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LITTLETON JOYCE 

UGHETTA PARK & KELLY LLP 

1 Manhattanville Road, Suite 302 

Purchase, New York 10577 

Tel: (914) 417-3400 

Fax: (914) 417-3401 

Attn: Bryon L. Friedman, Esq. (BF-5752) 

 Email: Bryon.Friedman@LittletonJoyce.com 

Attorneys for Defendants 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK 

 

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MERCK EPROVA AG, 

 Plaintiff, 

-againstGNOSIS S.P.A. and GNOSIS BIORESEARCH S.A., 

 Defendants. 

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Case no. 07 Civ. 5898 (RJS) 

NOTICE OF MOTION 

UNDER FED. R. CIV. P. 

12(B)(2) TO DISMISS FOR 

LACK OF JURISDICTION 

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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, upon the annexed Declaration of Bryon L. Friedman, 

dated February 1, 2008, together with the exhibits annexed thereto, the annexed affidavit of 

Renzo Berna, and the accompanying Defendants’ Memorandum of Law in Support of Motion 

under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(2) to Dismiss the First Amended Complaint for Lack of Personal 

Jurisdiction dated February 1, 2008, and upon all prior pleadings and proceedings had herein, the 

Defendants Gnosis S.p.A. and Gnosis Bioresearch S.A., will move this Court on the 21st day of 

March, 2008, before the Honorable Richard J. Sullivan, at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United 

States Courthouse, 500 Pearl Street, Courtroom 21C, New York, New York 10007, for an Order 

pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(2) dismissing the plaintiff’s first amended 

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complaint for lack of in personam jurisdiction, and awarding such other and further relief that the 

Court deems just and proper. 

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that, pursuant to section 2(E) of the Individual 

Practices of Hon. Richard J. Sullivan, oral argument, if any, will be on a date and time 

designated by the Court. 

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that, pursuant to the Order of this Court, answering 

papers shall be served on or before February 29, 2008, and reply papers shall be served on or 

before March 21, 2008. 

Dated: Purchase, New York 

February 1, 2008 

Yours, etc., 

LITTLETON JOYCE 

UGHETTA PARK & KELLY LLP 

By: /s/ 

 Bryon L. Friedman (BF 5752) 

1 Manhattanville Road, Suite 302 

Purchase, New York 10577 

(914) 417-3400 

File no. 00080.00001 

Attorneys for Defendants 

TO: 

ALSTON & BIRD LLP 

90 Park Avenue 

New York, NY 10016 

Attn: Robert E. Hanlon, Esq. 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I, BRYON L. FRIEDMAN, an attorney duly admitted to practice law before this court, 

declares as follows under the penalties of perjury:

On February 1, 2008, I caused the annexed NOTICE OF MOTION UNDER FED. R. 

CIV. P. 12(B)(2) TO DISMISS FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION, together with the annexed 

exhibits including AFFIDAVIT OF RENZO BERNA and DECLARATION OF BRYON L. 

FRIEDMAN, to be served by Federal Express upon: 

ALSTON & BIRD LLP 

90 Park Avenue 

New York, NY 10016 

Attn: Robert E. Hanlon, Esq. 

Dated: Purchase, New York 

 February 1, 2008 

 /s/ 

 Bryon L. Friedman, Esq. 

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