Free Letter - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

Case 1:04-cv-01230-Gl\/IS Document 39 Filed 08/22/2005 Page 1 of 1
F§’rc:r—rArao$, Lxwrow & F`n~r<;aR
A FROFESSIONAL ASSOCQATION
ONE Roowav 5¤uARr;
920 Nosrrsi Kuvcs 5·rnEEr
Wrumrmczrow, Damwnntt isaac: DWECT l?’*A*— NUMBER
FREoERr;?H;C$§;rnELL llt {BOE) 65 I-? 7OO C3O2_G 5C:P_75Og
FAX (302) G5!-`?“7OI OTTNELL HL? COM
WWWr F?L.F'. CDM
August 22., 2005
VIA E-FILING ANB HAND DELIVERY
The Honorable Gregory M Sleet
United States District Court for the District of Delaware
844 King Street
Wilmington, DE 1980l
Re: Agplera Corp., et al. v. Thermo Electron Corp., C.A. N0. 04-1 23G—
GMS
Dear Judge Sleet;
I write on behalf of Thermo Electron Corporation ("”l`herrno") in response to the
letter submitted to Your Honor on Friday, August 19, 2005 by plaintiffs Applera Corporation,
ll/{DS Inc and Applied Biosystems/MDS Sciex Instruments (collectively, "AB/Sciex") in the
abovecaptioned matter. Last week, counsel for Thermo contacted counsel for AB/Sciex to
request a drait of AB/Sciex’s agenda letter prior to tiling for the purpose ofdetermining whether
Thermo needed to add anything so that the letter accurately retlected Therrno’s position on the
dispute. Thermo received a draft on Friday morning and believed its argurnentative nature
violated the provision in the Scheduling Order that such a letter merely present an agenda and it
did not accurately present Tliermo’s positions Accordingly, counsel for Thermo provided
AB/Sciex’s counsel with suggested changes to the proposed letter. AB/Sciex’s counsel
unilaterally decided to tile the letter without Therino’s changes.
Thermo looks forward to presenting its argument on the rnerits to Your Honor
during the teleconference tomorrow As always, if Your Honor has any questions, counsel
remains available at the Court’s convenience.
Respectfully,
T],/M t .w¤Ql*— Frederick L Cottrell, lll
FL.C:kef
cc: Clerk of the Court (by e—tiling and hand delivery)
Josy W Ingersoll, Esquire (by e—filing and hand delivery)
Jefiirey S Ginsberg, Esquire (by facsimile)
stri-2u1zr