Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Dragon Intellectual Property, LLC v. Apple Inc.

2016-2186; 2016-2453; 2016-2454; 2016-2456; 2016-2459; 2016-2460; 2016-2461; 2016-2462; 2016-2463; 2016-2464·Judge: Mayer, Moore, Stoll·Attorney: Lei Mei, Mei & Mark LLP, Washington, DC, argued for plaintiff-appellant. Also represented by Laurence M. Sandell., Michael Jay, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, Santa Monica, CA, argued for defendant-appellee Apple Inc. Also represented by Nandan Padmanabhan., Michael Hawes, Baker Botts LLP, Houston, TX, argued for defendants-appel-lees- AT & T Services, Inc., DISH Network LLC, DirecTV, LLC. Defendant-appellee AT & T Services, Inc. also represented by Michelle Jacobson Eber, Roger Fulghum; Bryant C. Boren, Jr., Palo Ato, CA. Defendant-appellee DISH Network LLC also represented by Bradley Bowling, Ali Dhanani, Michael Sherby; George Hopkins Guy, III, Palo Ato, CA; Jamie Roy Lynn, Washington, DC. Defendant-appellee DirecTV, LLC also represented by Kevin Gerard McBride, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP, Irvine, CA; John Wittenzeller, Philadelphia, PA., Michael Martin Murray, Winston & Strawn LLP, New York, NY, argued for defendants-appellees Charter Communications, Inc., Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Cox Communications, Inc., Time Warner Cable Inc., Verizon Communications, Inc. Aso represented by Michael Louis Brody, Chicago, IL; Geoffrey P. Eaton, Washington, DC., Mark Baghdassarian, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, New York, NY, argued for defendant-appellee Sirius XM Radio Inc. Aso represented by Shannon H. Hedvat.0 citations·Filed November 1, 2017

Summary of the case Dragon Intellectual Property, LLC v. Apple Inc.

Dragon Intellectual Property appealed the district court's judgments of noninfringement regarding claims of U.S. Patent No. 5,930,444. The court dismissed the appeal as moot following a related decision affirming the invalidity of the patent claims.

Key Issues of the case Dragon Intellectual Property, LLC v. Apple Inc.

Noninfringement of patent claims
Invalidity of patent claims

Key Facts of the case Dragon Intellectual Property, LLC v. Apple Inc.

Dragon Intellectual Property appealed the district court's judgments.
The related case affirmed the invalidity of the patent claims.

Decision of the case Dragon Intellectual Property, LLC v. Apple Inc.

Dismissed as moot

Opinions

Stoll, Circuit Judge. Dragon Intellectual Property appeals the district court's Final Judgments entered pursuant to the parties’ stipulations of noninfringement of claims 1-4, 8, and 10 of U.S. Patent No. 5,930,444. Our decision today in a related case, Dragon Intellectual Property, LLC v. DISH Network LLC et al., Nos. 2016-2468, -2492, affirms the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s determination that claims 1-4, 7-10, 13, and 14 of the ’444 patent are invalid.

Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal as moot. DISMISSED AS MOOT Costs No costs.