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Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft v. Sirius XM Radio Inc., No. 23-2267 (Fed. Cir. June 9, 2025)

Reversed
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 23-2267
Decided
June 9, 2025
Judge
Lourie, J.
Document
Precedential Opinion
Length
16 pages

From the Opinion

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This case returns after we previously vacated the dis- trict court’s grant of Sirius XM Radio Inc.’s (“SXM”) motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim . See Fraunhofer-Ge- sellschaft zur Förderung der a ngewandten Forschung e.V. v. Sirius XM Radio Inc. , 940 F.3d 1372 (Fed. Cir. 2019) (“Fraunhofer I”). Now on summary judgment, the district court again entered final judgment in favor of SXM, con- cluding that Fraunhofer -Gesellschaft zur F örderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.’s (“Fraunhofer”) claims for infringement of now -expired U.S.