TECHNOLOGY PROPERTIES v. HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES

2016-1306 2016-1307 2016-1309 2016-1310 2016-1311.

849 F.3d 1349 (2017)

TECHNOLOGY PROPERTIES LIMITED LLC, Phoenix Digital Solutions LLC, Patriot Scientific Corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Huawei Device Co., Ltd., Huawei Device USA Inc., Huawei Technologies USA Inc., ZTE Corporation, ZTE USA, Inc., Samsung Electronic Co., Ltd., Samsung Electronics America, Inc., LG Electronics, Inc., LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc., Nintendo Co., Ltd., Nintendo of America, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Decided: March 3, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

THOMAS CECIL , Nelson Bumgardner PC, Fort Worth, TX, argued for all plaintiffs-appellants. Plaintiff-appellant Phoenix Digital Solutions LLC also represented by BARRY JAMES BUMGARDNER , BRENT N. BUMGARDNER , EDWARD R. NELSON, III ; TRAVIS CAMPBELL , ROBERT GREENSPOON , Flachsbart & Greenspoon, LLC, Chicago, IL.

BARRY JAMES BUMGARDNER , Nelson Bumgardner PC, Fort Worth, TX, for plaintiff-appellant Technology Propertied Limited, LLC. Also represented by WILLIAM L. BRETSCHNEIDER , Silicon Valley Law Group, San Jose, CA.

CHARLES THOMAS HOGE , Kirby Noonan Lance & Hoge LLP, San Diego, CA, for plaintiff-appellant Patriotic Scientific Corporation.

MARK D. FOWLER , DLA Piper US LLP, East Palo Alto, CA, argued for all defendants-appellees. Defendants-appellees Samsung Electronic Co., Ltd., Samsung Electronics America, Inc. also represented by ERIK RYAN FUEHRER , AARON WAINSCOAT ; JAMES MARTIN HEINTZ , Reston, VA; STANLEY JOSEPH PANIKOWSKI, III , ROBERT CHEN WILLIAMS , San Diego, CA.

TIMOTHY C. BICKHAM , Steptoe & Johnson, LLP, Washington, DC, for defendants-appellees Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Huawei Device Co., Ltd., Huawei Device USA Inc., Huawei Technologies USA Inc.

CHARLES M. McMAHON , McDermott, Will & Emery LLP, Chicago, IL, for defendants-appellees ZTE Corporation, ZTE USA, Inc. Also represented by HERSH H. MEHTA.

CHRISTIAN A. CHU , Fish & Richardson, PC, Washington, DC, for defendants-appellees LG Electronics, Inc., LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc. Also represented by SCOTT ANDREW ELENGOLD.

STEPHEN R. SMITH , Cooley LLP, Washington, DC, for defendants-appellees Nintendo Co., Ltd., Nintendo of America, Inc. Also represented by MATTHEW J. BRIGHAM , Palo Alto, CA.

Before Moore, Wallach, and Chen, Circuit Judges.


The present appeals arise from five cases in the Northern District of California. Technology Properties Limited LLC, Phoenix Digital Solutions LLC, and Patriot Scientific Corp. (collectively "Technology Properties") asserted U.S. Patent No. 5,809,336 (the "'336 patent") against Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Futurewei Technologies...

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