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OPTi Inc. v. VIA Technologies, Inc., No. 13-1670 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 8, 2016)

Affirmed
Rule 36 Affirmance
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 13-1670
Also Docketed
No. 14-1839 (consolidated; same document)
Decided
February 8, 2016
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NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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

OPTI INC.,

Plaintiff-Cross-Appellant

v.

VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC., VIA TECHNOLOGIES,

INC. (TAIWAN),

Defendants-Appellants

2013-1670, 2014-1839

Appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in No. 2:10-cv-00279-JRG, Judge J. Rodney Gilstrap.

JUDGMENT

MICHAEL LOUIS BRODY, Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, IL, argued for plaintiff-cross-appellant. Also represented by JAMES ETHAN MCCOMB; GEOFFREY P. EATON, Washington, DC.

BRIAN ANDREW CARPENTER, Beuther Joe & Carpenter LLC, Dallas, TX, argued for defendants-appellants. Also represented by ERIC WILLIAM BEUTHER; TIMOTHY J.H. CRADDOCK, Klemchuk LLP, Dallas, TX.

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

PER CURIAM (LOURIE, DYK, and HUGHES, Circuit

Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT February 8, 2016 /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole Date Daniel E. O’Toole Clerk of Court

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