Case 2:17-cv-00513-JRG Document 107 Filed 03/28/18 Page 1 of 4 PageID #: 5130
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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`MARSHALL DIVISION
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`C.A. No. 2:17-cv-00513-JRG (Lead Case)
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`C.A. No. 2:17-cv-514-JRG
`C.A. No. 2:17-cv-515-JRG
`C.A. No. 2:17-cv-516-JRG
`C.A. No. 2:17-cv-517-JRG
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`AGIS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, LLC
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`Plaintiff,
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`HUAWEI DEVICE USA INC., HUAWEI
`DEVICE CO., LTD. AND HUAWEI DEVICE
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`HTC CORPORATION,
`LG ELECTRONICS INC.,
`APPLE INC.,
`ZTE CORPORATION, ZTE (TX), INC., AND
`ZTE (USA), INC.
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`Defendants.
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`NOTICE OF JOINDER
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`Defendants ZTE (USA) Inc. and ZTE (TX), Inc. (“ZTA” and “ZTX,” respectively and
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`collectively, “ZTE”)1 hereby respectfully provide this notice to join in the motion and relief, as
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`requested in Huawei Device USA Inc., Huawei Device Co., Ltd. and Huawei Device
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`(Dongguan) Co., Ltd., and LG Electronics Inc.’s Motion to Stay (Dkt. No. 102), in which a stay
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`is sought pending resolution of the pending jurisdictional and venue motions.2 In doing so, ZTE
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`incorporates all arguments and authorities within the Motion to Stay (Dkt. No. 102) herein.
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`Plaintiff AGIS Software Development, LLC (“AGIS”) initiated five patent infringement
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`lawsuits on June 21, 2017, including lawsuits against (1) ZTE, (2) Huawei Device USA Inc.,
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`Huawei Device Co., Ltd. and Huawei Device (Dongguan) Co., Ltd., (3) LG Electronics Inc., (4)
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`1 Defendant ZTE Corporation has not yet been served or otherwise appeared in this case.
`2 See Huawei’s Motion to Change Venue to the Northern District of California, 2:17-cv-00513
`(Dkt. No. 36), and LGEKR’s Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction, or in the Alternative, to
`Transfer Venue to the Northern District of California, 2:17-cv-00513 (Dkt. No. 40).
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`Apple, Inc., and (5) HTC Corporation, all of which involve the same four patents. See Case Nos.
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`2:17-cv-00513, 2:17-cv-00514, 2:17-cv-00516, and 2:17-cv-00517. As to the ZTE lawsuit, AGIS
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`filed an Amended Complaint on October 17, 2017. Dkt. No. 32.3 AGIS served ZTX on July 6,
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`2017, Dkt. No. 7 and served ZTA on October 17, 2017, Dkt. No. 33.4 On November 21, 2017,
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`Defendants ZTA and ZTX filed a Motion to Dismiss for Improper Venue, or in the Alternative,
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`to Transfer to the Northern District of California. Dkt. No. 38. The parties completed briefing on
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`ZTE’s motion to dismiss/transfer on January 26, 2018. Dkt. No. 52.
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`For this notice of joinder, in the interest of judicial economy, ZTE fully adopts by
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`reference the arguments and authorities in the pending Motion to Stay (Dkt. No. 102). See P &
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`O Ports Tex., Inc. v. Rederi, No. 02-20055, 2002 U.S. App. LEXIS 29787, at *5 (5th Cir. Oct.
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`21, 2002) (“A party may incorporate a previous motion by reference.”); Singh v. JP Morgan
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`Chase Bank, NA, No. 4:11-CV-607, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 127548, at *22 (E.D. Tex. July 31,
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`2012), report and recommendation adopted, No. 4:11cv607, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 127550
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`(E.D. Tex. Sep. 7, 2012) (allowing adoption and incorporation of arguments and authorities in
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`co-defendant’s motion); Affinity Labs of Tex., LLC v. BMW N. Am., LLC, Civil Action No. 9:08-
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`CV-164, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 131921, at *9 (E.D. Tex. Feb. 20, 2009) (allowing motion with
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`incorporation by reference of co-defendants’ motion, rather than requiring notice to join).
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`ZTE thus respectfully joins the pending Motion to Stay and requests that the Court grant
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`the requested relief, issuing a stay pending the resolution of the jurisdictional and venue motions.
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`Dated: March 28, 2018
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/s/ Lionel M. Lavenue
`Lionel M. Lavenue
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`3 Unless noted, citations to the docket are to Civil Action No. 2:17-cv-00517-JRG.
`4 AGIS has yet to serve a third ZTE entity, namely, ZTE Corporation, a Chinese entity.
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`Lionel M. Lavenue
`FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW,
`GARRETT & DUNNER, LLP
`Two Freedom Square
`11955 Freedom Drive
`Reston, VA 20190
`Phone: (571) 203-2700
`Fax: (202) 408-4400
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`ATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANTS
`ZTE (USA) Inc. and ZTE (TX), Inc.
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that on March 28, 2018, a true and correct copy of the
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`foregoing was served to the parties’ counsel of record via ECF pursuant to Local Rule CV-5(d).
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`/s/ Lionel M. Lavenue
`Lionel M. Lavenue
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