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`AGIS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT,
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`Plaintiff,
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`Defendants.
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`Case No. 2:17-cv-00517-JRG
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`ZTE CORPORATION, ET AL.,
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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`MARSHALL DIVISION
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`PLAINTIFF AGIS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, LLC’S
`UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE A SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF
`IN SUPPORT OF ITS OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS
`PLAINTIFF’S AMENDED COMPLAINT FOR IMPROPER VENUE OR, IN THE
`ALTERNATIVE, TO TRANSFER
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`In light of the new precedent issued by the Federal Circuit in In re Bigcommerce, Inc.,
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`Nos. 2018-120, 2018-122, 2018 WL 2207265 (Fed. Cir. May 15, 2018), attached hereto as
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`Exhibit A, Plaintiff AGIS Software Development, LLC (“AGIS”) hereby respectfully moves the
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`Court for leave to supplement its Opposition to Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s
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`Amended Complaint for Improper Venue or, in the Alternative, to Transfer (Dkt. 38). In In re
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`Bigcommerce, Inc., the Federal Circuit held, “that for the purposes of determining venue under
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`§ 1400(b) in a state having multiple judicial districts, a corporate defendant shall be considered
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`to ‘reside’ only in the single judicial district within that state where it maintains a principal place
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`of business, or, failing that, the judicial district in which its registered office is located.” In re
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`Bigcommerce, 2018 WL 2207265, at *6. AGIS respectfully requests permission to file a
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`supplemental brief, not to exceed five (5) pages, to address the effect In re Bigcommerce, Inc.
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`has on venue as to Defendant ZTE (TX), Inc.
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`Case 2:17-cv-00517-JRG Document 65 Filed 05/23/18 Page 2 of 5 PageID #: 937
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`Defendants ZTE (TX), Inc. and ZTE (USA), Inc. do not oppose this Motion so long as
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`Defendants have an opportunity to file a response to AGIS’s supplemental brief, not to exceed
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`five (5) pages.
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`Dated: May 23, 2018
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`BROWN RUDNICK LLP
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`/s/ Vincent J. Rubino, III
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`Alessandra C. Messing
`NY Bar No. 5040019
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`Shahar Harel
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`John A. Rubino
`NY Bar No. 5020797
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`Daniel J. Shea
`NY Bar No. 5430558
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`BROWN RUDNICK LLP
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`ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF, AGIS
`SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, LLC
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`Case 2:17-cv-00517-JRG Document 65 Filed 05/23/18 Page 4 of 5 PageID #: 939
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`CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE
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`Pursuant to Local Rule CV-7(h), counsel for Plaintiff AGIS Software Development, LLC
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`(“AGIS”) conferred with Lionel Lavenue, counsel for Defendants ZTE (USA), Inc. and ZTE
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`(TX), Inc., via teleconference on May 16, 2018, as well as via electronic mail on May 16-17,
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`2018, regarding the motion to supplement AGIS’s Opposition (Dkt. 46) to Defendants ZTE
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`Corporation’s Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s Amended Complaint for Improper Venue or, in the
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`Alternative, to Transfer (Dkt. 38). On May 17, 2018, Mr. Lavenue confirmed via e-mail that
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`ZTE (USA), Inc. and ZTE (TX), Inc. do not oppose the relief sought in this motion, so long as
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`Defendants are entitled to a response to AGIS’s supplemental brief.
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`/s/ Vincent J. Rubino, III
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`Case 2:17-cv-00517-JRG Document 65 Filed 05/23/18 Page 5 of 5 PageID #: 940
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that all counsel of record who are deemed to have
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`consented to electronic service are being served with a copy of this document via the Court’s
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`CM/ECF system per Local Rule CV-5(a)(3) on May 23, 2018.
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`/s/ Vincent J. Rubino, III
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