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DSS, Inc. v. Nichia Corporation, No. 24-2122 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 9, 2026)

Affirmed
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 24-2122
Decided
March 9, 2026
Judge
Per curiam
Document
Nonprecedential Opinion
Length
2 pages

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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

for the Federal Circuit

DSS, INC.,

Plaintiff-Appellant

v.

NICHIA CORPORATION, NICHIA AMERICA

CORPORATION,

Defendants-Appellees

2024-2122

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California in No. 2:19-cv-08172-JVS-JEM, Judge James V. Selna.

Decided: March 9, 2026

MATTHEW J. SMITH, Remenick PLLC, Edwards, CO, argued for plaintiff-appellant. Also represented by JAMES REMENICK; CHRISTOPHER B. MEAD, Schertler Onorato Mead & Sears LLP, Washington, DC; KARIN G. PAGNANELLI, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP, Los Angeles, CA. THOMAS R. MAKIN, Allen Overy Shearman Sterling US LLP, New York, NY, argued for defendants-appellees. Also

22 DSS, INC. v. NICHIA CORPORATION

represented by DAVID JEFFREY COOPERBERG, ERIC SEBASTIAN LUCAS, ADI WILLIAMS.

Before HUGHES and CUNNINGHAM, Circuit Judges, and

PER CURIAM.

The judgment is affirmed on the ground that the asserted claims (claims 1–8 and 11 of United States Patent No. 6,879,040) are invalid as indefinite under 35 U.S.C. § 112.

AFFIRMED

Footnotes

  1. 1 Honorable Allison D. Burroughs, District Judge, United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, sitting by designation.

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