NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

AIP ACQUISITION LLC, Appellant

v.

LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC, Appellee ______________________

2015-1286 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board, in No. IPR2013- 00296. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

CHI ENG, Eng Law Firm, Newark, NJ, argued for ap- pellant.

JON WRIGHT, Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox, PLLC, Washington, DC, argued for appellee. Also represented by MICHAEL BRADLEY RAY, PAULINE PELLETIER; IFTIKAHR AHMED, DAVID R. CLONTS, MANOJ S. GANDHI, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, Houston, TX; RICHARD LAURENCE MACON, San Antonio, TX. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (TARANTO, PLAGER, and LINN, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

November 10, 2015 /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole Date Daniel E. O’Toole Clerk of Court