Wakefield v. Blackboard, Inc., No. 21-2191 (Fed. Cir. July 7, 2022)

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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

for the Federal Circuit

COOLTVNETWORK.COM, INC.,

Plaintiff-Appellant

v.

BLACKBOARD, INC., META PLATFORMS, INC.,

FKA FACEBOOK, INC., INTERNATIONAL

BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION,

KALTURA, INC., EDGIO, INC., MICROSOFT

CORPORATION, OOYALA, INC., SNAP INC.,

TRAPELO CORP.,

Defendants-Appellees

2021-2191, 2021-2192, 2021-2193, 2021-2195, 2021-2196,

2021-2197, 2021-2198, 2021-2199, 2021-2200

Appeals from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware in Nos. 1:19-cv-00291-LPS-JLH, 1:19-cv-00292-LPS-JLH, 1:19-cv-00293-LPS-JLH, 1:19-cv-00294-LPS-JLH, 1:19-cv-00295-LPS-JLH, 1:19-cv-00296-LPS-JLH, 1:19-cv-00297-LPS-JLH, 1:19-cv-00534-LPS-JLH, 1:19-cv-00535-LPS-JLH, Judge Leonard P. Stark.

JUDGMENT

2MEREDITH MARTIN ADDY, AddyHart P.C., Atlanta, GA, argued for plaintiff-appellant. Also represented by CHARLES A. PANNELL, III; BENJAMIN CAPPEL, Chicago, IL. HEIDI LYN KEEFE, Cooley LLP, Palo Alto, CA, argued for all defendants-appellees. MICHAEL S. NADEL, McDermott, Will & Emery LLP, Washington, DC, for defendant-appellee Blackboard, Inc. Also represented by CHARLES M. MCMAHON, Chicago, IL. PHILLIP EDWARD MORTON, Washington, DC, for defendant-appellee Meta Platforms, Inc. BRYAN SCOTT HALES, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, IL, for defendant-appellee International Business Machines Corporation. SETH W. LLOYD, Morrison & Foerster LLP, Washington, DC, for defendant-appellee Kaltura, Inc. Also represented by JENNIFER JEANNE SCHMIDT, San Francisco, CA. ASIM BHANSALI, Kwun Bhansali Lazarus LLP, for defendant-appellee Edgio, Inc. Also represented by KATE ELLIS LAZARUS, SCOTT WILLIAM TAYLOR.

JOHN D. VANDENBERG, Klarquist Sparkman, LLP, Portland, OR, for defendant-appellee Microsoft Corporation. Also represented by JOSEPH THOMAS JAKUBEK. RICHARD GREGORY FRENKEL, Latham & Watkins LLP, Menlo Park, CA, for defendant-appellee Ooyala, Inc. REUBEN H. CHEN, Cooley LLP, Palo Alto, CA, for defendant-appellee Snap Inc. Also represented by LAUREN KRICKL, BENJAMIN S. LIN.

RICARDO BONILLA, Fish & Richardson PC, Dallas, TX,

3for defendant-appellee Trapelo Corp. Also represented by NEIL J. MCNABNAY, LANCE E. WYATT, JR.

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