Dragon Intellectual Property, LLC v. Apple Inc., at&tservices, Inc., Charter Communications, Inc., Comcast Cable…

16-2186Court of Appeals for the Federal CircuitNov 1, 2017

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N OTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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DRAGON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, LLC,
Plaintiff-Appellant
v.
APPLE INC., AT&T SERVICES, INC., CHARTER
COMMUNICATIONS, INC., COMCAST CABLE
COMMUNICATIONS, LLC, COX
COMMUNICATIONS, INC., DIRECTV, LLC, DISH
NETWORK LLC, SIRIUS XM RADIO INC., TIME
WARNER CABLE INC., VERIZON
COMMUNICATIONS, INC.,
Defendants-Appellees
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2016-2186, 2016-2453, 2016-2454, 2016-2456, 2016-2459,
2016-2460, 2016-2461, 2016-2462, 2016-2463, 2016-2464
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Appeals from the United States District Court for the
District of Delaware in Nos. 1:13-cv-02058-RGA, 1:13-cv-
02061-RGA, 1:13-cv-02062-RGA, 1:13-cv-02063-RGA,
1:13-cv-02064-RGA, 1:13-cv-02065-RGA, 1:13-cv-02066-
RGA, 1:13-cv-02067-RGA, 1:13-cv-02068-RGA, 1:13-cv-
02069-RGA, Judge Richard G. Andrews.
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Decided: November 1, 2017
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DRAGON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY v. APPLE INC. 2
L EI MEI, Mei & Mark LLP, Washington, DC, argued
for plaintiff-appellant. Also represented by L AURENCE M.
SANDELL .
MICHAEL J AY , Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, Santa
Monica, CA, argued for defendant-appellee Apple Inc.
Also represented by N ANDAN P ADMANABHAN.
MICHAEL HAWES ., Baker Botts LLP, Houston, TX,
argued for defendants-appellees AT&T Services, Inc.,
DISH Network LLC, DirecTV, LLC. Defendant-appellee
AT&T Services, Inc. also represented by MICHELLE
J ACOBSON EBER, R OGER F ULGHUM ; BRYANT C. BOREN, J R.,
Palo Alto, CA. Defendant-appellee DISH Network LLC
also represented by BRADLEY BOWLING, ALI D HANANI,
MICHAEL SHERBY ; G EORGE H OPKINS G UY , III, Palo Alto,
CA; J AMIE ROY L YNN, Washington, DC. Defendant-
appellee DirecTV, LLC also represented by K EVIN G ERARD
MCBRIDE, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP, Irvine,
CA; J OHN WITTENZELLER , Philadelphia, PA.
MICHAEL M ARTIN M URRAY , Winston & Strawn LLP,
New York, NY, argued for defendants-appellees Charter
Communications, Inc., Comcast Cable Communications,
LLC, Cox Communications, Inc., Time Warner Cable Inc.,
Verizon Communications, Inc. Also represented by
MICHAEL L OUIS BRODY , Chicago, IL; G EOFFREY P. EATON,
Washington, DC.
MARK BAGHDASSARIAN, Kramer Levin Naftalis &
Frankel LLP, New York, NY, argued for defendant-
appellee Sirius XM Radio Inc. Also represented by
SHANNON H. HEDVAT .
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DRAGON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY v. APPLE INC. 3
Before M OORE, MAYER, and STOLL , Circuit Judges.
STOLL , Circuit Judge.
Dragon Intellectual Property appeals the district
court’s Final Judgments entered pursuant to the parties’
stipulations of noninfringement of claims 1–4, 8, and 10 of
U.S. Patent No. 5,930,444. Our decision today in a relat-
ed case, Dragon Intellectual Property, LLC v. DISH Net-
work LLC et al., Nos. 2016-2468, -2492, affirms the Patent
Trial and Appeal Board’s determination that claims 1–4,
7–10, 13, and 14 of the ’444 patent are invalid. According-
ly, we dismiss this appeal as moot.
DISMISSED AS MOOT
COSTS
No costs.

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