AFFINITY LABS OF TEXAS, LLC v. DIRECTV, LLC

2015-1845 2015-1846 2015-1847 2015-1848.

838 F.3d 1253 (2016)

AFFINITY LABS OF TEXAS, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant v. DIRECTV, LLC, DIRECTV Digital LLC, MLB Advanced Media, Inc., MlB Advanced Media, L.P., NBA Media Ventures, LLC, Turner Digital Basketball Services, Inc., NHL Interactive Cyber Enterprises, LLC, NHL Enterprises, Inc., NHL Enterprises, L.P., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Decided: September 23, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

CYRUS ALCORN MORTON , Robins Kaplan LLP, Minneapolis, MN, argued for plaintiff-appellant. Also represented by RONALD JAMES SCHUTZ , PATRICK M. ARENZ , BRENDA L. JOLY , BENJAMEN LINDEN.

DAVID B. WEAVER , Baker Botts, LLP, Austin, TX, argued for all defendants-appellees. Defendants-appellees NBA Media Ventures, Turner Digital Basketball Services, Inc., NHL Interactive Cyber Enterprises, LLC, NHL Enterprises, Inc., NHL Enterprises, L.P. also represented by CHRISTOPHER GRANAGHAN ; JEFFREY TA-HWA HAN , VINSON & ELKINS LLP, Austin, TX; HILARY L. PRESTON , New York, NY.

DARIN W. SNYDER , O'Melveny & Myers LLP, San Francisco, CA, for defendants-appellees DIRECTV, LLC, DIRECTV Digital LLC.

NATHAN K. CUMMINGS , Cooley LLP, Reston, VA, for defendants-appellees MLB Advanced Media, Inc., MLB Advanced Media, L.P.

Before PROST, Chief Judge, BRYSON and WALLACH, Circuit Judges.


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Affinity Labs of Texas, LLC, is the owner of U.S. Patent No. 7,970,379 ("the '379 patent"). The patent contains two independent claims, one a system claim and the other a method claim. The claims are directed to streaming regional broadcast signals to cellular telephones located outside the region served by the...

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