Opinion
2020-1222 2020-1234
08-26-2021
APPLE INC., VISA INC., VISA U.S.A., INC., Appellants v. UNIVERSAL SECURE REGISTRY LLC, Appellee
MARK D. SELWYN, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Palo Alto, CA, argued for all appellants. Appellant Apple Inc. also represented by MONICA GREWAL, Boston, MA. MATTHEW A. ARGENTI, Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich &Rosati, PC, Palo Alto, CA, for appellants Visa Inc., Visa U.S.A., Inc. Also represented by MICHAEL T. ROSATO, Seattle, WA. CHRISTOPHER MATHEWS, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart &Sullivan, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, argued for appellee. Also represented by TIGRAN GULEDJIAN.
This disposition is nonprecedential.
Appeals from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. IPR2018-00810.
MARK D. SELWYN, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Palo Alto, CA, argued for all appellants. Appellant Apple Inc. also represented by MONICA GREWAL, Boston, MA.
MATTHEW A. ARGENTI, Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich &Rosati, PC, Palo Alto, CA, for appellants Visa Inc., Visa U.S.A., Inc. Also represented by MICHAEL T. ROSATO, Seattle, WA.
CHRISTOPHER MATHEWS, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart &Sullivan, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, argued for appellee. Also represented by TIGRAN GULEDJIAN.
Before TARANTO, WALLACH, and STOLL, Circuit Judges.
Circuit Judge Evan J. Wallach assumed senior status on May 31, 2021.
STOLL, Circuit Judge.
In our opinion in Universal Secure Registry LLC v. Apple, Inc., No. 20-2044 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 26, 2021), issued concomitantly with this opinion, we held all the claims at issue in this appeal ineligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101. For the reasons we explained in Apple Inc. v. Voip-Pal.com, Inc., 976 F.3d 1316, 1321 (Fed. Cir. 2020), this appeal is rendered moot in light of our decision in Universal Secure. Thus, we vacate the Board's final written decision and remand for the Board to dismiss Apple's petition.
VACATED AND REMANDED COSTS
No costs.