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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`MARSHALL DIVISION
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`CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:19-CV-00147-JRG
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`ORDER
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`GREENTHREAD, LLC,
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`Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.,
`SAMSUNG SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.,
`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA,
`INC., SAMSUNG AUSTIN
`SEMICONDUCTOR, LLC,
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`Defendants.
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`Before the Court is Plaintiff Greenthread, LLC’s (“Greenthread”) Unopposed Motion for
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`Extension of Time to Move, Answer, or Otherwise Respond to Plaintiffs Complaint and Waiver
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`of Foreign Service Requirement (the “Motion”) on behalf of Defendants Samsung Electronics Co.,
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`Ltd. (“SEC”), Samsung Electronics America, Inc. (“SEA”), Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. (“SSI”),
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`and Samsung Austin Semiconductor, LLC (“SAS”) (collectively, “Samsung”). (Dkt. No. 5.) The
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`current deadline by which Samsung is required to answer or otherwise response to Greenthread’s
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`Complaint (Dkt. No. 1) is June 3, 2019. “On the evening of May 27, 2019, in-house counsel for
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`Defendant SEC, a foreign entity, contacted Greenthread’s counsel to propose a 90-day extension
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`for Defendants SEA, SSI, and SAS to answer or otherwise respond to Greenthread’s complaint, in
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`exchange for Defendant SEC waiving service under the Hague Convention. Greenthread
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`responded via email on May 29, 2019, and Samsung confirmed this agreement via email on May
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`29, 2019.” (Dkt. No. 5 ¶ 3; see also Dkt. No. 5-1.) The Parties agreed to extend “the time by
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`Greenthread Ex 2049, p. 1 of 2
`Cirrus Logic, et al. v. Greenthread
`IPR2024-00021
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`Case 2:19-cv-00147-JRG Document 6 Filed 05/31/19 Page 2 of 2 PageID #: 154
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`which all [Samsung] Defendants must answer or otherwise plead . . . to September 3, 2019.” (Dkt.
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`No. 5 ¶ 4.)
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`Having considered the Motion, the Court is of the opinion that the it should be GRANTED.
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`It is therefore ORDERED that the deadline for Samsung to answer or otherwise respond to the
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`Greenthread’s Complaint is hereby EXTENDED up to and including September 3, 2019.
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`So ORDERED and SIGNED this 31st day of May, 2019.
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`______________________________________________________________________________________________
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`RODNEY GILSTRAPDNEY GILSSSTTTTRAP
`UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
`ITED STATEEEESSSS DISTRICT JUD
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`Greenthread Ex 2049, p. 2 of 2
`Cirrus Logic, et al. v. Greenthread
`IPR2024-00021
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