Dss, Inc. v. Nichia Corporation

Case: 24-2122 Document: 36 Page: 1 Filed: 03/09/2026

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ DSS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant v. NICHIA CORPORATION, NICHIA AMERICA CORPORATION, Defendants-Appellees ______________________ 2024-2122 ______________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California in No. 2:19-cv-08172-JVS- JEM, Judge James V. Selna. ______________________ Decided: March 9, 2026 ______________________ MATTHEW J. SMITH, Remenick PLLC, Edwards, CO, ar- gued for plaintiff-appellant. Also represented by JAMES REMENICK; CHRISTOPHER B. MEAD, Schertler Onorato Mead & Sears LLP, Washington, DC; KARIN G.

PAGNANELLI, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP, Los Ange- les, CA.

THOMAS R. MAKIN, Allen Overy Shearman Sterling US LLP, New York, NY, argued for defendants-appellees. Also Case: 24-2122 Document: 36 Page: 2 Filed: 03/09/2026

2 DSS, INC. v. NICHIA CORPORATION represented by DAVID JEFFREY COOPERBERG, ERIC SEBASTIAN LUCAS, ADI WILLIAMS. ______________________ Before HUGHES and CUNNINGHAM, Circuit Judges, and BURROUGHS, District Judge. 1 PER CURIAM.

The judgment is affirmed on the ground that the as- serted claims (claims 1–8 and 11 of United States Patent No. 6,879,040) are invalid as indefinite under 35 U.S.C. § 112.

AFFIRMED

1 Honorable Allison D. Burroughs, District Judge, United States District Court for the District of Massachu- setts, sitting by designation.