IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
MARSHALL DIVISION
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HEADWATER RESEARCH LLC,
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Plaintiff, §
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v.
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Case No. 2:23-cv-00352-JRG-RSP VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC.,
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CELLCO PARTNERSHIP d/b/a VERIZON
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WIRELESS, and VERIZON CORPORATE
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SERVICES GROUP, INC.,
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Defendants. §
ORDER
Defendants Verizon Communications Inc., Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless, and Verizon Corporate Services Group, Inc previously filed a Motion for Summary Judgment of No Pre-Suit Willful Infringement, Indirect Infringement, or Copying. (Dkt. No. 182.) Magistrate Judge Payne entered a Report and Recommendation (Dkt. No. 325), recommending that the Court grant Verizon’s Motion with respect to copying by Verizon, but otherwise deny the Motion. Verizon has now filed Objections (Dkt. No. 345) and Headwater has filed its Response (Dkt. No. 366).
After conducting a de novo review of the briefing on the Motion for Summary Judgment of No Pre-Suit Willful Infringement, Indirect Infringement, or Copying, the Report and Recommendation, and the briefing on Verizon’s 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 clearly erroneous. Consequently, the Court OVERRULES Verizon’s Objections, ADOPTS the Report and Recommendation, and ORDERS that the Motion for Summary Judgment of No Pre-Suit Willful Infringement, Indirect Infringement, or Copying (Dkt. No. 182) is GRANTED as to no copying by Verizon, but is otherwise DENIED.
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So ORDERED and SIGNED this 9th day of July, 2025.