Case 2:26-cv-00346-JRG         Document 41          Filed 08/28/26   Page 1 of 2 PageID #: 630


                       IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                        FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
                                MARSHALL DIVISION

 VL COLLECTIVE IP LLC,                          §
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               Plaintiff,                       §
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 v.                                             §       CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:26-CV-00346-JRG
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 MICROSOFT CORPORATION,                         §
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               Defendant.                       §

                                            ORDER

       Before the Court is the Motion for Extension of Protective Order Deadline (the “Joint

Motion”) filed by Plaintiff VL Collective IP LLC (“Plaintiff”) and Microsoft Corporation

(“Defendant”) (collectively, “the Parties”) (Dkt. No. 33) and the Unopposed Motion for Extension

of Protective Order Deadline (“Defendant’s Motion”) (together with the Joint Motion, the

“Motions”) filed by Defendant (Dkt. No. 40). In the Joint Motion, the Parties jointly seek an 18-

day extension of time to submit their proposed Protective Order and serve their Disclosures. (Dkt.

No. 33 at 1). The requested extension would move the deadlines from August 10, 2026, up to and

including August 28, 2026. (Id.). In Defendant’s Motion, Defendant seeks to further extend the

deadline for the Parties to submit the proposed Protective Order up to and including September 2,

2026. (Dkt. No. 40 at 1). Defendant’s Motion is unopposed. (Id. at 3).

       Having considered the Motions, the Court finds that they should be and hereby are

GRANTED. Accordingly, the Court ORDERS that the deadline for the Parties to serve their

Disclosures is extended up to and including August 28, 2026. The Court further ORDERS that

the deadline for the Parties to submit their proposed Protective Order is extended up to and

including September 2, 2026.


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  So ORDERED and SIGNED this 28th day of August, 2026.


                                           ____________________________________
                                           RODNEY GILSTRAP
                                           UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE


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