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DKR Consulting, LLC v. Shopify, Inc., No. 24-2279 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 9, 2026)

Affirmed
Rule 36 Affirmance
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 24-2279
Decided
February 9, 2026
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NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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

DKR CONSULTING, LLC,

Plaintiff-Appellant

v.

SHOPIFY INC.,

Defendant-Appellee

2024-2279

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California in No. 2:23-cv-06904-HDVJC, Judge Hernan D. Vera.

JUDGMENT

KEVIN SPRENGER, Daignault Iyer LLP, Vienna, VA, argued for plaintiff-appellant. Also represented by JASON SCOTT CHARKOW, RONALD M. DAIGNAULT, CHANDRAN IYER. GREGORY H. LANTIER, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellee. Also represented by LIV LEILA HERRIOT, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Palo Alto, CA; NATALIE M. MORRISSEY, KRISTEN E. PARNIGONI, Boston, MA; LAURA E. POWELL, Washington, DC.

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

PER CURIAM (LOURIE, PROST, and TARANTO, Circuit

Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

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