U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION, Appellant,
v.
INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION, Appellee, and
Princo Corporation, Princo America Corporation, Gigastorage Corporation Taiwan, Gigastorage Corporation USA, and Linberg Enterprise Inc., Intervenors.
United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
September 21, 2005.
September 21, 2005.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
A. Douglas Melamed, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, of Washington, DC, argued for appellant. With him on the brief were William J. Kolasky, Edward C. DuMont, Jonathan G. Cedarbaum, and Barbara R. Blank.
Clara Kuehn, Attorney, Office of General Counsel, United States International Trade Commission, of Washington, DC, argued for appellee. With her on the brief were James M. Lyons, Acting General Counsel, and Wayne W. Herrington, Acting Deputy General Counsel for Litigation.
Alan D. Smith, Fish & Richardson P.C., of Boston, Massachusetts, argued for intervenors. With him on the brief were Charles H. Sanders of Boston, Massachusetts; and Richard G. Green and Tina M. Chappell, of Washington, DC. Of counsel was Ahmed J. Davis, of Washington, DC.
John DeQ. Briggs, III, Howrey Simon Arnold & White, LLP, of Washington, DC, for amicus curiae Intellectual Property Owners Association. With him on the brief were Marc G. Schildkraut and Joseph P. Lavelle. Of counsel on the brief was J. Jeffrey Hawley, President, Intellectual Property Owners Association, of Washington, DC.
David F. Ryan, Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto, of New York, New York, for amicus curiae New York Intellectual Property Law Association. With him on the brief was Matthew S. Seidner. Of counsel on the brief was John D. Murnane, President, New York Intellectual Property Law Association, of New York, New York. Of counsel was Joseph B. Divinagracia.
Before BRYSON, GAJARSA, and LINN, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.
BRYSON, Circuit Judge.
U.S. Philips Corporation appeals from a final order of the United States International Trade Commission, in which the Commission held six of Philips's patents for the manufacture of compact discs to be unenforceable because of patent misuse. The Commission ruled that Philips had employed an impermissible tying arrangement because it required prospective licensees to license packages of patents rather than allowing them to choose which individual...
Let's get started
Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting Sign on now to see your case. Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.
Updated daily.
Uncompromising quality.
Complete, Accurate, Current.
Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full
text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.
Cited Cases
No Cases Found
Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the
full text of the citing case.