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Worlds Inc. v. Activision Blizzard Inc., No. 21-1990 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 10, 2022)

Affirmed
Rule 36 Affirmance
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 21-1990
Decided
March 10, 2022
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NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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

WORLDS INC.,

Plaintiff-Appellant

v.

ACTIVISION BLIZZARD INC., BLIZZARD

ENTERTAINMENT, INC., ACTIVISION

PUBLISHING, INC.,

Defendants-Appellees

2021-1990

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts in No. 1:12-cv-10576-DJC, Judge Denise J. Casper.

JUDGMENT

WAYNE MICHAEL HELGE, Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey, LLP, McLean, VA, argued for plaintiff-appellant. Also represented by ALDO NOTO, JAMES THOMAS WILSON. KEVIN SCOTT PRUSSIA, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Boston, MA, argued for defendants-appellees. Also represented by SONAL NARESH MEHTA, JENNIFER JASMINE JOHN, Palo Alto, CA.

2THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (MOORE, Chief Judge, CHEN and

HUGHES, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

March 10, 2022 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner

Date Peter R. Marksteiner

Clerk of Court

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CAFC-21-1990-20220310
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