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concluding that "receiving" an electronic communication is a function that may be performed by any general purpose computer and required no specific algorithm, but functions related to the organization and association of vendors with buyers required the disclosure of an algorithm because vendor data could be organized according to myriad criteria
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2014-1349
02-09-2015
E-LYNXX CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant v. INNERWORKINGS, INC., CIRQIT.COM, INC., Defendants-Appellees
DARREN PATRICK NICHOLSON, Sayles Werbner, P.C., Dallas, TX, argued for plaintiff-appellant. Also represented by MARK STRACHAN; JONATHAN TAD SUDER, BRETT MICHAEL PINKUS, Friedman, Suder & Cooke, Fort Worth, TX. DARYL JOSEFFER, King & Spalding LLP, Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellee InnerWorkings, Inc. Also represented by ADAM CONRAD, Charlotte, NC; JENNIFER H. DOAN, JOSHUA R. THANE, Haltom & Doan, Texarkana, TX. JENNIFER E. HOEKEL, Armstrong Teasdale LLP, St. Louis, MO, for defendant-appellee Cirqit.com, Inc. Also represented by JESSICA MENDEZ, RICHARD L. BROPHY.
NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania in No. 1:10-cv-02535-CCC, Chief Judge Christopher Conner.
JUDGMENT
DARREN PATRICK NICHOLSON, Sayles Werbner, P.C., Dallas, TX, argued for plaintiff-appellant. Also represented by MARK STRACHAN; JONATHAN TAD SUDER, BRETT MICHAEL PINKUS, Friedman, Suder & Cooke, Fort Worth, TX. DARYL JOSEFFER, King & Spalding LLP, Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellee InnerWorkings, Inc. Also represented by ADAM CONRAD, Charlotte, NC; JENNIFER H. DOAN, JOSHUA R. THANE, Haltom & Doan, Texarkana, TX. JENNIFER E. HOEKEL, Armstrong Teasdale LLP, St. Louis, MO, for defendant-appellee Cirqit.com, Inc. Also represented by JESSICA MENDEZ, RICHARD L. BROPHY. THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED:
PER CURIAM (PROST, Chief Judge, BRYSON and WALLACH, Circuit Judges).
AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.
ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT February 9, 2015
Date
/s/ Daniel E. O'Toole
Daniel E. O'Toole
Clerk of Court