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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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`TYLER DIVISION
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`CIVIL ACTION NO. 6:14-cv-982
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`CONSOLIDATED LEAD CASE
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`CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS
`EQUIPMENT LLC,
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`Plaintiff,
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`LG ELECTRONICS, INC., ET AL.,
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`Defendants.
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`MOTION FOR ISSUANCE OF LETTER ROGATORY
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`Plaintiff Cellular Communications Equipment LLC hereby moves, pursuant to the Hague
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`Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters, March 18, 1970
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`and 28 U.S.C § 1781 for issuance of a Request for International Judicial Assistance directed to
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`the Ministry of Justice, Finland requesting the production of relevant documents by third-party
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`Nokia Corporation. Plaintiff submits that the requested documents are necessary and in the
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`interest of justice, that Nokia Corporation is not subject to service of a subpoena within the
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`United States, and that it is not possible to obtain the requested documents in an admissible form
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`in any other manner.
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`For these reasons, Plaintiff respectfully requests that this Court grant this motion and
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`issue the proposed Request for International Judicial Assistance attached hereto as Exhibit A,
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`bearing an original signature by the court and original seal affixed by the clerk of the court.
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`Plaintiff makes these specific requests to comply with the requirements for service in Finland.
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`Dated: October 19, 2015
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`Case 6:14-cv-00982-KNM Document 133 Filed 10/19/15 Page 2 of 3 PageID #: 976
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/s/ Edward R. Nelson, III
`Edward R. Nelson, III
`ed@nelbum.com
`Texas State Bar No. 00797142
`S. Brannon Latimer
`brannon@nelbum.com
`Texas State Bar No. 24060137
`Thomas C. Cecil
`tom@nelbum.com
`Texas State Bar No. 24069489
`NELSON BUMGARDNER, P.C.
`3131 West 7th Street, Suite 300
`Fort Worth, Texas 76107
`Phone: (817) 377-9111
`Fax: (817) 377-3485
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`T. John Ward, Jr.
`Texas State Bar No. 00794818
`J. Wesley Hill
`Texas State Bar No. 24032294
`Claire Abernathy Henry
`Texas State Bar No. 24053063
`WARD & SMITH LAW FIRM
`P.O. Box 1231
`1127 Judson Rd., Ste. 220
`Longview, Texas 75606-1231
`(903) 757-6400
`(903) 757-2323 (fax)
`jw@jwfirm.com
`wh@wsfirm.com
`claire@wsfirm.com
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`ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF
`CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS
`EQUIPMENT LLC
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`Case 6:14-cv-00982-KNM Document 133 Filed 10/19/15 Page 3 of 3 PageID #: 977
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that on the 19th day of October, 2015, I electronically filed the foregoing
`document with the clerk of the Court for the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas, Tyler
`Division, using the Court’s electronic case filing system. The electronic case filing system sent a
`“Notice of Electronic Filing” to the attorneys of record who have consented in writing to accept
`this Notice as service of this document by electronic means.
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`/s/ Edward R. Nelson, III
`Edward R. Nelson, III
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