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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS

MARSHALL DIVISION

VIRTAMOVE, CORP.,

Plaintiff,

v.

HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE

COMPANY,

Defendants.

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Case No. 2:24-cv-00093-JRG

(Lead Case) 

JURY TRIAL DEMANDED

VIRTAMOVE, CORP.,

Plaintiff,

v.

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS 

MACHINES

CORP.,

Defendants.

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Case No. 2:24-CV-00064-JRG

(Member Case) 

JURY TRIAL DEMANDED

JOINT MOTION TO EXTEND DEADLINES TO SERVE INFRINGEMENT AND 

INVALIDITY CONTENTIONS

Plaintiff VirtaMove, Corp. (“Plaintiff”), Defendant Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co., and 

Defendant International Business Machines Corp. (“Defendant”) hereby jointly file this motion to 

extend the deadlines to serve infringement contentions and to serve invalidity and subject matter 

eligibility contentions in the above-captioned, consolidated cases. Currently, infringement 

contentions are due on May 15, 2024, and invalidity and subject matter eligibility contentions are 

due on July 10, 2024. See ECF 31 in Lead Case No. 2:23-CV-00093.

The Parties ask for a brief three-week extension of the deadline for compliance with Local 

Rule P.R. 3-1 and 3-2 from Wednesday, May 15th to Wednesday, June 5, and in addition to that 

extension, the Parties also request an extension of the deadline to comply with Local Rule P.R. 3-

3 and 3-4 and the Standing Order Regarding Subject Matter Invalidity Contentions, from 

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Wednesday, July 10, 2024, to Wednesday, August 21, 2024. 

These extensions are not sought for purposes of delay, and the Parties do not anticipate 

these extensions to affect any expected deadlines in this case.

A proposed order is attached herewith.

Dated: May 15, 2024 Respectfully submitted, 

By: /s/ Reza Mirzaie

Reza Mirzaie (CA SBN 246953)

rmirzaie@raklaw.com

Marc A. Fenster (CA SBN 181067)

mfenster@raklaw.com

Neil A. Rubin (CA SBN 250761)

nrubin@raklaw.com

James A. Milkey (CA SBN 281283)

jmilkey@raklaw.com

Amy E. Hayden (CA SBN 287026)

ahayden@raklaw.com

Jacob Buczko (CA SBN 269408)

jbuczko@raklaw.com

James Tsuei (CA SBN 285530)

jtsuei@raklaw.com

Christian W. Conkle (CA SBN 306374)

cconkle@raklaw.com

Jonathan Ma (CA SBN 312773)

jma@raklaw.com

Daniel B. Kolko (CA SBN 341680)

dkolko@raklaw.com

RUSS AUGUST & KABAT

12424 Wilshire Boulevard, 12th Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90025

Telephone: (310) 826-7474

Qi (Peter) Tong (TX SBN 24119042)

RUSS AUGUST & KABAT

4925 Greenville Ave., Suite 200

Dallas, TX 75206

Telephone: (310) 826-7474

Attorneys for Plaintiff VirtaMove, Corp.

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By: /s/ Andrea L. Fair

Todd M. Friedman (pro hac vice)

KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP

601 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10022

Telephone: (212) 446-4800

Facsimile: (212) 446-4900

Email: todd.friedman@kirkland.com

Brandon H. Brown

State Bar No. 266347

KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP

555 California Street

San Francisco, CA 94104

Telephone: (415) 439-1400

Facsimile: (415) 439-1500 Email:

brandon.brown@kirkland.com

Of Counsel:

Andrea L. Fair

Texas State Bar No. 24078488

E-mail: andrea@wsfirm.com

WARD, SMITH & HILL, PLLC

1507 Bill Owens Parkway

Longview, TX 75604

(903) 757-6400 (telephone)

(903) 757-2323 (facsimile)

Attorneys for Defendant International Business Machines 

Corp.

By: /s/ Morgan Grissum Mayne

Katharine Mary Burke 

Baker Botts LLP - D.C. 

1299 Pennsylvania Ave NW #120 

Washington, DC 20004 

202.639.7700 

Fax: 202.508.9301 

Email: katharine.burke@bakerbotts.com 

Douglas Mark Kubehl 

Emily F. Deer

Morgan Grissum Mayne

Baker Botts LLP - Dallas 

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2001 Ross Avenue, Suite 900 

Dallas, TX 75201-2980 

(214) 953-6500 

Email: doug.kubehl@bakerbotts.com 

Email: emily.deer@bakerbotts.com

Email: morgan.mayne@bakerbotts.com

Hien Khanh Lien

Baker Botts LLP 

1001 Page Mill Road, Building One, Suite 200 

Palo Alto, CA 94304 

(650) 739-7563 

Email: hlien@kramerlevin.com 

Jennifer Haltom Doan 

Joshua Reed Thane

Haltom & Doan

6500 Summerhill Road 

Crown Executive Center Suite 100 

Texarkana, Tx 75503 

(903) 255-1000 

Email: jdoan@haltomdoan.com 

Email: jthane@haltomdoan.com

Attorneys for Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing document was filed electronically in 

compliance with Local Rule CV-5(a) and served via email on all counsel of record on this 15th day 

of May, 2024. 

/s/ Peter Tong

Peter Tong

CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE

The undersigned hereby certifies that pursuant to Local Rule CV-7(h) counsel for 

Defendants IBM Corp. and Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. have conferred with counsel for 

Plaintiff and the relief requested in this motion is joint. 

/s/ Peter Tong

Peter Tong

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