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 MOTION TO AMEND DOCKET CONTROL ORDER

Plaintiff Headwater Research LLC (“Headwater”) and Defendants Samsung Electronics 

Co., Ltd. and Samsung Electronics America, Inc. (collectively, “Defendants” or “Samsung”), 

(collectively, the “Parties”) respectfully file this Joint Motion to Amend the Docket Control Order 

and would show the Court as follows:

The current deadline for the Parties to (i) file the Joint Pretrial Order and related 

submissions and (ii) notify the Court of agreements reached on outstanding objections and motions 

in limine is November 25, 2024. On the morning of November 25, 2024, the Pretrial Conference 

in this matter was reset, from December 2, 2024 to December 16, 2024. As to item (i), the Parties

respectfully request a brief extension of the Joint Pretrial Order deadline to allow additional time 

for the Parties to narrow disputes in advance of the Pretrial Conference. While the Pretrial 

Conference was postponed by 14 days, the Parties only seek to postpone the Joint Pretrial Order 

deadline by 9 days, to December 4, 2024. This means that the Joint Pretrial Order would be 

submitted 12 days before the Pretrial Conference. As to item (ii), The deadline for notifying the 

Court of agreements is described in the Docket Control Order as “1:00 p.m. three (3) business days 

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before the pretrial conference,” which corresponded to November 25, 2024 when the Pretrial 

Conference was set for December 2, 2024. The proposed amendment herein merely confirms that 

this deadline moves with the reset Pretrial Conference. No other deadlines will be affected by these

amendments. 

The Parties represent that this Motion is not filed for the purposes of delay but rather so 

that justice may be served. The Parties have met and conferred and are jointly seeking the relief 

sought in this Motion.

Accordingly, the Parties respectfully request that the Court grant this Joint Motion to Amend 

the Docket Control Order (Dkt. No. 131) as follows:

Original Date Amended Date Event 

December 16, 2024

(as reset on 

November 25, 2024)

*Pretrial Conference – 9:00 a.m. in Marshall, 

Texas before Judge Roy Payne

November 25, 2024 December 11, 2024

*Notify Court of Agreements Reached During 

Meet and Confer

The parties are ordered to meet and confer on any 

outstanding objections or motions in limine. The 

parties shall advise the Court of any agreements 

reached no later than 1:00 p.m. three (3) business 

days before the pretrial conference.

November 25, 2024 December 4, 2024

*File Joint Pretrial Order, Joint Proposed Jury 

Instructions, Joint Proposed Verdict Form, 

Updated Exhibit Lists, Updated Witness Lists, 

and Updated Deposition Designations

November 25, 2024 *File Responses to Motions in Limine

Dated: November 25, 2024 Respectfully submitted, 

By: /s/ Marc Fenster By: /s/ Katherine D. Prescott

Marc Fenster

CA State Bar No. 181067

Reza Mirzaie

Ruffin B. Cordell

TX Bar No. 04820550

Michael J. McKeon

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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

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

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

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

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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

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

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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

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 are in agreement on filing this Joint Motion.

/s/ Marc Fenster

Marc Fenster

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

The undersigned hereby certifies that counsel of record who are deemed to have consented 

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

system per Local Rule CV-5(a)(3) on November 25, 2024

/s/ Marc Fenster

Marc Fenster

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