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PARALLEL NETWORKS, LLC v. ABERCROMBIE & FITCH CO.

No. 2012-1227.

704 F.3d 958 (2013)

PARALLEL NETWORKS, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ABERCROMBIE & FITCH CO., Defendant-Appellee, and ASICS America Corporation, Amazon.com, Inc., Barnes & Noble, Inc., Barnesandnoble.com, LLC, Brain Busters, LLC, Brawn, LLC, Cabela's, Inc., Citizen Watch Company of America, Inc., Delta Airlines, Inc., Dillard's, Inc., Flairview Travel Pty Ltd., Flightbookers Ltd., IAC Search & Media, Inc., IP Holdings, Inc., Iconix Brand Group, Inc., Jag Footwear, Accessories & Retail Corporation (also known as Jones Retail Corporation), Macy's West Stores, Inc., Macys.com, Inc., Netflix, Inc., Onestop Internet, Inc., Oriental Trading Company, Inc., Subaru of America, Inc., Sunglass Hut Trading, LLC, Target Corporation, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Tripadvisor LLC, U.S. Airways, Inc., and Zappos Retail, Inc., Defendants-Appellees, and Adidas America, Inc., Defendant-Appellee, and Aeropostale, Inc. and Ralph Lauren Media, LLC, Defendants-Appellees, and H-D Michigan, Inc. and Harley-Davidson, Inc., Defendants-Appellees, and Volkswagen of America Inc. (now known as Volkswagen Group of America), Bentley Motors, Inc., and Bentley Motors Ltd., Defendants-Appellees, and Briggs & Stratton Corp., Briggs & Stratton Power Products Group, LLC, Motorola Mobility, Inc., and Mapquest, Inc., Defendants-Appellees, and Brooks Sports, Inc. and Russell Brands, LLC, Defendants-Appellees, and Coldwater Creek, Inc., Defendant-Appellee, and HSN Interactive LLC and HSN LP, Defendants-Appellees, and Hayneedle, Inc., Defendant-Appellee, and J.C. Penney Corporation, Inc., Juicy Couture, Inc., Kmart Corporation, Liz Claiborne, Inc., New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc., Nordstrom, Inc., Office Depot, Inc., Patagonia, Inc., Recreational Equipment, Inc., Sears Brands, LLC, Sears Holdings Corporation, Sears, Roebuck and Co., The Gap, Inc., Williams-Sonoma, Inc., QVC, Inc., and Victoria's Secret Direct Brand Management, LLC, Defendants-Appellees, and JP Morgan Chase & Co., Defendant-Appellee, and LG Electronics USA, Inc., Defendant-Appellee, and Lowe's Home Centers, Inc., Defendant-Appellee, and Maghound Enterprises, Inc., Time, Inc., and Toyota Motor Sales USA, Inc., Defendants-Appellees, and Nike, Inc., Defendant-Appellee, and Nissan North America, Inc., Defendant-Appellee, and Southwest Airlines Co., Defendant-Appellee, and Redbox Automated Retail, LLC, Defendant-Appellee, and Staples, Inc., Defendant-Appellee, and VF Outdoor, Inc., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

January 16, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall T. Garteiser , Garteiser Honea Law Corporation, of San Rafael, CA, argued for plaintiff-appellant. On the brief was David R. Bennett , of Chicago, IL. Of counsel was Christopher A. Honea , Garteiser Honea Law Corporation.

Michael J. McKeon , Fish & Richardson PC, of Washington, DC, argued for all defendants-appellees. With him on the brief for ASICS America Corportion, et al. were Ruffin B. Cordell and Indranil Mukerji ; Stephen A. Marshall , of Boston, MA; and Neil J. McNabnay and David B. Conrad , of Dallas, TX.

William H. Oldach, III , Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, LLP, of Washington, DC, for defendant-appellee, Abercrombie & Fitch, Co.

C. Erik Hawes , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, of Houston, TX, for defendants-appellees, Aeropostale, Inc. and Ralph Lauren Media LLC.

Jason C. White , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, of Chicago, IL, for defendants-appellees, H-D Michigan, Inc. and Harley-Davidson, Inc.

John F. Sweeney , Steven F. Meyer , Sergey Kolmykov , and Zachary D. Silbersher , Locke, Lord, Bissell & Liddell, LLP, of New York, NY, for defendants-appellees Bentley Motor, Ltd., et al.

Vivian S. Kuo , Corrine M. Saylor , Joshua S. Wyde and Floyd R. Nation , Winston & Strawn, LLP, of Washington, DC, for defendants-appellees, Briggs & Stratton Corp., et al.

Nathan W. Johnson and Joel M. Kuehnert , Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, of Birmingham, AL, for defendants-appellees, Brooks Sports, Inc., et al.

Peter J. Brann , David A. Swetnam-Burland and Stacy O. Stitham , Brann & Isaacson, of Lewiston, ME, for defendant-appellee, Coldwater Creek, Inc.

Joseph R. Lanser and Matthew A. Werber , Seyfarth Shaw LLP, of Chicago, IL, for defendants-appellees, HSN Interactive LLC, et al.

John P. Passarelli and James M. Sulentic , Kutak Rock, LLP, of Omaha, NE, for defendant-appellee, Hayneedle, Inc.

Kenneth J. Jurek and John G. Bisbikis , McDermott Will & Emery, of Chicago, IL, for defendants-appellees, J.C.Penney Corporation, Inc., et al.

James Robert Arnett, II , and Edgar Leon Carter , Carter Stafford Arnett Hamada & Mockler, PLLC, of Dallas, TX, for defendant-appellee, JP Morgan Chase & Co.

Steven M. Lieberman , R. Elizabeth Brenner-Leiffer and Brian A. Tollefson , Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, of Washington, DC, for defendant-appellee, LG Electronics UCS, Inc.

Michael A. Oakes , Hunton & Williams LLP, of Washington, DC, for defendant-appellee Lowe's Home Centers, Inc.

John M. Caracappa , Steptoe & Johnson, LLP, of Washington, DC, for defendants-appellees, Maghound Enterprises, Inc., et al.

Christopher J. Renk , Michael J. Harris and Janice V. Mitrius , Banner & Witcoff, Ltd., of Chicago, IL, defendant-appellee, Nike, Inc.

Jeffrey S. Patterson and Jeffrey J. Cox , Hartline, Dacus, Barger & Dreyer, of Dallas, TX, for defendant-appellee, Nissan North America, Inc.

Max Ciccarelli , Thompson & Knight, LLP, of Dallas, TX, for defendant-appellee, Southwest Airlines Co.

Ramsey M. Al-Salam and Brandy R. McMillion , Perkins Coie, LLP, of Chicago, IL, for defendant-appellee, Redbox Automated Retail, LLC.

Gerald C. Conley and Tonya M. Gray , Andrews Kurth LLP, of Dallas, TX, for defendant-appellee, Staples, Inc.

David G. Mangum , Michael R. McCarthy and C. Kevin Speirs , Parsons Behle & Latimer, of Salt Lake City, UT, for defendant-appellee, VF Outdoor, Inc.

Before PROST, BRYSON, and WALLACH, Circuit Judges.

BRYSON, Circuit Judge.

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Plaintiff Parallel Networks, LLC, is the owner of U.S. Patent No. 6,446,111 ("the '111 patent"), entitled "Method and Apparatus for Client-Server Communication Using a Limited Capability Client Over a Low-Speed Communications Link." The application for the patent was filed in 1999. As the title suggests, it was addressed to perceived problems in using generic software applications on what...

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