Opinion
2020-1058 2020-1059
05-10-2021
UNILOC 2017 LLC, Appellant v. APPLE INC., HTC CORPORATION, HTC AMERICA, INC., Appellees 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
JEFFREY A. STEPHENS, Etheridge Law Group, South-lake, TX, argued for appellant. Also represented by JAMES ETHERIDGE, RYAN S. LOVELESS, BRETT MANGRUM. ROBERT MANHAS, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Washington DC, argued for all appellees. Appellee Apple Inc. also represented by MELANIE L. BOSTWICK, MARK S. DAVIES; ANDREW S. EHMKE, Haynes & Boone, LLP, Dallas, TX. FRED WILLIAMS, Williams Simons & Landis PLLC, Austin, TX, for appellees HTC Corporation, HTC America, Inc. Also represented by TODD ERIC LANDIS, Dallas, TX. SARAH E. CRAVEN, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA, for intervenor. Also represented by MICHAEL S. FORMAN, THOMAS W. KRAUSE, FARHEENA YASMEEN RASHEED.
NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential. Appeals from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in Nos. IPR2018-00387, IPR2018-00389.
JUDGMENT
JEFFREY A. STEPHENS, Etheridge Law Group, South-lake, TX, argued for appellant. Also represented by JAMES ETHERIDGE, RYAN S. LOVELESS, BRETT MANGRUM. ROBERT MANHAS, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Washington DC, argued for all appellees. Appellee Apple Inc. also represented by MELANIE L. BOSTWICK, MARK S. DAVIES; ANDREW S. EHMKE, Haynes & Boone, LLP, Dallas, TX. FRED WILLIAMS, Williams Simons & Landis PLLC, Austin, TX, for appellees HTC Corporation, HTC America, Inc. Also represented by TODD ERIC LANDIS, Dallas, TX. SARAH E. CRAVEN, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA, 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, MAYER, and HUGHES, Circuit Judges).
AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.
ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT
May 10, 2021
Date
/s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
Peter R. Marksteiner
Clerk of Court