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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`WACO DIVISION
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`NEONODE SMARTPHONE LLC,
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`Plaintiff,
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`Civil Action No. 6:20-cv-00505-ADA
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`v.
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`APPLE INC.,
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`Defendant.
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`ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF NEONODE SMARTPHONE LLC’S MOTION FOR
`ISSUANCE OF LETTER OF REQUEST TO EXAMINE PERSONS AND INSPECT
`DOCUMENTS PURSUANT TO THE HAGUE CONVENTION ON THE TAKING OF
`EVIDENCE ABROAD IN CIVIL OR COMMERCIAL MATTERS
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`Having considered Plaintiff Neonode Smartphone LLC’s (“Plaintiff’s”) Motion for
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`Issuance of a Letter of Request to Examine Persons and Inspect Documents Pursuant to Hague
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`Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters, the Court
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`GRANTS the Motion. Accordingly, the Court will execute the submitted Request for International
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`Judicial Assistance with an original signature, to which the clerk will affix an original seal. The
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`Court will then transmit the executed Request to counsel for Plaintiff who will transmit the Request
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`to the appropriate authorities.
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`To the extent that leave is necessary, the parties are hereby granted leave to take discovery
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`as requested in the Letter of Request.
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`IT IS SO ORDERED.
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`Dated: March 9, 2021
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`___________________________
`Honorable Alan D Albright
`United States District Judge
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`Samsung et al. v. Neonode
`IPR2021-00145 (US 8,812,993)
`Neonode Ex. 2009
`Page 1
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