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IQE PLC v. Newport FAB, LLC, No. 24-1124 (Fed. Cir. July 10, 2026)

Dismissed
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 24-1124
Decided
July 10, 2026
Judge
Per curiam
Document
Nonprecedential Opinion
Length
2 pages

NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.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

for the Federal Circuit

IQE PLC,

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

NEWPORT FAB, LLC, DBA JAZZ

SEMICONDUCTOR, TOWER U.S. HOLDINGS INC.,

TOWER SEMICONDUCTOR LTD., PAUL D.

HURWITZ, EDWARD PREISLER, DAVID J.

HOWARD, MARCO RACANELLI,

Defendants-Appellants

2024-1124

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California in No. 8:22-cv-00867-CJCKES, Judge Cormac J. Carney.

Before HUGHES and STARK, Circuit Judges, and WANG,

District Judge.†

22 IQE PLC v. NEWPORT FAB, LLC

O R D E R

In consideration of the parties’ joint stipulation of dismissal, filed on June 17, 2026, ECF No. 45, the prior opinion issued on October 15, 2025, ECF No. 36, is vacated and the appeal is dismissed. All pending motions are moot. Each party shall bear its own fees and costs.

FOR THE COURT

Figure on page 2 of the opinion

July 10, 2026 Date

ISSUED AS A MANDATE: July 10, 2026

Footnotes

  1. † The Honorable Nina Y. Wang, District Judge, United States District Court for the District of Colorado, sitting by designation.

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