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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. 

ZTE CORPORATION,

 Defendant.

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Civil Action No. 6:20-cv-00487-ADA-DTG

Civil Action No. 6:20-cv-00488-ADA-DTG

Civil Action No. 6:20-cv-00489-ADA-DTG

Civil Action No. 6:20-cv-00490-ADA-DTG

Civil Action No. 6:20-cv-00491-ADA-DTG

Civil Action No. 6:20-cv-00493-ADA-DTG

Civil Action No. 6:20-cv-00494-ADA-DTG

Civil Action No. 6:20-cv-00495-ADA-DTG

Civil Action No. 6:20-cv-00496-ADA-DTG

Civil Action No. 6:20-cv-00497-ADA-DTG

JURY TRIAL DEMANDED

JOINT STATUS REPORT

Joint Portion: Plaintiff WSOU Investments, LLC d/b/a Brazos Licensing and 

Development (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant ZTE Corporation (“Defendant”) hereby submit this 

Status Report notifying the Court of developments in accordance with the Court’s Order for the 

above-captioned cases. See September 19, 2022, Motion to Stay Hearing Transcript at 29:8-15.

On October 13, 2022, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) issued a Final Written 

Decision Determining All Challenged Claims Unpatentable for U.S. Patent No. 8,179,960. See

Ex. 1 (IPR2021-00696, Paper 24).

On October 14, 2022, the PTAB issued a Final Written Decision Determining No Claims 

Unpatentable for U.S. Patent No. 7,203,505. See Ex. 2 (IPR2021-00698, Paper 25). 

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On October 14, 2022, the PTAB issued a Final Written Decision Determining All 

Challenged Claims Unpatentable for U.S. Patent No. 7,742,534. See Ex. 3 (IPR2021-00699, Paper 

33).

Plaintiff’s Additional Portion: Plaintiff understands that the Court ordered the parties to 

submit a status report regarding IPRs at the hearing on Defendant’s Motion to Stay. See September 

19, 2022, Motion to Stay Hearing Transcript at 29:8-15 (“And so given that, I think that it weighs 

in favor of denying the stay and proceeding with the case. And -- but I will order the parties to 

file a status notice of those three IPRs, that three being in the Case number 496, 490, and 

497, file a status update regarding the IPRs on October 19th which will gives us the -- let us 

know whether those cases are proceeding or not. And that may -- depending on the results of those 

final written decisions, that may eliminate three additional cause numbers.”) (emphasis added); 

see also Proposed Order submitted to the Court on September 28, 2022 at ¶ 2 (“The Parties shall 

submit a status report on October 19, 2022 regarding the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s decisions 

on pending Inter Partes Reviews related to Civil Action No. 6:20-cv-00490-ADA (Patent No.

8,179,960), Civil Action No. 6:20-cv-00496-ADA (Patent No. 7,742,534), and Civil Action No. 

6:20-cv-00497-ADA (Patent No. 7,203,505).”). The USPTO has not yet issued any final decisions 

on any of Defendant’s requests for ex parte reexamination, which are still pending.

Defendant’s Additional Portion: On October 14, 2022, the USPTO issued a Non-Final 

Office Action Rejecting All Claims for U.S. Patent No. 9,185,036. See Ex. 4 (Re-Examination 

Application No. 90/019,086).

On October 5, 2022, the USPTO issued a Non-Final Office Action Rejecting All Claims 

for U.S. Patent No. 7,489,929. See Ex. 5 (Re-Examination Application No. 90/015,029).

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All of the above-captioned cases remain active (i.e., the cases are not stayed and have not 

been dismissed with prejudice).

An update to Defendant’s previously submitted summary chart is provided below. Dkt. 

Dkt. 244, pp. 3-4.1

Asserted 

Patent

(Case No.)

Status

Case No./Reexamination 

Application No.

Update

7,742,534

(-496)

Inter partes review 

instituted on all claims by 

the PTAB

IPR2021-00699

October 14, 2022, Final 

Written Decision determining 

all claims unpatentable. See 

Ex. 3.

Request for ex parte 

reexamination on all claims 

filed August 4, 2022

90/019,106 N/A

7,203,505

(-497)

Inter partes review 

instituted on all claims by 

the PTAB

IPR2021-00698

October 14, 2022, Final 

Written Decision determining 

no claim unpatentable. See 

Ex. 2.

Request for ex parte 

reexamination on all claims

filed July 29, 2022

09/941,851 N/A

8,179,960

(-490)

Inter partes review 

instituted on all claims by 

the PTAB

IPR2021-00696

October 13, 2022, Final 

Written Decision determining 

all claims unpatentable. See 

Ex. 1.

8,147,071

(-492)2

Inter partes review 

instituted on all claims by 

the PTAB

IPR2021-00695

September 1, 2022, Final 

Written Decision determining 

all claims unpatentable. See 

Dkt. 250, Ex. 32.

7,487,240

(-489)

Ex parte reexamination 

granted on all claims by the 

USPTO on June 28, 2022

90/019,083 N/A

8,451,839

(-487)

Ex parte reexamination 

granted on all claims by the 

USPTO on June 28, 2022

90/019,078 N/A

8,730,905

(-491)

Ex parte reexamination 

granted on all claims by the 

USPTO on July 13, 2022

90/019,077 N/A

1 Unless otherwise noted, references to “Dkt.” are to Case No. 6:20-cv-00487-ADA.

2 Plaintiff dismissed with prejudice case no. 6:22-cv-00492 on October 3, 2022.

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9,185,036

(-494)

Ex parte reexamination 

granted on all claims by the 

USPTO on July 1, 2022

90/019,086

October 14, 2022, Non-Final 

Office Action rejecting all 

claims. See Ex. 4.

9,258,232

(-495)

Ex parte reexamination 

granted on all claims by the 

USPTO on July 29, 2022

90/019,094 N/A

9,294,060

(-493)

Ex parte reexamination 

granted on all claims by the 

USPTO on July 12, 2022

90/015,031 N/A

7,489,929

(-488)

Ex parte reexamination 

granted on all claims by the 

USPTO on June 24, 2022

90/015,029

October 5, 2022, Non-Final 

Office Action rejecting all 

claims. See Ex. 5.

DATED: October 19, 2022 Respectfully submitted,

/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

/s/ Lionel M. Lavenue 

Lionel M. Lavenue 

Virginia Bar No. 49,005

lionel.lavenue@finnegan.com 

FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, 

GARRETT & DUNNER, LLP

1875 Explorer Street, Suite 800

Reston, VA 20190

Phone: (571) 203-2700

Fax: (202) 408-4400

Attorney for Defendant, 

ZTE Corporation

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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 

Charles A. Naggar (NY Bar No. 5356449) 

(Admitted pro hac vice) 

cnaggar@kasowitz.com 

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 

Julianne Laporte (NY Bar No. 5547906) 

(Admitted pro hac vice) 

jlaporte@kasowitz.com 

Lea Dartevelle Erhel (NY Bar No. 5172101) 

(Admitted pro hac vice) 

ldartevelle@kasowitz.com 

Joshua A. Whitehill (NY Bar No. 4766473) 

(Admitted pro hac vice) 

jwhitehill@kasowitz.com 

Noah P. Dorman (DC Bar No. 1779821) 

(Admitted pro hac vice) 

ndorman@kasowitz.com 

Jessica C. Sutliff (NY Bar No. 2772150) 

(Admitted pro hac vice) 

jsutliff@kasowitz.com 

Ryan A. Madden (NY Bar No. 5706080) 

(Admitted pro hac vice) 

rmadden@kasowitz.com 

Shelley Ivan (NY Bar No. 4338067) 

(Admitted pro hac vice) 

sivan@kasowitz.com 

KASOWITZ BENSON TORRES LLP 

1633 Broadway 

New York, NY 10019 

Telephone: (212) 506-1700 

Facsimile: (212) 506-1800 

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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 

STECKLER WAYNE CHERRY & LOVE 

PLLC 

8416 Old McGregor Rd. 

Waco, Texas 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 document was served or 

delivered electronically to all counsel of record, on this 19th day of October, 2022, via the Court’s 

CM/ECF system.

/s/ Lionel M. Lavenue 

Lionel M. Lavenue 

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