CARNEGIE MELLON UNIV. v. MARVELL TECHNOLOGY GROUP

No. 2014-1492.

807 F.3d 1283 (2015)

CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, Plaintiff-Appellee v. MARVELL TECHNOLOGY GROUP, LTD., Marvell Semiconductor, Inc., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

August 4, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Joshua Rosenkranz , Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, N.Y., argued for plaintiff-appellee. Also represented by Eric Shumsky , Washington, DC; Bas de Blank , Menlo Park, CA; Patrick Joseph McElhinny , Mark G. Knedeisen , Christopher Michael Verdini , K & L Gates LLP, Pittsburgh, PA; Theodore J. Angelis , Douglas B. Greenswag , David T. McDonald , Seattle, WA.

Kathleen M. Sullivan , Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY, argued for defendants-appellants. Also represented by Edward J. DeFranco , Joseph Milowic, III , Cleland B. Welton, II ; Susan Rachel Estrich , Michael Thomas Zeller , Los Angeles, CA; Kevin P.B. Johnson , Redwood Shores, CA; Derek Shaffer , Washington, DC; Roy Wang , Marvell Semiconductor, Inc., Santa Clara, CA.

Ann A. Byun , Hewlett-Packard Company, Wayne, PA, for amicus curiae Hewlett-Packard Company.

Anthony Peterman , Dell Inc., Round Rock, TX, for amicus curiae Dell Inc.

Marta Y. Beckwith , Aruba Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, for amicus curiae Aruba Networks, Inc.

Dan L. Bagatell , Perkins Coie LLP, Phoenix, AZ, for amici curiae Broadcom Corporation, Google Inc., Limelight Networks, Inc., Microsoft Corporation, SAS Institute Inc., Xilinx, Inc. Also represented by Kenneth J. Halpern , Palo Alto, CA.

Donald Manwell Falk , Mayer Brown, LLP, Palo Alto, CA, for amici curiae Jeremy Bock, Michael A. Carrier, Bernard Chao, Jorge L. Contreras, Robert A. Heverly, Timothy R. Holbrook, Amy Landers, Mark A. Lemley, Yvette Joy Liebesman, Brian J. Love, Tyler T. Ochoa, Pamela Samuelson, Christopher B. Seaman, Lea Shaver, Toshiko Takenaka. Also represented by Brian J. Love , Santa, Clara, CA.

Daniel B. Ravicher , Ravicher Law Firm, Coral Gables, FL, for amicus curiae Daniel B. Ravicher.

J. Anthony Downs , Goodwin Procter LLP, Boston, MA, for amid curiae Boston University, Rice University, Texas A & M University, the University of Kansas, The University of Pittsburgh, the University of Minnesota. Also represented by William M. Jay , Washington, DC; David Zimmer , San Francisco, CA.

Before WALLACH, TARANTO, and CHEN, Circuit Judges.


Carnegie Mellon University ("CMU") sued Marvell Technology Group, Ltd. and Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. (collectively "Marvell") for infringing two patents related to hard-disk drives. A jury found for CMU on infringement and validity, and it awarded roughly $1.17 billion as a reasonable royalty for the infringing acts, using...

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