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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`WACO DIVISION
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`TRILLER, INC.,
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`Plaintiff,
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`BYTEDANCE LTD., and TIKTOK, INC.
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`Defendants.
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`Civil Action No. 6:20-cv-00693-ADA
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`DEFENDANT’S UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO MOVE,
`ANSWER OR OTHERWISE RESPOND TO COMPLAINT
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`Defendant TikTok, Inc. (TikTok) files this Unopposed Motion for an Extension of Time to
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`Move, Answer or Otherwise Respond to Plaintiff Triller, Inc.’s Complaint. In support of their
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`Motion, TikTok states as follows:
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`On July 29, 2020, Plaintiff filed its complaint alleging patent infringement against
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`ByteDance Ltd. and TikTok Inc.
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`On August 3, 2020, Defendant TikTok, Inc. was served with Plaintiff’s Complaint.
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`ByteDance Ltd., a foreign entity, has not yet been served.
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`3.
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`On August 18, 2020, counsel for ByteDance Ltd. and counsel for Triller, Inc.
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`executed a Waiver of the Service of Foreign Summons for 90 days. The current deadline for
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`ByteDance Ltd. to answer or otherwise respond to complaint is November 16, 2020.
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`Defendant TikTok seeks an extension up to and through November 16, 2020, to align their
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`answer deadline with ByteDance Ltd.’s deadline. Counsel for TikTok has conferred with counsel
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`for Plaintiff, and counsel for Plaintiff has indicated it is unopposed to this motion.
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`Case 6:20-cv-00693-ADA Document 18 Filed 08/18/20 Page 2 of 2
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`Dated: August 18, 2020
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /s/ Melissa R. Smith
`Melissa R. Smith
`Texas Bar No. 24001351
`melissa@gillamsmithlaw.com
`GILLAM & SMITH, LLP
`303 South Washington Avenue
`Marshall, Texas 75670
`Tel: (903) 934-8450
`Fax: (903) 934-9257
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`Counsel for Defendants
`ByteDance Ltd. and TikTok Inc.
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that a true and correct copy of the above and foregoing
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`document has been served on this the 18th day of August, 2020 to all counsel of record who are
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`deemed to have consented to electronic service via the Court’s CM/ECF system per Local Rule
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`CV-5(a)(3).
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`/s/ Melissa R. Smith
`Melissa R. Smith
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