NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential. United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
APPLE INC., VISA INC., VISA U.S.A., INC.,
Appellants
v.
UNIVERSAL SECURE REGISTRY LLC,
Appellee
2020-1222, 2020-1234
Appeals from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. IPR2018-00810.
Decided: August 26, 2021
MARK D. SELWYN, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Palo Alto, CA, argued for all appellants. Appellant Apple Inc. also represented by MONICA GREWAL, Boston, MA. MATTHEW A. ARGENTI, Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati, PC, Palo Alto, CA, for appellants Visa Inc., Visa U.S.A., Inc. Also represented by MICHAEL T. ROSATO, Seattle, WA.
22 APPLE INC. v. UNIVERSAL SECURE REGISTRY LLC
CHRISTOPHER MATHEWS, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, argued for appellee. Also represented by TIGRAN GULEDJIAN.
Before TARANTO, WALLACH,* and STOLL, Circuit Judges.
In our opinion in Universal Secure Registry LLC v. Apple, Inc., No. 20-2044 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 26, 2021), issued concomitantly with this opinion, we held all the claims at issue in this appeal ineligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101. For the reasons we explained in Apple Inc. v. Voip-Pal.com, Inc., 976 F.3d 1316, 1321 (Fed. Cir. 2020), this appeal is rendered moot in light of our decision in Universal Secure. Thus, we vacate the Board’s final written decision and remand for the Board to dismiss Apple’s petition.
VACATED AND REMANDED
COSTS
No costs.
Footnotes
- ↩ * Circuit Judge Evan J. Wallach assumed senior status on May 31, 2021.