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`SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
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`Case No. 18-60846-Civ-COOKE/HUNT
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`UCB, INC. and UCB BIOPHARMA SPRL,
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`Plaintiffs,
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`vs.
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`APOTEX, INC.,
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`Defendant.
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`ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S MOTION
`TO STAY PENDING INTER PARTES REVIEW
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`THIS MATTER is before me on Defendant’s Motion to Stay Pending Inter Partes
`Review (ECF No. 48). The Motion is fully briefed and ripe for review. The Court having
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`reviewed the Motion, Plaintiffs’ Response thereto and Defendant’s Reply, as well as the
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`record and the relevant legal authorities, it is hereby ORDERED and ADJUDGED as
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`follows:
`1) Defendant’s Motion to Stay Pending Inter Partes Review (ECF No. 48) is
`GRANTED.
`2) The Clerk shall administratively CLOSE this case pending resolution of
`Defendant’s petition before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent
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`and Trademark Office for inter partes review of U.S. Patent No. 8,633,194.
`3) The Parties shall file a status report with respect to the inter partes review process
`no later than July 1, 2019, and every 90 days thereafter until the inter partes review
`process has concluded.
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`DONE and ORDERED in Chambers, Miami, Florida, this 1st day of April 2019.
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`Copies furnished to:
`Patrick M. Hunt, U.S. Magistrate Judge
`Counsel of record
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