U.S. ETHERNET INNOVATIONS, LLC v. ACER, INC.

Nos. 2015-1640, 2015-1641.

U.S. ETHERNET INNOVATIONS, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ACER, INC., ACER AMERICA CORPORATION, APPLE INC., ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL, ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC., DELL INC., FUJITSU LIMITED, FUJITSU AMERICA, INC., GATEWAY, INC., HEWLETT-PACKARD CO., SONY CORPORATION, SONY CORPORATION OF AMERICA, SONY ELECTRONICS INC., TOSHIBA CORPORATION, TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC., J.C. PENNEY COMPANY, INC., RENT-A-CENTER, INC., MARVELL SEMICONDUCTOR, INC., INTEL CORPORATION, Defendants-Appellees

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Decided: April 25, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JOHN C. HERMAN , Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, Atlanta, GA, argued for plaintiff-appellant. Also represented by PETER M. JONES .

GARLAND STEPHENS , Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Houston, TX, argued for all defendants-appellees. Defendant-appellee Intel Corporation also represented by JUSTIN LILE CONSTANT , DOUGLAS WAYNE MCCLELLAN ; EDWARD R. REINES , Redwood Shores, CA.

KEVIN CHRISTOPHER JONES , TechKnowledge Law Group LLP, Redwood City, CA, for defendants-appellees Acer, Inc., Acer America Corporation, Gateway, Inc. Also represented by MICHAEL CHAOCHA TING .

DANNY L. WILLIAMS , Williams Morgan, PC, Houston, TX, for defendant-appellee Apple Inc. Also represented by CHRISTOPHER NEEDHAM CRAVEY , KYUNG T. KIM .

MATTHEW J. BRIGHAM , Cooley LLP, Palo Alto, CA, for defendants-appellees ASUS Computer International, ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

KIMBALL RICHARD ANDERSON , Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, IL, for defendant-appellee Dell Inc. Also represented by KATHLEEN BRIDGET BARRY .

RUDOLPH KIM , Morrison & Foerster LLP, Palo Alto, CA, for defendants-appellees Fujitsu Limited, Fujitsu America, Inc. Also represented by DANIEL CLAYTON HUBIN .

DAVID T. MCDONALD , K&L Gates LLP, Seattle, WA, for defendant-appellee Hewlett-Packard Co.

LIONEL M. LAVENUE , Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, Reston, VA, for defendants-appellees Sony Corporation, Sony Corporation of America, Sony Electronics Inc. Also represented by DANIEL CRAIG COOLEY , MICHAEL VINCENT YOUNG, SR. .

IRFAN A. LATEEF , Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP, Irvine, CA, for defendants-appellees Toshiba Corporation, Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. Also represented by BRIAN CHRISTOPHER CLAASSEN .

DIANE K. LETTELLEIR , JCPenney Corporation, Inc., Plano, TX, for defendant-appellee J.C. Penney Company, Inc.

JEFFREY K. JOYNER , Greenberg Traurig LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for defendant-appellee Rent-A-Center, Inc.

KEVIN P.B. JOHNSON , Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Redwood Shores, CA, for defendant-appellee Marvell Semiconductor, Inc.

Before TARANTO, LINN, and HUGHES, Circuit Judges.


This disposition is nonprecedential

U.S. Ethernet Innovations, LLC ("USEI") appeals the decision of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, granting Acer, Inc.'s and other appellees and intervenor Intel Corp.'s (collectively, "Appellees") motion for summary judgment of invalidity of...

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