Opinion
2020-1442
03-02-2021
BARKAN WIRELESS IP HOLDINGS, L.P., 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
BLAINE LARSON, Heim, Payne and Chorush LLP, Houston, TX, argued for appellant. Also represented by MICHAEL F. HEIM, ROBERT ALLAN BULLWINKEL. RAGHAV BAJAJ, Haynes & Boone, LLP, Austin, TX, argued for appellee. Also represented by THOMAS W. KELTON, DEBRA JANECE MCCOMAS, DAVID L. MCCOMBS, DAVID M. O'DELL, Dallas, TX; ANGELA OLIVER, Washington, DC; ROSHAN MANSINGHANI, JONATHAN RUDOLPH KOMINEK STROUD, Unified Patents, LLC, Washington, DC. MEREDITH HOPE SCHOENFELD, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA, argued for intervenor. Also represented by MICHAEL S. FORMAN, THOMAS W. KRAUSE, FARHEENA YASMEEN RASHEED.
NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential. Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. IPR2018-01186.
JUDGMENT
BLAINE LARSON, Heim, Payne and Chorush LLP, Houston, TX, argued for appellant. Also represented by MICHAEL F. HEIM, ROBERT ALLAN BULLWINKEL. RAGHAV BAJAJ, Haynes & Boone, LLP, Austin, TX, argued for appellee. Also represented by THOMAS W. KELTON, DEBRA JANECE MCCOMAS, DAVID L. MCCOMBS, DAVID M. O'DELL, Dallas, TX; ANGELA OLIVER, Washington, DC; ROSHAN MANSINGHANI, JONATHAN RUDOLPH KOMINEK STROUD, Unified Patents, LLC, Washington, DC. MEREDITH HOPE SCHOENFELD, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA, argued for intervenor. Also represented by MICHAEL S. FORMAN, THOMAS W. KRAUSE, FARHEENA YASMEEN RASHEED. THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED:
PER CURIAM (DYK, BRYSON, and HUGHES, Circuit Judges).
AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.
ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT
March 2, 2021
Date
/s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
Peter R. Marksteiner
Clerk of Court