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.

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

JURY TRIAL DEMANDED

JOINT MOTION TO STAY BRIEFING DEADLINES FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT 

OF INVALIDITY FOR LACK OF SUBJECT MATTER ELIGIBILITY (DKT. 253)

TO THE HONORABLE COURT:

Defendant ZTE Corporation (“Defendant”) and Plaintiff WSOU Investments, LLC d/b/a 

Brazos Licensing and Development (“Plaintiff”) (collectively, “Parties”) submit this Joint Motion 

to stay briefing deadlines for the Summary Judgment of Invalidity for Lack of Subject Matter 

Eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101 (Dkts. 253, 256, 273), until the Court resolves the forthcoming 

dispute pertaining to Defendant’s request of a limited half-day deposition of Plaintiff’s expert, Dr. 

Michael Brogioli, with respect to his expert declaration submitted for Plaintiff’s Opposition to 

Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment for Ineligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101 in C.A. No. 

6:20-cv-00497-ADA (Dkt. 273); and the stay is to be consistent with the dispositive motions 

briefing schedule set forth in the Scheduling Order.

The above briefing stay does not change the date of any hearing, trial, or other Court date, 

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or extend any deadline of a final submission that affects the Court’s ability to hold a scheduled 

hearing, trial, or Court event.

Dated: December 21, 2022 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

Heather S. Kim (CA Bar No. 277686)

(Admitted in this District)

hkim@kasowitz.com

John W. Downing (CA Bar No. 252850) 

(Admitted in this District)

jdowning@kasowitz.com

ThucMinh Nguyen (CA Bar No. 304382)

(Admitted in this District)

tnguyen@kasowitz.com

Chen Jia (CA Bar No. 281470)

(Admitted pro hac vice)

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

Joshua A. Whitehill (NY Bar No. 4766473)

(Admitted pro hac vice)

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jwhitehill@kasowitz.com

Hershy Stern (NY Bar No. 4631024)

(Admitted pro hac vice)

hstern@kasowitz.com

Julianne Laporte (NY Bar No. 5547906)

(Admitted pro hac vice)

jlaporte@kasowitz.com

Howard L. Bressler (NY Bar No. 2487379)

(Admitted pro hac vice)

hbressler@kasowitz.com

Shelley Ivan (NY Bar No. 4338067)

(Admitted pro hac vice)

sivan@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 Allen (TX Bar No. 24081977)

justin@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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By: /s/ Lionel Lavenue

Lionel M. Lavenue

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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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

A true and correct copy of the foregoing instrument was served or delivered electronically 

to all counsel of record, on this 23rd day of December 2022, via the Court’s CM/ECF system.

/s/ Lionel M. Lavenue

Lionel M. Lavenue

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