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Williamson v. Citrix Systems, Inc., No. 16-1714 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 7, 2017)

Affirmed
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 16-1714
Decided
April 7, 2017
Judge
Per curiam (Rule 36)
Document
Rule 36 Judgment
Length
3 pages

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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

for the Federal Circuit

RICHARD A. WILLIAMSON, ON BEHALF OF AND

AS TRUSTEE FOR AT HOME BONDHOLDERS'

LIQUIDATING TRUST,

Plaintiff-Appellant

v.

CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC., MICROSOFT

CORPORATION, WEBEX COMMUNICATIONS,

INC., CISCO WEBEX, LLC, CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.,

GETGO, INC.,

Defendants-Appellees

ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC., INTERNATIONAL

BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION,

Defendants

2016-1714

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California in No. 2:11-cv-02409-SJO-JEM, Judge James S. Otero.

JUDGMENT

2BRETT JOHNSTON WILLIAMSON, O’Melveny & Myers LLP, Newport Beach, CA, argued for plaintiff-appellant. Also represented by TIM D. BYRON, San Francisco, CA; BRIAN T. BAGLEY, SCOTT DION MARRS, WILLIAM C. NORVELL, JR., Akerman LLP, Houston, TX.

JONATHAN J. LAMBERSON, Fish & Richardson, PC, Redwood City, CA, argued for all defendants-appellees. Defendants-appellees Citrix Systems, Inc., Microsoft Corporation, GetGo, Inc. also represented by FRANK SCHERKENBACH, KURT LOUIS GLITZENSTEIN, Boston, MA; CRAIG E. COUNTRYMAN, San Diego, CA; INDRANIL MUKERJI, Washington, DC. Defendant-appellee Microsoft Corporation also represented by ISABELLA FU, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA.

HAROLD BARZA, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for defendant-appellees Webex Communications, Inc., Cisco Webex, LLC, Cisco Systems, Inc. Also represented by TIGRAN GULEDJIAN, JORDAN BROCK KAERICHER, VALERIE RODDY.

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

es).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

3April 7, 2017 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court

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