Headwater Research LLC v. Cellco Partnership, d/b/a Verizon Wireless et al
Plaintiff: Headwater Research LLC
Defendant: Cellco Partnership, d/b/a Verizon Wireless, Verizon Corporate Services Group Inc., Sprint LLC, T-Mobile USA, INC, AT&T Services Inc, AT&T Inc, AT&T Mobility, LLC and AT&T Corp.
Counter-Claimant: AT&T Services Inc, AT&T Corp. and AT&T Mobility, LLC
Counter-Defendant: Headwater Research LLC
Case Number: 2:2025cv00391
Filed: April 15, 2025
Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Presiding Judge: Rodney Gilstrap
Referring Judge: Roy S Payne
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35 U.S.C. § 271 Patent Infringement
Jury Demanded By: Both
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
September 29, 2025 Filing 49 Notice of Filing of Patent/Trademark Form (AO 120). AO 120 emailed to the Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. (KLC)
September 29, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 48 ORDER DISMISSING CASE. Signed by District Judge Rodney Gilstrap on 09/29/2025. (KLC)
September 17, 2025 Filing 47 JOINT STIPULATION of Dismissal by Headwater Research LLC. (Fenster, Marc)
August 22, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 46 ORDER granting #45 Sealed Motion to Stay All Deadlines and Notice of Settlement. Signed by Magistrate Judge Roy S. Payne on 8/21/2025. (NKL)
August 20, 2025 Filing 45 JOINT SEALED MOTION to Stay All Deadlines and Notice of Settlement by AT&T Corp., AT&T Mobility, LLC, AT&T Services Inc. (Attachments: #1 Proposed Order)(Mathews, Nicholas)
August 8, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 44 PROTECTIVE ORDER. Signed by Magistrate Judge Roy S. Payne on 08/07/2025. (KLC)
August 8, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 43 DISCOVERY ORDER. Signed by Magistrate Judge Roy S. Payne on 08/07/2025. (KLC)
August 6, 2025 Filing 42 JOINT MOTION FOR ENTRY OF PROTECTIVE ORDER & DISCOVERY ORDER by Headwater Research LLC. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A, #2 Exhibit B)(Wietholter, Jason)
August 4, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 41 ORDER granting #37 , #38 , #39 Motions to Extend Proposed Docket Control Order,Discovery Order, and Protective Order Deadlines. Signed by Magistrate Judge Roy S. Payne on 08/03/2025. (mdj)
August 4, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 40 DOCKET CONTROL ORDER. Signed by Magistrate Judge Roy S. Payne on 08/03/2025. (mdj)
July 30, 2025 Filing 39 UNOPPOSED MOTION TO EXTEND PROPOSED DOCKET CONTROL ORDER, DISCOVERY ORDER, AND PROTECTIVE ORDER DEADLINES by Headwater Research LLC. (Attachments: #1 Proposed Order)(Fenster, Marc)
July 30, 2025 Filing 38 UNOPPOSED MOTION TO EXTEND PROPOSED DOCKET CONTROL ORDER, DISCOVERY ORDER, AND PROTECTIVE ORDER DEADLINES by Headwater Research LLC. (Attachments: #1 Proposed Order)(Fenster, Marc)
July 30, 2025 Filing 37 UNOPPOSED MOTION for Extension of Time to File Proposed Docket Control Order, Proposed Discovery Order, and Proposed Protective Order by AT&T Corp., AT&T Mobility, LLC, AT&T Services Inc. (Attachments: #1 Proposed Order)(Mathews, Nicholas)
July 30, 2025 Filing 36 NOTICE of Attorney Appearance by Andrea Leigh Fair on behalf of Headwater Research LLC (Fair, Andrea)
July 25, 2025 Filing 35 RESPONSE to T-Mobile's Answer to Complaint by Headwater Research LLC. (Fenster, Marc)
July 25, 2025 Filing 34 RESPONSE to #29 Answer to Complaint, Counterclaim - AT&T by Headwater Research LLC. (Fenster, Marc)
July 25, 2025 Filing 33 RESPONSE to #9 Answer to Complaint - Verizon by Headwater Research LLC. (Fenster, Marc)
July 25, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 32 ORDER granting #31 Joint Motion to Extend Contentions Deadlines. Signed by Magistrate Judge Roy S. Payne on 7/25/25. (ljw)
July 24, 2025 Filing 31 JOINT MOTION TO EXTEND CONTENTIONS DEADLINES by Headwater Research LLC. (Attachments: #1 Proposed Order)(Fenster, Marc)
July 18, 2025 Filing 30 Fed. R. Civ. P. 7.1(a)(1) Disclosure Statement filed by AT&T Corp., AT&T Mobility, LLC, AT&T Services Inc identifying Corporate Parent AT&T Inc. for AT&T Services Inc, AT&T Services Inc; Corporate Parent SBC Long Distance, LLC, Corporate Parent BellSouth Mobile Data, Inc., Corporate Parent New Cingular Wireless Services, Inc., Corporate Parent AT&T Investment & Tower Holdings, LLC for AT&T Mobility, LLC, AT&T Mobility, LLC; Other Affiliate BellSouth Mobile Data, Inc., Other Affiliate AT&T Enterprises, LLC, Other Affiliate AT&T Wireline Holdings, LLC, Other Affiliate AT&T DW Holdings, Inc., Other Affiliate AT&T Enterprises, Inc. for AT&T Corp., AT&T Corp.. (Mathews, Nicholas)
July 18, 2025 Filing 29 ANSWER to #1 Complaint, Affirmative Defenses and, COUNTERCLAIM against Headwater Research LLC by AT&T Services Inc, AT&T Corp., AT&T Mobility, LLC.(Mathews, Nicholas)
July 16, 2025 Filing 28 Minute Entry for proceedings held before District Judge Rodney Gilstrap (Lead 2:25-cv-391 and Members 2:25-cv-359 and 2:25-cv-428): Scheduling Conference/Case Management Conference held on 7/16/2025 from 09:34 AM - 10:44 AM. Counsel for the parties appeared. Court: (1) asked whether the parties consented to trial before the U.S. Magistrate Judge; and (2) provided Claim Construction and Jury Selection/Trial dates. (Court Reporter - Shawn McRoberts) (Text entry only; no document attached) (aeb)
July 15, 2025 Filing 27 NOTICE of Attorney Appearance by Joshua Scheufler on behalf of Headwater Research LLC (Scheufler, Joshua)
July 14, 2025 Filing 26 NOTICE of Attorney Appearance by Shannon Marie Dacus on behalf of AT&T Corp., AT&T Inc, AT&T Mobility, LLC, AT&T Services Inc, Cellco Partnership, d/b/a Verizon Wireless, Verizon Corporate Services Group Inc. (Dacus, Shannon)
July 10, 2025 Filing 25 NOTICE of Attorney Appearance by James Shrin Tsuei on behalf of Headwater Research LLC (Tsuei, James)
July 10, 2025 Filing 24 NOTICE of Attorney Appearance by Jason Wietholter on behalf of Headwater Research LLC (Wietholter, Jason)
July 10, 2025 Filing 23 NOTICE of Attorney Appearance by Kristopher Ryan Davis on behalf of Headwater Research LLC (Davis, Kristopher)
July 10, 2025 Filing 22 NOTICE of Attorney Appearance by Philip X Wang on behalf of Headwater Research LLC (Wang, Philip)
July 10, 2025 Filing 21 NOTICE of Attorney Appearance by Dale Chang on behalf of Headwater Research LLC (Chang, Dale)
July 10, 2025 Filing 20 NOTICE of Attorney Appearance by Paul Anthony Kroeger on behalf of Headwater Research LLC (Kroeger, Paul)
July 10, 2025 Filing 19 NOTICE of Attorney Appearance by Neil Alan Rubin on behalf of Headwater Research LLC (Rubin, Neil)
July 10, 2025 Filing 18 NOTICE of Attorney Appearance by Brian D Ledahl on behalf of Headwater Research LLC (Ledahl, Brian)
July 10, 2025 Filing 17 NOTICE of Attorney Appearance by Benjamin T Wang on behalf of Headwater Research LLC (Wang, Benjamin)
July 10, 2025 Filing 16 NOTICE of Attorney Appearance by Ryan Lundquist on behalf of Headwater Research LLC (Lundquist, Ryan)
July 7, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 15 ORDER granting #14 Motion to Extend Deadlines. Signed by Magistrate Judge Roy S. Payne on 07/03/2025. (mdj)
July 2, 2025 Filing 14 UNOPPOSED MOTION to Extend Contentions Deadlines by Headwater Research LLC. (Attachments: #1 Proposed Order)(Fenster, Marc)
July 2, 2025 Filing 13 UNOPPOSED NOTICE OF DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE AS TO AT&T, INC. by Headwater Research LLC re #12 Stipulation (Fenster, Marc)
July 2, 2025 Filing 12 JOINT STIPULATION REGARDING SUBSTITUTION OF AT&T CORP. by Headwater Research LLC. (Mirzaie, Reza)
July 2, 2025 Filing 11 DEMAND for Trial by Jury by Cellco Partnership, d/b/a Verizon Wireless, Verizon Corporate Services Group Inc.. (Dacus, Deron)
July 2, 2025 Filing 10 Fed. R. Civ. P. 7.1(a)(1) Disclosure Statement filed by Cellco Partnership, d/b/a Verizon Wireless, Verizon Corporate Services Group Inc. identifying Corporate Parent Verizon Communications Inc. for Cellco Partnership, d/b/a Verizon Wireless, Verizon Corporate Services Group Inc.. (Dacus, Deron)
July 2, 2025 Filing 9 ANSWER to #1 Complaint, by Cellco Partnership, d/b/a Verizon Wireless, Verizon Corporate Services Group Inc..(Dacus, Deron)
June 30, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 8 ORDER- Scheduling/Case Management Conference set for 7/16/2025 at 09:30 AM before District Judge Rodney Gilstrap. Signed by Magistrate Judge Roy S. Payne on 06/24/2025. (mdj)
June 27, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 7 ORDER- The above-captioned cases are hereby ORDERED to be CONSOLIDATED for all pretrial issues with the LEAD CASE, Case No. 2:25-cv-00391. All parties are instructed to file any future filings in the LEAD CASE. Signed by District Judge Rodney Gilstrap on 06/26/2025. (mdj)
May 14, 2025 Filing 6 Unopposed Application for Extension of Time to Answer Complaint is granted. Cellco Partnership, d/b/a Verizon Wireless answer is now due 7/3/2025. (Text entry only, no document attached.)(mdj)
May 13, 2025 Filing 5 Unopposed Application for Extension of Time to Answer Complaint filed by Verizon Corporate Services Group Inc., Cellco Partnership, d/b/a Verizon Wireless. Summons originally served on 04/28/2025. Agreed new answer date is 07/03/2025.(Dacus, Deron)
April 15, 2025 Filing 4 SUMMONS Issued as to Cellco Partnership, d/b/a Verizon Wireless & Verizon Corporate Services Group Inc.. (Attachments: #1 Cellco Summons)(ljw)
April 15, 2025 Filing 3 Fed. R. Civ. P. 7.1(a)(1) Disclosure Statement filed by Headwater Research LLC (Fenster, Marc)
April 15, 2025 Filing 2 Notice of Filing of Patent/Trademark Form (AO 120). AO 120 emailed to the Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. (Fenster, Marc)
April 15, 2025 Filing 1 COMPLAINT FOR PATENT INFRINGEMENT against Headwater Research LLC ( Filing fee $ 405 receipt number ATXEDC-10783492.), filed by Headwater Research LLC. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit, #2 Exhibit, #3 Exhibit, #4 Exhibit, #5 Exhibit, #6 Exhibit, #7 Civil Cover Sheet)(Fenster, Marc)
April 15, 2025 District Judge Rodney Gilstrap and Magistrate Judge Roy S. Payne added. (KLC)
April 15, 2025 In accordance with the provisions of 28 USC Section 636(c), you are hereby notified that a U.S. Magistrate Judge of this district court is available to conduct any or all proceedings in this case including a jury or non-jury trial and to order the entry of a final judgment. The form #Consent to Proceed Before Magistrate Judge is available on our website. All signed consent forms, excluding pro se parties, should be filed electronically using the event Notice Regarding Consent to Proceed Before Magistrate Judge. (KLC)

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Plaintiff: Headwater Research LLC
Represented By: Marc A Fenster
Represented By: Ryan Lundquist
Represented By: Reza Mirzaie
Represented By: Philip X Wang
Represented By: Paul Anthony Kroeger
Represented By: Neil Alan Rubin
Represented By: Kristopher Ryan Davis
Represented By: Joshua Scheufler
Represented By: Jason Wietholter
Represented By: James Shrin Tsuei
Represented By: Dale Chang
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Defendant: Cellco Partnership, d/b/a Verizon Wireless
Represented By: Deron R Dacus
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Defendant: Verizon Corporate Services Group Inc.
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Defendant: AT&T Services Inc
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Counter-claimant: AT&T Services Inc
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Represented By: Kristopher Ryan Davis
Represented By: Joshua Scheufler
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