Acacia Media Technologies Corporation v. Mediacom Communications Corporation, Bresnan Communications LLC, Cebridge Connections

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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ACACIA MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
MEDIACOM COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION,
BRESNAN COMMUNICATIONS LLC, CEBRIDGE
CONNECTIONS, and CABLE ONE INC.,
Defendants-Appellees,
and
HOSPITALITY NETWORK, INC., COXCOM, INC.,
and CABLE AMERICA CORP.,
Defendants-Appellees,
and
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.,
ARMSTRONG GROUP, WIDE OPEN WEST LLC,
EAST CLEVELAND CABLE TV AND
COMMUNICATIONS LLC, MASSILLON CABLE TV
INC., MID-CONTINENT MEDIA, INC., US CABLE
HOLDINGS LP, SJOBERG’S CABLEVISION, INC.,
SAVAGE COMMUNICATIONS INC., LORETEL
CABLEVISION, CANNON VALLEY
COMMUNICATIONS, INC., ARVIG
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, NPG CABLE INC.,
and BLOCK COMMUNICATIONS INC.,
Defendants-Appellees,
and
THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC.,
Defendant-Appellee,
and

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ECHOSTAR SATELLITE LLC and ECHOSTAR
TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION,
Defendants-Appellees,
and
COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC and
INSIGHT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, INC.,
Defendants-Appellees,
and
CSC HOLDINGS, INC.,
Defendant-Appellee,
and
GAME LINK INC., ACMP LLC, CYBERNET
VENTURES INC., GLOBAL AVS INC., NATIONAL A-
1 ADVERTISING INC., AEBN INC., ADEMIA
MULTIMEDIA LLC, AUDIO COMMUNICATIONS
INC., CYBER TREND INC., INNOVATIVE IDEAS
INTERNATIONAL LTD. ( DOING BUSINESS AS A DULT
REVENUE SERVICES), LIGHTSPEED MEDIA GROUP
INC., NEW DESTINY INTERNET GROUP LLC, and
VS MEDIA INC.,
Defendants-Appellees,
and
OFFENDALE COMMERCIAL LIMITED BV,
Defendant-Appellee,
and
INTERNATIONAL WEB INNOVATIONS INC.,
Defendant-Appellee,
and
TIME WARNER CABLE, INC.,
Defendant-Appellee,
and

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ASKCS.COM INC.,
Defendant.
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2010-1081
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Appeal from the United States District Court for the
Northern District of California in case no. 05-CV-1114
and MDL case no. 05-1665, Judge James Ware.
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JUDGMENT
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RODERICK G. D ORMAN , Hennigan, Bennett & Dorman
LLP, of Los Angeles, California, argued for plaintiff-
appellant. With him on the brief were ALAN P. BLOCK ,
M IEKE K. M ALMBERG and M ARC M ORRIS .
D AVID S. B ENYACAR , Kaye Scholer LLP, of New York,
New York, argued for defendants-appellees, Time Warner
Cable, Inc., Mediacom Communications Corporation, et
al, and CSC Holdings, Inc. With him on the brief for Time
Warner Cable, Inc., was DANIEL L. REISNER .
BENJAMIN H ERSHKOWITZ , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher,
LLP, of New York, New York, for defendant-appellee CSC
Holdings, Inc. With him on the brief were MARK A. PERRY
and TANYA M AZUR.
ANNAMARIE A. D ALEY, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, of
Minneapolis, Minnesota, for defendant-appellee
Hospitality Network, Inc., et al.
JONATHAN E. SINGER , Fish & Richardson, P.C., of
Minneapolis, Minnesota, for defendant-appellee Game
Link Inc., et al. On the brief was TODD G. M ILLER, of San
Diego, California. Of counsel was WILLIAM C. SHEAR , of
Dallas, Texas.
VICTOR S. D E G YARFAS , Foley & Lardner LLP, of Los
Angeles, California, for defendant-appellee International
Web Innovations, Inc.

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M ITCHELL D. LUKIN , Baker Botts LLP, of Houston,
Texas, for defendant-appellee Mediacom Communications
Corporation, et al.
BRADFORD P. L YERLA, Marshall, Gerstein & Borun
LLP, of Chicago, Illinois, for defendant-appellee Charter
Communications, Inc. On the brief was JEFFREY H.
D EAN .
JAMES M. SLOMINSKI , The Hecker Law Group, of Los
Angeles, California, for defendant-appellee Offendale
Commercial Limited BV. Of counsel was GARY A.
H ECKER.
G REGORY A. CASTANIAS , Jones Day, of Washington,
DC, for defendant-appellee The DirecTV Group, Inc. With
him on the brief were JENNIFER L. SWIZE; and KEVIN G.
M CBRIDE and LOUIS L. TOUTON , of Los Angeles, California.
RACHEL K REVANS , Morrison & Foerster LLP, of San
Francisco, California, for defendant-appellee Echostar
Satellite LLC, et al. With her on the brief were MATTHEW
I. K REEGER, JASON A. CROTTY and H EATHER R. B OBKOVA;
and D EANNE E. M AYNARD , of Washington, DC.
D AVID J. SILBERT, Keker & Van Nest, LLP, of San
Francisco, Californa, for defendant-appellee Comcast
Cable Communications, LLC, et al. With him on the brief
was D ANIEL E. JACKSON .
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is
O RDERED and ADJUDGED :
PER C URIAM (D YK , M AYER, M OORE, Circuit Judges).
AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.
ENTERED BY O RDER OF THE COURT
October 7, 2010 /s/ Jan Horbaly
Date Jan Horbaly
Clerk

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