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 Non-Infringement of U.S. Patent No. 8,589,541. (Dkt. No. 174.) Magistrate Judge Payne entered a Report and Recommendation recommending denying T-Mobile and Sprint’s Motion for Summary Judgment of Non-Infringement of U.S. Patent No. 8,589,541. (Dkt. No. 315.) T-Mobile and Sprint have now filed Objections (Dkt. No. 327), with Headwater Research LLC filing a Response (Dkt. No. 339).
After conducting a de novo review of the briefing on the Motion for Summary Judgment of Non-Infringement of U.S. Patent No. 8,589,541, 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 Non-Infringement of U.S. Patent No. 8,589,541 (Dkt. No. 174) is DENIED.
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So ORDERED and SIGNED this 24th day of July, 2025.