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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`MARSHALL DIVISION
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`2:17-cv-00514-JRG
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`LEAD
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`§ 2:17-cv-00517-JRG
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`AGIS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT LLC
`Plaintiff,
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`HTC CORPORATION,
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`ZTE CORPORATION ET AL,
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`Defendants.
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`ORDER
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`The above-captioned cases are hereby ORDERED to be CONSOLIDATED for all
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`pretrial issues (except venue) with the LEAD CASE, Cause No. 2:17-cv-00514. All parties are
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`instructed to file any future filings (except relating to venue) in the LEAD CASE. Individual cases
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`remain active for venue determinations and trial. The Court will enter one docket control order,
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`one protective order, and one discovery order that will govern the entire consolidated case.
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`If a docket control order, protective order, discovery order, and/or appointment of mediator
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`has been entered in the lead case at the time new member cases are added to the consolidated
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`action, all parties are directed to meet and confer in order to determine whether amendments to
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`such documents are necessary. Any proposed amendments to the docket control order, protective
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`order, discovery order, or appointment of a mediator shall be filed within two weeks of this Order.
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`The local rules’ page limitations for Markman briefs and other motions will apply to the
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`consolidated case. To further promote judicial economy and to conserve the parties’ resources,
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`the Court encourages the parties to file a notice with the Court in the event that there are other
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`related cases currently pending on the Court’s docket that may also be appropriate for
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`Case 2:17-cv-00517-JRG Document 48 Filed 01/04/18 Page 2 of 2 PageID #: 590
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`consolidation with this case.
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`The Clerk is instructed to add the consolidated defendants into the Lead Case and their
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`corresponding Lead and Local Counsel only. Additional counsel may file a Notice of Appearance
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`in the Lead Case if they wish to continue as counsel of record in the lead consolidated action.
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`Counsel who has appeared pro hac vice in any member case may file a Notice of Appearance in
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`the Lead Case without filing an additional application to appear pro hac vice in the Lead Case.
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`Counsel who have not appeared in a member case at the point when it is consolidated into the Lead
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`Case should file a Notice of Appearance only in the Lead Case, and such Notice should state the
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`relevant member case.
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