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.

DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC., 

DELL INC., EMC CORPORATION, 

AND VMWARE, INC.,

Defendants.

Civil Action No.: 6:20-cv-00480-ADA-DTG

Civil Action No.: 6:20-cv-00481-ADA-DTG

Civil Action No.: 6:20-cv-00486-ADA-DTG

JURY TRIAL DEMANDED

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PLAINTIFF’S OBJECTIONS TO AND APPEAL FROM MAGISTRATE JUDGE’S

REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION GRANTING IN PART DEFENDANTS’ 

MOTION TO EXCLUDE PREVIOUSLY UNDISCLOSED THEORIES OF STAN

MCCLELLAN PH.D. CONCERNING INFRINGEMENT OF U.S. PATENT 9,164,800

Plaintiff respectfully objects to and appeals Magistrate Judge Gilliland’s Report and 

Recommendation (“R&R”) granting in part Defendants’ Motion to Strike Previously Undisclosed 

Theories of Stan McClellan Ph.D. Concerning Infringement of U.S. Patent 9,164,800 (the 

“Motion”), as it contains erroneous findings of fact and contradicts the pertinent law and 

procedures.1See, e.g., Baylor Health Care Sys. v. Equitable Plan Servs., 955 F. Supp. 2d 678, 689 

(N.D. Tex. 2013); see also Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(a) (“The district judge in the case must consider 

timely objections and modify or set aside any part of the order that is clearly erroneous or is 

contrary to law.”).

 

1 Pursuant to the R&R, dated January 30, 2023, (Dkt. 345), the reasoning is stated on the record of 

the hearing held on January 27, 2023. This transcript is not yet available. 

Submitted herewith is the Declaration of Jonathan K. Waldrop, dated February 10, 2023 (“Waldrop 

Declaration”). “Ex.” Refers to exhibits attached to the Waldrop Declaration. 

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The R&R is clearly erroneous. Brazos plainly showed—supported by evidence—that 

Brazos’s infringement theories focus on 

Consequently, Brazos’s

theories were 

See id.; MasterObjects, Inc. v. Meta Platforms, Inc., No. 21-05428-WHA, 2022 WL 4856269, at *3 

(N.D. Cal. Oct. 3, 2022) (denying Meta’s motion to strike expert infringement report’s citations to IOS 

and Android source code not identified in the contentions because those were accused features); 

Fenner Invs., Ltd. v. Hewlett-Packard Co., No. CIV.A. 6:08-CV-273, 2010 WL 786606, at *2 (E.D. 

Tex. Feb. 26, 2010) (denying motion to strike infringement report concerning layer 3 switches even 

though contentions did not include how the layer 3 switches retain layer 2 MAC addressing as 

required by the claims); Mobile Telecomms. Techs., LLC v. Blackberry Corp., No. 3:12-CV-1652-

M, 2016 WL 2907735, at *2 (N.D. Tex. May 17, 2016). 

Moreover, Defendants’ expert, Benjamin F. Goldberg, Ph.D., responded t 

Defendants knew of 

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See MasterObjects, 2022 WL 4856269, at *3 (noting that 

striking “will not result in a just trial” because Meta should have known “parts most vulnerable to 

a theory of infringement.”). For these reasons, Plaintiff respectfully requests that this Court sustain 

Plaintiff’s objections and vacate Magistrate Judge Gilliland’s Report and Recommendation 

granting in part Defendants’ Motion to Strike Previously Undisclosed Theories of Stan McClellan 

Ph.D. Concerning Infringement of U.S. Patent 9,164,800.

Dated: February 10, 2023 RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,

By: /s/ Jonathan K. Waldrop

Jonathan K. Waldrop (CA Bar No. 297903) 

(Admitted in this District)

jwaldrop@kasowitz.com

Darcy L. Jones (CA Bar No. 309474) 

(Admitted in this District)

djones@kasowitz.com

Marcus A. Barber (CA Bar No. 307361)

(Admitted in this District)

mbarber@kasowitz.com

John W. Downing (CA Bar No. 252850) 

(Admitted in this District)

jdowning@kasowitz.com

Heather S. Kim (CA Bar No. 277686)

(Admitted in this District)

hkim@kasowitz.com

ThucMinh Nguyen (CA Bar No. 304382)

(Admitted in this District)

tnguyen@kasowitz.com

Chen Jia (CA Bar No. 281470)

(Admitted in this District)

cjia@kasowitz.com

KASOWITZ BENSON TORRES LLP

333 Twin Dolphin Drive, Suite 200

Redwood Shores, California 94065

Telephone: (650) 453-5170

Facsimile: (650) 453-5171

Paul G. Williams (GA Bar No. 764925)

(Admitted in this District)

pwilliams@kasowitz.com

KASOWITZ BENSON TORRES LLP

1230 Peachtree Street N.E., Suite 2445

Atlanta, Georgia 30309

Telephone: (404) 260-6080

Facsimile: (404) 260-6081

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Hershy Stern (NY Bar No. 4631024)

(Admitted pro hac vice)

hstern@kasowitz.com

Howard L. Bressler (NY Bar No. 2487379)

(Admitted pro hac vice)

hbressler@kasowitz.com

Joshua A. Whitehill (NY Bar No. 4766473)

(Admitted pro hac vice)

jwhitehill@kasowitz.com

Julianne Laporte (NY Bar No. 5547906)

(Admitted pro hac vice)

jlaporte@kasowitz.com

Noah P. Dorman (DC Bar No. 1779821)

(Admitted pro hac vice)

ndorman@kasowitz.com

KASOWITZ BENSON TORRES LLP

1633 Broadway

New York, NY 10019

Telephone: (212) 506-1700

Facsimile: (212) 506-1800

Mark D. Siegmund (TX Bar No. 24117055)

mark@swclaw.com

Craig D. Cherry (TX Bar No. 24012419)

craig@swclaw.com

Justin W. Allen (TX Bar No. 24081977)

justin@swclaw.com 

Melissa S. Ruiz (TX Bar No. 24128097)

melissa@swclaw.com

STECKLER WAYNE CHERRY & LOVE 

PLLC

8416 Old McGregor Road 

Waco, TX 76712

Telephone: (254) 651-3690

Facsimile: (254) 651-3689

Gregory Phillip Love (TX Bar No. 24013060)

greg@swclaw.com

STECKLER WAYNE CHERRY & LOVE 

PLLC

107 East Main Street

Henderson, TX 75652

Telephone: (903) 212-4444

Facsimile: (903) 392-2267

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

WSOU INVESTMENTS, LLC d/b/a

BRAZOS LICENSING AND

DEVELOPMENT

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing instrument was served or 

delivered electronically via email to all counsel of record, on this 10th day of February, 2023.

/s/ Jonathan K. Waldrop

Jonathan K. Waldrop

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