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GoDaddy.com, LLC v. RPost Communications Limited, No. 16-2335 (Fed. Cir. May 5, 2017)

Affirmed
Rule 36 Affirmance
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 16-2335
Decided
May 5, 2017
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NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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

GODADDY.COM, LLC,

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

RPOST COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED, RMAIL

LIMITED, RPOST INTERNATIONAL LIMITED,

RPOST HOLDINGS INCORPORATED,

Defendants-Appellants

2016-2335

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona in No. 2:14-cv-00126-JAT, Senior Judge James A. Teilborg.

JUDGMENT

BRIAN W. LACORTE, Ballard Spahr LLP, Phoenix, AZ, argued for plaintiff-appellee. Also represented by JONATHON A. TALCOTT, JESSICA A. WILSON.

LEWIS EMERY HUDNELL, III, Hudnell Law Group PC, Mountain View, CA, argued for defendants-appellants.

2MAXIMILIAN A. GRANT, Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae Endurance International Group, Inc. Also represented by GABRIEL BELL, ABIGAIL A. RIVES; RICHARD GREGORY FRENKEL, Menlo Park, CA.

CASEY L. GRIFFITH, Griffith Bates Champion & Harper LLP, Dallas, TX, for amicus curiae Raymond A. Mercado, Ph.D

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

PER CURIAM (DYK, BRYSON, and CHEN, Circuit Judg-

es).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

May 5, 2017 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court

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