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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:271 Patent Infringement

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STIPULATED REQUEST TO CONSIDER

WHETHER CASES SHOULD BE RELATED Case No. 3:14-cv-04741-RS

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SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP

Vernon M. Winters (SBN 130128)

Alexander D. Baxter (SBN 281569)

555 California Street, Suite 2000 

San Francisco, CA 94104-1503

Telephone: (415) 772-1200

Facsimile: (415) 772-7400

vwinters@sidley.com

PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON 

& GARRISON LLP

Nicholas Groombridge (pro hac vice)

Eric Alan Stone (pro hac vice)

Jennifer H. Wu (pro hac vice)

Jennifer Gordon 

Peter Sandel (pro hac vice)

1285 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10019-6064

Telephone: (212) 373-3000

Facsimile: (212) 757-3990

ngroombridge@paulweiss.com

AMGEN INC.

Wendy A. Whiteford (SBN 150283)

Lois M. Kwasigroch (SBN 130159)

One Amgen Center Drive

Thousand Oaks, CA 91320-1789

Telephone: (805) 447-1000

Facsimile: (805) 447-1010

wendy@amgen.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Amgen Inc. 

and Amgen Manufacturing, Limited

MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

Erik J. Olson (SBN 175815)

Eric C. Pai (SBN 247604)

755 Page Mill Road

Palo Alto, California 94304

Telephone: 650.813.5600

Facsimile: 650.494.0792

ejolson@mofo.com

Rachel Krevans (SBN 116421)

425 Market Street

San Francisco, CA 94105-2482

Telephone: (415) 268-7000

Facsimile: (415) 268-7522

rkrevans@mofo.com

Grant J. Esposito (pro hac vice)

250 West 55th Street

New York, NY 10019-9601

Telephone: (212) 468-8000

Facsimile: (212) 468-7900

gesposito@mofo.com

Attorneys for Defendants Sandoz Inc., Sandoz 

International GmbH, and Sandoz GmbH

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

AMGEN INC. and

AMGEN MANUFACTURING LIMITED,

Plaintiffs,

vs.

SANDOZ INC., SANDOZ 

INTERNATIONAL GMBH, and

SANDOZ GMBH,

Defendants.

Case No. 3:14-cv-04741-RS 

STIPULATED REQUEST TO RELATE 

CASES, AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

Case 3:16-cv-02581-RS Document 9 Filed 05/27/16 Page 1 of 4
STIPULATED REQUEST TO RELATE CASES

AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 1 Case No. 3:14-cv-04741-RS

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Pursuant to Civil Local Rules 3-12 and 7-11 and Patent Local Rule 2-1, Plaintiffs 

Amgen Inc. and Amgen Manufacturing Limited (“Amgen”) and Defendants Sandoz Inc., 

Sandoz International GmbH, and Sandoz GmbH (“Sandoz”) hereby stipulate and request that

the Court relate the newly filed action, Amgen Inc. v. Sandoz Inc., Case No. 3:16-cv-02581 (“the 

-02581 case”), to the present case.

Amgen filed this case on October 24, 2014 against Sandoz Inc., Sandoz International 

GmbH, and Sandoz GmbH. The case involves U.S. Patent Nos. 8,940,878 and 6,162,427. The 

accused product is Sandoz’s biosimilar version of NEUPOGEN® (filgrastim). Amgen filed the 

-02581 case on May 12, 2016 against Sandoz Inc., Sandoz International GmbH, Sandoz GmbH, 

and Lek Pharmaceuticals d.d. The -02581 case involves U.S. Patent Nos. 8,940,878 and 

5,824,784. The accused product there is Sandoz’s proposed biosimilar version of 

NEULASTA® (pegfilgrastim).

Civil Local Rule 3-12 defines a related case as follows: 

An action is related to another when: (1) The actions concern substantially the 

same parties, property, transaction or event; and (2) It appears likely that there 

will be an unduly burdensome duplication of labor and expense or conflicting 

results if the cases are conducted before different Judges.

Patent Local Rule 2-1(a)(1) states:

When actions concerning the same patent are filed within two years of each other 

by the same plaintiff, they will be deemed related.

Here, the two actions are related in view of the following:

x The cases concern substantially the same parties, even though the -02581 case is 

asserted against an additional defendant, Lek Pharmaceuticals d.d.

x Both cases involve U.S. Patent No. 8,940,878, and thus concern the same 

asserted patent filed within two years of each other by the same plaintiff.

Accordingly, relating the cases will avoid duplication of labor and expense or conflicting 

results.

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STIPULATED REQUEST TO RELATE CASES

AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 2 Case No. 3:14-cv-04741-RS

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Dated: May 26, 2016

Respectfully submitted,

SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP

By: /s/ Vernon M. Winters

Vernon M. Winters (SBN 130128)

SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP

555 California Street, Suite 2000 

San Francisco, CA 94104-1503

Telephone: (415) 772-1200

Facsimile: (415) 772-7400

vwinters@sidley.com

Nicholas Groombridge (pro hac vice)

Eric Alan Stone (pro hac vice)

Jennifer H. Wu (pro hac vice)

Jennifer Gordon 

Peter Sandel (pro hac vice)

PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON 

& GARRISON LLP

1285 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10019-6064

Telephone: (212) 373-3000

Facsimile: (212) 757-3990

ngroombridge@paulweiss.com

Wendy A. Whiteford (SBN 150283)

Lois M. Kwasigroch (SBN 130159)

AMGEN INC.

One Amgen Center Drive

Thousand Oaks, CA 91320-1789

Telephone: (805) 447-1000

Facsimile: (805) 447-1010

wendy@amgen.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Amgen Inc. 

and Amgen Manufacturing Limited

MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

By: /s/ Erik J. Olson 

Erik J. Olson (SBN 175815)

Eric C. Pai (SBN 247604)

MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

755 Page Mill Road

Palo Alto, California 94304

Telephone: 650.813.5600

Facsimile: 650.494.0792

ejolson@mofo.com

Rachel Krevans (SBN 116421)

MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

425 Market Street

San Francisco, CA 94105-2482

Telephone: (415) 268-7000

Facsimile: (415) 268-7522

rkrevans@mofo.com

Grant J. Esposito (pro hac vice)

MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

250 West 55th Street

New York, NY 10019-9601

Telephone: (212) 468-8000

Facsimile: (212) 468-7900

gesposito@mofo.com

Attorneys for Defendants Sandoz Inc., Sandoz 

International GmbH, and Sandoz GmbH

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STIPULATED REQUEST TO RELATE CASES

AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 3 Case No. 3:14-cv-04741-RS

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ECF ATTESTATION

I, Vernon M. Winters, am the ECF User whose ID and Password are being used to file 

this document. I attest that concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from the 

above signatories.

Dated: May 26, 2016 SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP 

By: /s/ Vernon M. Winters

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: , 2016

THE HONORABLE RICHARD SEEBORG

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

May 27

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