NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ NORTHPOINT TECHNOLOGY, LTD., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DIRECTV, INC., Defendant-Appellee, AND DISH NETWORK LLC AND ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Defendants-Appellees. ____________________ 2011-1524 ______________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas No. 09-CV-0506, Judge James R. Nowlin. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ ALISA A. LIPSKI, Goldstein & Lipski, PLLC, of Houston, Texas, argued for the plaintiff-appellant. With her on the brief was EDWARD W. GOLDSTEIN.

ALEXANDER F. MACKINNON, Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, of Los Angeles, California, argued for all defendants- appellees. With him on the brief were R. ALEXANDER PILMER; and DENNIS J. ABDELNOUR, of Washington, DC, for defendant-appellee DirecTV, Inc. Of counsel was GUY RUTTENBERG, of Los Angeles, California.

RACHEL KREVANS, Morrison & Foerster, LLP, of San Francisco, California, for defendants-appellees, Dish Network LLC and EchoStar Technologies, LLC. With her on the brief were JASON A. CROTTY, MATTHEW A. CHIVVIS, and DIANA B. KRUZE. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (PROST, MOORE, and WALLACH, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

May 11, 2012 /s/ Jan Horbaly Date Jan Horbaly Clerk