ULTRATEC, INC. v. CAPTIONCALL, LLC

2016-1706 2016-1707 2016-1710 2016-1712 2016-1708 2016-1709 2016-1715 2016-1713 2016-2366.

872 F.3d 1267 (2017)

ULTRATEC, INC., Appellant v. CAPTIONCALL, LLC, Appellee. Joseph Matal, Performing the Functions & Duties of the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, United States, Intervenors. Ultratec, Inc., Appellant v. CaptionCall, LLC, Appellee. Joseph Matal, Performing the Functions & Duties of the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, United States, Intervenors Ultratec, Inc., Appellant v. CaptionCall, LLC, Appellee. Joseph Matal, Performing the Functions & Duties of the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, United States, Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Decided: August 28, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

KRISTIN GRAHAM NOEL , Quarles & Brady, LLP, Madison, WI, argued for appellant. Also represented by ANTHONY ALLEN TOMASELLI , MATTHEW J. DUCHEMIN , STEPHEN J. GARDNER , MARTHA JAHN SNYDER ; EDWARD KING POOR , Chicago, IL; MICHAEL A. JASKOLSKI , Milwaukee, WI; NIKIA L. GRAY , Washington, DC; MICHAEL J. CURLEY , Tucson, AZ.

PRATIK A. SHAH , Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, Washington, DC, argued for appellee. Also represented by ZE-WEN JULIUS CHEN , RACHEL J. ELSBY ; MICHAEL P. KAHN , CAITLIN ELIZABETH OLWELL , New York, NY.

FARHEENA YASMEEN RASHEED , Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA, argued for intervenor Joseph Matal. Also represented by NATHAN K. KELLEY , THOMAS W. KRAUSE , JEREMIAH HELM , SCOTT WEIDENFELLER .

MARK R. FREEMAN , Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for intervenor United States. Also represented by SARAH CARROLL .

Before Newman, Linn, and Moore, Circuit Judges.


The present appeals arise from a series of inter partes reviews ("IPRs") between Ultratec, Inc. ("Ultratec") and CaptionCall, LLC ("CaptionCall"). Ultratec owns U.S. Patent Nos. 5,909,482 ("the '482 patent"), 6,233,314 ("the '314 patent"), 6,594,346 ("the '346 patent"), 6,603,835 ("the '835 patent"), 7,003,082 ("the '082 patent...

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