Automation Middleware Solutions, Inc. v. Invensys Systems, Inc., Schneider Electric USA, Inc., Rockwell Automation, Inc.,…

N OTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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AUTOMATION MIDDLEWARE SOLUTIONS, INC.,
Plaintiff-Appellant
v.
INVENSYS SYSTEMS, INC., SCHNEIDER
ELECTRIC USA, INC., ROCKWELL AUTOMATION,
INC., ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES,
INC.,
Defendants-Appellees
EMERSON PROCESS MANAGEMENT LLLP,
FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC., EMERSON
INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION USA INC.,
ROSEMOUNT INC., EMERSON PROCESS
MANAGEMENT POWER & WATER SOLUTIONS,
INC., EMERSON INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION USA
LLC,
Defendants-Cross-Appellants
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2017-2187, 2017-2189, 2017-2190, 2017-2222
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Appeals from the United States District Court for the
Eastern District of Texas in Nos. 2:15-cv-00898-RWS,
2:15-cv-01266-RWS, 2:15-cv-01269-RWS, Judge Robert
Schroeder, III.
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JUDGMENT
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MATTHEW D. P OWERS , Tensegrity Law Group, LLP,
Redwood City, CA, argued for plaintiff-appellant. Also
represented by WILLIAM P. N ELSON; MONTE BOND,
P ATRICKJ C ONROY , J AMES P ERKINS , T ERRY SAAD,
Bragalone Conroy PC, Dallas, TX.
RUDOLPH A. T ELSCHER , J R., Husch Blackwell LLP, St.
Louis, MO, argued for defendants-cross-appellants. Also
represented by K ARA RENEE F USSNER, STEVEN E.
HOLTSHOUSER.
T ERRENCE J. T RUAX , Jenner & Block LLP, Chicago, IL,
for defendants-appellees Invensys Systems, Inc., Schnei-
der Electric USA, Inc. Also represented by REGINALD J.
HILL ; N ICK G. SAROS , Los Angeles, CA; ADAM G.
U NIKOWSKY , Washington, DC.
CYNTHIA RIGSBY , Foley & Lardner LLP, Milwaukee,
WI, for defendants-appellees Rockwell Automation, Inc.,
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc. Also represented
by K EVIN J. MALANEY , MICHELLE A. MORAN, MATTHEW
WAYNE P ETERS .
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T HIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is
O RDERED and ADJUDGED:
P ER CURIAM (N EWMAN, WALLACH , and HUGHES ,
Circuit Judges).
AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.
ENTERED BY O RDER OF THE COURT

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September 17, 2018 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
Date Peter R. Marksteiner
Clerk of Court

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