REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MN v. LSI CORP.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Albert , Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, PC, Boston, MA, argued for appellant. Also represented by Stuart Duncan Smith , Richard Giunta , Gerald B. Hrycyszyn , Charles T. Steenburg , Boston, MA.

Kristopher L. Reed , Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, Denver, CO, argued for all appellees. Appellees LSI Corporation, Avago Technologies U.S. Inc. also represented by Edward John Mayle , David E. Sipiora , Denver, CO.

Mark S. Davies , Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Washington, DC, for appellees Ericsson Inc., Telefonaktie-bolaget LM Ericsson. Also represented by Easha Anand , Will Melehani , San Francisco, CA; Edmund Hirschfeld , New York, NY; Debra Janece McComas , Haynes & Boone, LLP, Dallas, TX; J. Andrew Lowes , Richardson, TX.

Adam Mortara , Bartlit Beck LLP, Chicago, IL, argued for intervenor. Also represented by Nevin M. Gewertz ; Meg E. Fasulo , Denver, CO.

Courtney Dixon , Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for amicus curiae United States. Also represented by Mark R. Freeman , Alisa Beth Klein , Mark B. Stern , Joseph H. Hunt , Washington, DC.

Joshua Stephen Johnson , Vinson & Elkins LLP, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae Association of Public and Land-grant Universities. Also represented by John Patrick Elwood.

Michael W. Shore , Shore Chan DePumpo LLP, Dallas, TX, for amici curiae STC. UNM, The Board of Trustees of Purdue University, The Board of Trustees of Indiana University. Also represented by Alfonso Chan , Russell J. Depalma ; Andrew M. Howard , Howard & Spaniol, PLLC, Dallas, TX.

Thomas Molnar Fisher , Solicitor General, Indiana Office of Attorney General, Indianapolis, IN, for amici curiae State of Indiana, State of Texas, State of Hawaii, State of Illinois, State of Massachusetts, State of Michigan, State of Minnesota, State of Mississippi, State of New Jersey, State of Ohio, State of Rhode Island, State of South Carolina, State of Utah, State of Virginia. Also represented by Jason R. Lafond , Office of the Attorney General of Texas, Austin, TX.

John Thorne , Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC, for amici curiae Computer & Communications Industry Association, High Tech Inventors Alliance, The Internet Association, L Brands, Inc., Newegg Inc., Red Hat, Inc., SAP America, Inc., SAS Institute Inc., The Software & Information Industry Association, Symmetry LLC, Xilinx. Also represented by Daniel Simon Guarnera , Ariela M. Migdal , Gregory G. Rapawy.

Joel Thayer , Washington, DC, for amicus curiae ACT The App Association.

Anna-Rose Mathieson , California Appellate Law Group, San Francisco, CA, for amicus curiae America's Health Insurance Plans.

Mark A. Lemley , Durie Tangri LLP, San Francisco, CA, for amici curiae Jeremy W. Bock, Michael A. Carrier, Andrew Chin, Brian L. Frye, Shubha Ghosh, Yaniv Heled, Mark A. Lemley, Yvette Joy Liebesman, Brian J. Love, Susan Barbieri Montgomery, Tejas N. Narechania, Tyler T. Ochoa, Arti K. Rai.

Additional views by Circuit Judges Dyk, Wallach, and Hughes.