Plaintiff OssiFi-Mab LLC (“OMAB” or “Plaintiff”) and Defendant Amgen Inc. (“Amgen” or “Defendant”) (collectively, the “Parties”) hereby jointly move the Court to toll the deadline to seek leave to exchange their Amendments to Preliminary Patent-Related Disclosures as a result of the Court’s Markman Claim Construction Order under Local Rule 16.6(d)(5)(A), by fourteen days.
In support thereof, the Parties state: WHEREAS, on September 5 and November 17, 2023, OMAB served its Preliminary Patent-Related Disclosures including its Preliminary Infringement Claim Charts pertaining to U.S. Patent Nos. 11,608,373 (the “’373 patent”), 8,178,099 (the “’099 patent”), 8,877,196 (the “’196 patent”), and 11,807,681 (the “’681 patent) (hereinafter, the “patents-in-suit”) in accordance with Local Rule 16.6(D)(1); WHEREAS, on October 17, 2023 and January 18, 2024, Amgen served its Preliminary Patent-Related Disclosures including its Preliminary Noninfringement and Invalidity Claim Charts related to the patents-in-suit, in accordance with Local Rule 16.6(D)(4)(d); WHEREAS, on June 21, 2024, the Court issued its Memorandum and Order construing certain terms contained in the asserted claims of the patents-in-suit (Dkt. No. 99); WHEREAS, pursuant to Local Rule 16.6(d)(5)(A), the Preliminary Patent-Related Disclosures of subsections (d)(1) and (d)(4) may be amended and supplemented by leave of Court and for good cause, where circumstances supporting a finding of good cause include a claim construction by the Court that is different from that proposed by the party seeking amendment within 28 days of the Court’s claim construction ruling; WHEREAS, on July 16 and 18, 2024, the Parties met and conferred to discuss an ordered process for the Parties to amend the Preliminary Patent-Related Disclosures of subsections (d)(1) and (d)(4) of Local Rule 16.6, and to toll the deadline for seeking leave to amend and supplement their respective Preliminary Patent-Related Disclosures under Local Rule 16.6(d)(5)(A) for two weeks while they work to reach agreement on a proposed process for the Parties to serve amended and supplemental Patent-Related Disclosures of subsections (d)(1) and (d)(4) of Local Rule 16.6; and WHEREAS, good cause exists for a two-week extension to the foregoing deadline.
The Parties continue to engage in good-faith negotiations over the timing and order for the exchange of Amended Preliminary Patent-Related Disclosures, and that additional time to complete these discussions would facilitate the efficient and orderly conduct of the litigation.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties jointly move and respectfully request that the Court enter an Order extending the deadline to seek leave to exchange Amendments to Preliminary Patent-Related Disclosures as a result of the Court’s Markman Claim Construction Order (Dkt. No. 99) pursuant to Local Rule 16.6(d)(5)(A) from July 19, 2024 to August 2, 2024.
conferred by email on July 16 and 18, 2024 regarding the subject of this Joint Motion.