This morning, the Federal Circuit released one precedential opinion, two nonprecedential opinions, one nonprecedential order dismissing an appeal, and one errata. In the precedential opinion, the court dismissed an appeal from the International Trade Commission for lack of jurisdiction. Both of the nonprecedential opinions were appealed from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board following inter partes review proceedings. Here are the introductions to the opinions and links to the dismissal and errata.
Realtek Semiconductor Corporation v. International Trade Commission (Precedential)
Realtek Semiconductor Corporation appeals from a decision of the United States International Trade Commission in which the Commission adopted an administrative law judge’s order denying Realtek’s motion for sanctions against Future Link Systems, LLC. We conclude that we lack jurisdiction to hear Realtek’s appeal and thus dismiss the appeal.
Avago Technologies International Sales Ltd. v. Netflix, Inc. (Nonprecedential)
Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Ltd. (“Avago”) appeals from a final written decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) in an inter partes review (“IPR”) determining that claims 1, 3–5, 7, 9–10, 12, 14–16, and 18–20 of U.S. Patent No. 8,646,014 (“the ’014 patent”) are unpatentable and dependent claims 6, 8, 11, and 17 are not unpatentable. J.A. 1–32. We affirm the Board as to the claims it determined are unpatentable. As to the claims the Board determined are not unpatentable, we vacate and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
Sonos, Inc. v. Google LLC (Nonprecedential)
Google LLC successfully petitioned for inter partes review of claims 1–2, 6–14, 18–25, and 27–29 of U.S. Patent No. 9,967,615 owned by Sonos, Inc. The Patent Trial and Appeal Board held that Google had demonstrated by preponderant evidence that all challenged claims are unpatentable as obvious. On appeal, Sonos argues that certain findings by the Board lack substantial evidence support. For the reasons that follow, we disagree and affirm the Board’s decision.