IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS

WACO DIVISION

WSOU INVESTMENTS, LLC D/B/A 

BRAZOS LICENSING AND 

DEVELOPMENT,

Plaintiff,

v.

MICROSOFT CORPORATION,

Defendant.

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CIVIL ACTION 6:20-CV-00454-ADA

CIVIL ACTION 6:20-CV-00456-ADA

CIVIL ACTION 6:20-CV-00457-ADA

CIVIL ACTION 6:20-CV-00458-ADA

CIVIL ACTION 6:20-CV-00460-ADA 

CIVIL ACTION 6:20-CV-00461-ADA 

CIVIL ACTION 6:20-CV-00462-ADA 

CIVIL ACTION 6:20-CV-00463-ADA

CIVIL ACTION 6:20-CV-00464-ADA

CIVIL ACTION 6:20-CV-00465-ADA

JURY TRIAL DEMANDED

JOINT NOTICE CONCERNING AGREEMENT TO EXTEND DEADLINES

TO THE HONORABLE COURT:

Plaintiff WSOU Investments, LLC (“WSOU”) and Defendant Microsoft Corporation 

(“Microsoft”) (collectively, the “Parties”), pursuant to the Court’s Standing Order Regarding 

Joint or Unopposed Request to Change Deadline, submit this Joint Notice to memorialize their 

agreement to extend case deadlines. The Parties have agreed to adjust the Scheduling Order to

align pre-trial proceedings between Civil Action No. 6:20-cv-00463 and Civil Action No. 6:20-

cv-00457, to streamline pre-trial proceedings for the Court and the Parties. The Parties have 

further agreed to adjust the Scheduling Order to afford the Parties more time for the purposes of 

completing fact depositions in Civil Action Nos. 6:20-cv-00456, -458, -460, -462, and -464. The 

Parties have jointly agreed to modify the schedule as follows:

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Event Case Grouping 

1

1

Case Grouping 

2

Case Grouping 3

Az Monitor (-

454)

NPM (-465)

NPS (-461)

Skype (-456, -

458, -462, -460) 

Teams/Skype (-

464)

Xbox Live (-

457)

Hololens (-463)

Final Date for 

Depositions

1/25/22 2/22/22 3/8/22 Completed

Opening Expert 

Reports

2/1/22 3/1/22 3/15/22 Completed

Rebuttal Expert 

Reports

3/1/22 3/29/22 4/12/22 Completed

Close of Expert 

Discovery

3/29/22 4/26/22 5/10/22 Plaintiff to 

present experts 

for deposition: 

5/10/22

Dispositive Motion 

Deadline

4/12/22 5/3/22 5/24/22 5/24/22

Serve Pretrial 

Disclosures

4/26/22 5/24/22 6/7/22 6/7/22

Objections/Rebuttal 

Disclosures

5/10/22 6/7/22 6/21/22 6/21/22

MILs 5/17/22 6/14/22 6/28/22 6/28/22

Joint Pretrial 

Order/Submissions

5/24/22 6/21/22 7/5/22 7/5/22

Remaining Pretrial 

Objections

6/7/22 7/5/22 7/19/22 7/19/22

Proposed Final 

PTC

6/14/22 7/12/22 7/26/22 7/26/22

Proposed Trial 6/21/22 7/19/22 8/2/22 8/2/22

DATED: January 11, 2022 Respectfully submitted,

/s/ Kalpana Srinivasan /s/ Melissa R. Smith

Max L. Tribble, Jr., Bar No. 2021395

mtribble@susmangodfrey.com

Shawn Blackburn, Bar No. 24089989 (pro 

hac vice)

Melissa R. Smith, Bar No. 24001351

melissa@gillamsmithlaw.com 

GILLAM & SMITH, LLP

303 South Washington Avenue

1 The dates for Case Grouping 1 were previously submitted to the Court in the Parties’ December 

3, 2021 Joint Notice Concerning Agreement to Extend Deadlines.

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sblackburn@susmangodfrey.com

Bryce Barcelo, Bar No. 24092081(pro hac 

vice)

bbarcelo@susmangodfrey.com

SUSMAN GODFREY LLP

1000 Louisiana St, Suite 5100

Houston, TX 77002-5096

Tel: (713) 651-9366

Kalpana Srinivasan, Bar No. 237460 (pro 

hac vice)

ksrinivasan@susmangodfrey.com

SUSMAN GODFREY LLP

1900 Avenue Of The Stars, Suite 1400

Los Angeles, CA 90067-6029

Tel: (310) 789-3100

Mark D. Siegmund, Bar No. 24117055

mark@swclaw.com

STECKLER WAYNE COCHRAN CHERRY,

PLLC

8416 Old McGregor Rd.

Waco, TX 76712

Tel: (254) 651-3690

ATTORNEYS FOR WSOU 

INVESTMENTS, LLC D/B/A BRAZOS 

LICENSING AND DEVELOPMENT 

Marshall, Texas 75670

Tel: (903) 934-8450

Fax: (903) 934-9257

Michael J. Bettinger

mbettinger@sidley.com

Irene Yang

irene.yang@sidley.com

SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP

555 California Street, Suite 2000

San Francisco, CA 94104

Tel: (415) 772-1200

Fax: (415) 772-7400

Richard A. Cederoth

rcederoth@sidley.com 

John W. McBride

jwmcbride@sidley.com

SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP

1 South Dearborn St.

Chicago, IL 60603

Tel: (312) 853-7000

Fax: (312) 853-7036

ATTORNEYS FOR MICROSOFT 

CORPORATION 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that all counsel of record who are deemed to have consented to electronic 

service are being served with a copy of this filing via the Court’s CM/ECF system per Local 

Rule CV-5(a) on January 11, 2022.

/s/ Melissa R. Smith

Melissa R. Smith

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