CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, INC. v. AVANCI

No. 20-11032.

27 F.4th 326 (2022)

CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, INCORPORATED, a Delaware corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AVANCI, L.L.C., a Delaware corporation; Avanci Platform International Limited, an Irish company; Nokia Corporation, a Finnish corporation; Nokia of America Corporation, a Delaware corporation; Nokia Solutions and Networks U.S., L.L.C., a Delaware corporation; Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, a Finnish corporation; Nokia Technologies Oy, a Finnish corporation; Optis UP Holdings, L.L.C., a Delaware corporation; Optis Cellular Technology, L.L.C., a Delaware corporation; Optis Wireless Technology, L.L.C., a Delaware corporation; Sharp Corporation, a Japanese corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed February 28, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew Holder , Martin Bader , Stephen Sandor Korniczky , Karin Dougan Vogel , Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, L.L.P., San Diego, CA, Jennifer Ayers , Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, Michael Scarborough , Mona Solouki , Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, L.L.P., San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Jeffrey L. Kessler , Aldo A. Badini , Patrick S. Opdyke , Susannah P. Torpey , Winston & Strawn, L.L.P., New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees Avanci, L.L.C., Avanci Platform International Limited.

Jeffrey A. Lamken , Lauren Marguerite , Weinstein, MoloLamken, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Lauren F. Dayton , MoloLamken, L.L.P., New York, NY, Mark Anthony McCarty , Matthew Richardson , Andrew Jacob Tuck , Attorney, Alston & Bird, L.L.P., Eugene Alexis Sokoloff , MoloLamken, L.L.P., Chicago, IL, Theodore E. Stevenson, III , Attorney, Alston & Bird, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for Defendants-Appellees Nokia Corporation, Nokia of America Corporation, Nokia Solutions and Networks U.S., L.L.C., Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, Nokia Technologies Oy.

Jason G. Sheasby , Hong Annita Zhong , Irell & Manella, L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA, Eric S. Tautfest , Attorney, Gray Reed, Dallas, TX, for Defendants-Appellees Optis UP Holdings, L.L.C., Optis Cellular Technology, L.L.C., Optis Wireless Technology, L.L.C.

Theodore J. Angelis , K & L Gates, L.L.P., Seattle, WA, for Defendant-Appellee Sharp Corporation.

Andrew DeLaney , U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, for United States of America.

Ian Simmons , Brian Quinn , Scott Schaeffer , O'Melveny & Myers, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Fair Standards Alliance A.S.B.L.

Amanda Tessar , Perkins Coie, L.L.P., Denver, CO, for Amicus Curiae App Association.

Nicole A. Saharsky , Mayer Brown, L.L.P. Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae Tesla, Incorporated, U-Blox America, Incorporated.

Joseph J. Mueller , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, L.L.P., Boston, MA, for Amicus Curiae Apple, Incorporated.

John D. Holden , Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, L.L.P., New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae MPEG LA, L.L.C.

Stephen Akerley , InterDigital, Incorporated, Wilmington, DE, for Amicus Curiae InterDigital, Incorporated.

Before Stewart, Ho, and Engelhardt, Circuit Judges.


This case is a new installment in a long-running battle between holders of patents essential to wireless standards and companies that make products incorporating those standards. Continental Automotive Systems, Inc. ("Continental"), an auto-parts supplier, brought suit in the Northern District of California against...

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