Court Opinion

ID: 5132216
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2021-12-07 00:01:37.394279+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:23:28.882163
License: Public Domain

Case: 20-2244    Document: 80           Page: 1       Filed: 11/16/2021

        NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

   United States Court of Appeals
       for the Federal Circuit
                  ______________________

    SECUREWAVE STORAGE SOLUTIONS, INC.,
                 Appellant

                                  v.

                UNIFIED PATENTS, LLC,
                       Appellee

   ANDREW HIRSHFELD, PERFORMING THE
    FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES OF THE UNDER
       SECRETARY OF COMMERCE FOR
 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND DIRECTOR OF
 THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK
                   OFFICE,
                   Intervenor
             ______________________

                        2020-2244
                  ______________________

     Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark
 Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. IPR2019-
 00501.

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    SECUREWAVE STORAGE SOLUTIONS, INC.,
                 Appellant

                                  v.
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            MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC.,
                    Appellee

   ANDREW HIRSHFELD, PERFORMING THE
    FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES OF THE UNDER
       SECRETARY OF COMMERCE FOR
 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND DIRECTOR OF
 THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK
                   OFFICE,
                   Intervenor
             ______________________

                       2021-1194
                 ______________________

     Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark
 Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. IPR2019-
 00932.
                  ______________________

                      JUDGMENT
                 ______________________

    MATTHEW C. PHILLIPS, Laurence & Phillips IP Law,
 Washington, DC, argued for appellant. Also represented
 by KEVIN BRENT LAURENCE, DEREK MEEKER; CRAIG
 ROGERS, SIMPLE IP Law, P.C., Tualatin, OR.

     ANDREW RYAN SOMMER, Greenberg Traurig, LLP,
 McLean, VA, argued for appellee Unified Patents, LLC.
 Also represented by ASHRAF FAWZY, JUNG HAHM, Unified
 Patents, LLC, Chevy Chase, MD.

    MELANIE L. BOSTWICK, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
 LLP, Washington, DC, argued for appellee Micron Technol-
 ogy Inc. Also represented by JARED BOBROW, JEREMY
 JASON LANG, Menlo Park, CA; KRISTINA MCKENNA, Boston,
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 MA.

     MCKAYE LEA NEUMEISTER, Appellate Staff, Civil Divi-
 sion, United States Department of Justice, Washington,
 DC, argued for intervenor. Also represented by BRIAN M.
 BOYNTON, DANIEL TENNY; BENJAMIN T. HICKMAN, THOMAS
 W. KRAUSE, MONICA BARNES LATEEF, FARHEENA YASMEEN
 RASHEED, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and
 Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA.
                  ______________________

 THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

 ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

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

                      ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

       November 16, 2021         /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
            Date                 Peter R. Marksteiner
                                 Clerk of Court