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`Luke L. Dauchot (S.B.N. 229829)
`luke.dauchot@kirkland.com
`Alexander F. MacKinnon (S.B.N. 146883)
`alexander.mackinnon@kirkland.com
`Nimalka R. Wickramasekera (S.B.N. 268518)
`nimalka.wickramasekera@kirkland.com
`Kirkland & Ellis LLP
`333 South Hope Street
`Los Angeles, California 90071
`Telephone: (213) 680-8400
`Facsimile: (213) 680-8500
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`Attorneys for Plaintiffs
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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`SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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`CASE NO. 3:12-cv-02738-CAB (MDD)
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`PLAINTIFFS’ REQUEST FOR CASE
`MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE
`PURSUANT TO LOCAL RULE 16.1 &
`PATENT LOCAL RULE 1.4
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`WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC.; MEDTRONIC
`SOFAMOR DANEK U.S.A., INC.; MEDTRONIC
`PUERTO RICO OPERATIONS CO.; and
`OSTEOTECH, INC.,
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`Plaintiffs,
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`NUVASIVE, INC.,
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`Defendant.
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`Pursuant to Local Rule 16.1.c.1 and Patent Local Rule 1.4, Plaintiffs Warsaw Orthopedic,
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`Inc., Medtronic Sofamor Danek USA, Inc., Medtronic Puerto Rico Operations Co., and Osteotech,
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`Inc. hereby request a case management conference to assist in the expeditious handling of the above-
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`captioned matter.
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`On August 17, 2012, Plaintiffs filed this case in the Northern District of Indiana against
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`Defendant, NuVasive, Inc., alleging patent infringement by NuVasive’s manufacture and sale of
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`certain medical devices and procedures used in spinal surgery. (Dkts. 1 & 17.) On September 5,
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`2012, NuVasive filed a motion to transfer to the Southern District of California and a motion for an
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`extension of time to file a responsive pleading. (Dkts. 21–23.) The Northern District of Indiana
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`granted NuVasive’s motion for extension of time and set NuVasive’s deadline to answer or
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`otherwise respond to Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) at 21 days after a ruling on
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`NuVasive’s motion to transfer. (Dkt. 26.) On November 8, 2012, the Northern District of Indiana
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`granted the transfer motion and transferred this case to the Southern District of California. (Dkt. 32.)
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`Accordingly, NuVasive’s response to the FAC was due on November 29, 2012, but NuVasive has
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`filed no answer or other response to the FAC.
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`On September 14, 2012, NuVasive filed with the United States Patent & Trademark Office
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`(“USPTO”) a request for inter partes reexamination of the claims of United States Patent No.
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`8,021,430, one of the three patents-in-suit. On November 29, 2012, the USPTO granted NuVasive’s
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`request and issued a non-final office action rejecting the claims. (See Application Control No.
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`95/002,380.)
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` Accordingly, Plaintiffs request that a case management conference be set for this case as
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`soon as the Court’s docket permits. At the requested case management conference, the parties and
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`the Court could address, inter alia, the schedule of this case going forward, the setting of discovery
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`and pretrial deadlines, and coordination with other patent infringement litigation currently
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`proceeding between the parties in this Court. Plaintiffs believe that such a case management
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`conference would assist with the reduction of expense and delay associated with litigation of the
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`patents-in-suit and in the efficient resolution of this matter.
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`DATED: November 30, 2012
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`Respectfully submitted,
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` /s/ Nimalka R. Wickramasekera
`Nimalka R. Wickramasekera
`KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
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`Attorneys for Plaintiffs
`WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC.; MEDTRONIC
`SOFAMOR DANEK USA, INC.; MEDTRONIC
`PUERTO RICO OPERATIONS CO.; AND
`OSTEOTECH, INC.
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`I am employed in the County of Los Angeles; I am over the age of eighteen years and not a
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`party to the within entitled action; my business address is 333 South Hope Street, Los Angeles,
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`California 90071.
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`On November 30, 2012, true and correct copies of the foregoing document were served to all
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`counsel of record who are deemed to have consented to electronic service via the Court’s CM/ECF
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`system per Civil Local Rule 5.4. Any other counsel of record will be served by electronic mail,
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`facsimile, U.S. Mail and/or overnight delivery.
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`FEDERAL: I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of
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`America that the foregoing is true and correct.
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`Executed on November 30, 2012, in Los Angeles, California.
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` /s/ Nimalka R. Wickramasekera
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