APPLE INC. v. GESTURE TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS, LLC

Nos. 2023-1501, 2023-1554.

APPLE INC., Appellant, LG ELECTRONICS INC., LG ELECTRONICS USA, INC., GOOGLE LLC, Appellees, v. GESTURE TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS, LLC, Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Decided: January 27, 2025.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ROBERT MANHAS, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Washington, DC, argued for appellant, appellees. Appellant also represented by MELANIE L. BOSTWICK; CLIFFORD T. BRAZEN, ADAM PRESCOTT SEITZ, Erise IP, P.A., Overland Park, KS; PAUL R. HART, Denver, CO.

STANLEY JOSEPH PANIKOWSKI, III, DLA Piper LLP (US), San Diego, CA, for appellees LG Electronics Inc., LG Electronics USA, Inc. Also represented by MATTHEW D. SATCHWELL, Chicago, IL.

ERIKA ARNER, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, Washington, DC, for appellee Google LLC. Also represented by DANIEL COOLEY, Reston, VA.

JOHN WITTENZELLNER, Williams Simons & Landis PLLC, Philadelphia, PA, argued for cross-appellant. Also represented by ERIC CARR, MARK JOHN EDWARD McCARTHY, FRED WILLIAMS, Austin, TX.

Before LOURIE, DYK, and HUGHES,


In this inter partes review proceeding ("IPR"), the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (the "Board") determined that claims 1-3, 5-10, and 12-17 of U.S. Patent No. 8,878,949 (the "'949 patent") were unpatentable, but it determined that claims 4, 11, and 18 were not shown to be unpatentable. Patent owner Gesture Technology Partners...

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