AUTOMATION MIDDLEWARE v. INVENSYS SYSTEMS , No. 17-2187 (Fed. Cir. 2018)

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NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ AUTOMATION MIDDLEWARE SOLUTIONS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant v. INVENSYS SYSTEMS, INC., SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC USA, INC., ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC., ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Defendants-Appellees EMERSON PROCESS MANAGEMENT LLLP, FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC., EMERSON INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION USA INC., ROSEMOUNT INC., EMERSON PROCESS MANAGEMENT POWER & WATER SOLUTIONS, INC., EMERSON INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION USA LLC, Defendants-Cross-Appellants ______________________ 2017-2187, 2017-2189, 2017-2190, 2017-2222 ______________________ Appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in Nos. 2:15-cv-00898-RWS, 2:15-cv-01266-RWS, 2:15-cv-01269-RWS, Judge Robert Schroeder, III. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ MATTHEW D. POWERS, Tensegrity Law Group, LLP, Redwood City, CA, argued for plaintiff-appellant. Also represented by WILLIAM P. NELSON; MONTE BOND, PATRICKJ CONROY, JAMES PERKINS, TERRY SAAD, Bragalone Conroy PC, Dallas, TX. RUDOLPH A. TELSCHER, JR., Husch Blackwell LLP, St. Louis, MO, argued for defendants-cross-appellants. Also represented by KARA RENEE FUSSNER, STEVEN E. HOLTSHOUSER. TERRENCE J. TRUAX, Jenner & Block LLP, Chicago, IL, for defendants-appellees Invensys Systems, Inc., Schneider Electric USA, Inc. Also represented by REGINALD J. HILL; NICK G. SAROS, Los Angeles, CA; ADAM G. UNIKOWSKY, Washington, DC. CYNTHIA RIGSBY, Foley & Lardner LLP, Milwaukee, WI, for defendants-appellees Rockwell Automation, Inc., Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc. Also represented by KEVIN J. MALANEY, MICHELLE A. MORAN, MATTHEW WAYNE PETERS. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (NEWMAN, WALLACH, and HUGHES, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36. ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT September 17, 2018 Date /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court

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