IN RE PERSONALWEB TECHNOLOGIES LLC

2019-1918.

961 F.3d 1365 (2020)

IN RE: PERSONALWEB TECHNOLOGIES LLC, PersonalWeb Technologies LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant Level 3 Communications, LLC, Plaintiff v. Patreon, Inc., Defendant-Appellee Amazon.com, Inc., Amazon Web Services, Inc., Intervenors PersonalWeb Technologies LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant Level 3 Communications, LLC, Plaintiff v. Dictionary.com, LLC, Defendant-Appellee Amazon.com, Inc., Amazon Web Services, Inc., Intervenors PersonalWeb Technologies LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant Level 3 Communications, LLC, Plaintiff v. Vox Media, Inc., Defendant-Appellee Amazon.com, Inc., Amazon Web Services, Inc., Intervenors PersonalWeb Technologies LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant Level 3 Communications, LLC, Plaintiff v. Vice Media, LLC, Defendant-Appellee Amazon.com, Inc., Amazon Web Services, Inc., Intervenors PersonalWeb Technologies LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant Level 3 Communications, LLC, Plaintiff v. Oath Inc., Defendant-Appellee Amazon.com, Inc., Amazon Web Services, Inc., Intervenors PersonalWeb Technologies LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant Level 3 Communications, LLC, Plaintiff v. BuzzFeed, Inc., Defendant-Appellee Amazon.com, Inc., Amazon Web Services, Inc., Intervenors PersonalWeb Technologies LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant Level 3 Communications, LLC, Plaintiff v. Popsugar, Inc., Defendant-Appellee Amazon.com, Inc., Amazon Web Services, Inc., Intervenors PersonalWeb Technologies LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant Level 3 Communications, LLC, Plaintiff v. Ziff Davis, LLC, Defendant-Appellee Amazon.com, Inc., Amazon Web Services, Inc., Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Decided: June 17, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Amory Sherman , Stubbs Alderton & Markiles LLP, Sherman Oaks, CA, argued for plaintiff-appellant. Also represented by Viviana H. Boero Hedrick , Jeffrey F. Gersh , Wesley Warren Monroe , Stanley Hugh Thompson, Jr. ; Sandeep Seth , SethLaw, Houston, TX.

J. David Hadden , Fenwick & West, LLP, Mountain View, CA, argued for all defendants-appellees and for intervenors. Defendants-appellees Vox Media, Inc., Vice Media, LLC, Oath Inc., BuzzFeed, Inc., Dictionary.com, LLC, Patreon, Inc., Ziff Davis, LLC, Popsugar Inc. and intervenors Amazon.com, Inc., Amazon Web Services, Inc. also represented by Saina S. Shamilov , Ravi Ragavendra Ranganath ; Todd Richard Gregorian , San Francisco, CA. Defendant-appellee Vice Media, LLC also represented by Benjamin J. Byer , Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Seattle, WA; Kimberly Herman , Sullivan & Worcester, Boston, MA; Christopher T. McWhinney , Washington, DC. Intervenors Amazon.com, Inc., Amazon Web Services, Inc. also represented by Jeffrey H. Dean , Amazon.com, Inc., Seattle, WA.

Before Wallach, Bryson, and Taranto, Circuit Judges.


Appellant PersonalWeb Technologies LLC filed a number of lawsuits charging dozens of customers of Amazon.com, Inc., and Amazon Web Services, Inc., (collectively "Amazon") with infringing several related patents. Amazon responded with a declaratory judgment action seeking an order declaring that PersonalWeb's lawsuits against...

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