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Software Rights Archive, LLC v. Facebook, Inc., No. 15-1648 (Fed. Cir. May 17, 2016)

Affirmed
Rule 36 Affirmance
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 15-1648
Decided
May 17, 2016
Judge
Per curiam (Rule 36)
Document
Rule 36 Judgment
Length
2 pages
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NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential. United States Court of Appeals

for the Federal Circuit SOFTWARE RIGHTS ARCHIVE, LLC,

Appellant

v.

FACEBOOK, INC., LINKEDIN CORPORATION,

TWITTER, INC.,

Appellees

2015-1648

Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board, in No. IPR2013-00478.

JUDGMENT

VICTOR G. HARDY, DiNovo, Price, Ellwanger & Hardy LLP, Austin, TX, argued for appellant. Also represented by MINGHUI YANG; MARTIN MOSS ZOLTICK, SOUMYA PANDA, Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C., Washington, DC. HEIDI LYN KEEFE, Cooley LLP, Palo Alto, CA, argued for all appellees. Facebook, Inc. also represented by LOWELL D. MEAD, CARRIE J. RICHEY, MARK R. WEINSTEIN.

2DAVID SILBERT, Keker & Van Nest, LLP, San Francisco, CA, for appellees LinkedIn Corporation, Twitter, Inc. Also represented by SHARIF E. JACOB, PHILIP J. TASSIN. THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (NEWMAN, MAYER, and CHEN, Circuit

Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT May 17, 2016 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court

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