Court Opinion

ID: 4227018
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2017-12-08 16:01:03.287193+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:09:03.980275
License: Public Domain

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

   United States Court of Appeals
       for the Federal Circuit
                       ______________________

  IN RE UNIFIED MESSAGING SOLUTIONS LLC
 AND ADVANCED MESSAGING TECHNOLOGIES,
          INC. PATENT LITIGATION

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    UNIFIED MESSAGING SOLUTIONS LLC,
 ADVANCED MESSAGING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
             Plaintiffs-Appellants

                                       v.

     GOOGLE, INC., SHAWGUIDES INC., U.S.
 BANCORP, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
   SCOTTRADE, INC., ORBITZ, INC., MULTIPLY,
 INC., AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC., FIFTH THIRD
  BANCORP, SANTANDER HOLDINGS USA, INC.,
       BANCORPSOUTH, INC., CUPID, PLC,
                  Defendants

                    BMO HARRIS BANK N.A.,
                       Defendant-Appellee

  SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO., GROUPON, INC.,
   UNITED AIR LINES, INC., EARTHLINK, LLC,
 GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL SERVICES, INC.,
     THE NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE
    INSURANCE COMPANY, STATE STREET
  CORPORATION, GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES
  INSURANCE COMPANY, GEICO ADVANTAGE
INSURANCE COMPANY, BRANCH BANKING AND
   TRUST COMPANY, COXCOM, LLC, FIDELITY
   NATIONAL INFORMATION SERVICES, INC.,
   METAVANTE CORPORATION, FISERV, INC.,
FRIENDFINDER NETWORKS INC., VARIOUS, INC.,
SUNTRUST BANKS, INC., SUNTRUST BANK, JUNO
    ONLINE SERVICES, INC., NETZERO, INC.,
  PEOPLECONNECT, INC., F/K/A CLASSMATES,
BOKF, N.A., BANCO POPULAR NORTH AMERICA,
HUMANA, INC., CONN'S INC., CONN APPLIANCES,
   INC., EVERBANK, COMPASS BANK, UNITED
     SERVICE AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION,
      PEOPLE'S UNITED BANK, NATIONAL
 ASSOCIATION, SPORTSVITE, LLC, HSBC NORTH
   AMERICA HOLDINGS, INC., HSBC USA, INC.,
     HSBC BANK USA, N.A., SPRINT NEXTEL
  CORPORATION, TWITTER, INC., YAHOO! INC.,
            SANTANDER BANK, N.A.,
            Defendants-Cross-Appellants
              ______________________

      2014-1611, 2016-1065, 2016-2150, 2016-2212
               ______________________

    Appeals from the United States District Court for the
Northern District of Illinois in Nos. 1:12-cv-01488, 1:12-
cv-01490, 1:12-cv-01492, 1:12-cv-03875, 1:12-cv-04413,
1:12-cv-06286, 1:12-cv-06291, 1:12-cv-06292, 1:12-cv-
06293, 1:12-cv-06636, 1:12-cv-06637, 1:13-cv-00267, 1:13-
cv-00269, 1:13-cv-00270, 1:13-cv-00271, 1:13-cv-00273,
1:13-cv-00274, 1:13-cv-00276, 1:13-cv-00277, 1:13-cv-
00278, 1:13-cv-00324, 1:13-cv-00327, 1:13-cv-00333, 1:13-
cv-00337, 1:13-cv-00338, 1:13-cv-00339, 1:13-cv-00340,
1:13-cv-00343, 1:13-cv-00344, 1:13-cv-02999, 1:13-cv-
03001, 1:13-cv-03002, 1:13-cv-03007, 1:13-cv-03008, 1:13-
cv-05595, 4:12-cv-00371, 6:12-cv-00290, MDL No. 2371,
Judge Joan H. Lefkow.
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                      JUDGMENT
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    ROBERT GREENSPOON, Flachsbart & Greenspoon, LLC,
Chicago, IL argued for plaintiffs-appellants. Also repre-
sented by EDWARD R. NELSON, III, THOMAS CECIL, Nelson
Bumgardner PC, Fort Worth, TX; TIMOTHY EDWARD
GROCHOCINSKI, JOSEPH P. OLDAKER, Orlando Park, IL;
CHRISTIE LINDSEY, Berend & Lindsey, PLLC, Fort Worth,
TX; ANTHONY G. SIMON, The Simon Law Firm, P.C., St.
Louis, MO.

    YAR ROMAN CHAIKOVSKY, Paul Hastings LLP, Palo Al-
to, CA, argued for defendant-appellee and defendants-
cross-appellants.  Defendants-cross-appellants Twitter,
Inc., Yahoo! Inc. also represented by LINDSAY MARIE
WHITE, MICHAEL C. HENDERSHOT.          Defendant-cross-
appellant Yahoo! Inc. also represented by JENNIFER H.
DOAN, JOSHUA R. THANE, Haltom & Doan, Texarkana, TX.

    BENJAMIN J. BRADFORD, Jenner & Block LLP, Chica-
go, IL, for defendant-appellee BMO Harris Bank N.A.
Also represented by PETER H. HANNA, REGINALD J. HILL.

    MASSIMO CICCARELLI, Thompson & Knight LLP,
Dallas, TX, for defendant-cross-appellant Southwest
Airlines Co. Also represented by NADIA HAGHIGHATIAN,
JAMES MICHAEL HEINLEN.

   THOMAS LEE DUSTON, Marshall, Gerstein & Borun
LLP, Chicago, IL, for defendants-cross-appellants
Groupon, Inc., United Air Lines, Inc. Also represented by
TRON Y. FU.

      L. NORWOOD JAMESON, Duane Morris LLP, Atlanta,
GA,     for defendant-cross-appellants Earthlink, LLC,
CoxCom LLC.       Also represented       by   MATTHEW
CHRISTOPHER GAUDET, JOHN R. GIBSON.

    BRIAN D. ROCHE, Reed Smith LLP, Chicago, IL, for
defendant-cross-appellant General Electric Capital Ser-
vices, Inc. Also represented by JAMES CHRISTOPHER
MARTIN, Pittsburgh, PA.

    DAVID M. BARKAN, Fish & Richardson, PC, Redwood
City, CA, for defendant-cross-appellant The Northwestern
Mutual Life Insurance Company.

    JASON C. KRAVITZ, Nixon Peabody LLP, Boston, MA,
for defendant-cross-appellant State Street Corporation.
Also represented by DEANNA RENE KUNZE, JASON T.
KUNZE, Chicago, IL.

    MATTHEW J. MOORE, Latham & Watkins LLP, Wash-
ington, DC, for defendants-cross-appellants Government
Employees Insurance Company, Geico Advantage Insur-
ance Company. Also represented by GABRIEL BELL;
CLEMENT J. NAPLES, New York, NY; LISA K. NGUYEN,
Menlo Park, CA.

   DOUGLAS HALLWARD-DREIMEIER, Ropes & Gray LLP,
Washington, DC, for defendant-cross-appellant Branch
Banking and Trust Company.      Also represented by
JORDAN ROSSEN.

    LIONEL M. LAVENUE, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow,
Garrett & Dunner, LLP, Reston, VA, for defendants-cross-
appellants Fidelity National Information Services, Inc,
Metavante Corporation, Banco Popular North America,
Everbank, People’s United Bank, National Association.
Also represented by JEFFREY A. BERKOWITZ, DANIEL CRAIG
COOLEY.
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    DAVID ALAN ROODMAN, Bryan Cave LLP, St. Louis,
MO, for defendants-cross-appellants Fiserv, Inc., Santan-
der Bank, N.A. Also represented by EMMA CATHRENE
HARTY, NICK E. WILLIAMSON.

    JEFFREY MOTE, Greenberg Traurig LLP, Chicago, IL,
for defendants-cross-appellants FriendFinder Networks
Inc., Various, Inc. Also represented by MATTHEW J.
LEVINSTEIN.

    WES MUSSELMAN, Fish & Richardson PC, Dallas, TX,
for defendants-cross-appellants Suntrust Banks, Inc.,
Suntrust Bank. Also represented by ANDREW V. DEVKAR,
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, Santa Monica, CA.

    WILLIAM J. ROBINSON, Foley & Lardner LLP, Los
Angeles, CA, for defendants-cross-appellants Juno Online
Services, Inc., NetZero, Inc., PeopleConnect, Inc. Also
represented by JEAN-PAUL CIARDULLO.

   JOHN DANIEL CLAYMAN, Frederic Dowart, Lawyers,
Tulsa, OK, for defendant-cross-appellant BOKF, N.A.

    JEFFREY S. STANDLEY, Standley Law Group LLP,
Dublin, OH, for defendant-cross-appellant Humana, Inc.
Also represented by FRED MICHAEL SPEED, JR.

   MICHAEL DRU MONTGOMERY, The Heartfield Law
Firm, Beaumont, TX, for defendants-cross-appellants
Conn’s Inc., Conn Appliances, Inc.

    NEIL J. MCNABNAY, Fish & Richardson, P.C., Dallas,
TX, for defendant-cross-appellant Compass Bank.

   MICHAEL T. ZOPPO, Fish & Richardson, P.C., New
York, NY, for defendant-cross-appellant United Service
Automobile Association.
   ERIC STEPHEN WALTERS, Walters Wilson LLP, Red-
wood City, CA, for defendant-cross-appellant Sportsvite,
LLC.

    MICHAEL SCOTT FULLER, Locke Lord LLP, Dallas, TX,
for defendants-cross-appellants HSBC North America
Holdings, Inc., HSBC USA, Inc., HSBC Bank USA, N.A.

    JAY E. HEIDRICK, Polsinelli PC, Kansas City, MO, for
defendant-cross-appellant Sprint Nextel Corporation.
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

   PER CURIAM (LOURIE, CHEN, and HUGHES, Circuit
Judges).
           AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                      ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

 December 8, 2017               /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
       Date                     Peter R. Marksteiner
                                Clerk of Court