NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ NEXTPOINT, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant v. HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY, HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE, HP INC., Defendants-Appellees ______________________ 2016-2312 ______________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in No. 1:15-cv-08550, Senior Judge Elaine E. Bucklo. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ MATTHEW TOPIC, Loevy & Loevy, Chicago, IL, argued for plaintiff-appellant.

BARRY KENNETH SHELTON, Shelton IP Law, PC, Aus- tin, TX, argued for defendants-appellees. Also represented by BRIAN CHRISTOPHER NASH, DAVID NICHOLAS PATARIU, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Austin, TX. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (LOURIE, O’MALLEY, and TARANTO, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

March 14, 2017 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court