Rembrandt Patent Innovations v. Apple, Inc., No. 16-2324 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 22, 2017)

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Plaintiffs (collectively, Rembrandt) sued Apple, Inc. (Apple) for infringement of U.S. Patent No. 6,185,678 (the ’678 patent). The district court construed certain terms in the ’678 patent’s claims and granted Apple’s motion for summary judgment of noninfringement. Rembrandt appeals the district court’s claim construction and noni n- fringement rulings. We affirm. BACKGROUND I. The ’678 Patent The ’678 patent describes techniques for securely in i- tializing, or “bootstrapping ,” a computer system. ’678 patent col. 1 ll. 23–25.