IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS 

WACO DIVISION

NCS MULTISTAGE INC.,

NCS MULTISTAGE, LLC,

 Plaintiffs,

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CIVIL ACTION NO. 6:20-cv-00277-ADA

NINE ENERGY SERVICE, INC.,

 

 Defendant.

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STIPULATION OF DISMISSAL OF CERTAIN CLAIMS 

PURSUANT TO RULE 41(a)(1)(A)(ii)

Pursuant to Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(ii), Plaintiffs NCS Multistage Inc. (“NCS Canada”) and 

NCS Multistage, LLC (“NCS US,” and collectively, “NCS”) and Defendant Nine Energy 

Service, Inc. (“Nine,” and collectively, “the Parties”) hereby file this Stipulation of Dismissal of 

Certain Claims. In support thereof, the Parties state as follows:

1. On April 8, 2020, NCS Canada filed an Original Complaint for Patent 

Infringement against Nine, accusing Nine of infringing U.S. Patent No. 10,465,445 (“the ’445 

Patent”). Dkt. 1. In the Original Complaint, NCS Canada alleged that Nine’s infringement has 

been and continues to be willful and deliberate and alleged it was entitled to enhanced damages 

because of Nine’s willful infringement. Dkt. 1 at 7.

2. On February 8, 2021, NCS US was added to the case in NCS’s First Amended 

Complaint for Patent Infringement. Dkt. 58. In the First Amended Complaint, NCS re-alleged 

that Nine’s infringement of the ’445 Patent has been and continues to be willful and deliberate 

and re-alleged that it was entitled to enhanced damages because of Nine’s willful infringement. 

Dkt. 58 at 7. 

3. On October 8, 2021, Nine filed a Motion for Summary Judgment of No Willful 

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Infringement and No Conduct Warranting Enhanced Damages (“SJM”). Dkt. 114.

4. To simplify the case, NCS notified Nine it was voluntarily dismissing with 

prejudice its claims for willfulness and enhanced damages and asked Nine to withdraw its SJM. 

Nine agreed. 

5. The Parties have therefore agreed and stipulated to the dismissal of NCS’s claims 

for willfulness and enhanced damages with prejudice. 

6. This Stipulation of Dismissal of Certain Claims will not affect or prejudice NCS’s 

other claims against Nine, which remain pending before this Court. See, e.g., Oswalt v. Scripto, 

Inc., 616 F.2d 191 (5th Cir. 1980) (noting that Rule 41(a)(1) authorizes dismissing single claims 

in a multiclaim lawsuit); Wesson v. City of Dallas, No. 3:14-CV-4325-L, 2016 WL 892780, at *1 

(N.D. Tex. Mar. 9, 2016) (approving of the parties’ stipulation to dismiss only one of the 

plaintiff’s claims pursuant to Rule 41(a)(1)(ii)); cf. Meinecke v. H & R Block of Houston, 66 F.3d 

77, 82, (5th Cir.1995) (finding district court’s order granting summary judgment on claims 

previously dismissed pursuant to Rule 41(a)(1)(ii) stipulation was “void” and affirming granting 

of summary judgment on non-dismissed claims).

WHEREFORE, the Parties respectfully notify the Court of this Stipulation of Dismissal 

of Certain Claims and stipulate that NCS’s claims for willfulness and enhanced damages are 

dismissed with prejudice.

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Dated:October 14, 2021

Respectfully submitted,

VINSON & ELKINS L.L.P.

/s/Hilary L. Preston

Hilary L. Preston

Texas Bar No. 24062946

hpreston@velaw.com

Jeffrey T. Han

Texas Bar No. 24069870

jhan@velaw.com

VINSON & ELKINS L.L.P.

2801 Via Fortuna, Suite 100

Austin, TX 78746

Telephone: +1.512.542.8400

Fax: +1.512.542.8612

Parker D. Hancock

Texas Bar No. 24108256

phancock@velaw.com

VINSON & ELKINS L.L.P.

1001 Fannin Street, Suite 2500

Houston, TX 77002-6760

Telephone: +1.713.758.2222

FAX: +1.713.758.2346

ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT NINE 

ENERGY SERVICE, INC.

Respectfully submitted,

BLANK ROME LLP

/s/Domingo M. LLagostera

Domingo M. LLagostera

(Attorney-in-charge)

State Bar No. 24070157

Tel.: (713) 632-8682

Fax: (713) 228-6605

DLLagostera@BlankRome.com

Russell T. Wong

State Bar No. 21884235

RWong@BlankRome.com

Tel.: (713) 632-8634

Fax: (713) 228-6605

Andrew K. Fletcher (admitted pro hac vice)

PA State ID. 75544

AFletcher@BlankRome.com

Tel.: (412) 932-2736

501 Grant Street, Suite 850

Pittsburgh, PA 15219

Megan R. Wood (admitted pro hac vice)

DC Bar No. 1024203

MWood@blankrome.com

Tel.: (202) 420-2753

1825 Eye Street NW

Washington, DC 20006

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFFS NCS 

MULTISTAGE INC. AND NCS 

MULTISTAGE, LLC

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

The undersigned certifies that all counsel of record were electronically served with a copy 

of the foregoing on October 14, 2021, via the Court’s CM/ECF system. 

/s/ Domingo M. LLagostera

Domingo M. LLagostera

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