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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
`ALEXANDRIA DIVISION
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`Civil Action No. 1:20-cv-393-LO-TCB
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`RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS, INC. and
`R.J. REYNOLDS VAPOR COMPANY,
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`Plaintiffs and Counterclaim
`Defendants,
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`v.
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`ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC; PHILIP
`MORRIS USA INC.; and PHILIP MORRIS
`PRODUCTS S.A.
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`Defendants and Counterclaim
`Plaintiffs.
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`[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING PMI/ALTRIA’S DAUBERT MOTION TO
`EXCLUDE DESIGN-AROUND TESTIMONY OF RJR’S EXPERT, DAVID CLISSOLD
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`Upon consideration of the Daubert motion filed by Altria Client Services, LLC; Philip
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`Morris USA Inc.; and Philip Morris Products S.A.’s (collectively, “PMI/Altria”) to exclude the
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`design-around testimony of David Clissold, expert witness proffered by RAI Strategic Holdings,
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`Inc. and R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company (“RJR”), and the arguments of the parties, it is hereby:
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`ORDERED that PMI/Altria’s motion is GRANTED, and further
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`ORDERED, that RJR shall not solicit or offer at trial opinions from Mr. Clissold that
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`RJR’s alleged design-arounds to the technology claimed in U.S. Patent Nos. 9,814,265 and
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`10,104,911 would have been available to RJR from a regulatory perspective at the time of the
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`hypothetical negotiations for those patents.
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`Case 1:20-cv-00393-LO-TCB Document 917-1 Filed 01/21/22 Page 2 of 3 PageID# 25890
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`ENTERED this ____ day of __________, 2022.
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`Alexandria, Virginia
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`Case 1:20-cv-00393-LO-TCB Document 917-1 Filed 01/21/22 Page 3 of 3 PageID# 25891
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that on this 21st day of January, 2022, a true and correct copy of the
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`foregoing was served using the Court’s CM/ECF system, with electronic notification of such filing
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`to all counsel of record:
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`/s/ Maximilian A. Grant
`Maximilian A. Grant (VSB No. 91792)
`LATHAM & WATKINS LLP
`555 Eleventh Street, N.W., Suite 1000
`Washington, DC 20004
`Telephone: (202) 637-2200
`Facsimile: (202) 637-2201
`Email: max.grant@lw.com
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`Counsel for Plaintiffs Altria Client Services
`LLC, Philip Morris USA Inc., and Philip
`Morris Products S.A.
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