ACHATES REFERENCE PUBLISHING, INC. v. APPLE INC.

Nos. 2014-1767, 2014-1788.

803 F.3d 652 (2015)

ACHATES REFERENCE PUBLISHING, INC., Appellant v. APPLE INC., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

September 30, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vincent McGeary , McGeary Cukor LLC, Morristown, NJ, argued for appellant. Also represented by Michael Cukor ; Brad Pedersen , Patterson Thuente Pedersen, P.A., Minneapolis, MN; Wayne S. Breyer , Jason Paul Demont , Kenneth Ottesen , Kaplan, Breyer, Schwarz & Ottesen, LLP, Matawan, NJ.

Joseph Guerra , Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC, argued for appellee. Also represented by Jeffrey Paul Kushan , Scott Border , Joseph A. Micallef , Anna Mayergoyz Weinberg.

Kakoli Caprihan , Office of the Solicitor United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA, argued for intervenor Michelle K. Lee. Also represented by Thomas W. Krause   Frances Lynch , Jamie Lynne Simpson , Scott Weidenfeller.

Before PROST, Chief Judge, LOURIE and LINN, Circuit Judges.


Achates Reference Publishing, Inc. ("Achates") appeals from the decisions of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (the "Board") in inter partes review ("IPR") proceedings instituted on petitions filed by Apple Inc. ("Apple") against Achates' U.S. Patents No. 5,982,889 (the "'889 patent") and No. 6,173,403 (the "'403 patent...

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