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Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. v. Netlist, Inc., No. 23-2133 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 5, 2025)

Affirmed
Rule 36 Affirmance
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 23-2133
Decided
March 5, 2025
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NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.,

Appellant

v.

NETLIST, INC.,

Appellee

2023-2133

Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. IPR2022-00063.

JUDGMENT

MICHAEL HAWES, Baker Botts LLP, Houston, TX, argued for appellant. Also represented by LORI DING; THEODORE W. CHANDLER, Los Angeles, CA; ELIOT DAMON WILLIAMS, Washington, DC. WILLIAM MILLIKEN, Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox PLLC, Washington, DC, argued for appellee. Also represented by RICHARD CRUDO; JASON SHEASBY, Irell & Manella LLP, Los Angeles, CA; PHILIP J. WARRICK, Washington, DC.

2THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (MOORE, Chief Judge, CHEN, Circuit

Judge, and BARNETT, Judge1).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

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March 5, 2025

Date

Footnotes

  1. ↩ 1 Honorable Mark A. Barnett, Chief Judge, United States Court of International Trade, sitting by designation.

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Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. v. Netlist, Inc., No. 23-2133 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 5, 2025).

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CAFC-23-2133-20250305
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