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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`MARSHALL DIVISION
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`Before the Court is Daiichi Sankyo Company, Ltd.’s (“DSC”) Motion to Compel the
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`SEAGEN INC.,
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`DAIICHI SANKYO CO., LTD.,
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`ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS
`LP, and ASTRAZENECA UK LTD
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`Plaintiff,
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`Defendant,
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`Intervenor-Defendants.
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`CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:20-CV-00337-JRG
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`Deposition of Clay Siegall, Ph.D (Dkt. No. 178), Seagen Inc.’s (“Seagen”) Motion to Compel the
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`Deposition of Sunao Manabe (Dkt. No. 186), and Seagen’s Motion to Compel Depositions of
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`Toshinori Agatsuma, Yuki Abe, Yuji Kasuya, and Koji Morita (Dkt. No. 188).1 On November
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`10, 2021, the Court held oral argument on the aforementioned motions. This Order sets forth the
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`Court’s rulings announced on the record during said argument.
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`As set forth on the record, DSC’s Motion to Compel the Deposition of Clay Siegall, Ph.D
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`(Dkt. No. 178) is DENIED-IN-PART and GRANTED-IN-PART. (Dkt. No. 228 at 15:20–16:5).
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`Accordingly, it is ORDERED that DSC may depose Dr. Siegall by written deposition of no more
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`than four questions regarding the reason the collaboration between DSC and Seagen failed.
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`1 Dkt. No. 188 was withdrawn for all named individuals except Dr. Koji Morita. (Dkt. Nos. 223, 227)
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`Case 2:20-cv-00337-JRG Document 230 Filed 11/16/21 Page 2 of 2 PageID #: 8552
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`As set forth on the record, Seagen’s Motion to Compel the Deposition of Sunao Manabe
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`(Dkt. No. 186) is DENIED. (Dkt. No. 228 at 15:17–19).
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`As set forth on the record, the remaining dispute on Seagen’s Motion to Compel
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`Depositions of Toshinori Agatsuma, Yuki Abe, Yuji Kasuya, and Koji Morita (Dkt. No. 188) is
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`GRANTED-AS-MODIFED. (Dkt. No. 228 at 33:11–23). Accordingly, it is ORDERED that
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`Dr. Morita is to be deposited virtually (i.e., via remote deposition) in Japanese with the ability of
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`a translator to assist the witness either in the United States or another country of his choosing
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`where his deposition is permissible. Said deposition shall occur within twenty-one (21) days from
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`the date of the oral argument and last no more than eight (8) hours, including translation time.
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`Also before the Court is Seagen’s Motion for Leave to Supplement the Record with
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`Deposition of Dr. Naito in Support of Motions to Compel (the “Motion to Supplement”). (Dkt.
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`No. 222). Having resolved the underlying motions to compel, Seagen’s Motion to Supplement is
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`hereby DENIED-AS-MOOT.
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`RODNEY GILSTRAP
`UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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`So ORDERED and SIGNED this 16th day of November, 2021.
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