Cao Lighting, Inc. v. Wolfspeed, Inc., Cree Lighting USA LLC F/k/a Ideal Industries Lighting LLC, Ledvance…

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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CAO LIGHTING, INC.,
Appellant
v.
WOLFSPEED, INC., CREE LIGHTING USA LLC
F/K/A IDEAL INDUSTRIES LIGHTING LLC,
LEDVANCE LLC, GENERAL ELECTRIC
COMPANY, CONSUMER LIGHTING (U.S.), LLC,
DBA GE LIGHTING, CURRENT LIGHTING
SOLUTIONS, LLC, OSRAM SYLVANIA, INC., FEIT
ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.,
Cross-Appellants
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2024-1194, 2024-1221
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Appeals from the United States Patent and Trademark
Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in Nos. IPR2022-
00847, IPR2023-00123, IPR2023-00129.
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CAO LIGHTING, INC.,
Appellant
v.
WOLFSPEED, INC., CREE LIGHTING USA LLC
Case: 24-1194 Document: 86 Page: 1 Filed: 09/05/2025

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F/K/A IDEAL INDUSTRIES LIGHTING LLC,
Cross-Appellants
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2024-1222, 2024-1223
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Appeals from the United States Patent and Trademark
Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. IPR2022-
00848.
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JUDGMENT
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RONALD E. CAHILL, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Boston,
MA, argued for appellant. Also represented by HEATHER
B. REPICKY; PAUL B. HUNT, JOSHUA PAUL LARSEN, TODD
VARE, Indianapolis, IN.
JOHN C. ALEMANNI, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
LLP, Raleigh, NC, argued for all cross-appellants. Cross-
appellants Cree Lighting USA LLC, Wolfspeed, Inc. also
represented by MATIAS FERRARIO, Winston-Salem, NC;
ANDREW N. SAUL, Atlanta, GA.
KEVIN P. MARTIN, Goodwin Procter LLP, Boston, MA,
for cross-appellants Consumer Lighting (U.S.), LLC, Cur-
rent Lighting Solutions, LLC, General Electric Company,
LEDVANCE LLC, Osram Sylvania, Inc. Also represented
by BRIAN DRUMMOND, SRIKANTH K. REDDY; SANJEET
DUTTA, Redwood City, CA. Cross-appellants Consumer
Lighting (U.S.), LLC, General Electric Company also rep-
resented by CATHERINE GARZA, Norton Rose Fulbright US
LLP, Austin, TX; ARTHUR P. LICYGIEWICZ, Dallas, TX.
Cross-appellant Current Lighting Solutions, LLC also rep-
resented by FRANK A. ANGILERI, THOMAS W. CUNNINGHAM,
JOHN P. RONDINI, Brooks Kushman PC, Royal Oak, MI.
Case: 24-1194 Document: 86 Page: 2 Filed: 09/05/2025

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Cross-appellant Osram Sylvania, Inc. also represented by
MARK A. HANNEMANN, Troutman Pepper Locke LLP, New
York, NY.
RYAN DYKAL, Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, Washington,
DC, for cross-appellant Feit Electric Company, Inc. Also
represented by MARK SCHAFER; MAXWELL C. MCGRAW,
Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP, Kansas City, MO; AMELIA
ELIZABETH MURRAY, Chicago, IL.
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is
ORDERED and ADJUDGED:
PER CURIAM (LOURIE, TARANTO, and CUNNINGHAM,
Circuit Judges).
AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.
ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT
September 5, 2025
Date
Case: 24-1194 Document: 86 Page: 3 Filed: 09/05/2025

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