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Empire Technology Development LLC v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. et al, No. 2:23-cv-00427 (E.D. Tex. June 16, 2025)

Adopted Report and recommendation (or magistrate's order) adopted
Motion to Dismiss
Court
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division
Case No.
No. 2:23-cv-00427, Dkt. No. 242
Decided
June 16, 2025
Judge
Rodney Gilstrap, J. — Marshall
Document
Order
Docket Entry
ORDER adopting Report and Recommendations for 217 Report and Recommendations, 101 Sealed Motion, filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., SamsungElectronics America, Inc. (Motion(s)101 terminated)
Length
2 pages
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS

MARSHALL DIVISION

EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY §

DEVELOPMENT LLC, §

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Plaintiff, §

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v. § CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:23-cv-00427-JRG-RSP

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SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD. § and SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS § AMERICA, INC., §

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Defendants. §

ORDER

Defendants Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Samsung Electronics America, Inc. (collectively, “Samsung”) previously filed a Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s Complaint Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(1) and 12(c) for Lack of Constitutional Standing (the “Motion to Dismiss”). (Dkt. No. 101.) Magistrate Judge Payne entered a Report and Recommendation (Dkt. No. 217), recommending denial of Samsung’s Motion to Dismiss. Samsung has now filed Objections. (Dkt. No. 237.)

After conducting a de novo review of the briefing on the Motion to Dismiss, the Report and Recommendation, and the briefing on Samsung’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 erroneous. Consequently, the Court OVERRULES Samsung’s Objections and ADOPTS the Report and Recommendation and orders that the Motion to Dismiss (Dkt. No. 101) is DENIED.

2So Ordered this Jun 16, 2025
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