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Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd v. Nichia Corporation, No. 16-1577 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 4, 2018)

Affirmed
Summary Judgment Invalidity (§ 102/§ 103) Inequitable Conduct
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 16-1577
Also Docketed
No. 16-1611 (consolidated; same document)
Decided
January 4, 2018
Judge
Chen, J.
Document
Nonprecedential Opinion
Length
15 pages

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Everlight brought a declaratory judgment suit against Nichia seeking a determination of non -infringement, invalidity, or unenforceability of U.S. Patent Nos. 5,998,925 (the ’925 patent) and 7,531,960 (the ’960 patent) (together, the Patents-in-Suit). Nichia filed counterclaims for infringement against Everlight. I n April 2015 , a jury returned a verdict that claims 2, 3 and 5 of the ’925 p a- tent and claims 2, 14, and 19 of the ’960 patent 1 were invalid due to obviousness .

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