ERICSSON, INC. v. D-LINK SYSTEMS, INC.

Nos. 2013-1625, 2013-1631, 2013-1632, 2013-1633.

773 F.3d 1201 (2014)

ERICSSON, INC., Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, and Wi-Fi One, LLC, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. D-LINK SYSTEMS, INC., Netgear, Inc., Acer, Inc., Acer America Corporation, and Gateway, Inc., Defendants-Appellants, and Dell, Inc., Defendant-Appellant, and Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. and Toshiba Corporation, Defendants-Appellants, and Intel Corporation, Intervenor-Appellant, and Belkin International, Inc., Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

December 4, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas A. Cawley , McKool Smith, P.C., of Dallas, TX, argued for plaintiffs-appellees Ericsson Inc., et al. With him on the brief were Theodore Stevenson, III and Warren Lipschitz , and John B. Campbell and Kathy H. Li , of Austin, TX. Of counsel on the brief was John M. Whealan , of Chevy Chase, MD.

William F. Lee , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, of Boston, MA, argued for defendants-appellants and intervenor-appellant. With him on the brief for intervenor-appellant Intel Corporation were Joseph J. Mueller , Mark C. Fleming , and Lauren B. Fletcher , of Boston, MA; and James L. Quarles, III , of Washington, DC. Of counsel on the brief were Greg Arovas , Kirkland & Ellis LLP, of New York, New York, Adam R. Alper , of San Francisco, CA, and John C. O'Quinn , of Washington, DC. On the brief for defendants-appellants D-Link Systems, Inc., et al., were Robert A. Van Nest , Steven A. Hirsch , Eugene M. Paige and Matan Shacham , Keker & Van Nest LLP, of San Francisco, CA; Christine M. Morgan , Doyle B. Johnson , Jonah D. Mitchell , Scott D. Baker , Reed Smith LLP, of San Francisco, CA; and James C. Martin , of Pittsburgh, PA. On the brief for defendants-appellants Toshiba Corporation, et al., were John J. Feldhaus and Pavan K. Agarwal , Foley & Lardner LLP, of Washington, DC.

Michael J. Newton , Alston & Bird LLP, of Dallas, TX, argued for defendant-appellant, Dell, Inc. With him on the brief were Dwayne C. Norton and Shaun W. Hassett ; and Frank G. Smith, III , of Atlanta, GA.

Michael A. Lindsay , Dorsey & Whitney LLP, of Minneapolis, MN, for amicus curiae The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Incorporated. Of counsel on the brief was Eileen M. Lach , IEEE, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, of New York, N.Y.

Richard M. Brunell , for amicus curiae American Antitrust Institute, of Washington, DC.

Jeffrey Blumenfeld , Lowenstein Sandler LLP, of New York, NY, for amici curiae, Cisco Systems, Inc., et al. Of counsel on the brief was Marta Beckwith , Cisco Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA. On the brief for amicus curiae Hewlett-Packard Company was Barry K. Shelton , Bracewell & Giuliani, of Austin, TX.

T. Andrew Culbert , Microsoft Corporation, of Redmond, VA, for amicus curiae Microsoft Corporation. With him on the brief was David E. Killough.

Dan L. Bagatell , Perkins Coie LLP, of Phoenix, AZ, for amici Broadcom Corporation. With him on the brief was Amanda Tessar , of Denver, CO. On the brief for Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. was Donald M. Falk , Mayer Brown LLP, of Palo Alto, CA. On the brief for Media Tek Inc. was Steven C. Holtzman , Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, of Oakland, CA.

Richard S. Taffet , Bingham McCutchen LLP, of New York, N.Y., for amicus curiae Dolby Laboratories, Inc. On the brief was Patrick Strawbridge , of Boston, MA.

Roger G. Brooks , Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, of New York, NY, for amicus curiae Qualcomm Incorporated.

Daryl L. Joseffer , King & Spalding LLP, of Washington, DC, for amici curiae Nokia Corporation, et al. With him on the brief was Ethan P. Davis.

Before O'MALLEY, TARANTO, and HUGHES, Circuit Judges.


Ericsson, Inc. & Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (collectively, "Ericsson") brought suit against D-Link Systems, Inc.; Netgear, Inc.; Acer, Inc.; Acer America Corp.; Gateway, Inc.; Dell, Inc.; Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc.; and Toshiba Corp., with Intel Corp. intervening (collectively, "D-Link"), in the United...

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