Case: 20-1437 Document: 42 Page: 1 Filed: 12/31/2020

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

NETSOC, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant

v.

OATH INC., Defendant-Appellee ______________________

2020-1437 ______________________

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in No. 1:18-cv-12267-RA, Judge Ronnie Abrams. ______________________

Decided: December 31, 2020 ______________________

WILLIAM PETERSON RAMEY, III, Ramey & Schwaller, LLP, Houston, TX, argued for plaintiff-appellant.

RALPH JEFFREY CARTER, Duane Morris LLP, New York, NY, argued for defendant-appellee. Also represented by KEVIN PAUL ANDERSON, Washington, DC. ______________________

Before TARANTO, CHEN, and STOLL, Circuit Judges. Case: 20-1437 Document: 42 Page: 2 Filed: 12/31/2020

2 NETSOC, LLC v. OATH INC.

STOLL, Circuit Judge. NetSoc, LLC appeals the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York’s dismissal of certain patent-infringement allegations against Oath Inc. The dis- trict court held that NetSoc was collaterally estopped from asserting infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 9,218,591 following a decision by the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas holding claims in related U.S. Patent No. 9,978,107 patent ineligi- ble under 35 U.S.C. § 101. See NetSoc, LLC v. Match Grp., LLC, No. 3:18-CV-01809-N, 2019 WL 3304704, at *3 (N.D. Tex. July 22, 2019). Our determination in NetSoc, LLC v. Match Grp., No. 20-1195 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 31, 2020), issued herewith, holding the claims of the ’591 patent inel- igible under § 101 renders the issues in this case moot. Therefore, we dismiss as moot NetSoc’s appeal of the dis- trict court’s decision. DISMISSED COSTS No costs.