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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`WACO DIVISION
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`Civil Action No. 6:19-CV-600-ADA
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`GREEN MOUNTAIN GLASS, LLC and
`CULCHROME, LLC,
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`Plaintiffs/Counter-Defendants,
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`v.
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`OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC. and OWENS-
`BROCKWAY GLASS CONTAINER INC.,
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`Defendants/Counterclaimants.
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`STIPULATED ORDER TO SUBSTITUTE PARTIES
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`Before the Court is a Stipulated Order to Substitute Parties filed by Plaintiffs
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`Green Mountain Glass, LLC and Culchrome, LLC’s (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) and Defendants
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`Owens-Illinois, Inc. and Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc. (collectively, “Defendants”). The
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`Plaintiffs and Defendants jointly request that the Court dismiss with prejudice Owens-Illinois, Inc.
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`as allowed under Rule 41(a)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and join O-I Glass, Inc.
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`(“O-I Glass”) as a defendant in the above-captioned matter—such that (a) all claims made against
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`Owens-Illinois, Inc. are now instead made against O-I Glass and (b) all counterclaims and defenses
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`made by Owens-Illinois, Inc. are now instead made by O-I Glass. To effectuate such substitution,
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`Plaintiffs, Defendants, and O-I Glass stipulate as follows for purposes only of the above-captioned
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`matter:
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`1. O-I Glass will not use any distinction in the identity of parties between O-I Glass;
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`Owens-Illinois, Inc.; and Paddock Enterprises, LLC (“Paddock”) as a basis to withhold
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`relevant information or as a basis to assert improper or inconvenient venue;
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`O-I Glass, Inc.
`Exhibit 1067
`Page 001
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`2. For purposes of 35 U.S.C. § 286, the date of “the filing of the complaint” against O-I
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`Glass is the date of “the filing of the complaint” against Owens-Illinois, Inc.;
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`3. For purposes of discovery in the above-captioned matter, any relevant documents and
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`information in the possession, custody, or control of Owens-Illinois, Inc. are also
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`deemed to be in the possession, custody, or control of O-I Glass;
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`4. O-I Glass will not object to a request for deposition on the grounds that the prospective
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`deponent is an employee of Owens-Illinois, Inc. or any Owens-Illinois, Inc.
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`subsidiary—rather than an employee of O-I Glass;
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`5. O-I Glass will not take the position for purposes of conducting any reasonable royalty
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`analysis that any profits, revenues, cost savings, or other benefits that Owens-Illinois,
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`Inc. or its subsidiaries received from any alleged infringement of the Patents-in-Suit
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`cannot be assessed against O-I Glass;
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`6. Acts taken by Owens-Illinois, Inc. that Plaintiffs allege infringe the Patents-in-Suit are
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`deemed to be acts taken by O-I Glass, but O-I Glass retains the same ability that Owens-
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`Illinois, Inc. had to deny taking any such acts and to deny infringement;
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`7. Neither Owens-Illinois, Inc. nor O-I Glass will take any action with the purpose of
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`causing O-I Glass or Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc. to be unable to fully
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`satisfy any judgment entered against O-I Glass in this case;
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`8. Plaintiffs agree to waive any and all claims against Paddock; its estate; and its wholly-
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`owned subsidiary (Meigs Investments, LLC);
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`9. Defendants, O-I Glass, and Paddock dispute that O-I Glass is a successor-in-interest to
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`Owens-Illinois, Inc. or Paddock;
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`O-I Glass, Inc.
`Exhibit 1067
`Page 002
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`10. Plaintiffs agree not to take the position that O-I Glass is a successor-in-interest to
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`Owens-Illinois, Inc. or Paddock;
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`11. Plaintiffs agree that nothing herein shall be construed as O-I Glass admitting it is a
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`successor-in-interest to Owens-Illinois, Inc. or Paddock; and
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`12. Plaintiffs hereby withdraw their Motion to Substitute O-I Glass, Inc. as Successor-in-
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`Interest to Defendant Owens-Illinois, Inc., filed as Dkt. No. 29 on January 17, 2020.
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`13. The parties agree that this action, as revised by the terms of this stipulated order, is not
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`stayed by the Paddock bankruptcy matter.
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`The Court expressly relies on these stipulations and representations as a basis for its decision in
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`this Order.
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`Accordingly, the Court hereby GRANTS this Stipulated Order and hereby
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`ORDERS as follows:
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`i. This action, as revised by the terms of this stipulated order, is not stayed;
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`ii. Owens-Illinois, Inc. is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE from the above-captioned
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`case;
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`iii. O-I Glass, Inc. is JOINED as a defendant in the above-captioned matter—such that
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`(a) all claims made against Owens-Illinois, Inc. are now instead made against O-I
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`Glass and (b) all counterclaims and defenses made by Owens-Illinois, Inc. are now
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`instead made by O-I Glass;
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`iv.
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`Plaintiffs’ Rule 25(c) motion (Dkt. No. 29) is WITHDRAWN; and
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`nothing herein shall be construed as O-I Glass admitting it is a successor-in-interest
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`to Owens-Illinois, Inc. or Paddock.
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`ORDERED this _____ day of ______ 2020.
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`O-I Glass, Inc.
`Exhibit 1067
`Page 003
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`_________________________
`ALAN D ALBRIGHT
`UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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`O-I Glass, Inc.
`Exhibit 1067
`Page 004
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