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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.

GOOGLE LLC,

Defendant.

Case No. 6:20-cv-00571-ADA

Case No. 6:20-cv-00572-ADA

Case No. 6:20-cv-00573-ADA

Case No. 6:20-cv-00574-ADA

Case No. 6:20-cv-00575-ADA

Case No. 6:20-cv-00576-ADA

Case No. 6:20-cv-00577-ADA

Case No. 6:20-cv-00578-ADA

Case No. 6:20-cv-00579-ADA

Case No. 6:20-cv-00580-ADA

Case No. 6:20-cv-00581-ADA

Case No. 6:20-cv-00582-ADA

Case No. 6:20-cv-00583-ADA

Case No. 6:20-cv-00584-ADA

Case No. 6:20-cv-00585-ADA

JURY TRIAL DEMANDED

JOINT CASE READINESS STATUS REPORT

TO THE HONORABLE COURT:

Plaintiff WSOU Investments, LLC and Defendant Google LLC, hereby provide the

following status report in advance of the initial Case Management Conference (CMC).

FILING AND EXTENSIONS

Plaintiff WSOU filed a complaint in each of the above-numbered cases on June 29, 2020. 

There has been one extension for a total of 45 days in all cases except in WSOU Investments LLC 

v. Google LLC, No. 6:20-cv-00571; in that case, there were two extensions for a total of 45 days; 

a first extension for 45 days, and a second extension after WSOU filed a first amended complaint 

on August 5, 2020, covering the same period and ensuring that Google’s Rule 12 responses all 

fell on the same day.

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RESPONSES TO THE COMPLAINTS

Defendant filed an answer in the following cases on September 11, 2020: -00571, -

00572, -00573, -00574, -00576, -00578, -00579, -00581, -00582, -00583, and -00584.

PENDING MOTIONS

Defendant filed a motion to dismiss pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) in the following cases on 

September 11, 2020: -00575, -00577, -00580, and -00585. There are no other pending motions.

RELATED CASES IN THIS JUDICIAL DISTRICT

The above-numbered cases were all filed by Plaintiff against Defendant in this District. 

There are no known related cases. 

IPR, CBM, AND OTHER PGR FILINGS

There are no known IPR, CBM, or other PGR filings with respect to the patents asserted 

in the above-numbered cases.

NUMBER OF ASSERTED PATENTS AND CLAIMS

Based on the current understanding of Defendant’s products, Plaintiff intends to assert in 

the infringement contentions the following number of claims:

Case Number of Patents Number of Claims

-00571 1 9

-00572 1 14

-00573 1 5

-00574 1 21

-00575 1 12

-00576 1 7

-00577 1 20

-00578 1 4

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-00579 1 26

-00580 1 41

-00581 1 12

-00582 1 4

-00583 1 5

-00584 1 5

-00585 1 6

APPOINTMENT OF TECHNICAL ADVISOR

The parties are discussing whether appointment of a technical adviser would be beneficial 

and will so advise the Court in the coming weeks.

MEET AND CONFER STATUS

The parties raise the following pre-Markman issues:

Conduct of Markman Hearing – the parties understand that the Court has scheduled 

these cases for Markman on March 25-26, 2021. The parties are meeting and conferring and will 

make a proposal to the Court for orderly presentation of the claim construction issues presented 

in the above-numbered cases over the two days allocated for hearing.

Protective Order – the parties anticipate submitting a proposed form of 

protective/confidentiality order, or their limited disputes regarding such an order, in the coming 

days.

Date: October 2, 2020 Respectfully submitted,

By: /s/ James L. Etheridge

James L. Etheridge 

Texas Bar No. 24059147 

Ryan S. Loveless 

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Texas Bar No. 24036997 

Brett A. Mangrum 

Texas Bar No. 24065671 

Travis L. Richins 

Texas Bar No. 24061296 

Jeff Huang 

Etheridge Law Group, PLLC 

2600 E. Southlake Blvd., Suite 120 / 324 

Southlake, TX 76092 

Tel.: (817) 470-7249 

Fax: (817) 887-5950 

Jim@EtheridgeLaw.com 

Ryan@EtheridgeLaw.com 

Brett@EtheridgeLaw.com 

Travis@EtheridgeLaw.com 

Jeff@EtheridgeLaw.com 

Mark D. Siegmund

State Bar No. 24117055

mark@waltfairpllc.com

Law Firm of Walt, Fair PLLC.

1508 North Valley Mills Drive 

Waco, Texas 76710

Telephone: (254) 772-6400

Facsimile: (254) 772-6432

Counsel for Plaintiff WSOU Investments, LLC

/s/ Michael E. Jones 

Michael E. Jones (Texas Bar No. 10929400)

Patrick C. Clutter (Texas Bar No. 24036374)

Potter Minton, P.C.

110 North College, Suite 500

Tyler, Texas, 75702

+1 (903) 597-8311

+1 (903) 593-0846 facsimile

mikejones@potterminton.com

patrickclutter@potterminton.com

Tharan Gregory Lanier (pro hac vice)

Jones Day

1755 Embarcadero Road

Palo Alto, California, 94303

+1 (650) 739-3939

+1 (650) 739-3900 facsimile

tglanier@jonesday.com 

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Matthew S. Warren (pro hac vice)

Jen Kash (pro hac vice)

Warren Lex LLP

2261 Market Street, No. 606

San Francisco, California, 94114

+1 (415) 895-2940

+1 (415) 895-2964 facsimile

20-571@cases.warrenlex.com

20-580@cases.warrenlex.com

20-583@cases.warrenlex.com

20-585@cases.warrenlex.com

Attorneys for Defendant Google LLC

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