IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
MARSHALL DIVISION
HEADWATER RESEARCH LLC, §
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Plaintiff,
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CASE NO. 2:23-CV-00379-JRG-RSP v.
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(LEAD CASE)
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T-MOBILE USA, INC. and SPRINT § CORP., §
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Defendants. §
ORDER
Defendants T-Mobile USA, Inc. and Sprint Corp. (collectively, “Defendants”) previously filed a Motion for Summary Judgment of No Pre-Suit Willful Infringement, Indirect Infringement, or Copying (the “Motion”). (Dkt. No. 178.) Magistrate Judge Payne entered a Report and Recommendation recommending granting T-Mobile and Sprint’s Motion with respect to copying by Defendants, but otherwise recommending denying the Motion. (Dkt. No. 312.) T-Mobile and Sprint have now filed Objections (Dkt. No. 330), with Headwater Research LLC filing a Response (Dkt. No. 338).
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 T-Mobile and Sprint’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 T-Mobile and Sprint’s Objections, ADOPTS the Report and Recommendation, and ORDERS that the Motion for Summary Judgment of No Pre-Suit Willful
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Infringement, Indirect Infringement, or Copying (Dkt. No. 178) is GRANTED as to no copying by Defendants, but is otherwise DENIED.
So ORDERED and SIGNED this 24th day of July, 2025.