VOIP-PAL.COM, INC. v. Meta Platforms, Inc. et al
| VOIP-PAL.COM, INC. |
| WHATSAPP, INC., Facebook, Inc. and Meta Platforms, Inc. |
| 6:2021cv00665 |
| June 25, 2021 |
| US District Court for the Western District of Texas |
| Alan D Albright |
| Patent |
| 35 U.S.C. § 271 Patent Infringement |
| Plaintiff |
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Filing 67
ORDER CANCELLING MARKMAN HEARING re #64 Order. Signed by Judge Alan D Albright. (sv)
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Case transferred from TXWD has been received and opened in California Northern District as case number 5:22-cv-03202. (zv)
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Filing 66
Report on Patent/Trademark sent to U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. (bot1)
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Filing 65
SEALED MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER granting #32 Sealed Motion for Transfer. Signed by Judge Alan D Albright. (zv)
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Case transferred to District of Northern District of California. (zv)
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Filing 64
ORDER Resetting Markman Hearing by Zoom for 6/3/2022 01:30 PM before Judge Alan D Albright. Signed by Judge Alan D Albright. (sm3)
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Filing 63
ORDER RESETTING MARKMAN HEARING. Markman Hearing set for 5/31/2022 09:00 AM before Judge Alan D Albright. Signed by Judge Alan D Albright. (sv)
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Filing 62
ANSWER to #23 Amended Complaint and Affirmative Defenses by Meta Platforms, Inc., WHATSAPP, INC..(Glucoft, Joshua)
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Filing 61
ORDER, (Markman Hearing set for 5/26/2022 10:30 AM before Judge Alan D Albright). Signed by Judge Alan D Albright. (bot1)
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Filing 60
Sealed Document: Defendants' Statement in Response to the Court's Evidentiary Order for In-Camera Review #57 by Meta Platforms, Inc., WHATSAPP, INC. (Glucoft, Joshua) Modified on 5/10/2022 (lad).
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Filing 59
Joint Claim Construction Brief or Statement by VOIP-PAL.COM, INC.. (Hudnell, Lewis)
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Filing 58
Sur-Reply Claim Construction Brief regarding #55 Claim Construction Brief by VOIP-PAL.COM, INC.. (Hudnell, Lewis) Modified on 5/9/2022 (lad).
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Filing 57
EVIDENTIARY ORDER FOR IN-CAMERA REVIEW re #32 Sealed Motion for Transfer.Deadline is Monday, May 9, 2022. Signed by Judge Alan D Albright. (lad)
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Filing 56
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER DENYING #25 Motion to Dismiss Signed by Judge Alan D Albright. (lad)
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Text Order MOOTING #19 Motion to Dismiss entered by Judge Alan D Albright in view of the First Amended Complaint. (This is a text-only entry generated by the court. There is no document associated with this entry.) (PTlc)
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Filing 55
Reply Claim Construction Brief regarding #41 Claim Construction Brief,, by Meta Platforms, Inc., WHATSAPP, INC.. (Glucoft, Joshua)
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Filing 54
Standing Order Regarding Order Governing Proceedings Patent Cases. Signed by Judge Alan D Albright.
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Text Order GRANTING #11 Motion for Extension of Time to Answer entered by Judge Alan D Albright. The motion is granted because it is unopposed. (This is a text-only entry generated by the court. There is no document associated with this entry.) (PTlc)
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Text Order GRANTING #17 Motion to Withdraw entered by Judge Alan D Albright. It is therefore ORDERED that 12 Defendants Opposed Motion to Stay is hereby withdrawn as moot. (This is a text-only entry generated by the court. There is no document associated with this entry.) (RRlc)
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Filing 53
NOTICE of Attorney Appearance by Shaun William Hassett on behalf of Meta Platforms, Inc., WHATSAPP, INC. (Hassett, Shaun)
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Filing 52
Reply Claim Construction Brief regarding #41 Claim Construction Brief,, by VOIP-PAL.COM, INC.. (Attachments: #1 Affidavit Declaration of Lewis Hudnell, III, #2 Exhibit 1, #3 Exhibit 2)(Hudnell, Lewis)
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Filing 51
Redacted Copy of #46 Sealed Document, by Meta Platforms, Inc., WHATSAPP, INC.. (Glucoft, Joshua)
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Filing 50
ORDER GRANTING #48 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice for Attorney Sean Franklin Parmenter. Attorney added for VOIP-PAL.COM, INC. Pursuant to our Administrative Policies and Procedures for Electronic Filing, the attorney hereby granted to practice pro hac vice in this case must register for electronic filing with our court within 10 days of this order, if he/she has not previously done so for a prior case in this District. Signed by Judge Alan D Albright. (bot1)
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Filing 49
STATUS REPORT Regarding Motion to Transfer to the Northern District of California by Facebook, Inc., WHATSAPP, INC.. (Glucoft, Joshua)
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Filing 48
MOTION to Appear Pro Hac Vice by Lewis E. Hudnell, III of Sean Franklin Parmenter ( Filing fee $ 100 receipt number 0542-15857631) by on behalf of VOIP-PAL.COM, INC.. (Hudnell, Lewis) (Main Document 48 replaced on 3/28/2022) (lad).
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Filing 47
AFFIDAVIT in Support of #46 Sealed Document, by Facebook, Inc., WHATSAPP, INC.. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1, #2 Exhibit 2, #3 Exhibit 3, #4 Exhibit 4, #5 Exhibit 5, #6 Exhibit 6, #7 Exhibit 7, #8 Exhibit 8, #9 Exhibit 9, #10 Exhibit 10, #11 Exhibit 11, #12 Exhibit 12, #13 Exhibit 13, #14 Exhibit 14, #15 Exhibit 15, #16 Exhibit 16, #17 Exhibit 17, #18 Exhibit 18, #19 Exhibit 19, #20 Exhibit 20, #21 Exhibit 21, #22 Exhibit 22, #23 Exhibit 23, #24 Exhibit 24)(Glucoft, Joshua)
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Filing 46
Sealed Document: Reply of #32 Sealed Motion for Transfer by Facebook, Inc., WHATSAPP, INC. by Facebook, Inc., WHATSAPP, INC. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1 to the Declaration of Joshua Glucoft, #2 Exhibit 3 to the Declaration of Joshua Glucoft) (Glucoft, Joshua)
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Filing 45
Redacted Copy of #40 Sealed Document,, by VOIP-PAL.COM, INC.. (Attachments: #1 Affidavit Declaration of Lewis Hudnell, III, #2 Exhibit 1, #3 Exhibit 2, #4 Exhibit 3, #5 Exhibit 4, #6 Exhibit 5, #7 Exhibit 6, #8 Exhibit 7, #9 Exhibit 8, #10 Exhibit 9, #11 Exhibit 10, #12 Exhibit 11, #13 Exhibit 12, #14 Exhibit 13, #15 Exhibit 14, #16 Exhibit 15, #17 Exhibit 16, #18 Exhibit 17, #19 Exhibit 18, #20 Exhibit 19, #21 Exhibit 20, #22 Exhibit 21, #23 Exhibit 22, #24 Exhibit 23, #25 Exhibit 24, #26 Exhibit 25, #27 Exhibit 26, #28 Exhibit 27, #29 Proposed Order)(Hudnell, Lewis)
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Filing 44
Sealed Document: Exhibit 16 of #43 Notice (Other) by VOIP-PAL.COM, INC. (Hudnell, Lewis)
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Filing 43
NOTICE of Errata by VOIP-PAL.COM, INC. re #40 Sealed Document,, (Hudnell, Lewis)
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Filing 42
ADVISORY TO THE COURT by Facebook, Inc., WHATSAPP, INC. Defendants' Advisory to the Court Regarding Filing of Opening Claim Construction Brief. (Glucoft, Joshua)
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Filing 41
Opening Claim Construction Brief by Facebook, Inc., WHATSAPP, INC.. (Attachments: #1 Declaration of Robert W. Unikel in Support of Defendants' Opening Claim Construction Brief, #2 Exhibit 1 to Unikel Declaration, #3 Exhibit 2 to Unikel Declaration, #4 Exhibit 3 to Unikel Declaration, #5 Exhibit 4 to Unikel Declaration, #6 Exhibit 5 to Unikel Declaration, #7 Exhibit 6 to Unikel Declaration, #8 Exhibit 7 to Unikel Declaration, #9 Exhibit 8 to Unikel Declaration, #10 Exhibit 9 to Unikel Declaration, #11 Exhibit 10 to Unikel Declaration, #12 Exhibit 11 to Unikel Declaration)(Glucoft, Joshua)
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Filing 40
Sealed Document: Opposition of #32 Sealed Motion for Transfer by Facebook, Inc., WHATSAPP, INC. by VOIP-PAL.COM, INC. (Attachments: #1 Affidavit Declaration of Lewis Hudnell, III, #2 Exhibit 1, #3 Exhibit 2, #4 Exhibit 3, #5 Exhibit 4, #6 Exhibit 5, #7 Exhibit 6, #8 Exhibit 7, #9 Exhibit 8, #10 Exhibit 9, #11 Exhibit 10, #12 Exhibit 11, #13 Exhibit 12, #14 Exhibit 13, #15 Exhibit 14, #16 Exhibit 15, #17 Exhibit 16, #18 Exhibit 17, #19 Exhibit 18, #20 Exhibit 19, #21 Exhibit 20, #22 Exhibit 21, #23 Exhibit 22, #24 Exhibit 23, #25 Exhibit 24, #26 Exhibit 25, #27 Exhibit 26, #28 Exhibit 27, #29 Proposed Order) (Hudnell, Lewis)
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Parties shall comply with Judge Albright's updated #standing orders and # COVID-19 standing order available by clicking the included hyperlinks. The updated orders are as follows:1. #Standing Order Regarding Notice of Readiness for Patent Cases 030722,2. #Standing Order on Pretrial Procedures and Requirements in Civil Cases 030722,3. #Standing Order Governing Proceedings 4.0 - Patent Cases 030722,4. #Amended Standing Order Regarding Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Court Proceedings,5. #Amended Standing Order Regarding Joint Or Unopposed Request To Change Deadlines 030722,6. #Amended Standing Order Regarding Filing Documents Under Seal and Redacted Public Versions 030722. (jkda)
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Filing 39
NOTICE OF AGREED EXTENSION OF DEADLINES FOR CLAIM CONSTRUCTION BRIEFING by Facebook, Inc., WHATSAPP, INC. (Glucoft, Joshua)
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Filing 38
SCHEDULING ORDER: Markman Hearing set for 5/20/2022 04:00 PM before Judge Alan D Albright. Joinder of Parties due by 6/28/2022. Amended Pleadings due by 9/6/2022. Dispositive Motions due by 2/21/2023. Pretrial Conference set for 4/25/2023 before Judge Alan D Albright. Jury Selection set for 5/16/2023 before Judge Jeffrey C. Manske. Jury Trial set for 5/16/2023 before Judge Alan D Albright. Signed by Judge Alan D Albright. (jc5)
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Filing 37
NOTICE Joint Notice of Extension Regarding Venue Discovery by Facebook, Inc., WHATSAPP, INC. (Jones, Michael)
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Filing 36
STIPULATION Defendants' Notice of Name Change and Unopposed Motion to Correct Docket by Facebook, Inc., WHATSAPP, INC.. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1, #2 Exhibit 2, #3 Proposed Order)(Glucoft, Joshua)
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Filing 35
NOTICE OF VENUE DISCOVERY by VOIP-PAL.COM, INC. (Hudnell, Lewis)
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Filing 34
Redacted Copy of #32 Sealed Motion for Transfer by Facebook, Inc., WHATSAPP, INC. by Facebook, Inc., WHATSAPP, INC.. (Glucoft, Joshua)
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Filing 33
AFFIDAVIT in Support of #32 Sealed Motion for Transfer by Facebook, Inc., WHATSAPP, INC. by Facebook, Inc., WHATSAPP, INC.. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 2, #2 Exhibit 3, #3 Exhibit 4, #4 Exhibit 5, #5 Exhibit 6, #6 Exhibit 7, #7 Exhibit 8, #8 Exhibit 9, #9 Exhibit 10, #10 Exhibit 11, #11 Exhibit 12, #12 Exhibit 13, #13 Exhibit 14, #14 Exhibit 15, #15 Exhibit 16, #16 Exhibit 17, #17 Exhibit 18, #18 Exhibit 19, #19 Exhibit 20, #20 Exhibit 21, #21 Exhibit 22, #22 Exhibit 23, #23 Exhibit 24, #24 Exhibit 25, #25 Exhibit 26, #26 Exhibit 27, #27 Exhibit 28, #28 Exhibit 29, #29 Exhibit 30, #30 Exhibit 31, #31 Exhibit 32, #32 Exhibit 33, #33 Exhibit 34, #34 Exhibit 35, #35 Exhibit 36, #36 Exhibit 37, #37 Exhibit 38, #38 Exhibit 39, #39 Exhibit 40, #40 Exhibit 41, #41 Exhibit 42, #42 Exhibit 43, #43 Exhibit 44, #44 Exhibit 45, #45 Exhibit 46, #46 Exhibit 47, #47 Exhibit 48)(Glucoft, Joshua)
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Filing 32
Sealed Motion for Transfer by Facebook, Inc., WHATSAPP, INC. (Attachments: #1 Affidavit of Nicholas Wong, #2 Exhibit 1 to Wong Declaration, #3 Exhibit 8 to Glucoft Declaration, #4 Exhibit 9 to Glucoft Declaration, #5 Exhibit 10 to Glucoft Declaration, #6 Exhibit 11 to Glucoft Declaration, #7 Exhibit 36 to Glucoft Declaration, #8 Exhibit 44 to Glucoft Declaration, #9 Proposed Order) (Glucoft, Joshua)
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Filing 31
REPLY to Response to Motion, filed by Facebook, Inc., WHATSAPP, INC., re #25 Opposed MOTION to Dismiss VOIP-PAL's First Amended Complaint filed by Defendant Facebook, Inc., Defendant WHATSAPP, INC. (Glucoft, Joshua)
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Filing 30
Proposed Scheduling Order by VOIP-PAL.COM, INC.. (Hudnell, Lewis)
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Filing 29
NOTICE OF AGREED EXTENSION TO FILE REPLY BRIEF by Facebook, Inc., WHATSAPP, INC. (Glucoft, Joshua)
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Filing 28
Response in Opposition to Motion, filed by VOIP-PAL.COM, INC., re #25 Opposed MOTION to Dismiss VOIP-PAL's First Amended Complaint filed by Defendant Facebook, Inc., Defendant WHATSAPP, INC. (Attachments: #1 Proposed Order)(Hudnell, Lewis)
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Filing 27
NOTICE OF AGREED EXTENSION OF DEADLINE by VOIP-PAL.COM, INC. (Hudnell, Lewis)
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Filing 25
Opposed MOTION to Dismiss VOIP-PAL's First Amended Complaint by Facebook, Inc., WHATSAPP, INC.. (Attachments: #1 Declaration of Joshua Glucoft, #2 Exhibit 1, #3 Exhibit 2, #4 Exhibit 3, #5 Proposed Order)(Glucoft, Joshua)
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Filing 24
NOTICE OF AGREED EXTENSION OF DEADLINE by VOIP-PAL.COM, INC. (Hudnell, Lewis)
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Filing 26
Standing Order Regarding Order Governing Proceedings Patent Cases. Signed by Judge Alan D Albright.
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Filing 23
AMENDED COMPLAINT against All Defendants amending #1 Complaint,., filed by VOIP-PAL.COM, INC.. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1, #2 Exhibit 2, #3 Exhibit 3, #4 Exhibit 4, #5 Exhibit 5, #6 Exhibit 6)(Hudnell, Lewis)
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Filing 22
NOTICE OF AGREED EXTENSION OF DEADLINE by VOIP-PAL.COM, INC. (Hudnell, Lewis)
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Filing 21
STATUS REPORT by VOIP-PAL.COM, INC.. (Hudnell, Lewis)
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Filing 20
RULE 7 DISCLOSURE STATEMENT filed by Facebook, Inc., WHATSAPP, INC.. (Glucoft, Joshua)
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Filing 19
Opposed MOTION to Dismiss by Facebook, Inc., WHATSAPP, INC.. (Attachments: #1 Declaration of Joshua Glucoft, #2 Exhibit 1, #3 Proposed Order)(Glucoft, Joshua)
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Filing 18
ORDER GRANTING #15 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice for Attorney Ellisen S. Turner. Attorney added for Facebook, Inc., WHATSAPP, INC. Pursuant to our Administrative Policies and Procedures for Electronic Filing, the attorney hereby granted to practice pro hac vice in this case must register for electronic filing with our court within 10 days of this order, if he/she has not previously done so for a prior case in this District. Signed by Judge Alan D Albright. (jkda)
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Filing 17
Unopposed MOTION to Withdraw #12 Opposed MOTION to Stay Case by Facebook, Inc., WHATSAPP, INC.. (Attachments: #1 Proposed Order)(Glucoft, Joshua)
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Filing 16
NOTICE of Attorney Appearance by Kristina R. Cary on behalf of Facebook, Inc., WHATSAPP, INC.. Attorney Kristina R. Cary added to party Facebook, Inc.(pty:dft), Attorney Kristina R. Cary added to party WHATSAPP, INC.(pty:dft) (Cary, Kristina)
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Filing 15
MOTION to Appear Pro Hac Vice by Joshua P. Glucoft for Ellisen S. Turner ( Filing fee $ 100 receipt number 0542-15154900) by on behalf of Facebook, Inc., WHATSAPP, INC.. (Glucoft, Joshua)
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Filing 14
NOTICE of Attorney Appearance by Joshua P. Glucoft on behalf of Facebook, Inc., WHATSAPP, INC.. Attorney Joshua P. Glucoft added to party Facebook, Inc.(pty:dft), Attorney Joshua P. Glucoft added to party WHATSAPP, INC.(pty:dft) (Glucoft, Joshua)
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Filing 13
Response in Opposition to Motion, filed by VOIP-PAL.COM, INC., re #12 Opposed MOTION to Stay Case filed by Defendant Facebook, Inc., Defendant WHATSAPP, INC. (Attachments: #1 Affidavit of Lewis E. Hudnell, III, #2 Exhibit 1, #3 Exhibit 2, #4 Exhibit 3, #5 Exhibit 4, #6 Exhibit 5, #7 Exhibit 6, #8 Exhibit 7, #9 Exhibit 8, #10 Exhibit 9, #11 Exhibit 10, #12 Exhibit 11, #13 Proposed Order)(Hudnell, Lewis)
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Filing 12
Opposed MOTION to Stay Case by Facebook, Inc., WHATSAPP, INC.. (Attachments: #1 Decl. of R. Unikel ISO Motion to Stay, #2 Ex. A - Chart, #3 Ex. B - US10218606, #4 Ex. C - US8630234, #5 Ex. D - US10880721, #6 Proposed Order)(Jones, Michael)
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Filing 11
Unopposed MOTION for Extension of Time to File Answer re #1 Complaint, or Otherwise Respond by Facebook, Inc., WHATSAPP, INC.. (Attachments: #1 Proposed Order)(Jones, Michael)
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Filing 10
NOTICE of Attorney Appearance by Michael E. Jones on behalf of Facebook, Inc., WHATSAPP, INC.. Attorney Michael E. Jones added to party Facebook, Inc.(pty:dft), Attorney Michael E. Jones added to party WHATSAPP, INC.(pty:dft) (Jones, Michael)
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Filing 9
WAIVER OF SERVICE Returned Executed by VOIP-PAL.COM, INC. as to WHATSAPP, INC.. Waiver sent on 7/1/2021, answer due 8/30/2021. (Hudnell, Lewis)
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Filing 8
WAIVER OF SERVICE Returned Executed by VOIP-PAL.COM, INC. as to Facebook, Inc.. Waiver sent on 7/1/2021, answer due 8/30/2021. (Hudnell, Lewis)
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Filing 7
NOTICE of Attorney Appearance by Nicolas Spiros Gikkas on behalf of VOIP-PAL.COM, INC. (Gikkas, Nicolas)
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Filing 6
Summons Issued as to WHATSAPP, INC.. (lad)
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Filing 5
Summons Issued as to Facebook, Inc.. (lad)
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All parties shall comply with the Standing Orders located at https://www.txwd.uscourts.gov/judges-information/standing-orders/. (lad)
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Case assigned to Judge Alan D Albright. CM WILL NOW REFLECT THE JUDGE INITIALS AS PART OF THE CASE NUMBER. PLEASE APPEND THESE JUDGE INITIALS TO THE CASE NUMBER ON EACH DOCUMENT THAT YOU FILE IN THIS CASE. (lad)
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Filing 4
Notice of Filing of Patent/Trademark Form (AO 120). AO 120 forwarded to the Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. (Hudnell, Lewis)
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Filing 3
RULE 7 DISCLOSURE STATEMENT filed by VOIP-PAL.COM, INC.. (Hudnell, Lewis)
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Filing 2
REQUEST FOR ISSUANCE OF SUMMONS by VOIP-PAL.COM, INC.. (Hudnell, Lewis)
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Filing 1
COMPLAINT ( Filing fee $ 402 receipt number 0542-14956243), filed by VOIP-PAL.COM, INC.. (Attachments: #1 Civil Cover Sheet, #2 Exhibit 1 to Complaint, #3 Exhibit 2 to Complaint, #4 Exhibit 3 to Complaint, #5 Exhibit 4 to Complaint)(Hudnell, Lewis)
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