U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 2025

Cao Lighting, Inc. v. Wolfspeed, Inc.

Cao Lighting, Inc. v. Wolfspeed, Inc.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · Decided September 5, 2025

Cao Lighting, Inc. v. Wolfspeed, Inc.

Opinion

Case: 24-1194 Document: 86 Page: 1 Filed: 09/05/2025

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ 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 ______________________ 2024-1194, 2024-1221 ______________________ Appeals from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in Nos. IPR2022- 00847, IPR2023-00123, IPR2023-00129.

------------------------------------------------- CAO LIGHTING, INC., Appellant v. WOLFSPEED, INC., CREE LIGHTING USA LLC Case: 24-1194 Document: 86 Page: 2 Filed: 09/05/2025

F/K/A IDEAL INDUSTRIES LIGHTING LLC, Cross-Appellants ______________________ 2024-1222, 2024-1223 ______________________ Appeals from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. IPR2022- 00848. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ 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: 3 Filed: 09/05/2025

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. ______________________ 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

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