*1 N OTE : This disposition is nonprecedential.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 ______________________ M ATTHEW T OPIC , Loevy & Loevy, Chicago, IL, argued for plaintiff-appellant.

B ARRY K ENNETH S HELTON , Shelton IP Law, PC, Aus- tin, TX, argued for defendants-appellees. Also represented by B RIAN C HRISTOPHER N ASH , D AVID N ICHOLAS P ATARIU , Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Austin, TX.

______________________ *2 T HIS C AUSE having been heard and considered, it is O RDERED and A DJUDGED :

P ER C URIAM (L OURIE , O’M ALLEY , and T ARANTO , Circuit Judges ).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36. E NTERED BY O RDER OF THE C OURT March 14, 2017 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner

Clerk of Court