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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`MARSHALL DIVISION
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`Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`Civil Action No. 2:17-CV-514-JRG
`(Lead Case)
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`Civil Action No. 2:17-CV-515-JRG
`Civil Action No. 2:17-CV-517-JRG
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`AGIS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT LLC, §
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`HTC CORPORATION,
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`LG ELECTRONICS, INC.,
`ZTE CORPORATION, ZTE (USA), INC., §
`AND ZTE (TX), INC.
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`Defendants.
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`ORDER
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`Before the Court is Defendant LG Electronics, Inc.’s Opposed Motion to
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`Supplement the Record in Support of Its Motion to Transfer Venue to the Northern District
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`of California (the “Motion to Supplement”). (Dkt. No. 66.) Having considered the Motion
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`to Supplement, the Court is of the opinion that it should be and hereby is GRANTED to the
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`extent and for the reasons set forth herein.
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`In its Motion to Supplement, LG Electronics, Inc. (“LG Korea”) submits that on
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`August 23, 2018 and August 29, 2018, Plaintiff AGIS Software Development LLC ("AGIS")
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`served subpoenas duces tecum on Google in both of the consolidated cases against Android
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`Defendants, AGIS Software Development LLC v. Huawei Device USA Inc., et al., No. 2:17-
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`cv-513 (E.D. Tex.) and AGIS Software Development LLC v. HTC Corp., No.2:17-cv-514
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`(E.D. Tex.) (Id. at 3.) These subpoenas were served on Google in the Northern District of
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`California. They sought testimony and documents about Google's confidential source code
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`for Google Maps and Find My Device as well as other related technical documents. (Id. at 3-
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`4.) LG Korea argues that these subpoenas "will advance the Court's consideration of the
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`transfer venue motion by, inter alia, demonstrating that the relative ease of access to sources
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`Case 2:17-cv-00514-JRG Document 75 Filed 09/26/18 Page 2 of 2 PageID #: 3320
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`of proof and convenience for witnesses factors favor transfer, and confirming that AGIS's
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`arguments downplaying the relevance of Google's documents and witnesses was an argument
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`of convenience during transfer briefing that AGIS has abandoned now that it actually must
`litigate the merits of its claims." (Id. at 5.)
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`In opposition, AGIS argues that LG Korea’s Motion to Supplement should be denied
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`because “AGIS’s subpoena to Google contributes nothing to the quantum of proof before the
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`Court on the merits of the underlying motion to transfer venue,” and “LG [Korea] has not
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`demonstrated that this would materially affect the outcome of the decision as to transfer
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`venue.” (Dkt. 73 at 4.) Moreover, AGIS argues that it has never stated “that it would not
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`seek the discovery of Google with respect to any proprietary Google application material,”
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`despite LG Korea’s arguments to the contrary. (Id. at 6.) AGIS submits that LG Korea has
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`refused to produce relevant discovery to AGIS, and thus AGIS was forced to seek discovery
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`from Google. (Id. at 2.)
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`On balance, the Court finds that the subpoena notices served on Google will assist the
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`Court’s consideration of LG Korea’s pending Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Personal
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`Jurisdiction or, in the Alternative, to Transfer Venue to the Northern District of California.
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`(2:17-cv-513, Dkt. No. 46.) Accordingly, the Court hereby GRANTS LG Korea’s Motion to
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`Supplement and it is ORDERED that the Google Subpoenas attached as Exhibits A and B to
`the Motion to Supplement, (2:17-cv-514, Dkt. No. 66-1; 66-2), be forthwith FILED by the
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`Clerk as part of the record in this case.
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