Opinion
2020-1437
12-31-2020
NETSOC, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant v. OATH INC., Defendant-Appellee
WILLIAM 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 KEVIN PAUL ANDERSON, Washington, DC.
NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in No. 1:18-cv-12267-RA, Judge Ronnie Abrams. WILLIAM 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 KEVIN PAUL ANDERSON, Washington, DC. Before TARANTO, CHEN, and STOLL, Circuit Judges. 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 district 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 ineligible 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 ineligible under § 101 renders the issues in this case moot. Therefore, we dismiss as moot NetSoc's appeal of the district court's decision.
DISMISSED
COSTS
No costs.