`Filed: March 18, 2016
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`PAR PHARMACEUTICAL, INC., WOCKHARDT BIO AG, and
`AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC,
`Petitioners,
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`v.
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`JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`_____________________
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`Case IPR2015-005541
`Patent 7,668,730
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`PETITIONERS PAR PHARMACEUTICAL, INC.’S AND AMNEAL
`PHARMACEUTICALS LLC’S MOTION TO EXCLUDE EVIDENCE
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`Mail Stop “PATENT BOARD”
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`1 Case IPR2015-01818 has been joined with this proceeding.
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`IPR2015-00554
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`TABLE OF CONTENTS
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`Page
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`INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................1
`I.
`STATEMENT OF FACTS...............................................................................1
`II.
`III. ARGUMENT....................................................................................................3
`A.
`The objected-to portions of
`the DiPiro and Bergeron
`Declarations and Exhibits 2049–2050 are irrelevant
`to the
`public accessibility of the ACA materials..............................................3
`1.
`The objected-to portions of the DiPiro and Bergeron
`Declarations and Exhibits 2049–2050 are irrelevant as a
`matter of law. ...............................................................................3
`Paragraphs 54–56 of the DiPiro Declaration are irrelevant
`because they are not directed to the actions of “interested
`POSAs.” .......................................................................................6
`The excerpt of Dr. Glenn Van Buskirk’s deposition testimony
`(Ex. 2054)
`is
`impermissible hearsay,
`improper
`expert
`testimony, and irrelevant........................................................................8
`1.
`Exhibit 2054 constitutes impermissible hearsay..........................8
`2.
`Exhibit 2054 is proffered as improper expert testimony. ............9
`3.
`Exhibit 2054 is used for an irrelevant purpose. ........................ 10
`The Declaration of Lyndsey Pryzbylski
`(Ex. 2057)
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`impermissible hearsay and irrelevant...................................................10
`1.
`Exhibit 2057 is textbook impermissible hearsay...................... 10
`2.
`Exhibit 2057 is offered for an irrelevant purpose..................... 11
`IV. CONCLUSION.............................................................................................. 12
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`B.
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`C.
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`I.
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`INTRODUCTION
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`Petitioner Par Pharmaceutical, Inc. and Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC
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`(“Petitioners”) respectfully request the Board to exclude several exhibits relied
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`upon by Patent Owner Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. as irrelevant, impermissible
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`hearsay and/or improper opinion testimony.
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`II.
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`STATEMENT OF FACTS
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`Petitioners served their objections to Exhibits 2046–2047, 2049–2050, 2054,
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`and 2057 on November 13, 2015—four business days after Patent Owner served its
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`response on November 6, 2015. See Paper No 53.2 Jazz served supplemental
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`Exhibits 2058–2061 on Petitioners on November 30, 2015, but did not file the
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`exhibits in this proceeding or identify how it was relying on the exhibits to cure
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`Petitioners’ objections.
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`2 Petitioners are providing this Motion and the associated evidence
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`objections (Paper No. 53) pursuant to the Board’s March 18, 2016 e-mail directing
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`Petitioners to file this Motion pending a decision on a motion from Petitioners to
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`allow for late filing of their evidence objections under 37 C.F.R. § 42.5(c)(3),
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`which is to be filed on March 25, 2016.
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`Jazz relies on each of the objected-to exhibits in its Patent Owner Response
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`(Paper No. 39) (“Response”). See Response at 17–20. The following table details
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`where Jazz relies on each exhibit to which Petitioners object:
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`Exhibit
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`Location in Patent Owner Response
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`¶¶ 50–57 of Ex. 2046
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`p.18, l.20 – p.21, l.7; p.22, l.13 – p. 22, l. 1.
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`(“DiPiro Declaration”)
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`¶¶ 36–38 of Ex. 2047
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`p.21, ll.11–17; p.22, l.13 – p. 22, l. 1.
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`(“Bergeron Declaration”)
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`Ex. 2049
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`Ex. 2050
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`Ex. 2054
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`Ex. 2057
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`p.20, n.6.; p.23, ll.9–13.
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`p.21, ll.10–11.
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`p.18, ll.12–19.
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`p.22, n.7.
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`In its Response, Jazz argues that the ACA materials (Exs. 1003–1006) were
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`not publicly accessible as prior art. See Response at 3–24. Jazz relies on the
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`objected-to portions of the DiPiro and Bergeron Declarations, as well as Exhibits
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`2049–2050 and 2054, as evidence that a person of ordinary skill
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`in the art
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`(“POSA”) would not have been motivated to look for, or able to locate, Federal
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`Register notices of Advisory Committee meetings such as Exhibit 1015. See
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`generally Response at 16–24. Separately, Jazz uses Exhibit 2057 in an effort to
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`impeach certain testimony of Petitioners’ expert, Dr. Valuck. See Response at 22,
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`n.7. Each of these objected-to exhibits should be excluded for the following
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`reasons.
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`III. ARGUMENT
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`A.
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`The objected-to portions of the DiPiro and Bergeron Declarations
`and Exhibits 2049–2050 are irrelevant to the public accessibility
`of the ACA materials.
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`The objected-to portions of the DiPiro and Bergeron Declarations, as well as
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`Exhibits 2049–2050, are irrelevant to the issue of public accessibility of the ACA,
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`both as a matter of law and as a matter of fact.
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`1.
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`the DiPiro and Bergeron
`The objected-to portions of
`Declarations and Exhibits 2049–2050 are irrelevant as a
`matter of law.
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`Evidence is relevant if (1) it has any tendency to make a fact more or less
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`probable than it would be without the evidence, and (2) the fact is of consequence
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`in determining the action. Fed. R. Evid. 401. Jazz’s evidence regarding the Federal
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`Register is neither, because it attempts to undermine the notice function of the
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`Federal Registera function that is established by Federal law.
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`Jazz proffers the objected-to exhibits as evidence that a POSA would not
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`have been motivated to look for, or able to locate, Federal Register notices of
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`Advisory Committee meetings such as Exhibit 1015, and therefore would not have
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`located the ACA materials. See Response at 16–24. Notably,
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`the proffered
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`evidence is solely directed to the question of whether a POSA would have located
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`Exhibit 1015i.e., whether Exhibit 1015 provided sufficient notice of the Xyrem
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`Advisory Committee meeting. See Petition (Paper No. 1) at 14–15.
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`Jazz’s evidence is irrelevant as a matter of law. Under Federal law, every
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`person in the United States, which of course includes POSAs, is deemed to have
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`been given sufficient notice for items published in the Federal Register.
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`A notice of hearing or of opportunity to be heard,
`required or authorized to be given by an Act of
`Congress, or which may otherwise properly be given,
`shall be deemed to have been given to all persons
`residing within the States of the Union and the District
`of Columbia . . . when the notice is published in the
`Federal Register at such a time that the period between
`the publication and the date fixed in the notice for the
`hearing or for the termination of the opportunity to be
`heard is—
`(1) not less than the time specifically prescribed
`for the publication of the notice by the appropriate Act of
`Congress; or
`less than fifteen days when time for
`(2) not
`publication is not specifically prescribed by the Act,
`without prejudice, however, to the effectiveness of a
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`notice of less than fifteen days where the shorter period is
`reasonable.
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`44 U.S.C. § 1508.
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`Upon publication, an item in the Federal Register is deemed proper notice to
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`all persons in the United States, so long as it was published timely, required or
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`authorized by law, and regarding an “opportunity to be heard.” See id.; see also N.
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`Ala. Express, Inc. v. United States, 585 F.2d 783, 787 n.2 (5th Cir. 1978) (“[I]t is
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`well settled that publications in the Federal Register are deemed legally sufficient
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`notice to all interested persons.”) Jazz has not alleged that Exhibit 1015 is not a
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`timely or required notice, or that the Xyrem Advisory Committee meeting was not
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`an “opportunity to be heard.” As such, POSAs were deemed to have knowledge of
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`the Xyrem Advisory Committee meeting as a matter of law, as of the date it was
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`published. See Moreau v. F.E.R.C., 982 F.2d 556, 569 (D.C. Cir. 1993); see also S.
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`Terminal Corp. v. E.P.A., 504 F.2d 646, 659 (1st Cir. 1974) (EPA’s statement, in a
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`Federal Register notice of a hearing, that a technical support document was
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`available for public review was sufficient to provide notice of that document’s
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`availability to interested persons.).
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`Consideration of paragraphs 37–39 of the Bergeron Declaration and of
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`paragraphs 51–58 of the DiPiro Declaration is thus inappropriate, as both are used
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`in an attempt to prove a fact contradictory to Federal law—i.e., that the publication
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`of Exhibit 1015 in the Federal Register did not provide adequate notice to
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`interested parties, including POSAs. Consideration of Exhibits 2049 and 2050 is
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`also improper, because they are offered for the same improper purpose. Whether
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`certain individuals would have regularly reviewed the Federal Register, or how
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`many pages were in the Federal Register in 2001, cannot be relevant to the
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`question of whether a POSA had adequate notice of the Xyrem Advisory
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`Committee meeting, or would have been able to locate materials associated with it.
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`2.
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`Paragraphs 54–56 of the DiPiro Declaration are irrelevant
`because they are not directed to the actions of “interested
`POSAs.”
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`Evidence is relevant if (1) it has any tendency to make a fact more or less
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`probable than it would be without the evidence, and (2) the fact is of consequence
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`in determining the action. Fed. R. Evid. 401; see also AZ v. Shinseki, 731 F.3d
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`1303, 1311 (Fed. Cir. 2013) (Relevant evidence is that which tends “to prove or
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`disprove a material fact.”). Paragraphs 55–57 of the DiPiro Declaration are neither,
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`as whether a person meeting certain qualifications of a POSA, but not interested in
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`drug distribution, safety, or abuse, would have located the ACA materials is not of
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`consequence in this action.
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`The question of whether a reference was a printed publication turns on
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`whether it was publicly accessible. See Bruckelmeyer v. Ground Heaters, Inc., 445
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`F.3d 1374, 1378 (Fed. Cir. 2006). In turn, whether a reference was publicly
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`accessible turns on whether a “person of ordinary skill in the art interested in the
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`subject matter of the patents in suit and exercising reasonable diligence” could
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`locate it. Id.
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`Paragraphs 54–56 of the DiPiro Declaration are irrelevant because they do
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`not relate to that question. The DiPiro Declaration alleges that a POSA, as defined
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`by Dr. Valuck, has no “focus on drug distribution, safety, and abuse or regulatory
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`affairs,” Ex. 2046, ¶ 55.3 The ’730 patent, however, is directed to “distribution of
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`drugs, and in particular . . . distribution of sensitive drugs.” Ex. 1001, col. 1:4–7.
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`The DiPiro Declaration only relates to what persons uninterested in the subject
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`matter of the ’730 patent would have done, and is thus irrelevant to accessibility by
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`persons “interested in the subject matter of the patents.” Bruckelmeyer, 445 F.3d at
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`1378.
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`Accordingly, under Fed. R. Evid. 401, paragraphs 55–57 of the DiPiro
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`Declaration are irrelevant to show the ACA materials were not publicly accessible.
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`In the alternative, these paragraphs should be excluded under Fed. R. Evid. 403
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`3 The DiPiro Declaration offers no counter-definition of a POSA, and Jazz
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`does not challenge Petitioner’s definition of a POSA.
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`because their minimal probative value is outweighed by their tendency to confuse
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`issues.
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`B.
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`The excerpt of Dr. Glenn Van Buskirk’s deposition testimony (Ex.
`2054) is impermissible hearsay, improper expert testimony, and
`irrelevant.
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`Exhibit 2054, a five-page excerpt of deposition testimony from an unrelated
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`case to which Petitioners are not parties, fails to clear multiple evidentiary hurdles,
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`and therefore should be excluded.
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`1.
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`Exhibit 2054 constitutes impermissible hearsay.
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`Hearsay is an out-of-court statement offered to prove the truth of the matter
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`asserted, and is inadmissible unless a hearsay exception applies. See Fed. R. Evid.
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`801(c), 802. Jazz relies on Exhibit 2054 as evidence that a POSA would not have
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`been aware of the Xyrem Advisory Committee meeting, and would not have
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`monitored the Federal Register for Advisory Committee meeting notices. See
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`Response at 18. Exhibit 2054, an excerpt of deposition testimony from Dr. Glenn
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`Van Buskirk, should be excluded because Jazz seeks to rely on it for a hearsay
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`purpose to which no hearsay exception applies.
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`Dr. Van Buskirk is not a declarant or witness in the present proceeding. On
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`its face, Exhibit 2054 is from another proceeding—Jazz Pharmaceuticals v.
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`Roxane Laboratories—to which Petitioners are not parties. Thus, neither of the
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`exceptions in Rule 801(d) apply. The Board should exclude Exhibit 2054 as
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`impermissible hearsay.
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`The additional exhibits Jazz served as supplemental evidence fail to cure this
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`issue. Exhibit 2059—a third declaration of Dr. DiPiro—refers to Exhibit 2054, but
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`does not identify in any way how Exhibit 2054 is not impermissible hearsay. Jazz
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`also has never made Exhibit 2059 of record in this proceeding, and has neither
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`identified how it cured Petitioners’ objections nor how Jazz was relying on the
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`supplemental evidence. Accordingly, Petitioners reserve the right to comment on
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`Exhibit 2059 and its admissibility and relevance to the admissibility of Exhibit
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`2054 in a reply to any opposition Jazz files in response to this Motion.
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`2.
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`Exhibit 2054 is proffered as improper expert testimony.
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`Exhibit 2054 is improperly relied upon as expert opinion testimony. Federal
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`Rule of Evidence 702 states that a witness may testify in the form of an opinion if
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`“qualified as an expert by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education.”
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`Fed. R. Evid. 702; see also Sundance, Inc. v. DeMonte Fabricating, 550 F.3d
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`1356, 1362 (Fed. Cir. 2008). Jazz offers Exhibit 2054 as an opinion that
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`“individuals with pharmacy degrees do not conduct such monitoring [of the
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`Federal Register].” Response at 18. But Jazz has not qualified the deponent, Dr.
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`Van Buskirk, as an expert in this proceeding. There is no evidence that Dr. Van
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`Buskirk was competent to testify as to the knowledge and skill of a POSA as of the
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`critical date. As such, the Board should exclude Exhibit 2054 as improper expert
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`testimony.
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`3.
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`Exhibit 2054 is used for an irrelevant purpose.
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`Finally, Jazz offers Exhibit 2054 as evidence that a POSA would not have
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`been aware of the Xyrem Advisory Committee meeting and would not have
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`monitored Federal Register notices. See Response at 18. But, as discussed in §
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`III.A.1, supra, such evidence is not relevant. Whether Dr. Van Buskirk, in 2015,
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`was personally aware of the Xyrem Advisory Committee meeting in 2001, or
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`whether he monitors the Federal Register for notices, is irrelevant to whether the
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`ACA materials were publicly accessible to a POSA. As such, Exhibit 2054 is
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`irrelevant under Fed. R. Evid. 401, and should be excluded.
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`C.
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`The Declaration of Lyndsey Pryzbylski
`impermissible hearsay and irrelevant.
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`(Ex.
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`2057)
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`is
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`Exhibit 2057, a declaration from Jazz’s counsel’s paralegal, Lyndsey
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`Pryzbylski, similarly fails to clear evidentiary burdens, and therefore should be
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`excluded.
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`1.
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`Exhibit 2057 is textbook impermissible hearsay.
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`In Exhibit 2057, Ms. Pryzbylski relates the substance of a conversation she
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`purportedly had with three employees at the University of Colorado Denver Health
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`Sciences Library. Jazz relies on Exhibit 2057 as evidence that the Colorado Health
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`Sciences Library presently has no paper copies of the 2001 Federal Register. See
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`Response at 22, n.7. This is textbook hearsay: Ms. Pryzbylski’s testimony (and the
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`exhibit attached thereto) solely contains out-of-court statements by others to prove
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`the truth of the matter assertedi.e., the contents of the library. See Fed. R. Evid.
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`801(c).
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`The additional exhibits Jazz served as supplemental evidence fail to cure this
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`issue. Jazz has never made Exhibit 2058 part of record in this proceeding, and has
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`neither identified how it cured Petitioners’ objections nor how Jazz was relying on
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`the supplemental evidence. Accordingly, Petitioners reserve the right to comment
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`on Exhibit 2058 and its admissibility in a reply to any opposition Jazz files in
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`response to this Motion.
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`2.
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`Exhibit 2057 is offered for an irrelevant purpose.
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`Jazz offers Exhibit 2057 for the purpose of impeaching Dr. Valuck’s
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`testimony that, as of 2001, he typically reviewed the Federal Register in paper
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`form. See Response at 22, n.7 (citing Ex. 2044 at 24:22–26:20;4 Ex. 2045 at
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`341:19–342:6). But, even assuming arguendo that Exhibit 2057 is proper
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`4 This section of Dr. Valuck’s transcript makes no reference to him
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`reviewing the Federal Register.
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`impeachment testimony, the portions of Ms. Pryzbylski’s testimony Jazz relies
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`upon are regarding the contents of the Colorado Health Sciences Library as of
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`November 2015. See Ex. 2057, ¶ 3, Ex. 1. But what the library has in its collection
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`now is not probative of what the library had in its collection in 2001. As such,
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`Exhibit 2057 is irrelevant and should be excluded.
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`IV. CONCLUSION
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`Jazz proffers paragraphs 50–57 of the DiPiro Declaration (Ex. 2046),
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`paragraphs 37–39 of the Bergeron Declaration (Ex. 2047), and Exhibits 2049–2050
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`and 2054 to contradict a point already established by Federal law: that publication
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`of Exhibit 1015 in the Federal Register was sufficient notice to interested persons
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`of the June 6, 2001 Advisory Committee meeting and its direction to the ACA
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`Materials as a matter of law. This evidence should thus not be considered. The
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`Board should further exclude Exhibit 2054 as impermissible hearsay and improper
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`opinion testimony, and exclude Exhibit 2057 as impermissible hearsay and
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`irrelevant as well.
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`Date: March 18, 2016 (cid:9)
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`n
`anine (cid:9)
`Regist lion No. 42,387
`ARENT Fox LLP
`1717 K Street, NW
`Washington, DC 20006
`202.857.6000
`Attorney for Petitioners Par
`Pharmaceutical, Inc. and Amneal
`Pharmaceuticals LLC
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`CERTIFICATION OF SERVICE (37 C.F.R. §§ 42.6(e), 42.105(a))
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that the above-captioned “Petitioners Par
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`Pharmaceutical, Inc.’s and Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC’s Motion to Exclude
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`Evidence” including its supporting evidence, was served in its entirety on March
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`18, 2016, upon the following parties via e-mail:
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`John V. Biernacki
`jvbiernacki@jonesday.com
`JONES DAY
`North Point
`901 Lakeside Avenue
`Cleveland, OH 44114
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`F. Dominic Cerrito
`nickcerrito@quinnemanuel.com
`Eric C. Stops
`ericstops@quinnemanuel.com
`Evangeline Shih
`evangelineshih@quinnemanuel.com
`Frank Calvosa
`frankcalvosa@quinnemanuel.com
`QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART &
`SULLIVAN LLP
`51 Madison Avenue
`22nd Floor
`New York, NY 10010
`Counsel for Patent Owner Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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`Jordana Garallek
`Patrick C. Gallagher
`JGarallek@duanemorris.com
`PCGallagher@duanemorris.com
`DUANE MORRIS LLP
`DUANE MORRIS LLP
`1540 Broadway
`190 South LaSalle Street, Suite 3700
`New York, NY 10036-4086
`Chicago, IL 60603-3433
`Counsel for Petitioner Wockhardt Bio AG
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`Respectfully Submitted,
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`Bradford C. Frese
`Registration No. 69,772
`Attorney for Petitioner Par Pharmaceutical,
`Inc.
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`Date: March 18, 2016
`ARENT FOX LLP
`1717 K Street, NW
`Washington, DC 20006
`202.857.6000
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