Court Opinion

ID: 2794250
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2015-04-16 15:01:15.193468+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:09:26.373430
License: Public Domain

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
                ______________________

             EMCORE CORPORATION,
                   Appellant

                           v.

              NICHIA CORPORATION,
                     Appellee

MICHELLE K. LEE, Under Secretary of Commerce
for Intellectual Property and Director, U.S. Patent
              and Trademark Office,
                     Intervenor
               ______________________

                      2014-1508
                ______________________

    Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark
Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. IPR2012-
00005.
                 ______________________

                     JUDGMENT
                ______________________

   MICHAEL A. TOMASULO, Winston & Strawn LLP, Los
Angeles, CA, argued for appellant. Also represented by
GEOFFREY P. EATON, Washington, DC.
   MATTHEW A. SMITH, Turner Boyd LLP, Redwood City,
CA, argued for appellee. Also represented by ANDREW S.
BALUCH, STEPHEN B. MAEBIUS, Foley & Lardner LLP,
Washington, DC.

    STACY BETH MARGOLIES, Office of the Solicitor, United
States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA,
argued for intervenor. Also represented by NATHAN K.
KELLEY, SCOTT WEIDENFELLER, ROBERT J. MCMANUS.
                ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

   PER CURIAM (PROST, Chief Judge, BRYSON and
HUGHES, Circuit Judges).
           AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                      ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

 April 16, 2015                   /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole
       Date                       Daniel E. O’Toole
                                  Clerk of Court