United States Federal Circuit

In patent suit related to Radio Frequency Identification technology where the trial court entered a Stipulated Order of Judgment based on a settlement agreement entered into by the parties that reserved defendant's right to appeal three issues and plaintiff would have to return $50,000 of settlement amount if defendant prevailed on any issue, appeal is dismissed as moot where: 1) there is no jurisdiction over the sanctions issue because there has been no final sanctions order to review; and 2) where, as here, defendant has identified no relationship between the valuation placed on the appeal and the issues the defendant wishes to challenge, the parties have simply placed a "side bet" on the outcome of the appeal, which is not enough to avoid a ruling of mootness.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/17/2013
• Published 01/17/2013

Judges

• BRYSON

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

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