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`MULTIMODAL MEDIA LLC,
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` Plaintiff,
`v.
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`TCL TECHNOLOGY GROUP
`CORPORATION, TCL ELECTRONICS
`HOLDINGS LIMITED, TCL
`COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
`HOLDINGS LIMITED, TCL
`COMMUNICATION LIMITED, TCT
`MOBILE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED,
`HUIZHOU TCL MOBILE
`COMMUNICATION COMPANY
`LIMITED, and TCL MOBILE
`COMMUNICATION (HK) COMPANY
`LIMITED,
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` Defendants.
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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`MARSHALL DIVISION
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`ORDER
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`Case No. 2:22-cv-00463-JRG-RSP
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`Before the Court, plaintiff Multimodal Media LLC and defendants TCL Technology Group
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`Corporation, TCL Electronics Holdings Limited, TCL Communication Technology Holdings
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`Limited, TCL Communication Limited, TCT Mobile International Limited, Huizhou TCL Mobile
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`Communication Company Limited, and TCL Mobile Communication (HK) Company Limited
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`(collectively “TCL”) jointly stipulate to non-service of the first amended complaint. Dkt. No. 22.
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`On November 29, 2022, Multimodal filed its Complaint for Patent Infringement against
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`TCL, and served it on the Secretary of State for the State of Texas. Dkt. No. 1. On December 27,
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`2022, TCL filed a Motion to Dismiss the Complaint for Improper Service. Dkt. No. 18. On January
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`10, 2022, Multimodal filed an Amended Complaint, and is in the process of serving TCL pursuant
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`to the Hague Service Convention, which will take approximately one year. To date, TCL has not
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`accepted service of either the original or Amended Complaints. On February 7, the Court set a
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`Petitioner Exhibit 1022, Page 1 of 2
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`Case 2:22-cv-00463-JRG-RSP Document 23 Filed 02/22/23 Page 2 of 2 PageID #: 182
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`Scheduling Conference for March 14, 2023, at 1:30 p.m. Dkt. No. 20. In response, TCL filed a
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`motion to dismiss for improper service and to vacate the order setting a scheduling conference.
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`Dkt. No. 21.
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`In light of the forgoing, Multimodal and TCL request that the Court ( 1) vacate the
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`Scheduling Conference set for March 14, 2023, and stay all deadlines associated therewith until
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`Multimodal notifies the Court of its readiness for a Scheduling Conference once service of the
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`First Amended Complaint has been completed under the provisions of the Hague Service
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`Convention, and (2) dismiss TCL’s motion to dismiss for improper service and to vacate the order
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`setting a scheduling conference, Dkt. No. 21, as moot.
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`After consideration, the motion is GRANTED. The Order setting the case for
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`scheduling conference, Dkt. No. 20, is VACATED, and TCL’s motions to dismiss, Dkt. Nos.
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`17 and 21, are DENIED AS MOOT.
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`Petitioner Exhibit 1022, Page 2 of 2
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