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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS 

MARSHALL DIVISION 

Civil Action No. 2:23-cv-419-JRG-RSP 

Jury Trial Requested 

JOINT (AGREED) MOTION FOR ENTRY OF DOCKET CONTROL ORDER 

Plaintiff Symbology Innovations LLC (“Symbology”) and Defendants Valve Corporation 

(“Valve”) and Gearbox Software, LLC (“Gearbox”) (collectively, “Defendants”) file this Joint Motion 

for Entry of Docket Control Order. The parties have agreed on all deadlines contained in the attached 

Docket Control Order. 

Further, the parties have agreed to herein seek modification of certain deadlines that have been 

designated by the Court as requiring a showing of good cause for the modification. Specifically, as 

shown in the attached Exhibit A, the parties propose to modify the deadline previously provided by 

the Court for filing Proposed Protective Order and complying with Paragraphs 1 & 3 of the 

Discovery Order (Initial and Additional Disclosures). This deadline has been modified from 

December 26, 2023 to a later deadline to avoid conflict with the surrounding holidays. No other 

deadlines are affected by this change. Accordingly, good cause exists for the modification. 

Having agreed upon the terms included therein and shown good cause, the parties respectfully 

request the Court grant this Motion and enter the Proposed Docket Control Order, attached to this 

Joint Motion below. 

SYMBOLOGY INNOVATIONS LLC 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

VALVE CORPORATION, GEARBOX 

SOFTWARE, L.L.C., 

Defendants. 

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Dated: December 1 2023 Respectfully submitted, 

/s/ Randall Garteiser

Christopher A. Honea 

Texas Bar No. 24059967 

chonea@ghiplaw.com 

Randall Garteiser 

Texas Bar No. 24038912 

rgarteiser@ghiplaw.com 

M. Scott Fuller

Texas Bar No. 24036607

rgarteiser@ghiplaw.com

GARTEISER HONEA, PLLC 

119 W. Ferguson Street 

Tyler, Texas 75702 

Telephone: (903) 705-7420 

Facsimile: (903) 405-3999 

Attorneys for Plaintiff Symbology Innovations, LLC. 

/s/ Michael E. Jones, with permission for 

Kathleen R. Geyer

Mike Jones 

Potter Minton 

102 North College, Ste. 900 

Tyler, Texas 75702 

903-597-8311 (telephone)

mikejones@potterminton.com

Kathleen R. Geyer 

Christopher P. Damitio 

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton 

1420 Fifth Avenue Suite 3700 

Seattle, WA 98101 

Telephone: (206) 467-9600 

Facsimile: (206) 623-6793 

KGeyer@kilpatricktownsend.com 

CDamitio@kilpatricktownsend.com 

Attorneys for Defendant Valve Corp. 

/s/ Jessica M. Kaempf 

Michael J. Sacksteder, CSB No. 191605 Email: 

msacksteder@fenwick.com FENWICK & 

WEST LLP 

555 California Street, 12th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: (415) 875-2300 

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Geoffrey R. Miller, Texas Bar No. 24094847 

Email: gmiller@fenwick.com 

FENWICK & WEST LLP 

902 Broadway, 18th Floor 

New York, NY 10010 

Telephone: (212) 321-2001 

Jessica M. Kaempf (WSBN No. 51666) 

jkaempf@fenwick.com 

FENWICK & WEST LLP 

401 Union Street, 5th Floor 

Seattle, WA 98101 

Telephone: (206) 389-4510 

Attorneys for Gearbox Software, L.L.C. 

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CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE 

The undersigned hereby certifies pursuant to Local Rule CV-7(h) that the relief requested 

in this motion is agreed. 

/s/ Michael E. Jones

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