`Case 6:20-cv-00693-ADA Document 37 Filed 12/03/20 Page 1 of 3
`AO 440 (Rev. 06/12) Summons in a Civil Action
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
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`TRILLER, INC.,
`Plaintiff
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`v.
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`BYTEDANCE INC., ET AL.,
`Defendant
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`Civil Action No. 6:20-CV-00693-ADA
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`SUMMONS IN A CIVIL ACTION
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`TO: ByteDance Inc.
`c/o Corporation Service Company
`211 E. 7th St., Ste 620
`Austin, TX 78701
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`A lawsuit has been filed against you.
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`Within 21 days after service of this summons on you (not counting the day you received it)-- or 60 days
`if you are the United States or a United States Agency, or an office or employee of the United States described
`in Fed. R. Civ. P. 12 (a)(2) or (3) -
`you must serve on the plaintiff an answer to the attached complaint or a
`motion under Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The answer or motion must be served on the
`plaintiff or plaintiffs attorney, whose name and address are:
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`Jack Wesley Hill
`Ward Smith & Hill, PLLC
`1507 Bill Owens Pkwy
`Longview, TX 75604
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`If you fail to respond, judgment by default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the
`complaint. You also must file your answer or motion with the court.
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`JEANNETTEJ.CLACK
`CLERK OF COURT
`s/AKEITA MICHAEL
`DEPUTY CLERK
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`ISSUED ON 2020-11-30 11:08:04
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`Case 6:20-cv-00693-ADA Document 37 Filed 12/03/20 Page 2 of 3
`AO 440 (Rev. 06/12) Summons in a Civil Action (Pase 2)
`Civil Action No. 6:20-CV-00693-ADA
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`PROOF OF SERVICE
`(This section should not be filed with the court unless required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(1))
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`I personally served the summons on the individual at (place) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
`;or
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`was received by me on(date)
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`I left the summons at the individual's resident or usual place of abode with(name) _ _ _ _ _ _
`- - - - - - - - - - - - - ' a person of suitable age and discretion who resides there,
`on (date) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, and mailed a copy to the individual's last known address; or
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`I returned the summons unexecuted because
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`r Other (specify): _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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`My fees are $
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`for travel and $
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`for services, for a total of$
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`I declare under penalty that this information is true.
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`Date: I ~/ozj?cJZO
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`Server's signature
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`Additional information regarding attempted sevice, etc:
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`Case 6:20-cv-00693-ADA Document 37 Filed 12/03/20 Page 3 of 3
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`AFFIDAVIT OF SERVICE
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`State of Texas
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`Western Texas US District Court
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`Case Number: 6:20-CV-00693-ADA
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`Plaintiff:
`TRILLER, INC.
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`VS.
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`Defendant:
`BYTEDANCE INC. ET. AL
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`Received by STINNETT PROCESS, LLC on the 30th day of November, 2020 at 11 :20 am to be served on
`ByteDance Inc. c/o RIA: Corporation Service Company, 211 East 7th Street, Suite 620, Austin, TX
`78701.
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`I, Barbara C. Stinnett, being duly sworn, depose and say that on the 2nd day of December, 2020 at 11 :20
`am,I:
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`Delivered a true copy of the Summons in a Civil Action, First Amended Complaint for Patent
`Infringement with the date of service endorsed thereon by me, to ByteDance Inc. c/o RIA: Corporation
`Service Company, by delivering to its designated agent, Samantha Guerra, at the address of 211 East
`7th Street, Suite 620, Austin, TX 78701, Travis County, and informed said person of the contents
`therein, in compliance with state statutes.
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`I certify that I am over the age of 18, have no interest in the above action, and am a Certified Process
`Server, in good standing, in the judicial circuit in which the process was served.
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`State ofR,'f'Q , County ofTYCA.c./t ,S>
`Subscribed and Sworn to before me on the U 2.
`day of i>(1~ , 7.e.OCJ by the affiant
`who is personally known to me.
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`~~ Barbara C. Stinnett
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`PSC-1181; Exp: 07/31/2022
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`STINNETT PROCESS, LLC
`15511 HWY 71 WEST
`STE. 110-143
`BEE CAVE, TX 78738
`(512) 797-3399
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`Our Job Serial Number: SNN-2020002049
`Ref: 6:20-CV-00693-ADA
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`MICHAEL R STINNETT
`Notary ID #126498663
`My Commission Expires
`December 3. 2022
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