Realvirt, LLC v. Andrei Iancu, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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REALVIRT, LLC,
Plaintiff-Appellant
v.
ANDREI IANCU, UNDER SECRETARY OF
COMMERCE FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
AND DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED STATES
PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE,
Defendant-Appellee
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2017-1159
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Appeal from the United States District Court for the
Eastern District of Virginia in No. 1:15-cv-00963-TSE-
MSN, Judge T. S. Ellis, III.
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Decided: August 14, 2018
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PATRICK R ICHARD D ELANEY , Devlin Law Firm, Wil-
mington, DE, for plaintiff-appellant.
THOMAS W. K RAUSE , Office of the Solicitor, United
States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA, for
defendant-appellee. Also represented by M ICHAEL S.
FORMAN , PHILIP J. WARRICK ; JAYNIE R ANDALL LILLEY,

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REALVIRT, LLC v. IANCU 2
M ARK R. FREEMAN , D ANA J. B OENTE, CHAD A. READLER,
Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department
of Justice, Washington, DC.
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Before NEWMAN , C LEVENGER, and BRYSON , Circuit Judges.
PER C URIAM.
On September 8, 2017, this court granted Realvirt,
LLC’s motion to stay proceedings in appeal no. 17-1159
pending this court’s entry of judgment, en banc, in
NantKwest, Inc. v. Matal, No. 16-1794. In light of this
court’s decision in NantKwest, Inc. v. Iancu, No. 2016-
1794, 2018 WL 3596124 (Fed. Cir. July 27, 2018) (en
banc), the court hereby lifts the stay in appeal no. 17-
1159, vacates the judgment of the district court, and
remands this case for further proceedings consistent with
NantKwest.
No costs.

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