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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.

Civil Action No. 6:20-cv-00454-ADA

Civil Action No. 6:20-cv-00455-ADA

Civil Action No. 6:20-cv-00456-ADA

Civil Action No. 6:20-cv-00457-ADA

Civil Action No. 6:20-cv-00458-ADA

Civil Action No. 6:20-cv-00459-ADA

Civil Action No. 6:20-cv-00460-ADA

Civil Action No. 6:20-cv-00461-ADA

Civil Action No. 6:20-cv-00462-ADA

Civil Action No. 6:20-cv-00463-ADA

Civil Action No. 6:20-cv-00464-ADA

Civil Action No. 6:20-cv-00465-ADA

ORDER REGARDING DISCOVERY DISPUTES

This Court, having considered the parties’ disputes raised during the October 7, 2021 

Discovery Hearing, hereby ORDERS the following:

Microsoft’s request for leave to amend its invalidity contentions is GRANTED. 

Microsoft may amend its invalidity contentions with respect to the prior art references addressed 

during the October 7 Discovery Hearing and set forth below:

• CINEMA Prior Art (-464 action), to the extent Microsoft receives third-party 

source code in response to its subpoena.

• Live Communication Server (LCS) 2005 Prior Art, 

Microsoft_Skype_WSOU282927 (-456 action).

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• Mitel Prior Art, Administrator Guide “Your Assistant 3.1,”

MS_WSOU_MITEL00000488-MS_WSOU_MITEL00000549 (-456 action).

• Microvision Prior Art, MV000561-600; MV000604-608 (-459 and -463 actions).

• BMC Prior Art, “Patrol Dashboard & Agent,” BMC-000024 to BMC-000115; 

BMC-000396 to BMC-000953; BMC-000116 to BMC-000275; BMC-001828 to 

BMC-001945; BMC-003359 to BMC-003388; BMC-004137 to BMC-004384; 

BMC-004093 to BMC-004136; BMC-004055 to BMC-004092; BMC-003359 to 

BMC-003388; BMC-003389 to BMC-003480, and other references cited in 

Microsoft’s ’160 Patent Second Amended Invalidity Contentions – Exhibit F-1 (-

454 and -465 actions).

• EA source code (-457 action).

WSOU’s request to compel Microsoft to provide financial and technical documents and 

source code on Microsoft Teams, for the -464 action, is GRANTED. By no later than October 

13, 2021, Microsoft will notify WSOU when it is that Microsoft can produce its documents 

relating to Microsoft Teams..

WSOU’s request to compel discovery concerning IVAS is DENIED.

WSOU’s request to compel Microsoft to print diagrams generated by WSOU’s experts 

using third-party software is GRANTED-IN-PART. WSOU may request up to 20 such diagrams 

per case, and Microsoft may apply any designation it sees fit to ensure confidentiality and clarify 

the source of these diagrams.

Microsoft’s request to compel WSOU to produce complete license agreements, including 

all attachments, and confirm that it has produced all license agreements in its possession is 

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GRANTED-IN-PART and DENIED-IN-PART as moot. WSOU shall produce all exhibits to the 

license agreements it has produced in the form they are kept in the ordinary course of business.

Microsoft’s request to compel WSOU to produce financial information for the years 2017 

and 2019 is GRANTED. By no later than October 15, 2021, WSOU shall produce an annual 

financial statement for 2017 and an annual financial

statement for 2019.

Microsoft’s request to compel WSOU to produce unredacted quarterly reports is 

GRANTED-IN-PART and DENIED-IN-PART. WSOU shall provide written verification to 

Microsoft that every redaction in the quarterly reports at issue was made because those redacted 

portions describe negotiations.

Microsoft’s request to compel WSOU to produce the marketing materials identified by 

Matt Hogan at his deposition is GRANTED-IN-PART and DENIED-IN-PART. WSOU shall 

produce marketing materials corresponding to Q4 2017 and Q4 2019, the quarters in which a 

hypothetical negotiation may have taken place for the -453, 459, and -463 actions.

Microsoft’s request to compel WSOU to produce the underlying Loan Agreement and 

full Security Agreement for both the BP Funding Trust and OT WSOU Terrier Holdings security 

interests is DENIED.

Microsoft’s request to compel WSOU to search for and produce all sales and marketing 

documents in its possession from Aqua Licensing is DENIED as moot. WSOU is ORDERED to 

identify such documents by Bates number and date of production.

WSOU’s request to compel Microsoft to answer Interrogatory No. 10 in the -457 action, 

served on September 29, 2021, is GRANTED. It is hereby ORDERED that all deadlines in the -

457 action are extended by five months.

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SIGNED this ___ day of November 2021.

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HONORABLE ALAN D ALBRIGHT

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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