NETSOC, LLC v. OATH INC. , No. 20-1437 (Fed. Cir. 2020)

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Case: 20-1437 Document: 42 Page: 1 Filed: 12/31/2020 NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ NETSOC, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant v. OATH INC., Defendant-Appellee ______________________ 2020-1437 ______________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in No. 1:18-cv-12267-RA, Judge Ronnie Abrams. ______________________ Decided: December 31, 2020 ______________________ 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. Case: 20-1437 Document: 42 Page: 2 Filed: 12/31/2020 NETSOC, LLC 2 v. OATH INC. 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.

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