ACCEPTED 15-25-00001-CV FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 10/2/2025 11:39 AM Joseph A. Fischer, III A. PRINE CHRISTOPHER (713) 752-4530 (Direct Dial) CLERK (713) 752-4221 (Direct Fax) tfischer@jw.com FILED IN 15th COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 10/2/2025 11:39:20 AM October 2, 2025 CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk Via E-File
The Honorable Christopher A. Prine Clerk, Fifteenth Court of Appeals P.O. Box 12852 Austin, Texas 78711
Re: CreateAI Holdings, Inc. F/K/A TuSimple Holdings, Inc. v. Bot Auto TX Inc., in the Fifteenth Court of Appeals Cause No. 15-25-00001-CV
Dear Mr. Prine:
Looking toward the upcoming oral argument in this appeal, which is scheduled four weeks from today, Appellee Bot Auto TX Inc. (“Bot Auto”) respectfully writes concerning two matters.
First, in response to the Court’s September 10, 2025 letter, Bot Auto notifies the Court that Allison Allman will present oral argument on its behalf on October 30, 2025.
Second, this is an interlocutory appeal. Accordingly, Bot Auto respectfully requests the Court take notice of the ongoing proceedings below and the pleadings and other matters filed of record in the docket,1 which include:
Bot Auto’s Motion for Summary Judgment on Trade Secret Misappropriation (April 1, 2025) (seeking summary judgment on Appellant CreateAI Holdings, Inc. (“CreateAI”)’s misappropriation claims concerning the three alleged “trade secrets” alleged in CreateAI’s Original Petition and made the subject of its Application for Temporary Injunction and this
1 See Tex. R. Evid. 201 (Judicial Notice of Adjudicative Facts).
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appeal, namely: (1) the “TuSimple Sensor Suite Technology”; (2) the “TuSimple Autonomous Decision-Making Technology”; and (3) the “TuSimple Automatic Safety Technology”);
CreateAI’s Amended Petition and Application for Temporary Injunction (May 14, 2025)2 (replacing the three alleged “trade secrets” alleged in CreateAI’s Original Petition and Application for Temporary Injunction with twelve new alleged “trade secrets” with different definitions and formulations); and
CreateAI’s Response to Defendant Bot Auto TX Inc.’s Motion for Summary Judgment on Trade Secret Misappropriation (May 15, 2025) (expressing that CreateAI’s misappropriation of trade secrets claim “has been radically modified … which renders [Bot Auto’s] summary judgment motion moot” and that “CreateAI’s amended pleading necessarily moots Bot Auto’s summary judgment motion, as there are entirely new trade secrets at issue that are unaddressed by Bot Auto’s motion for summary judgment”).3
2 CreateAI filed its Reply Brief in this Court on May 13, 2025 .
3 Bot Auto subsequently filed a new motion for summary judgment directed at CreateAI’s new, “twelve species of technology and capability” now at issue below, which Motion is pending with the trial court. See Bot Auto’s Motions for Summary Judgment on CreateAI’s Claims and Bot Auto’s Counterclaims – Volumes 1–6 (July 2, 2025; Bot Auto’s Supplement to its Motions for Summary Judgment (July 30, 2025); CreateAI’s Response to Bot Auto’s Motions for Summary Judgment (August 13, 2025); Bot Auto’s Reply in Support of its Motions for Summary Judgment on CreateAI’s Claims (August 18, 2025); Bot Auto’s Reply in Support of its Motions for Summary Judgment on Bot Auto’s Counterclaims (August 18, 2025); Bot Auto’s Correspondence Concerning Continuation of Summary Judgment Hearing and Bot Auto’s Evidentiary Objections (August 24, 2025); Bot Auto’s Correspondence Further to September 2, 2025 Hearing and CreateAI’s Scheme to Misuse this Court (September 4, 2025); Bot Auto’s Correspondence Regarding CreateAI’s Third Amended Response to Bot Auto’s Interrogatory No. 1 (September 11, 2025); Bot Auto’s Motion to Strike, Disregard, Dismiss, and for Sanctions with Objections to JW | Houston 1401 McKinney, Suite 1900 • Houston, Texas 77010 | www.jw.com | Member of GLOBALAW™ The Honorable Christopher A. Prine Clerk, Fifteenth Court of Appeals October 2, 2025 Page 3 ____________________________
Respectfully submitted,
/s/ Joseph A Fischer, III Joseph A. Fischer, III State Bar No. 00789292 tfischer@jw.com Leisa Talbert Peschel State Bar No. 24060414 lpeschel@jw.com Victoria C. Emery State Bar No. 24126228 temery@jw.com JACKSON WALKER L.L.P. 1401 McKinney, Ste. 1900 Houston, Texas 77010 (713) 752-4530 (713) 308-4130 (fax)
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Allison Allman State Bar No. 24094023 aallman@jw.com JACKSON WALKER L.L.P. 777 Main Street, Ste 2100 Fort Worth, TX 76102 (817) 334-7200 (817) 334-7290 (fax)
Counsel for Appellee Bot Auto TX, Inc.
CreateAI’s Third Amended Responses to First Set of Interrogatories, Interrogatory No. 1 (October 1, 2025).
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that on October 2, 2025, a true and correct copy of the foregoing document was served by electronic service on all counsel of record in accordance with the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure.
/s/ Joseph A. Fischer, III Joseph A. Fischer, III
JW | Houston 1401 McKinney, Suite 1900 • Houston, Texas 77010 | www.jw.com | Member of GLOBALAW™ Automated Certificate of eService This automated certificate of service was created by the efiling system. The filer served this document via email generated by the efiling system on the date and to the persons listed below. The rules governing certificates of service have not changed. Filers must still provide a certificate of service that complies with all applicable rules.
Jamie Miller on behalf of Joseph Fischer Bar No. 789292 jmmiller@jw.com Envelope ID: 106365608 Filing Code Description: Letter Filing Description: Correspondence to Fifteenth Court of Appeals Status as of 10/2/2025 12:01 PM CST
Associated Case Party: Bot Auto TX Inc.
Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status
Nicole Burkholder nburkholder@jw.com 10/2/2025 11:39:20 AM SENT
Leisa Peschel 24060414 lpeschel@jw.com 10/2/2025 11:39:20 AM SENT
Leisa Peschel 24060414 lpeschel@jw.com 10/2/2025 11:39:20 AM SENT
Alli Allman aallman@jw.com 10/2/2025 11:39:20 AM SENT
Joseph AFischer, III tfischer@jw.com 10/2/2025 11:39:20 AM SENT
Victoria Emery 24126228 temery@jw.com 10/2/2025 11:39:20 AM SENT
Victoria Emery 24126228 temery@jw.com 10/2/2025 11:39:20 AM SENT
Case Contacts
Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status
Joseph Fischer 789292 tfischer@jw.com 10/2/2025 11:39:20 AM SENT
Yvonne Ferrari yferrari@jw.com 10/2/2025 11:39:20 AM SENT
Juana Sauceda jsauceda@jw.com 10/2/2025 11:39:20 AM SENT
Richard Liu richard.liu@consultils.com 10/2/2025 11:39:20 AM SENT
Associated Case Party: TuSimple Holdings, Inc.
Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status
Cliff PRiley criley@dykema.com 10/2/2025 11:39:20 AM SENT
Cliff PRiley criley@dykema.com 10/2/2025 11:39:20 AM SENT
Christopher Kratovil ckratovil@dykema.com 10/2/2025 11:39:20 AM SENT
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ACCEPTED 15-25-00001-CV FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 10/2/2025 11:39 AM Joseph A. Fischer, III A. PRINE CHRISTOPHER (713) 752-4530 (Direct Dial) CLERK (713) 752-4221 (Direct Fax) tfischer@jw.com FILED IN 15th COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS 10/2/2025 11:39:20 AM October 2, 2025 CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk Via E-File
The Honorable Christopher A. Prine Clerk, Fifteenth Court of Appeals P.O. Box 12852 Austin, Texas 78711
Re: CreateAI Holdings, Inc. F/K/A TuSimple Holdings, Inc. v. Bot Auto TX Inc., in the Fifteenth Court of Appeals Cause No. 15-25-00001-CV
Dear Mr. Prine:
Looking toward the upcoming oral argument in this appeal, which is scheduled four weeks from today, Appellee Bot Auto TX Inc. (“Bot Auto”) respectfully writes concerning two matters.
First, in response to the Court’s September 10, 2025 letter, Bot Auto notifies the Court that Allison Allman will present oral argument on its behalf on October 30, 2025.
Second, this is an interlocutory appeal. Accordingly, Bot Auto respectfully requests the Court take notice of the ongoing proceedings below and the pleadings and other matters filed of record in the docket,1 which include:
Bot Auto’s Motion for Summary Judgment on Trade Secret Misappropriation (April 1, 2025) (seeking summary judgment on Appellant CreateAI Holdings, Inc. (“CreateAI”)’s misappropriation claims concerning the three alleged “trade secrets” alleged in CreateAI’s Original Petition and made the subject of its Application for Temporary Injunction and this
1 See Tex. R. Evid. 201 (Judicial Notice of Adjudicative Facts).
JW | Houston 1401 McKinney, Suite 1900 • Houston, Texas 77010 | www.jw.com | Member of GLOBALAW™ The Honorable Christopher A. Prine Clerk, Fifteenth Court of Appeals October 2, 2025 Page 2 ____________________________
appeal, namely: (1) the “TuSimple Sensor Suite Technology”; (2) the “TuSimple Autonomous Decision-Making Technology”; and (3) the “TuSimple Automatic Safety Technology”);
CreateAI’s Amended Petition and Application for Temporary Injunction (May 14, 2025)2 (replacing the three alleged “trade secrets” alleged in CreateAI’s Original Petition and Application for Temporary Injunction with twelve new alleged “trade secrets” with different definitions and formulations); and
CreateAI’s Response to Defendant Bot Auto TX Inc.’s Motion for Summary Judgment on Trade Secret Misappropriation (May 15, 2025) (expressing that CreateAI’s misappropriation of trade secrets claim “has been radically modified … which renders [Bot Auto’s] summary judgment motion moot” and that “CreateAI’s amended pleading necessarily moots Bot Auto’s summary judgment motion, as there are entirely new trade secrets at issue that are unaddressed by Bot Auto’s motion for summary judgment”).3
2 CreateAI filed its Reply Brief in this Court on May 13, 2025 .
3 Bot Auto subsequently filed a new motion for summary judgment directed at CreateAI’s new, “twelve species of technology and capability” now at issue below, which Motion is pending with the trial court. See Bot Auto’s Motions for Summary Judgment on CreateAI’s Claims and Bot Auto’s Counterclaims – Volumes 1–6 (July 2, 2025; Bot Auto’s Supplement to its Motions for Summary Judgment (July 30, 2025); CreateAI’s Response to Bot Auto’s Motions for Summary Judgment (August 13, 2025); Bot Auto’s Reply in Support of its Motions for Summary Judgment on CreateAI’s Claims (August 18, 2025); Bot Auto’s Reply in Support of its Motions for Summary Judgment on Bot Auto’s Counterclaims (August 18, 2025); Bot Auto’s Correspondence Concerning Continuation of Summary Judgment Hearing and Bot Auto’s Evidentiary Objections (August 24, 2025); Bot Auto’s Correspondence Further to September 2, 2025 Hearing and CreateAI’s Scheme to Misuse this Court (September 4, 2025); Bot Auto’s Correspondence Regarding CreateAI’s Third Amended Response to Bot Auto’s Interrogatory No. 1 (September 11, 2025); Bot Auto’s Motion to Strike, Disregard, Dismiss, and for Sanctions with Objections to JW | Houston 1401 McKinney, Suite 1900 • Houston, Texas 77010 | www.jw.com | Member of GLOBALAW™ The Honorable Christopher A. Prine Clerk, Fifteenth Court of Appeals October 2, 2025 Page 3 ____________________________
Respectfully submitted,
/s/ Joseph A Fischer, III Joseph A. Fischer, III State Bar No. 00789292 tfischer@jw.com Leisa Talbert Peschel State Bar No. 24060414 lpeschel@jw.com Victoria C. Emery State Bar No. 24126228 temery@jw.com JACKSON WALKER L.L.P. 1401 McKinney, Ste. 1900 Houston, Texas 77010 (713) 752-4530 (713) 308-4130 (fax)
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Allison Allman State Bar No. 24094023 aallman@jw.com JACKSON WALKER L.L.P. 777 Main Street, Ste 2100 Fort Worth, TX 76102 (817) 334-7200 (817) 334-7290 (fax)
Counsel for Appellee Bot Auto TX, Inc.
CreateAI’s Third Amended Responses to First Set of Interrogatories, Interrogatory No. 1 (October 1, 2025).
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that on October 2, 2025, a true and correct copy of the foregoing document was served by electronic service on all counsel of record in accordance with the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure.
/s/ Joseph A. Fischer, III Joseph A. Fischer, III
JW | Houston 1401 McKinney, Suite 1900 • Houston, Texas 77010 | www.jw.com | Member of GLOBALAW™ Automated Certificate of eService This automated certificate of service was created by the efiling system. The filer served this document via email generated by the efiling system on the date and to the persons listed below. The rules governing certificates of service have not changed. Filers must still provide a certificate of service that complies with all applicable rules.
Jamie Miller on behalf of Joseph Fischer Bar No. 789292 jmmiller@jw.com Envelope ID: 106365608 Filing Code Description: Letter Filing Description: Correspondence to Fifteenth Court of Appeals Status as of 10/2/2025 12:01 PM CST
Associated Case Party: Bot Auto TX Inc.
Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status
Nicole Burkholder nburkholder@jw.com 10/2/2025 11:39:20 AM SENT
Leisa Peschel 24060414 lpeschel@jw.com 10/2/2025 11:39:20 AM SENT
Leisa Peschel 24060414 lpeschel@jw.com 10/2/2025 11:39:20 AM SENT
Alli Allman aallman@jw.com 10/2/2025 11:39:20 AM SENT
Joseph AFischer, III tfischer@jw.com 10/2/2025 11:39:20 AM SENT
Victoria Emery 24126228 temery@jw.com 10/2/2025 11:39:20 AM SENT
Victoria Emery 24126228 temery@jw.com 10/2/2025 11:39:20 AM SENT
Case Contacts
Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status
Joseph Fischer 789292 tfischer@jw.com 10/2/2025 11:39:20 AM SENT
Yvonne Ferrari yferrari@jw.com 10/2/2025 11:39:20 AM SENT
Juana Sauceda jsauceda@jw.com 10/2/2025 11:39:20 AM SENT
Richard Liu richard.liu@consultils.com 10/2/2025 11:39:20 AM SENT
Associated Case Party: TuSimple Holdings, Inc.
Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status
Cliff PRiley criley@dykema.com 10/2/2025 11:39:20 AM SENT
Cliff PRiley criley@dykema.com 10/2/2025 11:39:20 AM SENT
Christopher Kratovil ckratovil@dykema.com 10/2/2025 11:39:20 AM SENT
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Jamie Miller on behalf of Joseph Fischer Bar No. 789292 jmmiller@jw.com Envelope ID: 106365608 Filing Code Description: Letter Filing Description: Correspondence to Fifteenth Court of Appeals Status as of 10/2/2025 12:01 PM CST
Associated Case Party: TuSimple Holdings, Inc.
Christopher Kratovil ckratovil@dykema.com 10/2/2025 11:39:20 AM SENT
Isaac Villarreal ivillarreal@dykema.com 10/2/2025 11:39:20 AM SENT
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