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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,

Defendant.

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

(Lead Case)

JURY TRIAL DEMANDED

VIRTAMOVE, CORP.,

Plaintiff,

v.

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES 

CORP.,

Defendant.

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

(Member Case)

JURY TRIAL DEMANDED

JOINT MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME

TO RESPOND TO DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS

Plaintiff VirtaMove, Corp. (“Plaintiff”) and Defendant International Business Machines 

Corp. (“Defendant”) hereby jointly move for a two-week extension of time for Plaintiff to file its

response to Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss in VirtaMove, Corp. v. International Business 

Machines Corp., Case No. 2:24-CV-00064-JRG, Dkt. 15 (E.D. Tex. Apr. 15, 2024), and an 

additional nine (9) days for Defendant to file its reply in support of the Motion.

Plaintiff’s deadline to respond to the Motion is currently April 29, 2024 and, with this twoweek extension, the deadline would be May 13, 2024. Defendant’s deadline to reply in support of 

the Motion is currently due on May 6, 2024 and, with an additional nine (9) days to respond, the 

deadline would be May 29, 2024. These extensions are not being sought for purposes of delay, but 

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rather to ensure the parties and their counsel have adequate time to address the issues raised in 

Defendant’s Motion.

Counsel for the parties have conferred and all parties stipulate to this extension. 

Accordingly, the parties request that the Court grant the motion and enter the attached proposed 

Order.

Dated: April 23, 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

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Telephone: (310) 826-7474

Attorneys for Plaintiff VirtaMove, Corp.

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. 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that on April 23, 2024, a true and correct copy of the foregoing document was 

electronically filed with the Court and served on all parties of record via the Court’s CM/ECF 

system.

/s/ Reza Mirzaie

Reza Mirzaie

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