Tafas v. Dudas et al

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UNOPPOSED MOTION and Memorandum in Support of Unopposed Motion to Enlarge Page Limit by Triantafyllos Tafas. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order)(Baden-Mayer, Joanna) Modified on 2/1/2008 to reflect the title of docket entry (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, in his official capacity as UnderSecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and the UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, Defendants. CIVIL ACTION: 1:07cv846 (JCC/TRJ) and Consolidated Case

UNOPPOSED MOTION AND MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF UNOPPOSED MOTION TO ENLARGE PAGE LIMIT

Plaintiff Triantafyllos Tafas ("Tafas"), by the undersigned counsel, hereby requests that the Court enlarge the page limit for Tafas' rebuttal brief in support of its Motion for Summary Judgment. Neither the USPTO nor plaintiff GSK oppose this motion. This enlargement is necessary because Plaintiff Tafas is required to respond to two 42+ page briefs filed by the Defendants in Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motions of Summary Judgment, one defendant brief dealing with arguments common to both plaintiffs, and the other defendant brief directed to issues raised solely by Plaintiff Tafas. NOW THEREFORE, for all the foregoing reasons, Tafas respectfully requests that the Court modify Magistrate Thomas Rawles Jones, Jr.'s Amended Scheduling Order dated December 5, 2007 to enlarge the page limit on Plaintiff Tafas' rebuttal brief in support of its Motion for Summary Judgment from 25 to 40 pages.

Dated: January 31, 2008

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Respectfully Submitted,

____/s/ Joanna Baden-Mayer________ Joanna Baden-Mayer (VSB # 67920) KELLEY DRYE & WARREN LLP Washington Harbour, Suite 400 3050 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20007 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] E-mail: [e-mail]

Counsel for Plaintiff Triantafyllos Tafas

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on January 31, 2008, I electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system, which will send a notification of such filing (NEF) to the following: Elizabeth Marie Locke Kirkland & Ellis LLP 655 15th Street, NW, Suite 1200 Washington, DC 20005 Email: [e-mail] Craig Crandell Reilly Richard McGettingan Reilly & West PC 1725 Duke Street, Suite 600 Alexandria, VA 22314 Email: [e-mail] Daniel Sean Trainor Kirkland & Ellis LLP 655 15th Street, NW, Suite 1200 Washington, DC 20005 Email: [e-mail] Counsel for Plaintiffs SmithKline Beecham Corp. d/b/a GlaxoSmithKline, SmithKline Beecham PLC, and Glaxo Group Limited, d/b/a GlaxoSmithKline Thomas J. O'Brien Morgan, Lewis & Bockius 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 Email: 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 Email: [e-mail] Counsel for Amicus Hexas, LLC, The Roskamp Institute, Tikvah Therapeutics, Inc. James Murphy Dowd Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP 1455 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20004 Email: [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 Email: [e-mail] Counsel for Amici Biotechnology Industry Organization and Monsanto Company Rebecca M. Carr Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP 2300 N Street, NW Washington, DC 20037 Email: [e-mail] Scott J. Pivnick Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman 1650 Tysons Boulevard McLean, Virginia 22102-4856 Email: [e-mail] Counsel for Amicus Elan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Robert Christian Bertin Swidler Berlin LLP 3000 K Street, NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20007 Tel: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Counsel for Amicus Bar Association of the District of Columbia

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Robert C. Gill Saul Ewing LLP 2600 Virginia Avenue, NW, Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20037 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Counsel for Amici BioAdvance, Life Sciences Greenhouse of Central Pennsylvana, and Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse Matthew Schruers Computer & Communications Industry Association 900 17th Street, NW, Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20006 Tel.: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Counsel for Amici 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, Public Patent Foundation, Research on Innovation, and Software Freedom Law Center

Robert E. Scully Jr. Stites & Harbison PLLC 1199 North Fairfax Street, Suite 900 Alexandria, Virginia 22314 [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Counsel for Amicus Human Genome Sciences, Inc. Charles Gorenstein 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 Lauren A. Wetzler Assistant United States Attorney Justin W. Williams U.S. Attorney's Building 2100 Jamieson Avenue Alexandria, Virginia 22134 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Counsel for All Defendants Jonathan Dyste Link Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP 1301 K Street, NW, 9th Floor ­ East Tower Washington, DC 20005 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Counsel for Amicus CFPH, LLC Blair Elizabeth Taylor Covington & Burling 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Counsel for Amicus Intellectual Property Owners Association
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Kenneth Carrington Bass, III Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox 1100 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 600 Washington, DC 20005 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail]
Mark Fox Evens Thelen, Reid & Priest, LLP 701 Eighth Street, NW, Fifth Floor Washington, DC 20001-3721 Tel: [phone] Email: [e-mail]

Counsel for Amici AmberWave Systems Corporation, Fallbrook Technologies, Inc., InterDigital Communications LLC, NanoTerra Inc., and Tessera, Inc.
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Kevin Michael Henry Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP 1501 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 Tel: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Counsel for Amicus Washington Legal Foundation John C. Maginnis, III 1350 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 301 Washington, DC 20036 Tel: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Counsel for Amicus CropLife America

Craig James Franco Odin Feldman & Pittleman PC 9302 Lee Highway, Suite 1100 Fairfax, VA 22031 Tel: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Counsel for Amici Norseman Group, LLC and Polestar Capital Associates, LLC David Wayne Long Howrey Simon Arnold & White LLP 1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 Tel: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Counsel for Amicus Teles AG Informationstechnologien

Jackson David Toof Robins, Kaplan Miller & Ciresi LLP 1875 Eye Street, NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20006 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Counsel for Amici Anchor Wall Systems, Inc., Donaldson Company, Inc., Ecolab, Inc., General Mills, Inc., and Valspar Corporation Timothy A. Molino Bingham McCutchen LLP 2020 K Street, NW Washington, DC 2006 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Counsel for Amicus Federation Internationale Des Conseils En Proprit Industrielle

Maurice Francis Mullins Spotts Fain PC 411 E Franklin Street, Suite 600 PO Box 1555 Richmond, VA 23218 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Counsel for Amici Intel Corporation and Micron Technology, Inc.

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I have also caused copies of the foregoing, with attachments, to be sent to the following non-ECF users by first-class mail (where an address has been proved to the Court) or electronic mail (where it has not been): Ron D. Katnelson Encinatas, CA [e-mail] Amicus curiae Pro Se Robert Lelkes Geigenbergerstr.3 81477 Munich Germany Amicus Curiae Pro Se Jennifer Sue Martinez Stanford Law School 599 Nathan Abbott Way Stanford, CA 94305 Tel: [phone] Counsel for Amicus Intellectual Property and Administrative Law and Public Health Professors

___/s/ Joanna Baden-Mayer__________ Joanna Baden-Mayer (VSB # 67920) KELLEY DRYE & WARREN LLP Washington Harbor, Suite 400 3050 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20007 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] E-mail: [e-mail] Counsel for Plaintiff Triantafyllos Tafas

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