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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`WACO DIVISION
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`BEIJING MEISHE NETWORK
`TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.,
` Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`TIKTOK INC., TIKTOK PTE. LTD.,
`BYTEDANCE LTD., and BYTEDANCE
`INC.,
` Defendant.
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`No. 6:21-cv-504
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`ORDER
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`Magistrate Judge Derek T. Gilliland previously entered an Order on September 26, 2022
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`Discovery Dispute Hearing, ECF No. 128, which denied Defendants’ request for Plaintiff to
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`supplement its response to Defendants’ Interrogatory No. 1, granted Defendants’ request regarding
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`Plaintiff’s source code and copyright registrations, granted Plaintiff’s request to compel inspection
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`of Defendants’ source code, denied without prejudice Plaintiff’s request to inspect Defendants’
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`entire code base, and denied Defendants’ request for a protective order. Defendants filed Objections
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`to that Order. ECF No. 159. Specifically, Defendants’ object to the Magistrate Judge’s denial of (1)
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`Defendants’ request that Plaintiff supplement its response to Interrogatory No. 1 and (2)
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`Defendants’ motion for a protective order. Id. Plaintiff filed a response to Defendants’ objections.
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`ECF No. 165. Defendants filed a reply in support of their objections. ECF Nos. 167.
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`After consideration of the Magistrate Judge’s Order, Defendants’ Objections to the Order,
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`Plaintiff’s response, and Defendants’ reply, the Court concludes that the Objections are without
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`sufficient merit. For that reason and other reasons stated within the Order, the Court agrees with the
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`conclusion reached within the Order. The Court therefore OVERRULES Defendants’ Objections,
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`Case 6:21-cv-00504-ADA-DTG Document 171 Filed 10/20/22 Page 2 of 2
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`ECF No. 159, and ADOPTS the Magistrate Judge’s Order, ECF No. 128. Defendants’ request for
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`Plaintiff to supplement its response to Defendants’ Interrogatory No. 1 is DENIED. Defendants’
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`motion for a protective order is DENIED.
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`SIGNED this 20th day of October, 2022.
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`ALAN D ALBRIGHT
`UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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