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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
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`AMERANTH, INC.,
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`Plaintiff,
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`DOORDASH, INC.,
`EAT’N PARK RESTAURANTS, LLC, and
`EAT’N PARK HOSPITALITY GROUP,
`INC.,
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`Defendants.
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`C.A. No.: 2:23-cv-2165-WSH
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`DEFENDANTS’ UNOPPOSED MOTION TO EXTEND
`RESPONSIVE PLEADING DEADLINE
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`Defendants DoorDash, Inc. (“DoorDash”) and Eat’N Park Restaurants, LLC and Eat’N
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`Park Hospitality Group, Inc. (collectively “Defendants”) move unopposed to extend Defendants’
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`Responsive Pleading Deadline by twenty-one (21) days from July 16, 2024 to August 6, 2024. As
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`grounds, the parties state as follows:
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`Plaintiff filed its Complaint alleging patent infringement against the Defendants on
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`December 22, 2023. (Dkt. 1).
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`2.
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`Defendants timely waived service of summons pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil
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`Procedure 4(d), thereby setting the original deadline for Defendants to file a responsive pleading
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`to March 18, 2024. (Dkts. 7-9). The Court has since granted two extensions for the Defendants to
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`respond to Plaintiff’s Complaint, setting the current deadline to July 16, 2024. (Dkts. 11, 21).
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`3.
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`Defendants have recently retained new counsel – Greenberg Traurig LLP (“GT”) –
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`in this action and its companion action, Ameranth, Inc. v. DoorDash, Inc, Civil Action No. 2:22-
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`cv-01776-WSH (W.D. Pa.). Counsel from GT has already made a notice of appearance in both
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`Case 2:23-cv-02165-WSH Document 24 Filed 07/08/24 Page 2 of 3
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`actions. Remaining counsel will be moving for admission pro hac vice shortly.
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`Defendants now move for a twenty-one (21) day extension for new counsel to
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`evaluate the allegations in the Complaint and respond accordingly.
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`5.
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`Absent extraordinary circumstances, Defendants will request no further extensions
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`of time to respond to Plaintiff’s Complaint.
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`6.
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`The parties conferred on July 8, 2024, and Plaintiff indicated that it does not oppose
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`Defendants’ request.
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`THEREFORE, Defendants move unopposed to request that the deadline for Defendants to
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`file a responsive pleading be extended from July 16, 2024 to August 6, 2024.
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`Dated: July 8, 2024
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP
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`/s/ A. Michael Pratt
`A. Michael Pratt (PA 44793)
`1717 Arch Street, Suite 400
`Philadelphia, PA 19103
`Tel: 215-972-5916
`Fax: 215-988-7801
`Email: prattm@gtlaw.com
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`Attorneys for Defendants
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`Case 2:23-cv-02165-WSH Document 24 Filed 07/08/24 Page 3 of 3
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that on July 8, 2024, I electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk of
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`the Court for the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania by using
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`the CM/ECF system. I certify that all participants in the case are registered CM/ECF users and that
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`service will be accomplished by the CM/ECF system.
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`/s/ A. Michael Pratt
`A. Michael Pratt
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