NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential. United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
SMARTFLASH LLC,
Appellant
v.
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC.,
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., APPLE INC,
GOOGLE LLC,
Appellees
ANDREI IANCU, UNDER SECRETARY OF
COMMERCE FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
AND DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED STATES
PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE,
Intervenor
SMARTFLASH LLC,
Appellant
v.
APPLE INC
Appellee
ANDREI IANCU, UNDER SECRETARY OF
COMMERCE FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
AND DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED STATES
PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE,
2Intervenor
SMARTFLASH LLC,
Appellant
v.
APPLE INC, GOOGLE LLC,
Appellees
ANDREI IANCU, UNDER SECRETARY OF
COMMERCE FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
AND DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED STATES
PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE,
Intervenor
2016-2451, 2016-2452, 2016-2455, 2016-2457, 2016-2458, 2017-1056, 2017-1102, 2017-1104, 2017-1109, 2017-1110, 2017-1111, 2017-1833, 2017-1834, 2017-1835, 2017-1836,
2017-1837, 2017-1846, 2017-1847
Appeals from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in Nos. CBM2014-00190, CBM2014-00192, CBM2014-00193, CBM2014-00194, CBM2015-00016, CBM2015-00017, CBM2015-00028, CBM2015-00029, CBM2015-00031, CBM2015-00032, CBM2015-00033, CBM2015-00059, CBM2015-00117, CBM2015-00118, CBM2015-00119, CBM2015-00120, CBM2015-00121, CBM2015-00123, CBM2015-00124, CBM2015-00125, CBM2015-00126, CBM2015-00127, CBM2015-00130, CBM2015-00131, CBM2015-00132, CBM2015-00133.
3JUDGMENT
AARON MARTIN PANNER, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, PLLC, Washington, DC, argued for appellant. Also represented by NICHOLAS O. HUNTER; MICHAEL CASEY, GREGORY A. KRAUSS, Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey, LLP, McLean, VA. MARK ANDREW PERRY, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC, argued for all appellees. Appellee Apple Inc. also represented by BRIAN BUROKER; BLAINE H. EVANSON, BRADLEY JOSEPH HAMBURGER, JENNIFER RHO, Los Angeles, CA; HERVEY MARK LYON, Palo Alto, CA; BRETT ROSENTHAL, Dallas, TX; JON STEVEN BAUGHMAN, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Washington, DC; DOUGLAS HALLWARD-DRIEMEIER, Ropes & Gray LLP, Washington, DC; JAMES RICHARD BATCHELDER, East Palo Alto, CA. MICHAEL J. MCKEON, Fish & Richardson, PC, Washington, DC, for appellees Samsung Electronics America, Inc., Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Also represented by WALTER KARL RENNER; CRAIG E. COUNTRYMAN, San Diego, CA.
CHARLES KRAMER VERHOEVEN, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, San Francisco, CA, for appellee Google LLC. Also represented by MELISSA J. BAILY. WILLIAM LAMARCA, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA, argued for intervenor. Also represented by NATHAN K. KELLEY, THOMAS W. KRAUSE, FARHEENA YASMEEN RASHEED.
THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is
4ORDERED and ADJUDGED:
PER CURIAM (LOURIE, DYK, and TARANTO, Circuit
Judges).
AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.
ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT
April 11, 2018 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court