IN THE 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. 2:22-CV-00422-JRG-RSP

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

JOINT MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE

Defendants Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and Samsung Electronics America, Inc.

(collectively, “Samsung”) and Plaintiff Headwater Research LLC (“Headwater”) jointly move to 

continue the trial dates for the Headwater Research LLC v. Samsung Electronics America et al. 

(2:22-cv-422) matter (the “-422 case”) and the Headwater Research LLC v. Samsung Electronics 

America et al. (2:23-cv-103) matter (the “-103 case”), specifically as set forth herein.

A. -422 Case

First, Samsung respectfully requests that trial of the -422 case be continued to January 27, 

2025. Headwater does not oppose this continuance, so long as the -422 case can be specially set 

as the first-priority case for the January 27, 2025 trial setting. 

The -422 case was originally scheduled for trial on August 5, 2024 before being 

rescheduled to August 16, 2024. Dkt. 372. The trial was continued on Samsung’s request, in light 

of conflicts with another ITC trial involving Samsung’s technical expert, Dr. Daniel Schonfeld. 

Dkt. 372, 406. The -422 case was rescheduled to December 6, 2024, but was not reached on 

December 6, at which point it was rescheduled to January 13 as the first-set case. On Friday, 

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December 13, Samsung raised that this newly set trial date presents another direct conflict with 

the pre-existing trial schedule of Dr. Schonfeld. Dr. Schonfeld is a testifying expert in ITC 

Investigation No. 337-TA-1400, and the trial in that matter (which has been set since June 3, 2024) 

runs from January 13, 2025 to January 17, 2025. Ex. 1. Thus, the ITC trial conflicts with the 

January 13, 2025 trial date in the -422 case. Samsung represents that Dr. Schonfeld will have a 

significant role in the ITC matter, including offering expert testimony on infringement, validity, 

and technical aspects of domestic industry. Samsung further represents that Dr. Schonfeld will 

testify twice in the ITC matter, once in Complainant’s case-in-chief and again in Complainant’s 

rebuttal case, and he will otherwise attend all days of the ITC trial proceeding, e.g. to listen to the 

testimony from additional fact and expert witnesses. Because Dr. Schonfeld is Samsung’s sole 

technical witness in the -422 case, Samsung intends for him to testify about non-infringement, 

invalidity, technical comparability of licenses, and non-infringing alternatives. 

Headwater is available for trial in the -422 case on January 13, but does not oppose the 

requested continuance if it is only two weeks long (to January 27) and only if the Court is inclined 

to maintain the -422 case’s position as the first-priority case for the January 27, 2025 trial setting, 

given that trial was originally set for August 2024 and has already been rescheduled based on 

Samsung’s availability. 

Thus, the parties respectfully request as part of this agreed upon joint request, subject to 

the Court’s approval, that the -422 case be prioritized as case number one in the order of trials for 

the January 27 trial setting. The parties confirm that this trial setting works for all witnesses and 

counsel and believe that January 27 would only be a slight adjustment from the current January 13 

setting.

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B. -103 Case

Second, the parties respectfully request that trial of the -103 case also be continued to 

January 27, 2025 or as soon thereafter as practicable for the Court. The -422 case was filed several 

months before the -103 case, had an original trial date five months before the -103 case, and is 

presently prioritized ahead of the -103 case in the Court’s order of trials for the January 13 setting. 

The parties wish to preserve that status quo if possible. Accordingly, the parties respectfully 

request that the -103 case be scheduled for trial after the -422 case, specifically by continuing trial 

of the -103 case to January 27, 2025 (at a lower priority than the -422 case in the Court’s order of 

trials) or as soon a date thereafter as the Court deems appropriate.

Dated: December 18, 2024 Respectfully submitted, 

By: /s/ Marc Fenster By: /s/ Michael J. McKeon

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

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

James Milkey

CA State Bar No. 281283

Jason M. Wietholter

CA State Bar No. 337139

Ruffin B. Cordell

TX Bar No. 04820550

Michael J. McKeon

DC Bar No. 459780

mckeon@fr.com

Jared Hartzman (pro hac vice)

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

Nicholas A. Gallo (pro hac vice)

GA Bar No. 546590

gallo@fr.com

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James N. Pickens

CA State Bar No. 307474

RUSS AUGUST & KABAT

12424 Wilshire Blvd. 12th Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90025

Telephone: 310-826-7474

headwater@raklaw.com

ATTORNEYS FOR 

PLAINTIFF,

Headwater Research LLC

Steffen C. Lake (pro hac vice)

GA Bar No. 512272

lake@fr.com

Sara C. Fish

sfish@fr.com

GA Bar No. 873853

Noah C. Graubart

GA Bar No. 141862

graubart@fr.com

Katherine H. Reardon 

NY Bar No. 5196910

reardon@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

Melissa R. Smith

State Bar No. 24001351

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Melissa@gillamsmithlaw.com 

Harry L. Gillam, Jr.

State Bar No. 07921800

gil@gillamsmithlaw.com

GILLAM & SMITH, LLP

303 South Washington Avenue

Marshall, Texas 75670

Telephone: (903) 934-8450

Facsimile: (903) 934-9257

Andrew Thompson (“Tom”) Gorham

State Bar No. 24012715

tom@gillamsmithlaw.com 

James Travis Underwood

State Bar No. 24102587

travis@gillamsmithlaw.com

GILLAM & SMITH, LLP

102 N. College, Ste. 800

Tyler, Texas 75702

Telephone: (903) 934-8450

Facsimile: (903) 934-9257

Grant Schmidt 

Texas Bar No. 24084579

gschmidt@hilgersgraben.com

Jon Hyland 

jhyland@hilgersgraben.com

Texas Bar No. 24046131

Theodore Kwong

tkwong@hilgersgraben.com

Texas Bar No. 4087871

HILGERS GRABEN PLLC

7859 Walnut Hill Lane, Suite 335

Dallas, Texas 75230

Telephone: 469-751-2819 

Lance Lin Yang

CA. Bar No. 260705

Lanceyang@quinnemanuel.com

Sean S. Pak

CA Bar No. 219032

seanpak@quinnemanuel.com

QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART &

SULLIVAN, LLP

50 California Street, 22nd Floor

San Francisco, CA 94111

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Telephone: (415) 875-6600

ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

AND SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS 

AMERICA, INC.

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing document was filed 

electronically in compliance with Local Rule CV-5 on December 18, 2024. As of this date, all 

counsel of record have consented to electronic service and are being served with a copy of this 

document through the Court’s CM/ECF system under Local Rule CV-5(a)(3)(A) and via electronic 

mail.

 /s/ Michael J. McKeon

Michael J. McKeon

CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE

I hereby certify that local counsel for the parties met and conferred regarding this 

motion on December 16, 2024. 

 /s/ Michael J. McKeon

Michael J. McKeon

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