NETSOC LLC v. OATH INC (2020)

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

NETSOC, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant v. OATH INC., Defendant-Appellee

2020-1437

Decided: December 31, 2020

Before Taranto, Chen, and Stoll, Circuit Judges.

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.

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.Appx. ––––, 2020 WL 7828777 (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.

Stoll, Circuit Judge.

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