Opinion
2013-1130
06-16-2015
RICHARD A. WILLIAMSON, Trustee for At Home Bondholders Liquidating Trust, Plaintiff-Appellant v. CITRIX ONLINE, LLC, CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC., MICROSOFT CORPORATION, ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC., Defendants-Appellees WEBEX COMMUNICATIONS, INC., CISCO WEBEX, LLC, CISCO SYSTEMS, INC., Defendants-Appellees INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee
NOTE: This order is nonprecedential. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California in No. 11-CV-2409, Judge A. Howard Matz.
ON PETITION FOR REHEARING EN BANC
Before PROST, Chief Judge, NEWMAN, LOURIE, DYK, MOORE, O'MALLEY, REYNA, WALLACH, TARANTO, CHEN, and HUGHES, Circuit Judges. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge, dissents from the grant of the petition for rehearing en banc. PER CURIAM.
ORDER
A petition for rehearing en banc having been filed by Appellees, a response thereto having been invited by the court and filed by the Appellant, the petition and response having been referred to the panel that heard the appeal, the petition and response thereafter having been referred to the circuit judges who are in regular active service, and a poll having been requested and taken,
Upon consideration thereof,
IT IS ORDERED THAT:
(1) The petition for rehearing en banc is granted for the limited purpose of overruling certain prior precedent regarding the application of 35 U.S.C. § 112, para. 6.
(2) The panel's judgment and original opinion entered on November 5, 2014, and reported at 770 F.3d 1371 (Fed. Cir. 2014), is vacated and is replaced by a new panel opinion issued this date. June 16, 2015
Date
FOR THE COURT
/s/ Daniel E. O'Toole
Daniel E. O'Toole
Clerk of Court