SMARTFLASH LLC v. APPLE INC.

No. 2016-1059.

SMARTFLASH LLC, SMARTFLASH TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. APPLE INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Decided: March 1, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

AARON MARTIN PANNER , Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, PLLC, Washington, DC, argued for plaintiffs-appellees. Also represented by NICHOLAS O. HUNTER ; JOHN AUSTIN CURRY , JASON DODD CASSADY , BRADLEY WAYNE CALDWELL , JOHN FRANKLIN SUMMERS , HAMAD M. HAMAD , Caldwell Cassady & Curry, Dallas, TX.

MARK ANDREW PERRY , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellant. Also represented by BRIAN BUROKER ; HERVEY MARK LYON , Palo Alto, CA; BLAINE H. EVANSON , JENNIFER RHO , Los Angeles, CA; BRETT ROSENTHAL , Dallas, TX; JAMES RICHARD BATCHELDER , Ropes & Gray LLP, East Palo Alto, CA; DOUGLAS HALLWARD-DRIEMEIER , Washington, DC; KEVIN JOHN POST , New York, NY.

Before PROST, Chief Judge, NEWMAN and LOURIE, Circuit Judges.


This disposition is nonprecedential.

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