SEQUOIA TECHNOLOGY, LLC v. DELL, INC.

2021-2263, 2021-2264, 2021-2265, 2021-2266 2021-2267.

66 F.4th 1317 (2023)

SEQUOIA TECHNOLOGY, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant v. DELL, INC., Dell Technologies Inc., EMC Corporation, aka Dell EMC, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Co., Hitachi Vantara Corporation, Super Micro Computer, Inc., Hitachi Ltd., Defendants-Appellees Red Hat, Inc., Plaintiff/Counterclaim Defendant-Appellee v. Sequoia Technology, LLC, Defendant/Counterclaim Plaintiff-Appellant Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Defendant-Appellant v. International Business Machines Corporation, Counterclaim Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Decided: April 12, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrei Iancu , Irell & Manella LLP, Los Angeles, CA, argued for Sequoia Technology, LLC, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute. Also represented by Alan J. Heinrich ; Philip J. Warrick , Washington, DC; John E. Lord , Skiermont Derby, LLP, Los Angeles, CA; William J. O'Brien , One LLP, Newport Beach, CA.

John C. O'Quinn , Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, DC, argued for Dell, Inc., Dell Technologies Inc., EMC Corporation, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Co., Hitachi Vantara Corporation, Super Micro Computer, Inc., Hitachi Ltd., Red Hat, Inc., International Business Machines Corporation. Also represented by Stephen DeSalvo; Christopher Decoro, Todd M. Friedman, New York, NY; Hersh H. Mehta, Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP, Chicago, IL.

Jack B. Blumenfeld , Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE, for Red Hat, Inc.

Brian P. Egan , Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE, for International Business Machines Corporation.

Before Lourie, Dyk, and Stoll, Circuit Judges.


Sequoia Technology, LLC appeals from a stipulated judgment of noninfringement and invalidity of U.S. Patent No. 6,718,436 following an adverse claim construction ruling from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. For the reasons below, we disagree with the...

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