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Howlink Global LLC v. AT&T Inc. et al, No. 2:22-cv-00040 (E.D. Tex. June 21, 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. 2:22-cv-00040, Dkt. No. 226
Decided
June 21, 2023
Judge
See opinion
Document
Order
Docket Entry
ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS for 216 Report and Recommendations, 165 Sealed Motion for Summary Judgment No. 1: Non-infringement Due to Application of the Festo Bar filed by Ericsson Inc., AT&T Communications, LLC, Nokia of Amer…
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS

MARSHALL DIVISION

HOWLINK GLOBAL LLC, §

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Plaintiff, §

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v. § CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:22-CV-0040-JRG-RSP

§ (LEAD CASE)

AT&T, INC, ET AL., §

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Defendants. §

ORDER

Defendants1 filed Motion for Summary Judgment No. 1: Non-infringement Due to Application of the Festo Bar. (Dkt. No. 165.) Magistrate Judge Payne entered a Report and Recommendation (Dkt. No. 216) that Defendants’ Motion be granted. Plaintiff Howlink Global LLC filed Objections (Dkt. No. 224) and Defendants filed a Response (Dkt. No. 225).

After conducting a de novo review of the briefing on the Motion, the Report and Recommendation, and the briefing on the Objections, the Court agrees with the reasoning provided within the Report and Recommendation and concludes that the Objections fail to show that the Report and Recommendation was erroneous. Consequently, the Court OVERRULES Howlink’s Objections and ADOPTS the Report and Recommendation and ORDERS that the Motion (Dkt. No. 165) is GRANTED.

Figure on page 1 of the opinion
So Ordered this Jun 21, 2023

Footnotes

  1. 1 AT&T Corp., AT&T Communications LLC, AT&T Mobility LLC, and AT&T Services, Inc., Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless, Verizon Services Corp., Verizon Enterprises Solutions, LLC, Verizon Business Global LLC, Verizon Business Network Services LLC, Verizon Corporate Services Group, Inc., Verizon Data Services LLC, Verizon Media Inc., and Verizon Online LLC, Nokia of America Corporation, and Ericsson, Inc.

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Howlink Global LLC v. AT&T Inc. et al, No. 2:22-cv-00040 (E.D. Tex. June 21, 2023).

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