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MANKES v. VIVID SEATS LTD.

Nos. 2015-1500, 2015-1501, 2015-1909.

822 F.3d 1302 (2016)

Robert MANKES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. VIVID SEATS LTD., Fandango, LLC, Defendants-Appellees. Robert Mankes, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Vivid Seats Ltd., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

April 22, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony J. Biller , Coats & Bennett, PLLC, Cary, NC, argued for plaintiff-appellant and plaintiff-appellee Robert Mankes. Aslo represented by David E. Bennett.

Richard Thomas Matthews , Williams Mullen, PC, Raleigh, NC, argued for defendant-appellee and defendant-appellant Vivid Seats Ltd. Also represented by Andrew Robert Shores ; Joseph Ray Pope , Richmond, VA.

Sharon Davis , Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C., Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellee Fandango, LLC. Also represented by Steven M. Lieberman.

Kevin J. Culligan , Goodwin Procter LLP, New York, NY, for amicus curiae Askeladden, L.L.C. Also represented by John P. Hanish ; Brian Timothy Burgess , Washington, DC.

Before TARANTO, SCHALL, and CHEN, Circuit Judges.

Robert Mankes owns U.S. Patent No. 6,477,503, which describes and claims methods for managing a reservation system that divides inventory between a local server and a remote Internet server. In October 2013, Mr. Mankes sued Vivid Seats Ltd. and Fandango, LLC in the Eastern District of North Carolina, alleging that their operation...

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