Arbor Global Strategies, LLC v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., No. 22-1465 (Fed. Cir. July 16, 2024)

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential. United States Court of Appeals

for the Federal Circuit

ARBOR GLOBAL STRATEGIES, LLC,

Appellant

v.

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., TAIWAN

SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY,

LTD.,

Appellees

KATHERINE K. VIDAL, UNDER SECRETARY OF COMMERCE FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

AND DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED STATES

PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE,

Intervenor

2022-1465, 2022-1466, 2022-1467

Appeals from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in Nos. IPR2020-01020, IPR2020-01021, IPR2020-01022.

ARBOR GLOBAL STRATEGIES, LLC,

Appellant

2v.

XILINX, INC., TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR

MANUFACTURING CO. LTD.,

Appellees

KATHERINE K. VIDAL, UNDER SECRETARY OF COMMERCE FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

AND DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED STATES

PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE,

Intervenor

2022-1549, 2022-1550, 2022-1551, 2022-1552

Appeals from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in Nos. IPR2020-01567, IPR2020-01568, IPR2020-01570, IPR2020-01571.

JUDGMENT

DANIEL NOAH LERMAN, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, Washington, DC, argued for appellant. Also represented by PAUL J. ANDRE, JAMES R. HANNAH, LISA KOBIALKA, Redwood Shores, CA, JEFFREY PRICE, New York, NY. JOHN C. O'QUINN, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, DC, argued for appellees Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. Samsung Electronic Co., Ltd. also represented by WILLIAM H. BURGESS, CHRISTOPHER MIZZO; MEREDITH ZINANNI, Chicago, IL. JAMES M. GLASS, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan,

3LLP, New York, NY, for appellee Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. Also represented by ERIC HUANG.

JEFFREY SHNEIDMAN, Fish & Richardson P.C., Boston, MA, argued for appellee Xilinx, Inc. Also represented by KENNETH WAYNE DARBY, DAVID M. HOFFMAN, Austin, TX; JOHN A. DRAGSETH, Minneapolis, MN. DANA KAERSVANG, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for intervenor. Also represented by BRIAN M. BOYNTON, JOSHUA MARC SALZMAN; MICHAEL S. FORMAN, FARHEENA YASMEEN RASHEED, MICHAEL TYLER, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA.

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