Opinion
2020-1699 2020-1801
03-11-2021
UNILOC 2017 LLC, Appellant v. APPLE 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 UNILOC 2017 LLC, Appellant v. 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
BRIAN MATTHEW KOIDE, Etheridge Law Group, South-lake, TX, argued for appellant. Also represented by JAMES ETHERIDGE, RYAN S. LOVELESS, BRETT MANGRUM, JEFFREY A. STEPHENS. ABIGAIL COLELLA, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY, argued for appellee. Also represented by MELANIE L. BOSTWICK, MARK S. DAVIES, Washington, DC. PETER JOHN SAWERT, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA, argued for intervenor. Also represented by MAI-TRANG DUC DANG, THOMAS W. KRAUSE, WILLIAM LAMARCA, FARHEENA YASMEEN RASHEED.
NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential. Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. IPR2018-00289. Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. IPR2018-01664.
JUDGMENT
BRIAN MATTHEW KOIDE, Etheridge Law Group, South-lake, TX, argued for appellant. Also represented by JAMES ETHERIDGE, RYAN S. LOVELESS, BRETT MANGRUM, JEFFREY A. STEPHENS. ABIGAIL COLELLA, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY, argued for appellee. Also represented by MELANIE L. BOSTWICK, MARK S. DAVIES, Washington, DC. PETER JOHN SAWERT, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA, argued for intervenor. Also represented by MAI-TRANG DUC DANG, THOMAS W. KRAUSE, WILLIAM LAMARCA, FARHEENA YASMEEN RASHEED. THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED:
PER CURIAM (WALLACH, CHEN, and HUGHES, Circuit Judges).
AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.
ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT
March 11, 2021
Date
/s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
Peter R. Marksteiner
Clerk of Court