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Front Row Techs. LLC v. MLB Advanced Media, L.P.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Sep 18, 2017
2016-2604 (Fed. Cir. Sep. 18, 2017)

Summary

finding that the limitations of a "cellular telecommunications network," a "server," a "touch-sensitive display screen," and a "802.11 wireless module" were insufficient to recite an inventive concept

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Opinion

2016-2604

09-18-2017

FRONT ROW TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant v. MLB ADVANCED MEDIA, L.P., NBA MEDIA VENTURES, MERCURY RADIO ARTS, INC., DBA GLENN BECK PROGRAM, INC., GBTV, LLC, PREMIERE RADIO NETWORKS INC., TURNER SPORTS INTERACTIVE, INC., TURNER DIGITAL BASKETBALL SERVICES, INC., Defendants-Appellees

MICHAEL W. SHORE, Shore Chan DePumpo LLP, Dallas, TX, argued for plaintiff-appellant. Also represented by ALFONSO CHAN, RUSSELL J. DEPALMA, CHRISTOPHER LIIMATAINEN EVANS, ARI RAFILSON. DAVID B. WEAVER, Baker Botts, LLP, Austin, TX, argued for all defendants-appellees. Defendants-appellees NBA Media ventures, Turner Sports interactive, inc., Turner Digital Basketball Services, Inc. also represented by JEFFREY TA-HWA HAN, Vinson & Elkins LLP, Austin, TX; HILARY L. PRESTON, New York, NY. ALAN ERNST LITTMANN, Goldman Ismail Tomaselli Brennan & Baum, LLP, Chicago, IL, for defendants-appellees MLB Advanced Media, L.P., Mercury radio Arts, Inc., GBTV, LLC, Premiere Radio Networks Inc. Defendants-appellees Mercury Radio Arts, Inc., GBTV, LLC, Premiere Radio Networks Inc. also represented by ELEANOR M. LACKMAN, Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard LLP, New York, NY.


NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico in Nos. 1:10-cv-00433-JB-SCY, 1:12-cv-01309-JB-SCY, 1:13-cv-00636-JB-SCY, 1:13-cv-01153-JB-SCY, Judge James O. Browning.

JUDGMENT

MICHAEL W. SHORE, Shore Chan DePumpo LLP, Dallas, TX, argued for plaintiff-appellant. Also represented by ALFONSO CHAN, RUSSELL J. DEPALMA, CHRISTOPHER LIIMATAINEN EVANS, ARI RAFILSON. DAVID B. WEAVER, Baker Botts, LLP, Austin, TX, argued for all defendants-appellees. Defendants-appellees NBA Media ventures, Turner Sports interactive, inc., Turner Digital Basketball Services, Inc. also represented by JEFFREY TA-HWA HAN, Vinson & Elkins LLP, Austin, TX; HILARY L. PRESTON, New York, NY. ALAN ERNST LITTMANN, Goldman Ismail Tomaselli Brennan & Baum, LLP, Chicago, IL, for defendants-appellees MLB Advanced Media, L.P., Mercury radio Arts, Inc., GBTV, LLC, Premiere Radio Networks Inc. Defendants-appellees Mercury Radio Arts, Inc., GBTV, LLC, Premiere Radio Networks Inc. also represented by ELEANOR M. LACKMAN, Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard LLP, New York, NY. THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (NEWMAN, DYK, and TARANTO, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT September 18, 2017

Date

/s/ Peter R. Marksteiner

Peter R. Marksteiner

Clerk of Court


Summaries of

Front Row Techs. LLC v. MLB Advanced Media, L.P.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Sep 18, 2017
2016-2604 (Fed. Cir. Sep. 18, 2017)

finding that the limitations of a "cellular telecommunications network," a "server," a "touch-sensitive display screen," and a "802.11 wireless module" were insufficient to recite an inventive concept

Summary of this case from Trinity Info Media, LLC v. Covalent, Inc.
Case details for

Front Row Techs. LLC v. MLB Advanced Media, L.P.

Case Details

Full title:FRONT ROW TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant v. MLB ADVANCED MEDIA…

Court:United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Date published: Sep 18, 2017

Citations

2016-2604 (Fed. Cir. Sep. 18, 2017)

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