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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS

MARSHALL DIVISION

HEADWATER RESEARCH LLC,

Plaintiff,

v.

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. and 

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA,

INC.,

Defendants.

Case No. 2:23-cv-00103-JRG-RSP

JURY TRIAL DEMANDED

JOINT NOTICE REGARDING AGREEMENTS

Pursuant to the Third Amended Docket Control Order, Plaintiff Headwater Research LLC

(“Headwater”) and Defendants Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and Samsung Electronics America, 

Inc. (collectively, “Samsung”) file this Joint Notice Regarding Agreements: 

1. To resolve Samsung’s MIL No. 5 in part, Headwater or its witnesses will not make 

any reference to Google antitrust litigation or investigations.

2. To resolve the parties’ dispute regarding the timing of certain deadlines relating to 

opening argument demonstratives (see, e.g., Dkt. 280 (“JPTO”) at 20), the parties agree to the 

following deadlines subject to approval by the Court: Demonstratives for opening arguments shall 

be exchanged by 2:00 p.m. CT the day before opening; each party shall provide objections by 5:00 

p.m. CT and shall meet-and-confer on any objections at 6:00 p.m. CT. The parties shall submit 

any outstanding disputes to the Court by 8:00 p.m. CT that same day, unless the Court instructs 

otherwise. A party may not show deposition testimony of its own employees or witnesses during 

opening statements.

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3. The parties are continuing to discuss potential resolution of Headwater’s MIL No. 

1 and Samsung’s MIL No. 1, and will update the Court if further agreements are reached.

Dated: December 11, 2024 Respectfully submitted,

By: /s/ Marc Fenster By: /s/ Melissa R. Smith

Marc Fenster

CA State Bar No. 181067

Reza Mirzaie

CA State Bar No. 246953

Brian Ledahl

CA State Bar No. 186579

Ben Wang

CA State Bar No. 228712

Adam Hoffman

CA State Bar No. 218740

Paul Kroeger

CA State Bar No. 229074

Neil A. Rubin

CA State Bar No. 250761

Kristopher Davis

CA State Bar No. 329627

James S. Tsuei

CA State Bar No. 285530

Philip Wang

CA State Bar No. 262239

Amy Hayden

CA State Bar No. 287026

Dale Chang

CA State Bar No. 248657

James Milkey

CA State Bar No. 281283

Jason M. Wietholter

CA State Bar No. 337139

James Pickens

CA State Bar No. 307474

Qi (Peter) Tong

TX State Bar No. 24119042

RUSS AUGUST & KABAT

12424 Wilshire Blvd. 12th Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90025

Telephone: 310-826-7474

Ruffin B. Cordell

TX Bar No. 04820550

Michael J. McKeon

DC Bar No. 459780

mckeon@fr.com

Jared Hartzman (pro hac vice forthcoming)

DC Bar No. 1034255

hartzman@fr.com

FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.

1000 Maine Avenue, SW, Ste 1000

Washington, D.C. 20024

Telephone: (202) 783-5070

Facsimile: (202) 783-2331

Thad C. Kodish

GA Bar No. 427603

tkodish@fr.com

Benjamin K. Thompson

GA Bar No. 633211 

bthompson@fr.com

Jonathan B. Bright

GA Bar No. 256953 

jbright@fr.com

Nicholas A. Gallo 

GA Bar No. 546590

gallo@fr.com

Steffen Lake (pro hac vice forthcoming)

GA Bar No. 512272

lake@fr.com

Vivian C. Keller (admitted pro hac vice)

GA Bar No. 651500

keller@fr.com

Noah C. Graubart

GA Bar No. 141862

graubart@fr.com

Sara C. Fish

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rak_headwater@raklaw.com

Andrea L. Fair

TX State Bar No. 24078488

MILLER FAIR HENRY PLLC

1507 Bill Owens Parkway 

Longview, Texas 75604 

Telephone: 903-757-6400 

andrea@millerfairhenry.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff,

Headwater Research LLC

GA Bar No. 873853

sfish@fr.com

FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.

1180 Peachtree St. NE, Fl. 21

Atlanta, GA 30309

Telephone: (404) 892-5005

Facsimile: (404) 892-5002

Leonard E. Davis

TX Bar No. 05521600

ldavid@fr.com

Andria Rae Crisler

TX Bar No. 24093792

crisler@fr.com

Thomas H. Reger II

Texas Bar No. 24032992

reger@fr.com

FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.

1717 Main Street, Suite 5000

Dallas, TX 75201

Telephone: (214)747-5070

Facsimile: (214) 747-2091

John-Paul R. Fryckman (pro hac vice)

CA Bar No. 317591

John W. Thornburgh

CA Bar No. 154627

thornburgh@fr.com

FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.

12860 El Camino Real, Ste. 400

San Diego, CA 92130

Telephone: (858) 678-5070

Facsimile: (858) 678-5099

Katherine D. Prescott (pro hac vice)

CA Bar No. 215496

prescott@fr.com

FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.

500 Arguello Street

Suite 400

Redwood City, CA 94063

Telephone: (650) 839-5180

Facsimile: (650) 839-5071

Kyle J. Fleming (pro hac vice)

NY Bar No. 5855499

kfleming@fr.com

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FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.

7 Times Square, 20th Floor,

New York, NY 10036

Telephone: (212) 765-5070

Facsimile: (212) 258-2291

Melissa R. Smith

State Bar No. 24001351

Melissa@gillamsmithlaw.com 

GILLAM & SMITH, LLP

303 South Washington Avenue

Marshall, Texas 75670

Telephone: (903) 934-8450

Facsimile: (903) 934-9257

Michael E. Jones 

State Bar No. 10929400 

mikejones@potterminton.com 

Shaun W. Hassett 

State Bar No. 24074372 

shaunhassett@potterminton.com

POTTER MINTON, P.C.

102 N. College Ave., Suite 900 

Tyler, Texas 75702 

Tel: (903) 597-8311

Fax: (903) 593-0846 

Lance Lin Yang

QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN,

LLP - LA

865 S. Figueroa Street, 10th Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90017 USA

213/443-3000 Fax: 213/443-3100

Lanceyang@quinnemanuel.Com

Jon Bentley Hyland 

Texas Bar No. 24046131

jhyland@hilgersgraben.com

Grant K. Schmidt

Texas Bar No. 24084579

gschmidt@hilgersgraben.com

HILGERS GRABEN PLLC

7859 Walnut Hill Lane, Suite 335

Dallas, Texas 75230

Telephone: (972) 645-3097

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Attorneys for Defendants,

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and 

Samsung Electronics America, Inc.

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CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE

Counsel for Plaintiff and counsel for Defendants have complied with the meet and confer

requirements of Local Rule CV-7(h). The parties agree in the filing of this Joint Notice Regarding 

Agreements.

/s/ Marc Fenster

Marc Fenster

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that on December 11, 2024 counsel of record who are deemed to have consented 

to electronic service are being served with a copy of this document via the Court’s CM/ECF 

system.

/s/ Marc Fenster

Marc Fenster

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