`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`MARSHALL DIVISION
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`JAPAN DISPLAY, INC., PANASONIC
`LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.,
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` Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO. LTD.
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` Defendant.
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`JAPAN DISPLAY, INC.,
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` Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO. LTD.
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` Defendant.
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`Case No. 2:20-cv-00283-JRG
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` LEAD CASE
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` Case No. 2:20-cv-00284-JRG
` Case No. 2:20-cv-00285-JRG
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`ORDER
`Before the Court is the Joint Motion to Consolidate Proceedings (the “Motion”) filed by
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`Plaintiffs Japan Display Inc. and Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd. and Defendant
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`Tianma Microelectronics Co. Ltd. (Dkt. No. 52). In the Motion, the parties seek to consolidate the
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`above-captioned cases pending before the Court.
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`Having considered the Motion, and noting its joint nature, the Court finds that it should be
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`and hereby is GRANTED. The above-captioned cases are hereby ORDERED to be
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`CONSOLIDATED for all pretrial issues with the LEAD CASE, Case No. 2:20-cv-00283. All
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`Tianma Exhibit 1016
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`parties are instructed to file any future filings in the LEAD CASE. Individual cases remain active
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`for trial.
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`The Clerk is instructed to add only the Lead and Local Counsel of the consolidated parties
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`into the Lead Case. Additional counsel may file a Notice of Appearance in the Lead Case if they
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`wish to continue as counsel of record in the lead consolidated action. Counsel who has appeared
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`pro hac vice in any member case may file a Notice of Appearance in the Lead Case without filing
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`an additional application to appear pro hac vice in the Lead Case. Counsel who have not appeared
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`in a member case at the point when it is consolidated into the Lead Case should file a Notice of
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`Appearance only in the Lead Case, and such Notice should state the relevant member case.
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`So Ordered this
`Apr 20, 2021
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