BEYOND SYSTEMS, INC. v. KRAFT FOODS, INC.

No. 13-2137.

777 F.3d 712 (2015)

BEYOND SYSTEMS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KRAFT FOODS, INCORPORATED; Vict. Th. Engwall & Co.; Kraft Foods Global, Incorporated; Connexus Corporation, Defendants-Appellees, and Hydra LLC; John Does 1-20, Defendants, World Avenue USA, LLC, Intervenor, James Joseph Wagner; Hypertouch, Incorporated, Third-Party Plaintiffs.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: February 4, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Richard Kennon Willard , Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Darrell J. Graham , Roeser Bucheit & Graham LLC, Chicago, Illinois; Ari Nicholas Rothman , Venable LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Stephen H. Ring , Law Offices of Stephen H. Ring, P.C., Gaithersburg, Maryland; Michael S. Rothman , Law Office of Michael S. Rothman, Rockville, Maryland; Jill C. Maguire , Benjamin B. Watson , Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. John K. Roche , Perkins Coie LLP, Washington, D.C.; John E. Bucheit , Roeser Bucheit & Graham LLC, Chicago, Illinois, for Appellees Kraft Foods, Incorporated, Vict. Th. Engwall & Co., and Kraft Foods Global, Incorporated. J. Douglas Baldridge , Lisa Jose Fales, Venable LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellee Connexus Corporation.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WYNN wrote the opinion, in which Judge NIEMEYER and Judge THACKER joined.


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