NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

AUTOMATION MIDDLEWARE SOLUTIONS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant

v.

INVENSYS SYSTEMS, INC., SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC USA, INC., ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC., ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Defendants-Appellees

EMERSON PROCESS MANAGEMENT LLLP, FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC., EMERSON INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION USA INC., ROSEMOUNT INC., EMERSON PROCESS MANAGEMENT POWER & WATER SOLUTIONS, INC., EMERSON INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION USA LLC, Defendants-Cross-Appellants ______________________

2017-2187, 2017-2189, 2017-2190, 2017-2222 ______________________

Appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in Nos. 2:15-cv-00898-RWS, 2:15-cv-01266-RWS, 2:15-cv-01269-RWS, Judge Robert Schroeder, III. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________

MATTHEW D. POWERS, Tensegrity Law Group, LLP, Redwood City, CA, argued for plaintiff-appellant. Also represented by WILLIAM P. NELSON; MONTE BOND, PATRICKJ CONROY, JAMES PERKINS, TERRY SAAD, Bragalone Conroy PC, Dallas, TX.

RUDOLPH A. TELSCHER, JR., Husch Blackwell LLP, St. Louis, MO, argued for defendants-cross-appellants. Also represented by KARA RENEE FUSSNER, STEVEN E. HOLTSHOUSER.

TERRENCE J. TRUAX, Jenner & Block LLP, Chicago, IL, for defendants-appellees Invensys Systems, Inc., Schnei- der Electric USA, Inc. Also represented by REGINALD J. HILL; NICK G. SAROS, Los Angeles, CA; ADAM G. UNIKOWSKY, Washington, DC.

CYNTHIA RIGSBY, Foley & Lardner LLP, Milwaukee, WI, for defendants-appellees Rockwell Automation, Inc., Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc. Also represented by KEVIN J. MALANEY, MICHELLE A. MORAN, MATTHEW WAYNE PETERS. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

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

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT September 17, 2018 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court