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Acacia Media Technologies Corp. v. Mediacom Communications Corp., No. 10-1081 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 7, 2010)

Affirmed
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 10-1081
Decided
October 7, 2010
Judge
Per curiam (Rule 36)
Document
Rule 36 Judgment
Length
4 pages

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals

for the Federal Circuit

ACACIA MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION,

Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

MEDIACOM COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, BRESNAN COMMUNICATIONS LLC, CEBRIDGE

CONNECTIONS, and CABLE ONE INC.,

Defendants-Appellees,

and

HOSPITALITY NETWORK, INC., COXCOM, INC.,

and CABLE AMERICA CORP.,

Defendants-Appellees,

and

CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.,

ARMSTRONG GROUP, WIDE OPEN WEST LLC,

EAST CLEVELAND CABLE TV AND

COMMUNICATIONS LLC, MASSILLON CABLE TV INC., MID-CONTINENT MEDIA, INC., US CABLE

HOLDINGS LP, SJOBERG’S CABLEVISION, INC.,

SAVAGE COMMUNICATIONS INC., LORETEL

CABLEVISION, CANNON VALLEY

COMMUNICATIONS, INC., ARVIG

COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, NPG CABLE INC.,

and BLOCK COMMUNICATIONS INC.,

Defendants-Appellees,

and

THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC.,

Defendant-Appellee,

and

2ECHOSTAR SATELLITE LLC and ECHOSTAR

TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION,

Defendants-Appellees,

and

COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC and INSIGHT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, INC.,

Defendants-Appellees,

and

CSC HOLDINGS, INC.,

Defendant-Appellee,

and

GAME LINK INC., ACMP LLC, CYBERNET

VENTURES INC., GLOBAL AVS INC., NATIONAL A-

1 ADVERTISING INC., AEBN INC., ADEMIA

MULTIMEDIA LLC, AUDIO COMMUNICATIONS

INC., CYBER TREND INC., INNOVATIVE IDEAS

INTERNATIONAL LTD. (DOING BUSINESS AS ADULT REVENUE SERVICES), LIGHTSPEED MEDIA GROUP INC., NEW DESTINY INTERNET GROUP LLC, and

VS MEDIA INC.,

Defendants-Appellees,

and

OFFENDALE COMMERCIAL LIMITED BV,

Defendant-Appellee,

and

INTERNATIONAL WEB INNOVATIONS INC.,

Defendant-Appellee,

and

TIME WARNER CABLE, INC.,

Defendant-Appellee,

and

3ASKCS.COM INC.,

Defendant.

2010-1081

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California in case no. 05-CV-1114 and MDL case no. 05-1665, Judge James Ware.

JUDGMENT

RODERICK G. DORMAN, Hennigan, Bennett & Dorman LLP, of Los Angeles, California, argued for plaintiff-appellant. With him on the brief were ALAN P. BLOCK, MIEKE K. MALMBERG and MARC MORRIS.

DAVID S. BENYACAR, Kaye Scholer LLP, of New York, New York, argued for defendants-appellees, Time Warner Cable, Inc., Mediacom Communications Corporation, et al, and CSC Holdings, Inc. With him on the brief for Time Warner Cable, Inc., was DANIEL L. REISNER.

BENJAMIN HERSHKOWITZ, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, of New York, New York, for defendant-appellee CSC Holdings, Inc. With him on the brief were MARK A. PERRY and TANYA MAZUR.

ANNAMARIE A. DALEY, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, for defendant-appellee Hospitality Network, Inc., et al.

JONATHAN E. SINGER, Fish & Richardson, P.C., of Minneapolis, Minnesota, for defendant-appellee Game Link Inc., et al. On the brief was TODD G. MILLER, of San Diego, California. Of counsel was WILLIAM C. SHEAR, of Dallas, Texas.

VICTOR S. DE GYARFAS, Foley & Lardner LLP, of Los Angeles, California, for defendant-appellee International Web Innovations, Inc.

4MITCHELL D. LUKIN, Baker Botts LLP, of Houston, Texas, for defendant-appellee Mediacom Communications Corporation, et al.

BRADFORD P. LYERLA, Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP, of Chicago, Illinois, for defendant-appellee Charter Communications, Inc. On the brief was JEFFREY H. DEAN.

JAMES M. SLOMINSKI, The Hecker Law Group, of Los Angeles, California, for defendant-appellee Offendale Commercial Limited BV. Of counsel was GARY A. HECKER.

GREGORY A. CASTANIAS, Jones Day, of Washington, DC, for defendant-appellee The DirecTV Group, Inc. With him on the brief were JENNIFER L. SWIZE; and KEVIN G. MCBRIDE and LOUIS L. TOUTON, of Los Angeles, California.

RACHEL KREVANS, Morrison & Foerster LLP, of San Francisco, California, for defendant-appellee Echostar Satellite LLC, et al. With her on the brief were MATTHEW I. KREEGER, JASON A. CROTTY and HEATHER R. BOBKOVA; and DEANNE E. MAYNARD, of Washington, DC.

DAVID J. SILBERT, Keker & Van Nest, LLP, of San Francisco, Californa, for defendant-appellee Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, et al. With him on the brief was DANIEL E. JACKSON.

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (DYK, MAYER, MOORE, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36. ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

October 7, 2010 /s/ Jan Horbaly Date Jan Horbaly Clerk

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