AZURE NETWORKS, LLC v. CSR PLC

No. 2013-1459.

771 F.3d 1336 (2014)

AZURE NETWORKS, LLC and Tri-County Excelsior Foundation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CSR PLC and Cambridge Silicon Radio International, LLC, Defendants-Appellees, and Atheros Communications, Inc. and Qualcomm Incorporated, Defendants-Appellees, and Broadcom Corporation, Defendant-Appellee, and Marvell Semiconductor, Inc., Ralink Technology Corporation (Taiwan) and Ralink Technology Corporation (USA), Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

November 6, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Joffre , Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, P.L.L.C., of Washington, DC, argued for plaintiffs-appellants. With him on the brief was Anna D. Mayergoyz. Of counsel on the brief were Eric M. Albritton and Michael Benefield , Albritton Law Firm, of Longview, TX; and Danny L. Williams and Christopher N. Cravey , Williams, Morgan & Amerson, P.C., of Houston, TX.

Dominic E. Massa , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, of Boston, MA, argued for all defendants-appellees. With him on the brief for defendant-appellee Broadcom Corporation were Louis W. Tompros , Jason H. Liss and Dana O. Burwell. On the brief for defendants-appellees Atheros Communications, Inc., et al., were Timothy Teter , Lori R. Mason and Matthew J. Brigham , Cooley LLP, of Palo Alto, CA. On the brief for defendants-appellees CSR PLC, et al., were Jeffrey E. Ostrow and Jonathan C. Sanders , Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, of Palo Alto, CA; and Kerry L. Konrad , of New York, NY.

Before REYNA, MAYER, and CHEN, Circuit Judges.


CHEN, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs Azure Networks, LLC (Azure) and Tri-County Excelsior Foundation (Tri-County) sued CSR PLC, Cambridge Silicon Radio International, LLC, Atheros Communications, Inc., Qualcomm Inc., Broadcom Corp., Marvell Semiconductor, Inc., Ralink Technology Corp. (Taiwan), and Ralink Technology Corp. (USA) (collectively, Appellees) for alleged infringement of U.S. Patent No. 7,756,129 (the '129 patent). The district court granted the Appellees' motion...

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