Digimarc

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ZUCCO PARTNERS, LLC; REX 

BOGGS; KENNARD MCADAM; GLEN

THOMAS, No. 06-35758 Plaintiffs-Appellants, v.  D.C. No.

CV-04-01390-AJB

DIGIMARC CORPORATION; BRUCE OPINION

DAVIS; E. K. RANJIT,

Defendants-Appellees.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon Anna J. Brown, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted August 26, 2008—Seattle, Washington

Filed January 12, 2009

Before: Thomas G. Nelson, Michael Daly Hawkins, and Jay S. Bybee, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Bybee

311 316 ZUCCO PARTNERS v. DIGIMARC CORP.

COUNSEL

David F. Rees, Gary M. Berne, and Mark A. Friel, Stoll Stoll Berne Lokting & Lokting P.C., Portland, Oregon; Lori G. Feldman and Karen T. Rogers, Milberg Weiss LLP, New York, New York, for the plaintiffs-appellants.

Barnes H. Ellis, Lois O. Rosenbaum, and Brad S. Daniels, Stoel Rives LLP, Portland, Oregon, for the defendants- appellees.

OPINION

BYBEE, Circuit Judge:

Zucco Partners, LLC and other named plaintiffs (collec- tively, “Zucco”), on behalf…