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Appellant ShoppersChoice.com, LLC (“ShoppersChoice”) appeals the denial of attorney fees by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida (“District Court”) pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 285, following a judgment invalidating independent claim 11 of Appellee Electronic Communication Technologies, LLC’s (“ECT”) U.S. Patent No. 9,373,261 (“the ’261 patent”) as patent ineligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101. J.A. 1626–28 (Attorney Fee Order); see J.A. 1629 (Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration of Denial of Attorney Fees); see also J.A. 1–17 (Motion to Dismiss Judgment), 18–34 (Judgment on the Pleadings). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1295(a)(1). We vacate and remand.

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