YU v. APPLE INC.

2020-1760 2020-1803.

1 F.4th 1040 (2021)

Yanbin YU, Zhongxuan Zhang, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. APPLE INC., Defendant-Appellee Yanbin Yu, Zhongxuan Zhang, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Samsung Electronics America, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Decided: June 11, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert G. Litts , Dan Johnson Law Group, LLP, Burlingame, CA, argued for plaintiffs-appellants. Also represented by Daniel Johnson, Jr.

Heidi Lyn Keefe , Cooley LLP, Palo Alto, CA, argued for all defendants-appellees. Defendant-appellee Apple Inc. also represented by Deepa Kannappan , Lowell D. Mead , Priya B. Viswanath ; Phillip Edward Morton , Washington, DC.

Douglas Hallward-Driemeier , Ropes & Gray LLP, Washington, DC, for defendants-appellees Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Samsung Electronics America, Inc. Also represented by James Richard Batchelder , David S. Chun , East Palo Alto, CA; Steven Pepe , New York, NY; Scott S. Taylor , Boston, MA.

Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge Newman.


Yanbin Yu and Zhongxuan Zhang (collectively, "Yu") sued Apple and Samsung (collectively, "Defendants"), alleging that Defendants infringed claims 1, 2, and 4 of U.S. Patent No. 6,611,289 ("the '289 patent"). The district court granted Defendants' motion to dismiss on the basis that...

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