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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
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IN RE: BRIMONIDINE PATENT )
LITIGATION ) CA. No. 07-l\rID—0l866-GMS
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STIPULATION TO AMEND SCHEDULING ORDER
WHEREAS, On June 3, 2008, this Court entered an agreed Scheduling Order (D.I. 28),
which provides for the conclusion of fact discovery on August 29, 2008 with expert discovery to
commence shortly thereafter;
WHEREAS, since entry of the Court’s Scheduling Order, the Parties have engaged in
extensive fact discovery; however, the Parties agree they will be unable to complete fact and
expert discovery prior to the original deadline of November 21, 2008;
U WHEREAS, document discovery has taken much longer than expected, and the
¤ document production (relating to the tive patents in suit) has been voluminous;
WHEREAS, the Parties are still inthe process of producing additional documents;
WHEREAS, the Court’s schedule allows for l30 hours of deposition shared among
Apotex and Exela, and 150 hours by Allergan, to be divided equally for use with Apotex and
Exela, and pursuant to the current schedule, all depositions must be completed on August 29,
2008;
WHEREAS, Exela PharinSci, Inc. and Exela Pharm Sci Pvt., Ltd (collectively "Exela")
represent that lead counsel has recently changed tinns and Exela has hired new lead counsel who
is getting up to speed on the issues in order to complete fact and expert discovery;
WHEREAS, the Parties agree an extension of the fact discovery and expert discovery
dates is necessary to allow the Parties to adequately prepare for the March 9, 2009 trial;

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WHEREAS, the proposed deadlines do not affect the ?re-Trial Conference, Trial or any
I other dates on the Court’s calendar;
I NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties hereby stipulate, subject to the Court’s approval, that
the Scheduling Order shall be amended as follows:
(a) The close of fact discovery shall be extended from August 29, 2008 to
October 1, 2008;
p (b) The exchange of opening expert reports by the party with the burden of
proof on an issue shall be extended from September 5, 2008 to October 3,
2008;
(c) The exchange of responsive expert reports shall be extended from
September 26, 2008 to October 24, 2008;
(d) The exchange of rebuttal expert reports shall be extended from October
17, 2008 to November 7, 2008; and
(e) The close of expert discovery will be extended from November 21, 2008
to December 5, 2008.
The Parties further stipulate and agree that the purpose of extending fact discovery is to
I allow the Parties to conduct fact depositions pursuant to the Court’s Scheduling Order; the
extension will not allow for additional written discovery requests on any party to this
litigation; and the proposed amended schedule will have no effect on dates unrelated to fact
and expert discovery, including the scheduled March 9, 2009 trial date.
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OF COUNSEL: FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.
Jonathan E. Singer
Michael J. Kane By: /s/ William .1 Marsden, Jr.
Deanna J. Reichei William J. Marsden, Jr. (#2247)
FISH & RJTCHARDSON P.C. Susan M. Coletti (#4690)
Q 300 Dain Rauscher Plaza 919 N. Market Street, Suite 1100
i 60 South Sixth Street P.O. Box 1114
Minneapolis, MN 55402 Wilmington, DE 19899
Tel: (612) 335-5070 Tel: (302) 652-5070
marsden@,fr.com
Juanita Brooks coletti@,fr.corn
FISH & RICHARDSON RC.
_ 12390 E1 Camino Real Attorneys for Plainrzgf
, San Diego, CA 92130 Allergan Inc.
Tel: (858) 678-5070
`Wiiliam Chad Shear
1 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.
1717 Main Street, Suite 5000
1 Dailas, TX 75201
Tel: (214) 747-5070
OF COUNSEL: POTTER ANDERSON & CORROON LLP I
Robert B. Breisblatt
Joanna R. Stevason By: /s/ David E. Moore
Jeremy C. Daniel Richard L. Horwitz (#2246)
KATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN LLP David E. Moore (#3 983)
E 525 West Monroe Street Hercules Plaza 6th F ioor
Chicago, Iilinois 60661-3693 1313 N. Market Street
, Tel: (312) 9026480 P.O. Box 951
Wilmington, DE 19899
I Tel: (302) 984-6000
rhorwitz@,gotteranderson.com
; dmoo1‘e@,_rg0ttermderson.com
Attorneys for Defendants
g Apotex Inc. and Apoiex Corp.
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RICHARDS LAYTON & FINGER
By: /.9/ Kelly E. Farnan
. Frederick L. Cottrell IH (#2555)
Kelly E. Farnzm (#4395)
One Rodney Square
920 North King Street
; P.O. Box 551
Wilmington, DE 19899
Tel: (302) 65l~7700
cot‘tre1lg@£rl£com
farnar1(a)rlf.com
. Attorneys for Defendants
Exela PharmScf Inc., Exela Pharrn Sci Pvt.
Ltd, Paddock Laboratories Inc. and
Pharmaforce Inc.
IT IS SO ORDERED this dey of , 2008.
E Chief Judge Gregory M. Sleet
878130 / 31920/ Brimonirfine
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