Document Security Systems, Inc. v. Nichia Corporation, Cree, Inc.

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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DOCUMENT SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC.,
Appellant
v.
NICHIA CORPORATION, CREE, INC.,
Appellees
ANDREW HIRSHFELD, PERFORMING THE
FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES OF THE UNDER
SECRETARY OF COMMERCE FOR
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND DIRECTOR OF
THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK
OFFICE,
Intervenor
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2020-1383
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Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark
Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in Nos. IPR2018-
01166, IPR2019-00506.
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JUDGMENT
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BRIAN D AVID LEDAHL, Russ August & Kabat, Los Ange-
les, CA, argued for appellant. Also represented by AMY
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H AYDEN , PAUL ANTHONY K ROEGER .
THOMAS R. M AKIN , Shearman & Sterling LLP, New
York, NY, argued for appellee Nichia Corporation. Also
represented by DAVID J EFFREY COOPERBERG , ERIC
SEBASTIAN LUCAS ; M ATT BERKOWITZ , P ATRICK R OBERT
COLSHER, Menlo Park, CA.
BLANEY H ARPER, Jones Day, Washington, DC, for ap-
pellee Cree, Inc. Also represented by JOSHUA R.
NIGHTINGALE, Pittsburgh, PA.
M ARY L. K ELLY, Office of the Solicitor, United States
Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA, for interve-
nor. Also represented by THOMAS W. K RAUSE , M AUREEN
D ONOVAN Q UELER, F ARHEENA Y ASMEEN R ASHEED .
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is
O RDERED and ADJUDGED :
PER CURIAM (N EWMAN , R EYNA , and STOLL, Circuit
Judges).
AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.
ENTERED BY O RDER OF THE COURT
May 14, 2021
Date
/s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
Peter R. Marksteiner
Clerk of Court
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