NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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RICHARD A. WILLIAMSON, Trustee for At Home
Bondholders Liquidating Trust,
Plaintiff-Appellant
v.
CITRIX ONLINE, LLC, CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC.,
MICROSOFT CORPORATION,
ADOBE SYSTEMS, INC.,
Defendants-Appellees
WEBEX COMMUNICATIONS, INC., CISCO WEBEX,
LLC, CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.,
Defendants-Appellees
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES
CORPORATION,
Defendant-Appellee
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2013-1130
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Appeal from the United States District Court for the
Central District of California in No. 11-CV-2409, Judge A.
Howard Matz.
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ON PETITION FOR REHEARING EN BANC
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2 WILLIAMSON v. CITRIX ONLINE, LLC
Before PROST, Chief Judge, NEWMAN, LOURIE, DYK, MOORE,
O’MALLEY, REYNA, WALLACH, TARANTO, CHEN, and
HUGHES, Circuit Judges.
NEWMAN, Circuit Judge, dissents from the grant of the
petition for rehearing en banc.
PER CURIAM.
ORDER
A petition for rehearing en banc having been filed by
Appellees, a response thereto having been invited by the
court and filed by the Appellant, the petition and response
having been referred to the panel that heard the appeal,
the petition and response thereafter having been referred
to the circuit judges who are in regular active service, and
a poll having been requested and taken,
Upon consideration thereof,
IT IS ORDERED THAT:
(1) The petition for rehearing en banc is granted for
the limited purpose of overruling certain prior precedent
regarding the application of
35 U.S.C. § 112, para. 6.
(2) The panel’s judgment and original opinion entered
on November 5, 2014, and reported at
770 F.3d 1371 (Fed.
Cir. 2014), is vacated and is replaced by a new panel
opinion issued this date.
FOR THE COURT
June 16, 2015 /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole
Date Daniel E. O’Toole
Clerk of Court
