Thomas v. Pippin ( 2013 )

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ C. DOUGLASS THOMAS AND ALAN E. THOMAS, Appellants, v. JACK D. PIPPIN, Appellee. ______________________ 2013-1142, -1143, -1144 ______________________ Appeals from the United States Patent and Trade- mark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in Interfer- ence No. 105,801, 105, 802, 105, 803. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ C. DOUGLASS THOMAS, IpVenture, Inc., of Los Altos, California, argued for appellants. WILLIAM F. LEE, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP, of Boston, Massachusetts, argued for appellee. With him on the brief were MARK C. FLEMING, DONALD R. STEINBERG and ERIC FLETCHER; and WILLIAM G. MCELWAIN and CAROLYN JACOBS CHACHKIN, of Washing- ton, DC. Of counsel were R. DANNY HUNTINGTON and WILLIAM N. HIGHET, Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C., of Washington, DC. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (PROST, PLAGER, and TARANTO, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36. ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT October 15, 2013 /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole Date Daniel E. O’Toole Clerk