Opinion
2020-2244
11-16-2021
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 SECUREWAVE STORAGE SOLUTIONS, INC., Appellant v. 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
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 Technology Inc. Also represented by JARED BOBROW, JEREMY JASON LANG, Menlo Park, CA; KRISTINA MCKENNA, Boston, MA. MCKAYE LEA NEUMEISTER, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, 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This disposition is nonprecedential.
Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in Nos. IPR2019-00501, IPR2019-00932.
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 Technology Inc. Also represented by JARED BOBROW, JEREMY JASON LANG, Menlo Park, CA; KRISTINA MCKENNA, Boston, MA. 1
MCKAYE LEA NEUMEISTER, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, 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.
JUDGMENT
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. 2