NIKE, INC. v. ADIDAS AG

No. 2014-1719.

812 F.3d 1326 (2016)

NIKE, INC., Appellant v. ADIDAS AG, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

February 11, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Christopher Fleming , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Boston, MA, argued for appellant. Also represented by William F. Lee , Kevin Goldman ; Andrea Weiss Jeffries , Los Angeles, CA.

Mitchell G. Stockwell , Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, Atlanta, GA, argued for appellee. Also represented by Vaibhav P. Kadaba , Tiffany L. Williams .

Michael Sumner Forman , Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA, argued for intervenor Michelle K. Lee. Also represented by Nathan K. Kelley , Thomas W. Krause , Scott Weidenfeller.

Before CHEN, MAYER, and STOLL, Circuit Judges.


This appeal arises from the inter partes review (IPR) of U.S. Patent No. 7,347,011 (the '011 patent) owned by Nike, Inc. (Nike). The United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Board) granted the IPR petition filed by adidas AG (Adidas) and instituted inter partes review of claims 1-46 of the '011...

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