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Alfred E. Mann Foundation v. Cochlear Corporation, No. 19-1201 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 16, 2020)

Affirmed
Rule 36 Affirmance
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 19-1201
Decided
March 16, 2020
Judge
Per curiam (Rule 36)
Document
Rule 36 Judgment
Length
2 pages
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NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential. United States Court of Appeals

for the Federal Circuit

ALFRED E. MANN FOUNDATION FOR

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, ADVANCED BIONICS,

LLC,

Plaintiffs-Appellees

v.

COCHLEAR CORPORATION, COCHLEAR LTD.,

Defendants-Appellants

2019-1201

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California in No. 2:07-cv-08108-FMOSH, Judge Fernando M. Olguin.

JUDGMENT

THOMAS M. PETERSON, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, San Francisco, CA, argued for plaintiff-appellee Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research. Also represented by MICHAEL JOHN LYONS, MICHAEL FRANCIS CARR, JASON EVAN GETTLEMAN, Palo Alto, CA. DONALD MANWELL FALK, Mayer Brown, LLP, Palo Alto, CA, for plaintiff-appellee Advanced Bionics, LLC. Also

2represented by DAVID E. WANG. J. MICHAEL JAKES, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, Washington, DC, argued for defendants-appellants. Also represented by AARON GLEATON CLAY, DAVID MROZ.

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (NEWMAN, LINN, and HUGHES, Circuit

Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

March 16, 2020 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner

Date Peter R. Marksteiner

Clerk of Court

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Alfred E. Mann Foundation v. Cochlear Corporation, No. 19-1201 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 16, 2020).

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