Semantic Engines LLC v. Microsoft Corporation — Entry #29
Case: Semantic Engines LLC v. Microsoft Corporation txed · 2:26-cv-00339
filed April 23, 2026
What this document is
Docket entry #29 · filed August 11, 2026
Protective Order
Who is involved
- Microsoft Corporation
- Semantic Engines LLC
Why we have it
We follow this case because it names a company we track, although that company is not a party:
- CoreWeave: its name “CoreWeave” appears in a filing in this case.
…deal with specialist cloud computing provider CoreWeave to use its datacenters for Microsoft’s Azure workloads…
A free copy from the RECAP archive of federal court filings (mirrored at the Internet Archive), retrieved October 03, 2026. Federal court filings are public records.
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Case 2:26-cv-00339-JRG Document 29 Filed 08/11/26 Page 1 of 3 PageID #: 233
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
MARSHALL DIVISION
SEMANTIC ENGINES LLC,
Plaintiff,
v. Civil Action No. 2:26-cv-339-JRG
MICROSOFT CORPORATION,
Defendant.
JOINT MOTION FOR ENTRY OF PARTIALLY DISPUTED PROTECTIVE ORDER
Plaintiff Semantic Engines LLC (“Semantic”) and Defendant Microsoft Corporation
(“Microsoft”) file this Joint Motion for Entry of Partially Disputed Protective Order, attached as
Exhibit 1. The parties agree on all provisions except those contained in highlighted text in
Paragraphs 14 and 30. For each disputed provision, the highlighted text presents each party’s
competing proposed language, with supporting arguments in corresponding footnotes.
The parties respectfully request that the Court resolve the disputed provisions and enter the
proposed protective order.
Date: August 10, 2026 Respectfully submitted,
/s/ Melissa R. Smith /s/ Andres C. Healy
Melissa R. Smith Andres C. Healy
Texas State Bar No. 24001351 Washington State Bar No. 45578
GILLAM & SMITH LLP ahealy@susmangodfrey.com
303 South Washington Avenue Matthew R. Berry
Marshall, Texas 75670 Washington State Bar No. 37364
Telephone: (903) 934-8450 mberry@susmangodfrey.com
Facsimile: (903) 934-9257 John Schiltz
Email: melissa@gillamsmithlaw.com Washington State Bar No. 48973
jschiltz@susmangodfrey.com
FAEGRE DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH SUSMAN GODFREY L.L.P.
LLP 401 Union Street Suite 3000
Seattle, WA 98101-2683
Case 2:26-cv-00339-JRG Document 29 Filed 08/11/26 Page 2 of 3 PageID #: 234
Lora Brzezynski (admitted in E.D. Tex.) Telephone: (206) 505-3880
District of Columbia Bar No 444261 Facsimile: (206) 516-3883
lora.brzezynski@faegredrinker.com
1500 K Street NW, Suite 1100 Kaholi Kiyonami
Washington, D.C. 20005 District of Columbia Bar No. 90007351
Tel.: (202) 842-8800 kkiyonami@susmangodfrey.com
Fax: (202) 842-8465 SUSMAN GODFREY L.L.P.
One Manhattan West, 50th Floor
Carrie A. Beyer (admitted in E.D. Tex.) New York, NY 10001
Illinois State Bar No. 06282524 Telephone: (212) 336-8330
carrie.beyer@faegredrinker.com Facsimile: (212) 336-8340
Devin P. Stein (admitted in E.D. Tex.)
Illinois State Bar No. 6353900 Claire Abernathy Henry
devin.stein@faegredrinker.com Texas State Bar No. 24053063
320 S. Canal Street, Suite 3300 claire@millerfairhenry.com
Chicago, IL 60606 Garrett C. Parish
Tel.: (312) 569-1000 Texas Bar No. 24125824
Fax: (312) 569-3000 garrett@millerfairhenry.com
MILLER FAIR HENRY, PLLC
Thatcher A. Rahmeier (admitted in E.D. Tex.) 1507 Bill Owens Parkway
Delaware State Bar No. 5222 Longview, TX 75604
thatcher.rahmeier@faegredrinker.com Phone: (903) 757-6400
222 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1410 Facsimile: (903) 757-2323
Wilmington, DE 19801
Tel: (302) 467-4200
Fax: (302) 467-4201 Attorneys for Plaintiff
Semantic Engines LLC
Elizabeth M.C. Scheibel (admitted in E.D. Tex.)
Minnesota State Bar No. 0399400
elizabeth.scheibel@faegredrinker.com
2200 Wells Fargo Center
90 South Seventh Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Tel.: (612) 766-7000
Fax: (612) 766-1600
Attorneys for Defendant
Microsoft Corporation
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Case 2:26-cv-00339-JRG Document 29 Filed 08/11/26 Page 3 of 3 PageID #: 235
CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE
Pursuant to Local Rule CV-7(h) and (i), the Parties met and conferred about the proposed
protective order by teleconference on August 7, 2026 and were able to reach agreement on all
provisions except the highlighted provisions, for which the parties reached an impasse. Andres
Healy and Kaholi Kiyonami attended on behalf of Plaintiff, and Elizabeth M.C. Scheibel attended
on behalf of Defendant.
/s/ Andres C. Healy
Andres C. Healy
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
The undersigned hereby certifies that this document was filed electronically via the
Court's CM/ECF system, which will send notification of such filing to all counsel of record.
/s/ Andres C. Healy
Andres C. Healy
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