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`United States Court of Appeals
`for the Federal Circuit
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`IN RE UNIFIED MESSAGING SOLUTIONS LLC
`AND ADVANCED MESSAGING TECHNOLOGIES,
`INC. PATENT LITIGATION
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`UNIFIED MESSAGING SOLUTIONS LLC,
`ADVANCED MESSAGING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
`Plaintiffs-Appellants
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`v.
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`GOOGLE, INC., SHAWGUIDES INC., U.S.
`BANCORP, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
`SCOTTRADE, INC., ORBITZ, INC., MULTIPLY,
`INC., AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC., FIFTH THIRD
`BANCORP, SANTANDER HOLDINGS USA, INC.,
`BANCORPSOUTH, INC., CUPID, PLC,
`Defendants
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`BMO HARRIS BANK N.A.,
`Defendant-Appellee
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`SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO., GROUPON, INC.,
`UNITED AIR LINES, INC., EARTHLINK, LLC,
`GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL SERVICES, INC.,
`THE NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE
`INSURANCE COMPANY, STATE STREET
`CORPORATION, GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES
`INSURANCE COMPANY, GEICO ADVANTAGE
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`INSURANCE COMPANY, BRANCH BANKING AND
`TRUST COMPANY, COXCOM, LLC, FIDELITY
`NATIONAL INFORMATION SERVICES, INC.,
`METAVANTE CORPORATION, FISERV, INC.,
`FRIENDFINDER NETWORKS INC., VARIOUS, INC.,
`SUNTRUST BANKS, INC., SUNTRUST BANK, JUNO
`ONLINE SERVICES, INC., NETZERO, INC.,
`PEOPLECONNECT, INC., F/K/A CLASSMATES,
`BOKF, N.A., BANCO POPULAR NORTH AMERICA,
`HUMANA, INC., CONN'S INC., CONN APPLIANCES,
`INC., EVERBANK, COMPASS BANK, UNITED
`SERVICE AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION,
`PEOPLE'S UNITED BANK, NATIONAL
`ASSOCIATION, SPORTSVITE, LLC, HSBC NORTH
`AMERICA HOLDINGS, INC., HSBC USA, INC.,
`HSBC BANK USA, N.A., SPRINT NEXTEL
`CORPORATION, TWITTER, INC., YAHOO! INC.,
`SANTANDER BANK, N.A.,
`Defendants-Cross-Appellants
`______________________
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`2014-1611, 2016-1065, 2016-2150, 2016-2212
`______________________
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`Appeals from the United States District Court for the
`Northern District of Illinois in Nos. 1:12-cv-01488, 1:12-
`cv-01490, 1:12-cv-01492, 1:12-cv-03875, 1:12-cv-04413,
`1:12-cv-06286, 1:12-cv-06291, 1:12-cv-06292, 1:12-cv-
`06293, 1:12-cv-06636, 1:12-cv-06637, 1:13-cv-00267, 1:13-
`cv-00269, 1:13-cv-00270, 1:13-cv-00271, 1:13-cv-00273,
`1:13-cv-00274, 1:13-cv-00276, 1:13-cv-00277, 1:13-cv-
`00278, 1:13-cv-00324, 1:13-cv-00327, 1:13-cv-00333, 1:13-
`cv-00337, 1:13-cv-00338, 1:13-cv-00339, 1:13-cv-00340,
`1:13-cv-00343, 1:13-cv-00344, 1:13-cv-02999, 1:13-cv-
`03001, 1:13-cv-03002, 1:13-cv-03007, 1:13-cv-03008, 1:13-
`cv-05595, 4:12-cv-00371, 6:12-cv-00290, MDL No. 2371,
`Judge Joan H. Lefkow.
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`JUDGMENT
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`ROBERT GREENSPOON, Flachsbart & Greenspoon, LLC,
`Chicago, IL argued for plaintiffs-appellants. Also repre-
`sented by EDWARD R. NELSON, III, THOMAS CECIL, Nelson
`Bumgardner PC, Fort Worth, TX; TIMOTHY EDWARD
`GROCHOCINSKI, JOSEPH P. OLDAKER, Orlando Park, IL;
`CHRISTIE LINDSEY, Berend & Lindsey, PLLC, Fort Worth,
`TX; ANTHONY G. SIMON, The Simon Law Firm, P.C., St.
`Louis, MO.
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`YAR ROMAN CHAIKOVSKY, Paul Hastings LLP, Palo Al-
`to, CA, argued for defendant-appellee and defendants-
`cross-appellants. Defendants-cross-appellants Twitter,
`Inc., Yahoo! Inc. also represented by LINDSAY MARIE
`WHITE, MICHAEL C. HENDERSHOT.
` Defendant-cross-
`appellant Yahoo! Inc. also represented by JENNIFER H.
`DOAN, JOSHUA R. THANE, Haltom & Doan, Texarkana, TX.
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`BENJAMIN J. BRADFORD, Jenner & Block LLP, Chica-
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`go, IL, for defendant-appellee BMO Harris Bank N.A.
`Also represented by PETER H. HANNA, REGINALD J. HILL.
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` MASSIMO CICCARELLI, Thompson & Knight LLP,
`Dallas, TX,
`for defendant-cross-appellant Southwest
`Airlines Co. Also represented by NADIA HAGHIGHATIAN,
`JAMES MICHAEL HEINLEN.
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`THOMAS LEE DUSTON, Marshall, Gerstein & Borun
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`LLP, Chicago,
`IL,
`for defendants-cross-appellants
`Groupon, Inc., United Air Lines, Inc. Also represented by
`TRON Y. FU.
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`L. NORWOOD JAMESON, Duane Morris LLP, Atlanta,
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`GA,
`for defendant-cross-appellants Earthlink, LLC,
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`represented by MATTHEW
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`CoxCom LLC.
`CHRISTOPHER GAUDET, JOHN R. GIBSON.
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`BRIAN D. ROCHE, Reed Smith LLP, Chicago, IL, for
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`defendant-cross-appellant General Electric Capital Ser-
`vices, Inc. Also represented by JAMES CHRISTOPHER
`MARTIN, Pittsburgh, PA.
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` DAVID M. BARKAN, Fish & Richardson, PC, Redwood
`City, CA, for defendant-cross-appellant The Northwestern
`Mutual Life Insurance Company.
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`JASON C. KRAVITZ, Nixon Peabody LLP, Boston, MA,
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`for defendant-cross-appellant State Street Corporation.
`Also represented by DEANNA RENE KUNZE, JASON T.
`KUNZE, Chicago, IL.
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` MATTHEW J. MOORE, Latham & Watkins LLP, Wash-
`ington, DC, for defendants-cross-appellants Government
`Employees Insurance Company, Geico Advantage Insur-
`ance Company. Also represented by GABRIEL BELL;
`CLEMENT J. NAPLES, New York, NY; LISA K. NGUYEN,
`Menlo Park, CA.
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` DOUGLAS HALLWARD-DREIMEIER, Ropes & Gray LLP,
`Washington, DC, for defendant-cross-appellant Branch
`Banking and Trust Company. Also represented by
`JORDAN ROSSEN.
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`LIONEL M. LAVENUE, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow,
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`Garrett & Dunner, LLP, Reston, VA, for defendants-cross-
`appellants Fidelity National Information Services, Inc,
`Metavante Corporation, Banco Popular North America,
`Everbank, People’s United Bank, National Association.
`Also represented by JEFFREY A. BERKOWITZ, DANIEL CRAIG
`COOLEY.
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` DAVID ALAN ROODMAN, Bryan Cave LLP, St. Louis,
`MO, for defendants-cross-appellants Fiserv, Inc., Santan-
`der Bank, N.A. Also represented by EMMA CATHRENE
`HARTY, NICK E. WILLIAMSON.
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`JEFFREY MOTE, Greenberg Traurig LLP, Chicago, IL,
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`for defendants-cross-appellants FriendFinder Networks
`Inc., Various, Inc. Also represented by MATTHEW J.
`LEVINSTEIN.
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` WES MUSSELMAN, Fish & Richardson PC, Dallas, TX,
`for defendants-cross-appellants Suntrust Banks, Inc.,
`Suntrust Bank. Also represented by ANDREW V. DEVKAR,
`Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, Santa Monica, CA.
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` WILLIAM J. ROBINSON, Foley & Lardner LLP, Los
`Angeles, CA, for defendants-cross-appellants Juno Online
`Services, Inc., NetZero, Inc., PeopleConnect, Inc. Also
`represented by JEAN-PAUL CIARDULLO.
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`JOHN DANIEL CLAYMAN, Frederic Dowart, Lawyers,
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`Tulsa, OK, for defendant-cross-appellant BOKF, N.A.
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`JEFFREY S. STANDLEY, Standley Law Group LLP,
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`Dublin, OH, for defendant-cross-appellant Humana, Inc.
`Also represented by FRED MICHAEL SPEED, JR.
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` MICHAEL DRU MONTGOMERY, The Heartfield Law
`Firm, Beaumont, TX, for defendants-cross-appellants
`Conn’s Inc., Conn Appliances, Inc.
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` NEIL J. MCNABNAY, Fish & Richardson, P.C., Dallas,
`TX, for defendant-cross-appellant Compass Bank.
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` MICHAEL T. ZOPPO, Fish & Richardson, P.C., New
`York, NY, for defendant-cross-appellant United Service
`Automobile Association.
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`ERIC STEPHEN WALTERS, Walters Wilson LLP, Red-
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`wood City, CA, for defendant-cross-appellant Sportsvite,
`LLC.
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` MICHAEL SCOTT FULLER, Locke Lord LLP, Dallas, TX,
`for defendants-cross-appellants HSBC North America
`Holdings, Inc., HSBC USA, Inc., HSBC Bank USA, N.A.
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`JAY E. HEIDRICK, Polsinelli PC, Kansas City, MO, for
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`defendant-cross-appellant Sprint Nextel Corporation.
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`THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is
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`ORDERED and ADJUDGED:
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`PER CURIAM (LOURIE, CHEN, and HUGHES, Circuit
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`Judges).
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`AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.
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` December 8, 2017 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
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` Date
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` Peter R. Marksteiner
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` Clerk of Court
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`ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT
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