Capella Photonics, Inc. v. Cisco Systems, Inc.

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Capella Photonics, Inc. v. Cisco Systems, Inc.

Opinion

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

CAPELLA PHOTONICS, INC., Appellant

v.

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC., CIENA CORPORATION, CORIANT OPERATIONS, INC., CORIANT (USA) INC., FUJITSU NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS, INC., LUMENTUM HOLDINGS, INC., LUMENTUM INC., LUMENTUM OPERATIONS, LLC, Appellees ______________________

2016-2394, 2016-2395, 2017-1105, 2017-1106, 2017-1107, 2017-1108 ______________________

Appeals from the United States Patent and Trade- mark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in Nos. IPR2014-01166, IPR2014-01276, IPR2015-00726, IPR2015-00727, IPR2015-00731, IPR2015-00739, IPR2015-00816, IPR2015-00894, IPR2015-01958, IPR2015-01961, IPR2015-01969, IPR2015-01971. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

ROBERT GREENE STERNE, Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox, PLLC, Washington, DC, argued for appellant. Also represented by TYLER DUTTON, JASON DANIEL EISENBERG, DEIRDRE M. WELLS.

SARAH J. GUSKE, Baker Botts LLP, San Francisco, CA, argued for appellee Cisco Systems, Inc. Also represented by WAYNE O. STACY, Dallas, TX.

NATHANIEL T. BROWAND, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, LLP, New York, NY, argued for appellee Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc. Also represented by CHRISTOPHER JAMES GASPAR; MARK C. SCARSI, Los Ange- les, CA.

JOEL SAYRES, Faegre Baker Daniels LLP, Denver, CO, argued for appellees Lumentum Holdings, Inc., Lumen- tum Inc., Lumentum Operations, LLC. Also represented by KENNETH LIEBMAN, Minneapolis, MN.

MATTHEW J. MOORE, Latham & Watkins LLP, Wash- ington, DC, for appellee Ciena Corporation. Also repre- sented by CHI CHEUNG, CLEMENT J. NAPLES, New York, NY; ROBERT STEINBERG, Los Angeles, CA.

JONATHAN PIETER VAN ES, Banner & Witcoff, Ltd., Chicago, IL, for appellees Coriant Operations, Inc., Cori- ant (USA) Inc. Also represented by THOMAS KENT PRATT; MICHAEL STEVEN CUVIELLO, Washington, DC. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (DYK, O’MALLEY, and HUGHES, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36. ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

February 12, 2018 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court

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