Case: 20-1570 Document: 63 Page: 1 Filed: 04/30/2021

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United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ DSS TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant v. APPLE INC., Defendant-Appellee ______________________ 2020-1570 ______________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California in No. 4:14-cv-05330-HSG, Judge Haywood S. Gilliam Jr. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ ERIC WILLIAM BUETHER, Buether Joe & Counselors, LLC, Dallas, TX, argued for plaintiff-appellant.

STANLEY JOSEPH PANIKOWSKI, III, DLA Piper LLP (US), San Diego, CA, argued for defendant-appellee. Also repre- sented by MARK D. FOWLER, CLAYTON W. THOMPSON, II, YAKOV ZOLOTOREV, East Palo Alto, CA. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is Case: 20-1570 Document: 63 Page: 2 Filed: 04/30/2021

ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (PROST, Chief Judge, CHEN and HUGHES, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

April 30, 2021 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court