NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

 

United States Court of Appeals 

for the Federal Circuit ______________________ 

AMERANTH, INC.,

Plaintiff-Appellant

v.

PAPA JOHN'S USA, INC., OPENTABLE, INC., 

SEAMLESS NORTH AMERICA, LLC, GRUBHUB, 

INC., AGILYSYS, INC., HYATT CORPORATION, 

STARWOOD HOTELS & RESORTS WORLDWIDE 

INC., BEST WESTERN INTERNATIONAL, INC., 

MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC., RITZCARLTON HOTEL COMPANY, L.L.C., MARRIOTT 

HOTEL SERVICES, INC., RENAISSANCE HOTEL 

OPERATING COMPANY, HOTEL TONIGHT, INC., 

HOTELS.COM, L.P., HILTON RESORTS 

CORPORATION, HILTON WORLDWIDE, INC., 

HILTON INTERNATIONAL CO., KAYAK 

SOFTWARE CORPORATION, MOBO SYSTEMS, 

INC., ORBITZ, LLC, STUBHUB, INC., 

TICKETMASTER, LLC, LIVE NATION 

ENTERTAINMENT, INC., TRAVELOCITY.COM LP, 

USABLENET, INC., FANDANGO, INC., HOTWIRE, 

INC., EXPEDIA, INC., ORACLE CORPORATION, 

ATX INNOVATION, INC., APPLE INC., 

EVENTBRITE, INC., TICKETBISCUIT, LLC, 

TICKETFLY, INC., STARBUCKS CORPORATION,

Defendants-Appellees

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2022-1655, 2022-1657, 2022-1660, 2022-1661, 2022-1662, 

2022-1663, 2022-1666, 2022-1667, 2022-1668, 2022-1669, 

2022-1671, 2022-1672, 2022-1673, 2022-1674, 2022-1675, 

2022-1676, 2022-1677, 2022-1678, 2022-1679, 2022-1680, 

2022-1681, 2022-1682, 2022-1683, 2022-1684, 2022-1686, 

2022-1687, 2022-1689, 2022-1690, 2022-1692

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Appeals from the United States District Court for the 

Southern District of California in Nos. 3:11-cv-01810-DMSWVG, 3:12-cv-00729-DMS-WVG, 3:12-cv-00731-DMSWVG, 3:12-cv-00737-DMS-WVG, 3:12-cv-00739-DMSWVG, 3:12-cv-00858-DMS-WVG, 3:12-cv-01627-DMSWVG, 3:12-cv-01629-DMS-WVG, 3:12-cv-01631-DMSWVG, 3:12-cv-01633-DMS-WVG, 3:12-cv-01634-DMSWVG, 3:12-cv-01636-DMS-WVG, 3:12-cv-01640-DMSWVG, 3:12-cv-01642-DMS-WVG, 3:12-cv-01644-DMSWVG, 3:12-cv-01646-DMS-WVG, 3:12-cv-01648-DMSWVG, 3:12-cv-01649-DMS-WVG, 3:12-cv-01650-DMSWVG, 3:12-cv-01651-DMS-WVG, 3:12-cv-01653-DMSWVG, 3:12-cv-01654-DMS-WVG, 3:12-cv-01655-DMSWVG, 3:12-cv-01656-DMS-WVG, 3:12-cv-02350-DMSWVG, 3:13-cv-00350-DMS-WVG, 3:13-cv-00352-DMSWVG, 3:13-cv-00353-DMS-WVG, 3:13-cv-01072-DMSWVG, Judge Dana M. Sabraw.

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JUDGMENT

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RICHARD CHARLES WEINBLATT, Stamoulis & Weinblatt 

LLC, Wilmington, DE, argued for plaintiff-appellant. 

 JONATHAN S. FRANKLIN, Norton Rose Fulbright US 

LLP, Washington, DC, argued for all defendants-appellees. 

Defendants-appellees Papa John's USA, Inc., OpenTable, 

Inc., Hotel Tonight, Inc., Hotels.com, L.P., Kayak Software 

Corporation, Orbitz, LLC, StubHub, Inc., Ticketmaster, 

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LLC, Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., Travelocity.com LP, 

Fandango, Inc., Hotwire, Inc., Expedia, Inc. also represented by STEPHANIE DEBROW, Austin, TX; RICHARD 

STEPHEN ZEMBEK, Houston, TX; VALERIE BARKER, Slayden 

Grubert Beard PLLC, Austin, TX. 

 ROBERT C. SCHEINFELD, Baker Botts LLP, New York, 

NY, for defendants-appellees Seamless North America, 

LLC, Grubhub, Inc. Also represented by ERIC J. FARAGI; 

ELIOT DAMON WILLIAMS, Washington, DC. 

 THOMAS ARTHUR RAMMER, II, Ice Miller LLP, Chicago, 

IL, for defendant-appellee Agilysys, Inc. 

 RALPH JOSEPH GABRIC, Haynes and Boone, LLP, Chicago, IL, for defendant-appellee Hyatt Corporation. 

 STANLEY JOSEPH PANIKOWSKI, III, DLA Piper US LLP, 

San Diego, CA, for defendants-appellees Starwood Hotels 

& Resorts Worldwide Inc., Hilton Resorts Corporation, Hilton Worldwide, Inc., Hilton International Co., Apple Inc., 

Eventbrite, Inc., Ticketfly, Inc. Also represented by ERIN 

GIBSON, ROBERT CHEN WILLIAMS; JOHN GUARAGNA, Austin, 

TX. 

 JOSEPH ROGER RICK TACHE, Buchalter, A Professional 

Corporation, Irvine, CA, for defendant-appellee Best Western International, Inc. Also represented by ROBERT M.

DATO. 

 NICK G. SAROS, Jenner & Block LLP, Los Angeles, CA, 

for defendants-appellees Marriott International, Inc., RitzCarlton Hotel Company, L.L.C., Marriott Hotel Services, 

Inc., Renaissance Hotel Operating Company. 

 HEIDI LYN KEEFE, Cooley LLP, Palo Alto, CA, for defendant-appellee Mobo Systems, Inc. Also represented by 

LOWELL D. MEAD. 

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 ANDREW PETER ZAPPIA, Troutman Pepper Hamilton 

Sanders LLP, Rochester, NY, for defendant-appellee Usablenet, Inc. 

 JARED BOBROW, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, 

Menlo Park, CA, for defendant-appellee Oracle Corporation. Also represented by JONAS WANG, Washington, DC. 

 JOHN SHUMAKER, Connor Lee & Shumaker PLLC, Austin, TX, for defendant-appellee ATX Innovation, Inc. 

 MARC KARISH, Karish & Bjorgum, PC, Pasadena, CA, 

for defendant-appellee Ticketbiscuit, LLC. 

 MATTHEW COOK BERNSTEIN, Perkins Coie LLP, San Diego, CA, for defendant-appellee Starbucks Corporation. 

Also represented by JOHN ESTERHAY, PATRICK JOHN 

MCKEEVER. 

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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is 

ORDERED and ADJUDGED: 

 PER CURIAM (DYK, PROST, and HUGHES, Circuit 

Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

 

 ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT 

 

September 12, 2023 

Date

/s/ Jarrett B. Perlow

Jarrett B. Perlow

Clerk of Court

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