NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

KEITH RANIERE, Plaintiff-Appellant

v.

MICROSOFT CORPORATION, AT&T CORP., Defendants-Appellees ______________________

2016-1698, 2016-1699 ______________________

Appeals from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Nos. 3:15-cv-00540-M, 3:15- cv-02298-M, Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

ROBERT DALE CROCKETT, Crockett & Associates, San- ta Clarita, CA, argued for plaintiff-appellant. Also repre- sented by CHASE TAJIMA, LISA DEARDEN TREPANIER.

CONSTANTINE L. TRELA, JR., Sidley Austin LLP, Chi- cago, IL, argued for all defendants-appellees. Defendant- appellee Microsoft Corporation also represented by RICHARD ALAN CEDEROTH, DOUGLAS LEWIS; JOSHUA JOHN FOUGERE, Washington, DC; ROBERT SETH REICH, JR., Dallas, TX. CHRISTOPHER WOOD KENNERLY, Paul Hastings LLP, Palo Alto, CA, for defendant-appellee AT&T Corp. Also represented by STEPHEN BLAKE KINNAIRD, IGOR VICTOR TIMOFEYEV, Washington, DC. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (LOURIE, WALLACH, and HUGHES, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

January 18, 2017 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court