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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`MARSHALL DIVISION
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`Defendant, and
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`ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS
`LP and ASTRAZENECA UK LTD.,
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`SEAGEN INC.,
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`Plaintiff,
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`DAIICHI SANKYO CO., LTD.,
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`CASE NO. 2:20-cv-00337-JRG
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`Intervenor-Defendants.
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` THE PARTIES’ NOTICE TO THE COURT REGARDING
`AGREEMENTS ON OUTSTANDING OBJECTIONS AND MOTIONS IN LIMINE
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`Plaintiff Seagen Inc. and Defendants Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited, AstraZeneca
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`Pharmaceuticals LP and AstraZeneca UK Ltd. (collectively, the “Parties”) submit this joint notice
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`regarding agreements reached during meet and confer on outstanding objections and motions in
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`limine.
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`Motions in Limine
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`The Parties reached agreement on ten motions in limine in the Joint Agreed Motions in
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`Limine (Dkt. No. 315). The Parties continue to meet and confer on the remaining motions in limine
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`in dispute.
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`Objections to Pretrial Disclosures
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`The Parties have met and conferred and are still working together to further narrow their
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`disputes. Additionally, the Parties anticipate that resolution of the Parties’ pending motions in
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`limine being heard at the Court’s pretrial conference on February 24, 2022, as well as any rulings
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`Case 2:20-cv-00337-JRG Document 324 Filed 02/21/22 Page 2 of 5 PageID #: 11395
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`on the Parties’ pending summary judgment and Daubert motions, will resolve a number of issues
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`regarding the Parties’ standing objections to a number of the Parties’ pretrial disclosures.
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`Ongoing Meet and Confers
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`The Parties met and conferred on February 18, 2021 regarding the motions in limine and
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`are continuing to meet and confer regarding all outstanding pretrial objections, including as
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`recently as today, February 21, 2022.
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`Case 2:20-cv-00337-JRG Document 324 Filed 02/21/22 Page 3 of 5 PageID #: 11396
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`Dated: February 21, 2022
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`Respectfully Submitted,
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`By: /s/ Matthew Chivvis
`Michael A. Jacobs
`MJacobs@mofo.com
`Matthew A. Chivvis
`MChivvis@mofo.com
`MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP
`425 Market Street
`San Francisco, California 94105
`Telephone: 415.268.7000
`Facsimile: 415.268.7522
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`Bryan Wilson
`BWilson@mofo.com
`Pieter S. de Ganon
`PdeGanon@mofo.com
`MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP
`755 Page Mill Road
`Palo Alto, California 94304-1018
`Telephone: 650.813.5600
`Facsimile: 650.494.0792
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`Melissa R. Smith
`Texas State Bar No. 24001351
`melissa@gillamsmithlaw.com
`GILLAM & SMITH, LLP
`303 South Washington Avenue
`Marshall, Texas 75670
`Telephone: 903.934.8450
`Facsimile: 903.934.9257
`Of Counsel:
`T. John Ward, Jr.
`Texas State Bar No. 00794818
`jw@wsfirm.com
`Charles Everingham IV
`Texas State Bar No. 00787447
`ce@wsfirm.com
`Andrea L. Fair
`Texas State Bar No. 24078488
`andrea@wsfirm.com
`WARD, SMITH & HILL, PLLC
`1507 Bill Owens Parkway
`Longview, Texas 75604
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`By: /s/ Preston K. Ratliff II
`Deron R. Dacus
`Texas State Bar No. 00790553
`ddacus@dacusfirm.com
`THE DACUS FIRM, P.C.
`821 ESE Loop 323, Suite 430
`Tyler, Texas 75701
`Telephone: 903.705.1117
`Facsimile: 903.581.2543
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`J. Mark Mann
`Texas State Bar No. 12926150
`mark@themannfirm.com
`G. Blake Thompson
`Texas State Bar No. 240420033
`blake@themannfirm.com
`MANN | TINDEL | THOMPSON
`201 E. Howard Street
`Henderson, Texas
`Telephone: 903.357.8540
`Facsimile: 903.657.6003
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`Attorneys for Defendant Daiichi Sankyo
`Company, Limited
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`OF COUNSEL:
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`Preston K. Ratliff II
`Joseph M. O’Malley, Jr.
`Ashley N. Mays-Williams
`PAUL HASTINGS LLP
`200 Park Avenue
`New York, New York 10166
`Telephone: 212.318.6000
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`Jeffrey A. Pade
`PAUL HASTINGS LLP
`2050 M Street NW
`Washington, DC 20036
`Telephone: 202.551.1700
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`Attorneys for Defendant Daiichi Sankyo
`Company, Limited
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`Telephone: 903.757.6400
`Facsimile: 903.757.2323
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`Attorneys for Plaintiff Seagen Inc.
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`By: /s/ Jessamyn Berniker
`Jennifer Park Ainsworth
`Texas State Bar No. 00784720
`WILSON, ROBERTSON & CORNELIUS,
`P.C.
`909 ESE Loop 323, Suite 400
`Tyler, Texas 75701
`Telephone: 903.509.5000
`Facsimile: 903.509.5092
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`Attorneys for Intervenor-Defendants
`AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP and
`AstraZeneca UK Ltd.
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`OF COUNSEL:
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`David I. Berl
`Thomas S. Fletcher
`Jessica L. Pahl
`Kathryn Kayali
`Kevin Hoagland-Hanson
`Andrew Hoffman
`WILLIAMS & CONNOLLY LLP
`725 Twelfth Street, N.W.
`Washington, DC 20005
`Telephone: 202.434.5000
`Facsimile: 202.434.5029
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`Attorneys for Intervenor-Defendants
`AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP and
`AstraZeneca UK Ltd.
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that counsel of record who are deemed to have consented to electronic
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`service are being served this 21th day of February 2022, with a copy of this document via the
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`Court’s CM/ECF system per Local Rule CV-5(a)(3).
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`/s/ Preston K. Ratliff II
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`CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE
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`I hereby certify that counsel for Plaintiff and counsel for Defendants have complied with
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`the meet and confer requirement in Local Rule CV-7(h) regarding this Motion on February 21,
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`2022. The Parties are in agreement.
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`/s/ Preston K. Ratliff II
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