 Email: [e-mail] Counsel for Amicus Bar Association of the District of Columbia And I hereby certify that I will mail the document by U.S. mail to the following non-filing users: Robert Lelkes Geigenbergerstr.381477 Munich,Germany Pro se Jennifer Sue Martinez Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way Stanford, CA 94305 Counsel for Amici Intellectual Property, Administrative Law and Public Health Professors And I further certify that, at pro se amicus Ron D. Katznelson's direction, I will transmit the document by electronic mail to the address below: Ron D. Katznelson, Ph.D. Encinitas, CA [e-mail] Pro se

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/s/ Matthew Schruers (VSB # 48752) COMPUTER & COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION 900 17th Street, NW, Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20006 Tel.: [phone] Fax: [phone] [e-mail] Counsel for Amici Curiae Public Patent Foundation, Computer & Communications Industry Association, AARP, Consumer Federation of America, Essential Action, Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, Initiative for Medicines, Access & Knowledge, Knowledge Ecology International, Prescription Access Litigation, Public Knowledge, Research on Innovation, and Software Freedom Law Center