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Richard Williamson v. Citrix Online, LLC, No. 13-1130 (Fed. Cir. June 16, 2015)

Vacated & Remanded
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 13-1130
Decided
June 16, 2015
Judge
Per curiam
Document
Nonprecedential Opinion
Length
2 pages

NOTE: This order is nonprecedential. United States Court of Appeals

for the Federal Circuit

RICHARD A. WILLIAMSON, Trustee for At Home

Bondholders Liquidating Trust,

Plaintiff-Appellant

v.

CITRIX ONLINE, LLC, CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC.,

MICROSOFT CORPORATION,

ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC.,

Defendants-Appellees

WEBEX COMMUNICATIONS, INC., CISCO WEBEX,

LLC, CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.,

Defendants-Appellees

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES

CORPORATION,

Defendant-Appellee

2013-1130

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California in No. 11-CV-2409, Judge A. Howard Matz.

ON PETITION FOR REHEARING EN BANC

22 WILLIAMSON v. CITRIX ONLINE, LLC

Before PROST, Chief Judge, NEWMAN, LOURIE, DYK, MOORE,

O’MALLEY, REYNA, WALLACH, TARANTO, CHEN, and

HUGHES, Circuit Judges.

petition for rehearing en banc.

PER CURIAM.

O R D E R

A petition for rehearing en banc having been filed by Appellees, a response thereto having been invited by the court and filed by the Appellant, the petition and response having been referred to the panel that heard the appeal, the petition and response thereafter having been referred to the circuit judges who are in regular active service, and a poll having been requested and taken,

Upon consideration thereof, IT IS ORDERED THAT:

(1) The petition for rehearing en banc is granted for the limited purpose of overruling certain prior precedent regarding the application of 35 U.S.C. § 112, para. 6.

(2) The panel’s judgment and original opinion entered on November 5, 2014, and reported at 770 F.3d 1371 (Fed. Cir. 2014), is vacated and is replaced by a new panel opinion issued this date.

FOR THE COURT

June 16, 2015 /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole

Date Daniel E. O’Toole

Clerk of Court

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CAFC-13-1130-20150616
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