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MORRIS, NICHOLS, ARSHT gn TUNNELL LLP
1201 NORTH MARKET STREET
P.O. Box 1347
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE 19899-1347
302 658 9200
JAc1c B. Bm ENFELD 3°2 658 3989 FAX
302 351 9291
302 425 3012 FAX
[email protected]
April 9, 2008
The Honorable Leonard P. Stark VIA ELECTRONIC FILING
United States Magistrate Judge
United States District Court
For the District of Delaware
844 North King Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
Re: Forest Laboratories, Inc. v. Cobalt Laboratories, Inc., et al.
Civil Action No. 08-021-GMS-LPS
Dear Judge Stark:
Orchid argued in its letter yesterday, that to support its personal jurisdiction
motion, it needs discovery from Forest and Merz concerning the locations of their principal
places of business. Orchid stated that "for patent infringement, the situs of the injury is deemed
to be the location of the patent holder’s principal place of business (citing Applied Biosystems,
Inc. v. Cruachem, Ltd, 772 F.Supp 1458, 1468 (D. Del. 1991), and Foster Wheeler Energy Corp.
v. Metallgeselschaf AG, 1993 WL 669447 (D. Del. Jan 4, 1993)). After those decisions,
however, the Federal Circuit specifically rejected the notion that the situs of the injury is the
location of the patent holder’s principal place of business. Beverly Hills Fan C0. v. Royal
Sovereign Corp., 21 F.3d 1558, 1571 (Fed. Cir. 1994).
Respectfully,
a k B. Blumenfeld (#1014)
JBB/cbh
cc: Clerk of the Court (Via Hand Delivery)
All Counsel of Record (Via Electronic Mail)

Case 1:08-cv-00021-GMS-LPS

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