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`United States Court of Appeals
`for the Federal Circuit
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`AUTOMATION MIDDLEWARE SOLUTIONS, INC.,
`Plaintiff-Appellant
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`v.
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`INVENSYS SYSTEMS, INC., SCHNEIDER
`ELECTRIC USA, INC., ROCKWELL AUTOMATION,
`INC., ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES,
`INC.,
`Defendants-Appellees
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`EMERSON PROCESS MANAGEMENT LLLP,
`FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC., EMERSON
`INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION USA INC.,
`ROSEMOUNT INC., EMERSON PROCESS
`MANAGEMENT POWER & WATER SOLUTIONS,
`INC., EMERSON INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION USA
`LLC,
`Defendants-Cross-Appellants
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`2017-2187, 2017-2189, 2017-2190, 2017-2222
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`Appeals from the United States District Court for the
`Eastern District of Texas in Nos. 2:15-cv-00898-RWS,
`2:15-cv-01266-RWS, 2:15-cv-01269-RWS, Judge Robert
`Schroeder, III.
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`JUDGMENT
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`MATTHEW D. POWERS, Tensegrity Law Group, LLP,
`Redwood City, CA, argued for plaintiff-appellant. Also
`represented by WILLIAM P. NELSON; MONTE BOND,
`PATRICKJ CONROY, JAMES PERKINS, TERRY SAAD,
`Bragalone Conroy PC, Dallas, TX.
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` RUDOLPH A. TELSCHER, JR., Husch Blackwell LLP, St.
`Louis, MO, argued for defendants-cross-appellants. Also
`represented by KARA RENEE FUSSNER, STEVEN E.
`HOLTSHOUSER.
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` TERRENCE J. TRUAX, Jenner & Block LLP, Chicago, IL,
`for defendants-appellees Invensys Systems, Inc., Schnei-
`der Electric USA, Inc. Also represented by REGINALD J.
`HILL; NICK G. SAROS, Los Angeles, CA; ADAM G.
`UNIKOWSKY, Washington, DC.
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` CYNTHIA RIGSBY, Foley & Lardner LLP, Milwaukee,
`WI, for defendants-appellees Rockwell Automation, Inc.,
`Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc. Also represented
`by KEVIN J. MALANEY, MICHELLE A. MORAN, MATTHEW
`WAYNE PETERS.
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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 (NEWMAN, WALLACH, and HUGHES,
`Circuit Judges).
`AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.
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` ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT
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` September 17, 2018 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
` Date Peter R. Marksteiner
` Clerk of Court
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