R2 Solutions LLC v. Databricks, Inc., No. 4:23-cv-01147 (E.D. Tex. Nov. 12, 2024)

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Pending before the Court is the parties’ Joint Motion for Entry of Disputed Protective Order (Dkt. #52). Having considered the Motion and the relevant pleadings, the Court finds that the Motion should be GRANTED in part. BACKGROUND This case arises out of an alleged patent infringement by Defendant on U.S. Patent No. 8,190,610 (the “’610 Patent”), disclosing a method for improving MapReduce programming methodology by independently processing map data on at least two related but possibly heterogenous datasets (Dkt. #1 at p. 1; ’610 Patent, Abstract).