Court Opinion

ID: 9839453
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-13 15:01:20.587377+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:40:07.428236
License: Public Domain

Case: 22-1655   Document: 80     Page: 1   Filed: 09/12/2023

        NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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., RITZ-
  CARLTON 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
                ______________________
Case: 22-1655    Document: 80     Page: 2   Filed: 09/12/2023

 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
                ______________________

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

    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,
Case: 22-1655    Document: 80     Page: 3    Filed: 09/12/2023

 LLC, Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., Travelocity.com LP,
 Fandango, Inc., Hotwire, Inc., Expedia, Inc. also repre-
 sented 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, Chi-
 cago, 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, Hil-
 ton 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 West-
 ern International, Inc. Also represented by ROBERT M.
 DATO.

     NICK G. SAROS, Jenner & Block LLP, Los Angeles, CA,
 for defendants-appellees Marriott International, Inc., Ritz-
 Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C., Marriott Hotel Services,
 Inc., Renaissance Hotel Operating Company.

     HEIDI LYN KEEFE, Cooley LLP, Palo Alto, CA, for de-
 fendant-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 Usa-
 blenet, Inc.

     JARED BOBROW, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP,
 Menlo Park, CA, for defendant-appellee Oracle Corpora-
 tion. Also represented by JONAS WANG, Washington, DC.

      JOHN SHUMAKER, Connor Lee & Shumaker PLLC, Aus-
 tin, 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 Di-
 ego, 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         /s/ Jarrett B. Perlow
            Date                 Jarrett B. Perlow
                                 Clerk of Court