`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`MARSHALL DIVISION
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`INFERNAL TECHNOLOGY, LLC,
`TERMINAL REALITY, INC.,
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`Plaintiffs,
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`v.
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`SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT
`AMERICA, LLC, SONY INTERACTIVE
`ENTERTAINMENT LLC,
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`Defendants.
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`CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:19-CV-00248-JRG
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`ORDER
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`Before the Court is Plaintiffs Infernal Technology, LLC and Terminal Reality Inc.’s
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`(“Plaintiffs”) Unopposed Motion to Amend the Docket Control Order (the “Motion”). (Dkt. No.
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`87.) In the same, the Plaintiffs request that the Court extend their post-Markman deadlines by six
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`months in light of the COVID-19 outbreak. Having considered the Motion, the Court is of the
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`opinion that the Motion should be and hereby is DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.
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`The Court notes that the current situation with the COVID-19 outbreak is both serious and
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`constantly evolving. That said, the current deadline for fact discovery in this case is June 15, 2020,
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`and the Court is hopeful that things will have generally improved before that date. Given the
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`uncertainties faced by all concerned, the Court is reluctant, at this time, to assume that there is no
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`likelihood of generally improved conditions by mid-June. The parties, thus, are free to renew their
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`motion and seek relief at a later date if the situation has not improved. The Court does not wish to
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`prejudice any party or put any party at risk, but in the Court’s view there is simply too much
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`uncertainty at this point to warrant the relief presently sought in the Motion. Another look at a later
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`time, when we all know more, seems the prudent course of action.
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`RODNEY GILSTRAP
`UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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`So ORDERED and SIGNED this 27th day of March, 2020.
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