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`EXHIBIT A
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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
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`MARSHALL DIVISION
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`§ REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL
`§ ASSISTANCE
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`(LETTERS ROGATORY)
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`§ Case No. 2:17-CV—00514—JRG
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`AGIS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, LLC,
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`Plaintiff,
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`V.
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`HTC CORPORATION,
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`Defendant.
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`REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE
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`THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS, PRESENTS
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`ITS COMPLIMENTS TO THE APPROPRIATE JUDICIAL AUTHORITY OF TAIWAN, AND
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`REQUESTS INTERNATIONAL JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE TO EFFECT SERVICE OF
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`PROCESS TO BE USED IN A JUDICIAL PROCEEDING BEFORE THIS COURT IN THE
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`ABOVE-CAPTIONED MATTER. A TRIAL/HEARING ON THIS MATTER HAS NOT BEEN
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`SCHEDULED AT PRESENT.
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`THIS COURT REQUESTS THE ASSISTANCE DESCRIBED HEREIN AS NECESSARY IN
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`THE INTERESTS OF JUSTICE. THE ASSISTANCE REQUESTED IS THAT THE
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`APPROPRIATE JUDICIAL AUTHORITY OF TAIWAN ARRANGES FOR SERVICE OF
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`PROCESS UPON THE BELOW-NAMED DEFENDANTS IN A CIVIL PROCEEDING:
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`DEFENDANT TO BE SERVED: HTC CORPORATION
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`ADDRESS FOR SERVICE:
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`23 XINGHUA ROAD
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`TAOYUAN COUNTY 330
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`TAIWAN, R.0.C.
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`FACTS
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`PLAINTIFF IS A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF
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`THE STATE OF TEXAS WITH A PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS LOCATED WITHIN
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`THIS COURT'S JURISDICTION. THIS COURT HAS SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION
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`OVER THE PROCEEDING PURSUANT TO FEDERAL RULES OF COURT, AND IS THE
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`PROPER VENUE FOR THE PROCEEDING.
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`REg QUEST
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`THAT THE APPROPRIATE JUDICIAL AUTHORITY OF TAI‘NAN ASSIST WITH
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`INTERNATIONAL JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE TO EFFECT SERVICE OF PROCESS OF THE
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`ATTACHED COURT-FILED PLEADINGS UPON HTC CORPORATION TO BE USED IN
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`A CIVIL PROCEEDING BEFORE THIS COURT.
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`RECIPROCITY
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`THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS, EXPRESSES
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`A WILLINGNESS TO PROVIDE SIMILAR ASSISTANCE TO JUDICIAL AUTHORITIES
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`OF TAIWAN.
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`FOR COSTS
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`THE PLAINTIFF'S COUNSEL, BROWN RUDNICK LLP, EXPRESSES A WILLINGNESS
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`TO REIMBURSE THE JUDICIAL AUTHORITIES OF TAIWAN FOR COSTS INCURRED
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`IN EXECUTING THE REQUESTING COURT'S LETTER ROGATORY.
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`David A. O'Toole
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`Rodney Gilstrap
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`David A. O'Toole
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`David A. O'Toole
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`Rodney Gilstrap
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