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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.

CASE NO. 6:20-CV-00454-ADA

CASE NO. 6:20-CV-00457-ADA

CASE NO. 6:20-CV-00460-ADA

CASE NO. 6:20-CV-00461-ADA

CASE NO. 6:20-CV-00463-ADA

CASE NO. 6:20-CV-00464-ADA

CASE NO. 6:20-CV-00465-ADA

JURY TRIAL DEMANDED

JOINT MOTION TO STAY

Plaintiff WSOU Investments, LLC d/b/a Brazos Licensing and Development (“Brazos”) 

and Defendant Microsoft Corporation (“Microsoft”) (collectively, the “parties”) jointly move to 

stay the above-captioned cases for forty-five (45) days. 

WHEREAS, the parties have executed a binding term sheet resolving the above-captioned 

cases;

WHEREAS, the parties are in the process of finalizing a settlement to resolve all claims 

currently pending; and 

 WHEREAS the proposed stay would vacate all deadlines as to this action.

IT IS HEREBY AGREED AND STIPULATED by and between the parties, subject to the 

approval of the Court, that this case is stayed for forty-five (45) days. The parties further agree 

that, at the end of the forty-five day stay, they shall file a joint notice advising the Court of any 

appropriate relief required, including whether the stay should or should not be continued. 

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Dated: June 15, 2022 

Respectfully Submitted,

By: /s/ Mark D. Siegmund

J. Hoke Peacock III

Texas Bar No. 15673980 

Max L. Tribble, Jr. 

Texas Bar No. 2021395 

Shawn Blackburn (pro hac vice) 

Texas Bar No. 24089989 

SUSMAN GODFREY LLP

1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 5100 

Houston, TX 77002-5096 

Tel.: (713) 651-9366 

Fax: (713) 654-6666 

tpeacock@susmangodfrey.com 

mtribble@susmangodfrey.com 

sblackburn@susmangodfrey.com 

Kalpana Srinivasan

California Bar No. 237460 

Anna Catherine Coll (pro hac vice) 

California Bar No. 337548 

SUSMAN GODFREY LLP

1900 Avenue of the Stars, 14th Floor 

Los Angeles, CA 90067-6029 

Tel.: (310) 789-3100 

Fax: (310) 789-3150 

ksrinivasan@susmangodfrey.com 

acoll@susmangodfrey.com 

Elizabeth Aronson (pro hac vice) 

State Bar No. 5704432 

SUSMAN GODFREY LLP

1301 Avenue of the Americas, 32nd Floor 

New York, NY 10019 

(212) 336-8330 

(212) 336-8340 

baronson@susmangodfrey.com 

Mark D. Siegmund 

State Bar No. 24117055 

STECKLER WAYNE CHERRY & LOVE PLLC

8416 Old McGregor Road

/s/ Melissa R. Smith (with permission) 

Michael J. Bettinger

Bar No. 122196 

mbettinger@sidley.com 

Brooke S. Boll 

Bar No. 318372 

brooke.boll@sidley.com 

Irene Yang

Bar No. 245464 

irene.yang@sidley.com 

SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP

555 California Street, Suite 2000 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Tel: (415) 772-1200 

Richard A. Cederoth 

Bar No. 6185199 

John W. McBride 

Bar No. 6294453 

Kevin R. Oliver 

Bar No. 6324436 

Richard M. Chen 

Bar No. 6325568 

rcederoth@sidley.com 

jwmcbride@sidley.com 

kevin.oliver@sidley.com 

rchen@sidley.com 

SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP

One South Dearborn 

Chicago, IL 60603 

Tel: (312) 853-7000 

Melissa R. Smith

Bar No. 24001351 

melissa@gillamsmithlaw.com 

GILLAM & SMITH, LLP

303 South Washington Avenue 

Marshall, TX 75670 

Tel: (903) 934-8450 

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10070321v1/017340

Waco, TX 76712

Tel.: (254) 651-3690

Fax: (254) 651-3689

mark@swclaw.com

Counsel for Plaintiff WSOU Investments, LLC

d/b/a Brazos Licensing and Development

James Travis Underwood

Bar No. 24102587

travis@gillamsmithlaw.com

GILLAM & SMITH, LLP

102 N. College, Suite 800

Tyler, TX 75702

Tel.: (903) 934-8450

Fax: (903) 934-9257

Counsel for Microsoft Corporation

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

The undersigned certifies that on June 15, 2022, I electronically filed this document with 

the Clerk of Court via the Court’s CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing to 

all counsel of record, all of whom have consented to electronic service in this action.

/s/ Mark D. Siegmund 

Mark D. Siegmund 

Counsel for Plaintiff 

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