*1 N OTE : This disposition is nonprecedential. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ KEITH RANIERE, Plaintiff-Appellant v.

MICROSOFT CORPORATION, AT&T CORP., Defendants-Appellees ______________________ 2016-1698, 2016-1699 ______________________ Appeals from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Nos. 3:15-cv-00540-M, 3:15- cv-02298-M, Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn.

______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ R OBERT D ALE C ROCKETT , Crockett & Associates, San- ta Clarita, CA, argued for plaintiff-appellant. Also repre- sented by C HASE T AJIMA , L ISA D EARDEN T REPANIER .

C ONSTANTINE L. T RELA , J R ., Sidley Austin LLP, Chi- cago, IL, argued for all defendants-appellees. Defendant- appellee Microsoft Corporation also represented by R ICHARD A LAN C EDEROTH , D OUGLAS L EWIS ; J OSHUA J OHN F OUGERE , Washington, DC; R OBERT S ETH R EICH , J R ., Dallas, TX.

C HRISTOPHER W OOD K ENNERLY , Paul Hastings LLP, Palo Alto, CA, for defendant-appellee AT&T Corp. Also represented by S TEPHEN B LAKE K INNAIRD , I GOR V ICTOR T IMOFEYEV , Washington, DC.

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

P ER C URIAM (L OURIE , W ALLACH , and H UGHES , Circuit Judges ).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36. E NTERED BY O RDER OF THE C OURT January 18, 2017 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner

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