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Atlas Global Technologies LLC v. TP-Link Technologies Co., Ltd. et al, No. 2:21-cv-00430 (E.D. Tex. Mar. 27, 2023)

Adopted Report and recommendation (or magistrate's order) adopted
Court
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division
Case No.
No. 2:21-cv-00430, Dkt. No. 156
Decided
March 27, 2023
Judge
Rodney Gilstrap, J. — Marshall
Document
Order
Docket Entry
ORDER - the Court OVERRULES Atlas Globals Objections (Dkt. No. 152) and ADOPTS Judge Paynes Order. (Dkt. No. 138)
Length
2 pages

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS

MARSHALL DIVISION

ATLAS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC, §

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Plaintiff, §

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v. § Case No. 2:21-cv-00430-JRG-RSP

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TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., §

TP-LINK CORPORATION LIMITED, §

TP-LINK INTERNATIONAL LTD., §

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Defendants. §

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ORDER

Plaintiff Atlas Global Technologies LLC ("Atlas Global") previously filed a Motion to Compel. ( Dkt. No. 110). After reviewing the briefing and hearing oral arguments at a hearing on March 1, 2023, Magistrate Judge Payne entered an Order (Dkt. No. 138), granting-in-part Atlas Global’s Motion to Compel. The TP-Link Defendants1 have now filed Objections. (Dkt. No. 152). The sole basis for the TP-Link Defendants’ objections is that the Court erred in finding that “at least one of the TP-Link Defendants has sufficient control over TP-Link USA to gather and produce the requested information.” (Dkt. No. 152 at 2–6; Dkt. No. 138 at 2).2

After reviewing the briefing on the Motion to Compel, Judge Payne’s Order, Atlas Global’s Objections, and the hearing transcript, the Court agrees with the reasoning provided within the Order and the hearing transcript and concludes that the Objections fail to show that the Memorandum Order was clearly erroneous or contrary to law.

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Consequently, the Court OVERRULES Atlas Global’s Objections (Dkt. No. 152) and ADOPTS Judge Payne’s Order. (Dkt. No. 138).

So ORDERED and SIGNED this 27th day of March, 2023.

RODNEY GILSTRAP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Footnotes

  1. 1 TP-Link Technologies Co., Ltd. (now renamed TP-Link Lianzhou Co., Ltd., and referred to as “TP-Link China”) and TP Link International Ltd. (now renamed TP-Link Corporation Limited, and referred to as “TP-Link Hong Kong”) (collectively, “TP-Link Defendants”).
  2. 2 Citations correspond to those assigned via ECF.

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Atlas Global Technologies LLC v. TP-Link Technologies Co., Ltd. et al, No. 2:21-cv-00430 (E.D. Tex. Mar. 27, 2023).

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