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SD3 II LLC v. BLACK & DECKER (U.S.) INC.

No. 16-2317, No. 16-2354.

888 F.3d 98 (2018)

SD3 II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BLACK & DECKER (U.S.) INCORPORATED; Black & Decker Corporation; Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation; One World Technologies, Incorporated; Robert Bosch Tool Corporation; Ryobi Technologies, Incorporated, Defendants-Appellees, and Dewalt Industrial Tools; Emerson Electric Company; Hitachi Koki USA Ltd.; Pentair Corporation; Porter-Cable Corporation; Skil Power Tools; Pentair Water Group, Incorporated; Pentair, Incorporated; Chang Type Industrial Co., Ltd.; Delta Power Equipment Corporation; Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.; Makita Corporation; Makita USA, Incorporated; OWT Industries, Incorporated; Robert Bosch Gmbh; Stanley Black & Decker, Incorporated; Techtronics Industries Co., Ltd.; Techtronic Industries North America, Incorporated; Emerson Electric Company, Defendants. SD3 II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Black & Decker (U.S.) Incorporated; Black & Decker Corporation; Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation; One World Technologies, Incorporated; Ryobi Technologies, Incorporated; Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, Defendants-Appellants, and Chang Type Industrial Co., Ltd.; Delta Power Equipment Corporation; Dewalt Industrial Tools; Emerson Electric Company; Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.; Hitachi Koki USA Ltd.; Makita Corporation; Makita USA, Incorporated; OWT Industries, Incorporated; Pentair Corporation; Porter-Cable Corporation; Robert Bosch Gmbh; Skil Power Tools; Stanley Black & Decker, Incorporated; Techtronics Industries Co., Ltd.; Techtronic Industries North America, Incorporated; Pentair Water Group, Incorporated; Emerson Electric Company; Pentair, Incorporated, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: April 19, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Derek L. Shaffer , QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellants/Cross-Appellees. John David Harkrider , AXINN, VELTROP & HARKRIDER LLP, New York, New York, for Appellees/Cross-Appellants. ON BRIEF: Paul F. Brinkman , Ethan C. Glass , Jonathan G. Cooper , QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellants/Cross-Appellees. Jonathan S. Franklin , David M. Foster , Washington, D.C., Layne E. Kruse , Eliot Fielding Turner , NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP, Houston, Texas, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant Robert Bosch Tool Corporation. Richard B. Dagen , Washington, D.C., John M. Tanski , AXINN, VELTROP & HARKRIDER LLP, Hartford, Connecticut, for Appellees/Cross-Appellants Black & Decker (U.S.) Inc. and The Black and Decker Corporation. Scott W. Hansen , Laura A. Brenner , James N. Law , REINHART, BOERNER VAN DUREN S.C., Milwaukee, Wisconsin; James G. Kress , Paul C. Cuomo , BAKER BOTTS LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Agee wrote the opinion in which Judge Wilkinson and Judge Wynn concurred. Judge Wynn wrote a separate concurring opinion.

In February 2014, SD3, LLC, and its subsidiary, SawStop LLC (collectively, "SawStop"), filed an antitrust suit against a group of Table Saw Manufacturers.1 SawStop alleged that the Table Saw Manufacturers had colluded in contravention of antitrust laws to exclude its proprietary technology from the...

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