United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

MICHAEL PHILIP KAUFMAN, Plaintiff-Cross-Appellant

v.

MICROSOFT CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant ______________________

2021-1634, 2021-1691 ______________________

Appeals from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in No. 1:16-cv-02880-AKH, Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein. ______________________

Decided: May 20, 2022 ______________________

RONALD ABRAMSON, ALEX G. PATCHEN, Liston Abram- son LLP, New York, NY, argued for plaintiff-cross-appel- lant. Also represented by ARI JASON JAFFESS.

CHRISTINA JORDAN MCCULLOUGH, Perkins Coie LLP, Seattle, WA, argued for defendant-appellant. Also repre- sented by DAN L. BAGATELL, Hanover, NH; TARA LAUREN KURTIS, Chicago, IL; AHMED JAMAL DAVIS, LEAH A. EDELMAN, Fish & Richardson P.C., Washington, DC; JOHN STEPHEN GOETZ, EXCYLYN HARDIN-SMITH, New York, NY; JASON W. WOLFF, San Diego, CA. _________