Cooltvnetwork.com v. Blackboard, Inc.

Full title: COOLTVNETWORK.COM, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant v. BLACKBOARD, INC., META…

Court: United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit

Date published: Jul 7, 2022

No. 2021-2197 (Fed. Cir. Jul. 7, 2022)

Opinion

2021-2191 2021-2192 2021-2193 2021-2195 2021-2196 2021-2197 2021-2198 2021-2199 2021-2200

07-07-2022

COOLTVNETWORK.COM, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant v. BLACKBOARD, INC., META PLATFORMS, INC., FKA FACEBOOK, INC., INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, KALTURA, INC., EDGIO, INC., MICROSOFT CORPORATION, OOYALA, INC., SNAP INC., TRAPELO CORP., Defendants-Appellees

MEREDITH MARTIN ADDY, AddyHart P.C., Atlanta, GA, argued for plaintiff-appellant. Also represented by CHARLES A. PANNELL, III; BENJAMIN CAPPEL, Chicago, IL. HEIDI LYN KEEFE, Cooley LLP, Palo Alto, CA, argued for all defendants-appellees. MICHAEL S. NADEL, McDermott, Will &Emery LLP, Washington, DC, for defendant-appellee Blackboard, Inc. Also represented by CHARLES M. MCMAHON, Chicago, IL. PHILLIP EDWARD MORTON, Washington, DC, for defendant-appellee Meta Platforms, Inc. BRYAN SCOTT HALES, Kirkland &Ellis LLP, Chicago, IL, for defendant-appellee International Business Machines Corporation. SETH W. LLOYD, Morrison &Foerster LLP, Washington, DC, for defendant-appellee Kaltura, Inc. Also represented by JENNIFER JEANNE SCHMIDT, San Francisco, CA. ASIM BHANSALI, Kwun Bhansali Lazarus LLP, for defendant-appellee Edgio, Inc. Also represented by KATE ELLIS LAZARUS, SCOTT WILLIAM TAYLOR. JOHN D. VANDENBERG, Klarquist Sparkman, LLP, Portland, OR, for defendant-appellee Microsoft Corporation. Also represented by JOSEPH THOMAS JAKUBEK. RICHARD GREGORY FRENKEL, Latham &Watkins LLP, Menlo Park, CA, for defendant-appellee Ooyala, Inc. REUBEN H. CHEN, Cooley LLP, Palo Alto, CA, for defendant-appellee Snap Inc. Also represented by LAUREN KRICKL, BENJAMIN S. LIN. RICARDO BONILLA, Fish &Richardson PC, Dallas, TX, for defendant-appellee Trapelo Corp. Also represented by NEIL J. MCNABNAY, LANCE E. WYATT, JR.

PER CURIAM

This disposition is nonprecedential.

Appeals from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware in Nos. 1:19-cv-00291-LPS-JLH, 1:19-cv-00292-LPS-JLH, 1:19-cv-00293-LPS-JLH, 1:19-cv-00294-LPS-JLH, 1:19-cv-00295-LPS-JLH, 1:19-cv-00296-LPS-JLH, 1:19-cv-00297-LPS-JLH, 1:19-cv-00534-LPS-JLH, 1:19-cv-00535-LPS-JLH, Judge Leonard P. Stark.

MEREDITH MARTIN ADDY, AddyHart P.C., Atlanta, GA, argued for plaintiff-appellant. Also represented by CHARLES A. PANNELL, III; BENJAMIN CAPPEL, Chicago, IL.

HEIDI LYN KEEFE, Cooley LLP, Palo Alto, CA, argued for all defendants-appellees.

MICHAEL S. NADEL, McDermott, Will &Emery LLP, Washington, DC, for defendant-appellee Blackboard, Inc. Also represented by CHARLES M. MCMAHON, Chicago, IL.

PHILLIP EDWARD MORTON, Washington, DC, for defendant-appellee Meta Platforms, Inc.

BRYAN SCOTT HALES, Kirkland &Ellis LLP, Chicago, IL, for defendant-appellee International Business Machines Corporation.

SETH W. LLOYD, Morrison &Foerster LLP, Washington, DC, for defendant-appellee Kaltura, Inc. Also represented by JENNIFER JEANNE SCHMIDT, San Francisco, CA.

ASIM BHANSALI, Kwun Bhansali Lazarus LLP, for defendant-appellee Edgio, Inc. Also represented by KATE ELLIS LAZARUS, SCOTT WILLIAM TAYLOR.

JOHN D. VANDENBERG, Klarquist Sparkman, LLP, Portland, OR, for defendant-appellee Microsoft Corporation. Also represented by JOSEPH THOMAS JAKUBEK.

RICHARD GREGORY FRENKEL, Latham &Watkins LLP, Menlo Park, CA, for defendant-appellee Ooyala, Inc.

REUBEN H. CHEN, Cooley LLP, Palo Alto, CA, for defendant-appellee Snap Inc. Also represented by LAUREN KRICKL, BENJAMIN S. LIN.

RICARDO BONILLA, Fish &Richardson PC, Dallas, TX,

for defendant-appellee Trapelo Corp. Also represented by NEIL J. MCNABNAY, LANCE E. WYATT, JR.

NEWMAN, LINN, and CHEN, Circuit Judges

JUDGMENT

PER CURIAM

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED.

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.