Case 2:22-cv-00280-RWS-RSP Document 30 Filed 01/03/23 Page 1 of 3 PageID #: 977
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`MARSHALL DIVISION
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`Plaintiff,
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`AX WIRELESS LLC,
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`LENOVO GROUP LIMITED,
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`Defendant.
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`Case No. 2:22-cv-00280-JRG-RSP
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`RESPONSE TO MOTION TO DISMISS AND NOTICE BY AX WIRELESS THAT
`AMENDED COMPLAINT MOOTS MOTION TO DISMISS (DKT. 25)
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`Plaintiff AX Wireless LLC (“AX Wireless”) hereby submits this Notice of Mootness and
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`would show the Court as follows:
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`On July 22, 2022, AX Wireless filed its Complaint For Patent Infringement
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`(“Complaint”) against Defendant Lenovo Group Limited (“Lenovo”). Dkt. 1. On December 19,
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`2022, Lenovo filed a Motion To Dismiss For Lack of Personal Jurisdiction and Motion to
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`Dismiss Direct Infringement Claims (“Motion”). Dkt. 25. On January 3, 2023, AX Wireless
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`filed its First Amended Complaint For Patent Infringement (“FAC”), including new causes of
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`action and jurisdictional facts. Dkt.29. The FAC does not specifically refer to, adopt, or
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`incorporate by reference the earlier Complaint. AX Wireless’s FAC therefore relates back to the
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`date of and supersedes the original Complaint.
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`The filing of an amended complaint moots the motion to dismiss the original
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`complaint. Pure Country, Inc. v. Sigma Chi Fraternity, 312 F.3d 952, 956 (8th Cir.
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`2002); Merritt v. Fogel, 349 F. App’x 742, 745 (3rd Cir. 2009). Unless the amended complaint
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`expressly incorporates the original complaint, the amended complaint completely replaces the
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`original and renders it a legal nullity. In re Vitro Asset Corp., 656 F. App’x 717, 722 n.1 (5th
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`Cir. 2016) (citing Boelens v. Redman Homes, Inc., 759 F.2d 504, 508 (5th Cir. 1985)); Canal
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`Ins. Co. v. Coleman, 625 F.3d 244, 246 n.2 (5th Cir. 2010) (citing King v. Dogan, 31 F.3d 344,
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`346 (5th Cir.1994)); La. Fiber Corp. v. Fireman's Fund Ins. Co., 105 F.3d 655 (5th Cir. 1996)
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`(“An amended complaint supersedes the original complaint and renders it of no legal effect,
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`unless the amended complaint specifically refers to and adopts or incorporates by reference the
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`earlier pleading.”). “A motion to dismiss that is addressed to the nullified original complaint is
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`therefore moot, because no relief can be granted based upon the original complaint.” Ultravision
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`Techs., LLC v. Eaton Corp., PLC, Civil Action No. 2:19-CV-00290-JRG (E.D. Tex. Nov. 7,
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`2019) at 3. Thus Defendants’ Motion should be denied as moot.
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`Date: January 3, 2023
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`/s/ Andrew Y. Choung
`Elizabeth L. DeRieux
`Email: ederieux@capshawlaw.com
`CAPSHAW DERIEUX, LLP
`TEXAS BAR NO. 05770585
`114 E. Commerce Ave.
`Gladewater, Texas 75647
`(903) 845-5770
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`Andrew Y. Choung (admitted in E.D. Texas)
`Email: achoung@nixonpeabody.com
`Jennifer Hayes (admitted pro hac vice)
`Email: jenhayes@nixonpeabody.com
`Joshua J. Pollack (admitted in E.D. Texas)
`Email: jpollack@nixonpeabody.com
`Desmond Jui (admitted pro hac vice)
`Email: djui@nixonpeabody.com
`Nixon Peabody LLP
`300 S. Grand Avenue, Suite 4100
`Los Angeles, CA 90071
`Telephone: (213) 629-6000
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`Brendan O’Callaghan (admitted in E.D. Texas)
`Email: bocallaghan@nixonpeabody.com
`Nixon Peabody LLP
`799 9th Street NW, Suite 500
`Washington, DC 20001-5327
`Telephone: (202) 585-8000
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`Attorneys for Plaintiff AX Wireless LLC
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