Netsoc, LLC v. Oath Inc.

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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NETSOC, LLC,
Plaintiff-Appellant

v.

OATH INC.,
Defendant-Appellee
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2020-1437
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Appeal from the United States District Court for the
Southern District of New York in No. 1:18-cv-12267-RA,
Judge Ronnie Abrams.
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Decided: December 31, 2020
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W
ILLIAM PETERSON RAMEY, III, Ramey & Schwaller,
LLP, Houston, TX, argued for plaintiff-appellant.

RALPH JEFFREY CARTER, Duane Morris LLP, New York,
NY, argued for defendant-appellee. Also represented by
K
EVIN PAUL ANDERSON, Washington, DC.
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Before T
ARANTO, CHEN, and STOLL, Circuit Judges.
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NETSOC, LLC v. OATH INC.
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STOLL, Circuit Judge.
NetSoc, LLC appeals the United States District Court
for the Southern District of New York’s dismissal of certain
patent-infringement allegations against Oath Inc. The dis-
trict court held that NetSoc was collaterally estopped from
asserting infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patent
No. 9,218,591 following a decision by the United States
District Court for the Northern District of Texas holding
claims in related U.S. Patent No. 9,978,107 patent ineligi-
ble under 35 U.S.C. § 101. See NetSoc, LLC v. Match Grp.,
LLC, No. 3:18-CV-01809-N, 2019 WL 3304704, at *3
(N.D. Tex. July 22, 2019). Our determination in NetSoc,
LLC v. Match Grp., No. 20-1195 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 31, 2020),
issued herewith, holding the claims of the ’591 patent inel-
igible under § 101 renders the issues in this case moot.
Therefore, we dismiss as moot NetSoc’s appeal of the dis-
trict court’s decision.
DISMISSED
C
OSTS
No costs.
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