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Kickstarter, Inc. v. Fan Funded, LLC, No. 15-1886 (Fed. Cir. June 10, 2016)

Affirmed
Rule 36 Affirmance
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 15-1886
Decided
June 10, 2016
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NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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

KICKSTARTER, INC.,

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

FAN FUNDED, LLC, ARTISTSHARE, INC.,

Defendants-Appellants

2015-1886

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in No. 1:11-cv-06909-KPF, Judge Katherine Polk Failla.

JUDGMENT

PETER J. BRANN, Brann & Isaacson, Lewiston, ME, argued for plaintiff-appellee. Also represented by STACY O. STITHAM, DAVID SWETNAM-BURLAND.

CRAIG ROBERT SMITH, Lando & Anastasi, LLP, Cambridge, MA, argued for defendants-appellants. Also represented by ERIC P. CARNEVALE, WILLIAM JOSEPH SEYMOUR. THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

2ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (REYNA, HUGHES, and STOLL, Circuit

Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT June 10, 2016 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court

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