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23Andme, Inc. v. Ancestry.Com DNA, LLC, No. 19-1222 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 4, 2019)

Affirmed
Rule 36 Affirmance
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 19-1222
Decided
October 4, 2019
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NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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

23ANDME, INC.,

Plaintiff-Appellant

v.

ANCESTRY.COM DNA, LLC, ANCESTRY.COM

OPERATIONS INC., ANCESTRY.COM LLC,

Defendants-Appellees

2019-1222

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California in No. 3:18-cv-02791-EMC, Judge Edward M. Chen.

JUDGMENT

WILLIAM G. GAEDE, III, McDermott, Will & Emery LLP, Menlo Park, CA, argued for plaintiff-appellant. Also represented by BHANU SADASIVAN; PAUL WHITFIELD HUGHES, Washington, DC; SAMI SEDGHANI, San Francisco, CA. MARK D. SELWYN, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Palo Alto, CA, argued for defendants-appellees. Also represented by THOMAS GREGORY SPRANKLING; LAUREN B. FLETCHER, WILLIAM F. LEE, Boston, MA;

2BRITTANY BLUEITT AMADI, Washington, DC; DAVID CHARLES MARCUS, Los Angeles, CA. THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (PROST, Chief Judge, WALLACH and

HUGHES, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

October 4, 2019 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court

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23Andme, Inc. v. Ancestry.Com DNA, LLC, No. 19-1222 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 4, 2019).

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CAFC-19-1222-20191004
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