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`Keith I. Miller, Esq.
`ROBINSON MILLER LLC
`One Newark Center, 19th Floor
`Newark, NJ 07102
`Telephone: (973) 690-5400
`kmiller@rwmlegal.com
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`Attorneysfor Plaintiffs Genentech, Inc.,
`Biogen, Inc., Hoffinann-La Roche Inc., and
`City ofHope
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`Liza M. Walsh
`WALSH PIZZI O’REILLY FALANGA LLP
`One Riverfront Plaza
`Newark, NJ 07102
`Telephone: 973-757-1100
`lwalsh@walsh.law
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`Attorneysfor Defendants Ceiltrion, Inc.,
`Ceiltrion Healthcare Co., Ltd., Teva
`Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. and Teva
`Pharmaceuticals International GmbH
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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY
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`GENENTECH, INC., a Delaware corporation, Case No. 1:1 8-cv-00574 (RMB) (KMW)
`et al.,
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`Honorable Renée M. Bumb, U.S.D.J.
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`Plaintiffs,
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`V.
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`CELLTRION, NC., a Korean corporation, et
`al.,
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`Defendants.
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`GENENTECH, NC., a Delaware corporation, Case No. 1:1 8-cv- 11553 (RMB) (KMW)
`et al
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`Honorable Renée M. Bumb, U.S.D.J.
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`Plaintiffs,
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`V.
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`CELLTRION, INC., a Korean corporation, et
`al.,
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`Defendants.
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`STIPULATION AND CONSENT ORDER
`FOR CONSOLIDATION FOR ALL PURPOSES
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`Case 1:18-cv-11553-RMB-KMW Document 3 Filed 09/07/18 Page 2 of 5 PageID: 741
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`WHEREAS, on January 12, 201$, Plaintiffs Genentech, Inc., Biogen, Inc., Hoffmann-La
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`Roche Inc., and City of Hope (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) filed suit against Defendants Ceiltrion,
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`Inc., Ceiltrion Healthcare Co., Ltd., Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, and Teva Pharmaceuticals
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`International GmbH (collectively “Defendants”) in Genentech, Inc., et il. v. Cetttrion, Inc., et al.,
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`No. 1:1 8-cv-574 (RIvifi) (KMW) (the “Lead Action”) asserting claims of infringement and
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`declaratory relief regarding forty (40) patents in connection with Defendants’ filing of an
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`Abbreviated Biologic License Application (“aBLA”) for approval to market a biosimilar version
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`of Plaintiffs’ medicinal product, Rituxan®;
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`WHEREAS, in the Lead Action, Plaintiffs filed an Amended Complaint on July 5, 2018,
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`reducing the number of asserted patents to eighteen (18);
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`WHEREAS,
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`in light of Defendants’ contention that the parties had satisfied certain
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`exchanges required by 42 U.S.C. § 262(l)(5) on June 11, 2018, on July 11, 2018, Plaintiffs filed,
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`out of an abundance of caution and reserving all rights, a related suit against Defendants in
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`Genentech, Inc., et a!. v. Cetlfrion, Inc., et at., No. l:18-cv-1 1553 (RIvifi) (KvIW) (the “Related
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`Action”) asserting the same claims on the same eighteen (1$) patents as in the Lead Action;
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`WHEREAS, both the Lead Action, as reflected in the Amended Complaint, and the Related
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`Action concern the same parties, the same product, and the same patents;
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`WBEREAS, counsel for all parties in the Lead Action and the Related Action having
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`consented to the consolidation of those actions for all purposes, including trial, and the Court
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`having found that consolidating those actions would promote convenience and economy in judicial
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`administration and that consolidating these actions would conserve the parties’ and the Court’s
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`resources; and good cause having been shown for the entry of this Order,
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`IT IS on this
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`day of September, 2018
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`
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`Case 1:18-cv-11553-RMB-KMW Document 3 Filed 09/07/18 Page 3 of 5 PageID: 742
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`ORDERED THAT:
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`1.
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`The following cases are consolidated for all purposes, including trial, pursuant to
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`Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 42(a): Genentech, Inc., et at. v. Celitrion, Inc., et al., No. 1:1 8-cv-
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`574 (RMB) (KMW) and Genentech, Inc., et at. v. Celttrion, Inc., et at., No. 1:1 $-cv-l 1553 (RIV1B)
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`(KMW).
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`2.
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`Plaintiffs’ complaint, filed on July 11, 2018, in the Related Action shall be deemed
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`served as of the date of this Order.
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`3.
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`Defendants’ Answer, Affirmative Defenses, and Counterclaims to Plaintiffs’
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`Amended Complaint, filed on August 2, 2018, in the Lead Action (Dkt. No. 73) shall be deemed
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`to apply to the Related Action as of the date of this Order.
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`4.
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`Plaintiffs’ Motion to Dismiss Defendants’ Counterclaims, filed on July 16, 2018,
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`in the Lead Action (Dkt. No. 57) shall be deemed to apply to Defendants’ Counterclaims filed on
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`August 2, 2018, as those Counterclaims apply to the Related Action by Item 3, above, as of the
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`date of this Order.
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`5.
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`Any future filings in the consolidated actions are to be made under the Lead Action,
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`case number 1:1 8-cv-574.
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`6.
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`All filings, discovery, and Court orders entered to-date in the Lead Action shall
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`apply as if made or entered in the Related Action.
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`7.
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`All discovery obtained in the Lead Action shall be available for use in the Related
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`Action and vice versa for the purpose of prosecuting, defending, or settling either action, to the
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`extent such discovery is otherwise admissible and subject to the terms of the Stipulated Discovery
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`Confidentiality Order.
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`
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`Case 1:18-cv-11553-RMB-KMW Document 3 Filed 09/07/18 Page 4 of 5 PageID: 743
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`8.
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`The parties’ Joint Discovery Plan submitted in the Lead Action shall apply to the
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`Related Action.
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`SO ORDERED.
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`!Lr
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`Honkenée M. Bumb, U.S.D.J.
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`ROBINSON MILLER LLC
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`WALSH PIZZI O’REILLY FALANGA LLP
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`By:
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`s/Keith I Miller
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`Keith I. Miller
`One Newark Center, 19th floor
`Newark, NJ 07102
`Telephone: 973-690-5400
`lcmiller@rwmlegal.com
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`OF COUNSEL:
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`David I. Gindler
`Gary N. ftischling
`Keith A. Orso
`IRELL & MANELLA LLP
`1800 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 900
`Los Angeles, CA 90067
`Telephone: (310) 277-1010
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`Attorneysfor Plaintzffs Genentech, Inc.,
`Biogen, Inc., Hoffinann-La Roche Inc., and
`City ofHope
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`By:
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`s/Liza li Walsh
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`Liza M. Walsh
`One Riverfront Plaza
`Newark, NJ 07102
`Telephone: 973-757-1100
`lwalsh@walsh.law
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`Of COUNSEL:
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`Elaine Herrmann Blais
`Daryl L. Wiesen
`Alexandra Lu
`GooDwiN PRocTER LLP
`100 Northern Avenue
`Boston, MA 02210
`(617) 570-1000
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`Cynthia Lambert Hardman
`GooDwiN PROCTER LLP
`620 8th Avenue
`New York, NY 10018
`212-813-8800
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`Natasha E. Daughtrey
`GooDwiN PRocTER LLP
`601 S. Figueroa St.
`Los Angeles, CA 90017
`213-426-2500
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`Michelle S. Rhyu
`COOLEY LLP
`3175 Hanover Street
`Palo Alto, CA 94304
`(650) 8435000
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`Eamonn Gardner
`COOLEY LLP
`4401 Eastgate Mall
`San Diego, CA 92121
`(858) 550-6000
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`Attorneysfor Defendants Cetitrion, Inc.,
`Cellfrion Healthcare Co., Ltd., Teva
`Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. and Teva
`Pharmaceuticals International GmbH
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