Data Scape Limited v. Western Digital Corporation, No. 19-2161 (Fed. Cir. July 1, 2020)

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Data Scape Ltd. owns U.S. Patent Nos. 8,386,581 (the ’581 patent), 7,720,929 (the ’929 patent), 7,617,537 (the ’537 patent), and 9,715,893 (the ’893 patent) (collectively, the Asserted Patents), which describe and claim methods, systems, and apparatuses for transferring music from one device onto another device. ’929 patent col. 2 ll. 43–47; ’893 patent col. 1 ll. 41–44. The ’581, ’929, and ’537 patents all share a common specification and priority date and are col- lectively referred to as the Morohashi Patents. Data Scape Ltd. v.