Court Opinion

ID: 4262917
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2018-04-11 15:00:38.708989+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:30:06.843019
License: Public Domain

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

   United States Court of Appeals
       for the Federal Circuit
                        ______________________

                        SMARTFLASH LLC,
                            Appellant

                                       v.

   SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC.,
 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., APPLE INC,
              GOOGLE LLC,
                Appellees

     ANDREI IANCU, UNDER SECRETARY OF
   COMMERCE FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
    AND DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED STATES
      PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE,
                  Intervenor

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                        SMARTFLASH LLC,
                            Appellant

                                       v.

                               APPLE INC
                                Appellee

     ANDREI IANCU, UNDER SECRETARY OF
   COMMERCE FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
    AND DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED STATES
      PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE,
                                 Intervenor

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                        SMARTFLASH LLC,
                            Appellant

                                       v.

                   APPLE INC, GOOGLE LLC,
                           Appellees

     ANDREI IANCU, UNDER SECRETARY OF
   COMMERCE FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
    AND DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED STATES
      PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE,
                   Intervenor
             ______________________

2016-2451, 2016-2452, 2016-2455, 2016-2457, 2016-2458,
2017-1056, 2017-1102, 2017-1104, 2017-1109, 2017-1110,
2017-1111, 2017-1833, 2017-1834, 2017-1835, 2017-1836,
           2017-1837, 2017-1846, 2017-1847
               ______________________

   Appeals from the United States Patent and Trade-
mark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in Nos.
CBM2014-00190, CBM2014-00192,         CBM2014-00193,
CBM2014-00194, CBM2015-00016,         CBM2015-00017,
CBM2015-00028, CBM2015-00029,         CBM2015-00031,
CBM2015-00032, CBM2015-00033,         CBM2015-00059,
CBM2015-00117, CBM2015-00118,         CBM2015-00119,
CBM2015-00120, CBM2015-00121,         CBM2015-00123,
CBM2015-00124, CBM2015-00125,         CBM2015-00126,
CBM2015-00127, CBM2015-00130,         CBM2015-00131,
CBM2015-00132, CBM2015-00133.
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                     JUDGMENT
                ______________________

   AARON MARTIN PANNER, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen,
Todd, Evans & Figel, PLLC, Washington, DC, argued for
appellant. Also represented by NICHOLAS O. HUNTER;
MICHAEL CASEY, GREGORY A. KRAUSS, Davidson Berquist
Jackson & Gowdey, LLP, McLean, VA.

    MARK ANDREW PERRY, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP,
Washington, DC, argued for all appellees. Appellee Apple
Inc. also represented by BRIAN BUROKER; BLAINE H.
EVANSON, BRADLEY JOSEPH HAMBURGER, JENNIFER RHO,
Los Angeles, CA; HERVEY MARK LYON, Palo Alto, CA;
BRETT ROSENTHAL, Dallas, TX; JON STEVEN BAUGHMAN,
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Washing-
ton, DC; DOUGLAS HALLWARD-DRIEMEIER, Ropes & Gray
LLP, Washington, DC; JAMES RICHARD BATCHELDER, East
Palo Alto, CA.

    MICHAEL J. MCKEON, Fish & Richardson, PC, Wash-
ington, DC, for appellees Samsung Electronics America,
Inc., Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Also represented by
WALTER KARL RENNER; CRAIG E. COUNTRYMAN, San Diego,
CA.

   CHARLES KRAMER VERHOEVEN, Quinn Emanuel Ur-
quhart & Sullivan, LLP, San Francisco, CA, for appellee
Google LLC. Also represented by MELISSA J. BAILY.

    WILLIAM LAMARCA, Office of the Solicitor, United
States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA,
argued for intervenor. Also represented by NATHAN K.
KELLEY, THOMAS W. KRAUSE, FARHEENA YASMEEN
RASHEED.
                ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is
ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

   PER CURIAM (LOURIE, DYK, and TARANTO, Circuit
Judges).
          AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                     ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

 April 11, 2018             /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
     Date                   Peter R. Marksteiner
                            Clerk of Court