NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

AFFINITY LABS OF TEXAS, LLC, Appellant

v.

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD, SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC., HTC CORP., HTC AMERICA, INC., Appellees ______________________

2016-1208 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in Nos. IPR2014- 00407, IPR2014-00408. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

RYAN MICHAEL SCHULTZ, Robins Kaplan LLP, Minne- apolis, MN, argued for appellant. Also represented EMILY ELIZABETH NILES.

DOUGLAS HALLWARD-DRIEMEIER, Ropes & Gray LLP, Washington, DC, argued for all defendants-appellees. Defendants-appellees Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Samsung Electronics America, Inc. also represented by JON STEVEN BAUGHMAN; BRIAN P. BIDDINGER, New York, NY; GABRIELLE E. HIGGINS, East Palo Alto, CA.

JERRY ROBIN SELINGER, Patterson & Sheridan LLP, Dallas, TX, for defendants-appellees HTC Corp., HTC America, Inc. Also represented by BARDEN TODD PATTERSON, Houston, TX. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (PROST, Chief Judge, TARANTO and HUGHES, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

October 17, 2016 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court