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Vroom, Inc. v. Sidekick Technology, LLC, No. 23-1362 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 28, 2026)

Vacated & Remanded
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 23-1362
Decided
January 28, 2026
Judge
Wallach, J.
Document
Order on Motion
Length
2 pages

NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.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

for the Federal Circuit

VROOM, INC., VROOM AUTOMOTIVE, LLC, dba Vroom, dba Texas Direct Auto, CARSTORY, LLC,

VAST.COM, INC., dba CarStory,

Plaintiffs-Appellees

v.

SIDEKICK TECHNOLOGY, LLC,

Defendant-Appellant

2023-1362, 2023-1667, 2023-2041

Appeals from the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey in No. 2:21-cv-06737-WJM-JSA, Senior Judge William J. Martini.

ON MOTION

Before STOLL, WALLACH, and CUNNINGHAM, Circuit

Judges.

O R D E R

The parties filed a motion to stay these appeals while they worked to effectuate settlement and asked the district2 2 VROOM, INC. v. SIDEKICK TECHNOLOGY, LLC

court for an indicative ruling that it would vacate its prior patent-ineligibility decisions if this court remanded. ECF No. 57. Now that the district court has so indicated, the parties jointly move to remand these appeals for it to do so. ECF No. 60.1 We remand for the limited purpose of the district court’s consideration of the parties’ request for vacatur. See Ohio Willow Wood Co. v. Thermo-Ply, Inc., 629 F.3d 1374, 1375 (Fed. Cir. 2011). In granting the motion, this court takes no position on the propriety or necessity of any vacatur, leaving it to the district court to consider the principles enunciated in United States Bancorp Mortgage Co. v. Bonner Mall Partnership, 513 U.S. 18, 29 (1994). Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED THAT:

(1) ECF No. 60 is granted to the extent that the appeals are remanded. (2) ECF No. 57 is denied as moot. (3) Each side shall bear its own costs.

FOR THE COURT

Figure on page 2 of the opinion

January 28, 2026 Date ISSUED AS A MANDATE: January 28, 2026

Footnotes

  1. 1 The motion to remand, ECF No. 60, supersedes a prior version of the motion docketed as ECF No. 58. No action will be taken on ECF No. 58.

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Vroom, Inc. v. Sidekick Technology, LLC, No. 23-1362 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 28, 2026).

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CAFC-23-1362-20260128
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