CAO Lighting, Inc. v. Wolfspeed, Inc., No. 24-1194 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 5, 2025)

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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

for the Federal Circuit

CAO LIGHTING, INC.,

Appellant

v.

WOLFSPEED, INC., CREE LIGHTING USA LLC

F/K/A IDEAL INDUSTRIES LIGHTING LLC,

LEDVANCE LLC, GENERAL ELECTRIC

COMPANY, CONSUMER LIGHTING (U.S.), LLC,

DBA GE LIGHTING, CURRENT LIGHTING

SOLUTIONS, LLC, OSRAM SYLVANIA, INC., FEIT

ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.,

Cross-Appellants

2024-1194, 2024-1221

Appeals from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in Nos. IPR2022-00847, IPR2023-00123, IPR2023-00129.

CAO LIGHTING, INC.,

Appellant

v.

WOLFSPEED, INC., CREE LIGHTING USA LLC

2F/K/A IDEAL INDUSTRIES LIGHTING LLC,

Cross-Appellants

2024-1222, 2024-1223

Appeals from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. IPR2022-00848.

JUDGMENT

RONALD E. CAHILL, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Boston, MA, argued for appellant. Also represented by HEATHER B. REPICKY; PAUL B. HUNT, JOSHUA PAUL LARSEN, TODD VARE, Indianapolis, IN. JOHN C. ALEMANNI, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, Raleigh, NC, argued for all cross-appellants. Cross-appellants Cree Lighting USA LLC, Wolfspeed, Inc. also represented by MATIAS FERRARIO, Winston-Salem, NC; ANDREW N. SAUL, Atlanta, GA. KEVIN P. MARTIN, Goodwin Procter LLP, Boston, MA, for cross-appellants Consumer Lighting (U.S.), LLC, Current Lighting Solutions, LLC, General Electric Company, LEDVANCE LLC, Osram Sylvania, Inc. Also represented by BRIAN DRUMMOND, SRIKANTH K. REDDY; SANJEET DUTTA, Redwood City, CA. Cross-appellants Consumer Lighting (U.S.), LLC, General Electric Company also represented by CATHERINE GARZA, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, Austin, TX; ARTHUR P. LICYGIEWICZ, Dallas, TX. Cross-appellant Current Lighting Solutions, LLC also represented by FRANK A. ANGILERI, THOMAS W. CUNNINGHAM, JOHN P. RONDINI, Brooks Kushman PC, Royal Oak, MI.

3Cross-appellant Osram Sylvania, Inc. also represented by MARK A. HANNEMANN, Troutman Pepper Locke LLP, New York, NY. RYAN DYKAL, Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, Washington, DC, for cross-appellant Feit Electric Company, Inc. Also represented by MARK SCHAFER; MAXWELL C. MCGRAW, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP, Kansas City, MO; AMELIA ELIZABETH MURRAY, Chicago, IL.

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