Case 2:20-cv-00337-JRG Document 88 Filed 04/26/21 Page 1 of 6 PageID #: 2752
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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`MARSHALL DIVISION
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`Civil Action No. 2:20-CV-00337-JRG
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`SEAGEN INC.,
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`Plaintiff,
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`DAIICHI SANKYO CO., LTD.,
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`Defendant.
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`JOINT MOTION TO AMEND SCHEDULE FOR
`VENUE AND JURISDICTIONAL DISCOVERY AND BRIEFING ON
`DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS AND MOTION TO TRANSFER
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`Plaintiff Seagen Inc. (“Seagen”) and Defendant Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited
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`(“Daiichi Sankyo Japan”) respectfully submit this joint motion to amend the schedule for venue
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`and jurisdictional discovery and briefing on Daiichi Sankyo Japan’s Motion to Dismiss and
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`Motion to Transfer, pursuant to the Court’s Order on Plaintiff’s Motion to Compel Daiichi
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`Sankyo Company, Limited’s Discovery Responses and Production (Dkt. No. 81).
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`On January 5, 2021, Daiichi Sankyo Japan filed a Motion to Dismiss under Federal Rules
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`of Civil Procedure Rules 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(2), and a Motion to Transfer under 28 U.S.C. § 1404
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`to the District of Delaware. (Dkt. Nos. 22, 24.) On February 19, 2021, Seagen filed a Motion to
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`Compel Daiichi Sankyo Japan seeking discovery responses and production regarding Daiichi
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`Sankyo Japan’s assertions in its venue and jurisdiction motions. (Dkt. No. 58.) On April 19,
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`2021, the Court granted-in-part and denied-in-part Seagen’s motion:
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`As to Document Request Nos. 2–5, the Motion to Compel
`is GRANTED, and DSCL shall produce the requested discovery,
`temporally limited to the period of alleged infringement.
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`As to Document Request No. 6, the Motion to Compel is
`DENIED, but Seagen has leave to serve a targeted interrogatory
`on DSCL limited to addressing issues such as the number, nature,
`and location of such documents as is relevant to the issue of
`convenience.
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`As to 30(b)(6) Topic No. 7, the Motion to Compel is
`GRANTED as to the declaration of Hiroaki Miki and DENIED as
`to the other declarations. DSCL shall produce a corporate
`representative to testify as to the bases and facts contained in the
`Declaration of Hiroaki Miki.
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`The parties are further ORDERED to meet and confer and, within
`seven (7) days, file a joint proposed schedule for (i) the discovery
`ordered herein; and (ii) any necessary supplemental briefing on the
`Motion to Dismiss and Motion to Transfer (limited solely to new
`matters raised in such discovery).
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`(Dkt. No. 81.)
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`Pursuant to the Court’s Order, the Parties now propose the following schedule for the ordered
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`discovery and supplemental briefing on the Motion to Dismiss and the Motion to Transfer, limited
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`solely to the new matters raised in the ordered discovery. The Parties agree that the supplemental
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`briefs shall be no more than five pages for each motion.
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`Event
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`Deadline
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`Plaintiff to serve interrogatory regarding Request No. 6
`(number and location of documents relating to discovery
`of Enhertu® and termination of the Parties’ Collaboration
`Agreement)
`Defendant to serve response to interrogatory regarding
`Request No. 6
`Defendant to produce documents on Request Nos. 2–5
`and serve supplemental interrogatory responses to
`Interrogatories 2–5 as ordered by the Court
`Deadline to complete deposition of corporate witness on
`30(b)(6) with respect to the Miki declaration and Topics
`2-5 as ordered by the Court
`Plaintiff’s deadline to file supplemental opposition
`briefing (5 pgs. each) on Defendant’s Motion to Transfer
`and Motion to Dismiss (limited to the issue of personal
`jurisdiction)
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`April 23, 2021
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`May 10, 2021
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`May 14, 2021
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`May 21, 2021
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`May 26, 2021 (by 5:00 pm CT)
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`Defendant’s deadline to file supplemental reply briefing
`(5 pgs. each) on its Motion to Transfer and Motion to
`Dismiss (limited to the issue of personal jurisdiction)
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`June 4, 2021
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`Dated: April 26, 2021
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`By: /s/ Melissa R. Smith
`Michael A. Jacobs
`MJacobs@mofo.com
`Matthew A. Chivvis
`MChivvis@mofo.com
`MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP
`425 Market Street
`San Francisco, CA 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
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`Of Counsel:
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`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
`Telephone: 903.757.6400
`Facsimile: 903.757.2323
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`Attorneys for Plaintiff Seagen Inc.
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`By: Preston K. Ratliff II
`Deron R. Dacus
`State Bar No. 00790553
`The Dacus Firm, P.C.
`821 ESE Loop 323, Suite 430
`Tyler, Texas, 75701
`+1 (903) 705-1117
`+1 (903) 581-2543 facsimile
`ddacus@dacusfirm.com
`J. Mark Mann
`State Bar No. 12926150
`mark@themannfirm.com
`MANN | TINDEL | THOMPSON
`300 West Main Street
`Henderson, Texas 75652
`(903) 657-8540
`(903) 657-6003 (fax)
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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, NY 10166
`(212) 318-6000
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`Attorneys for Defendant Daiichi Sankyo
`Company, Limited
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`CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that counsel for Plaintiff and counsel for Defendant
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`have complied with Local Rule CV-7(h) by conferring, and all parties agree to file this as a joint
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`motion.
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`/s/ Melissa R. Smith
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that counsel of record who are deemed to have
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`consented to electronic services are being served with a copy of this document via the Court’s
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`CM/ECF system per Local Rule CV-5(a)(3) on this the 26th day of April, 2021.
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`/s/ Melissa R. Smith
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