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Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., No. 15-1171 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 26, 2016)

Affirmed in Part
Infringement Invalidity (§ 102/§ 103) JMOL / Post-Trial Claim Construction
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 15-1171
Also Docketed
No. 15-1195, No. 15-1994 (consolidated; same document)
Decided
February 26, 2016
Judge
Dyk, J.
Document
Precedential Opinion
Length
46 pages

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The current appeal results from a patent infring e- ment suit and countersuit between Apple Inc. (“Apple”) and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Samsung Electronics America, Inc., and Samsung Teleco mmunications Amer i- ca, LLC (collectively, “Samsung”). Apple alleged i n- fringement of five U.S. patents that it owns: U.S. Patent Nos. 5,946,647 (the ’647 patent), 6,847,959 (the ’959 patent), 7,761,414 (the ’414 patent), 8,046,721 (the ’721 patent), and 8,074,172 (the ’172 patent).

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