CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY LTD. v. ITC , No. 16-2715 (Fed. Cir. 2017)

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NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY LTD., CREATIVE LABS, INC., Appellants v. INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION, Appellee GOOGLE LLC, MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLC, LENOVO (UNITED STATES) INC., LENOVO GROUP LTD., BLACKBERRY LTD., BLACKBERRY CORPORATION, HTC CORPORATION, HTC AMERICA, INC., LG ELECTRONICS, INC., LG ELECTRONICS U.S.A., INC., LG ELECTRONICS MOBILECOMM U.S.A., INC., SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC., SONY CORPORATION, SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC., SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB, SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS (USA) INC., ZTE CORPORATION, ZTE (USA) INC., Intervenors ______________________ 2016-2715 ______________________ Appeal from the United States International Trade Commission in Investigation No. 337-TA-994. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ JONATHAN DANIEL BAKER, Farney Daniels PC, San Mateo, CA, argued for appellants. Also represented by MICHAEL D. SAUNDERS, GURTEJ SINGH. HOUDA MORAD, Office of the General Counsel, United States International Trade Commission, Washington, DC, argued for appellee. Also represented by WAYNE W. HERRINGTON, SIDNEY A. ROSENZWEIG, DOMINIC L. BIANCHI. DAN L. BAGATELL, Perkins Coie LLP, Hanover, NH, argued for all intervenors. Intervenors Google LLC, and Motorola Mobility LLC, Lenovo (United States) Inc., Lenovo Group Ltd., Blackberry Ltd., and Blackberry Corporation also represented by VERONICA SUSANA ASCARRUNZ, Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati, PC, Washington, DC. Intervenors Blackberry Ltd. and Blackberry Corporation also represented by DANIEL P. MUINO, Morrison & Foerster LLP, Washington, DC; VINCENT JOSEPH BELUSKO, Los Angeles, CA. FRED WILLIAMS, Vinson & Elkins LLP, Austin, TX, for intervenors HTC Corporation and HTC America, Inc. Also represented by JONATHAN LLOYD HARDT. SCOTT ANDREW ELENGOLD, Fish & Richardson, PC, Washington, DC, for intervenors LG Electronics, Inc., LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc., and LG Electronics Mobilecomm U.S.A., Inc. Also represented by CHRISTIAN A. CHU, MICHAEL J. MCKEON. 3 RICHARD L. RAINEY, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC, for intervenors Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and Samsung Electronics America, Inc. Also represented by ALEXANDER CHINOY; GREGORY SCOTT NIEBERG, New York, NY; ALICE JUWON AHN, San Francisco, CA. MICHAEL N. RADER, Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, PC, Boston, MA, for intervenors Sony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications Inc., Sony Mobile Communications AB, and Sony Mobile Communications (USA) Inc. Also represented by CHRISTOPHER HENRY, GERALD B. HRYCYSZYN; JAMES ALTMAN, BARBARA A. MURPHY, Foster, Murphy, Altman & Nickel, PC, Washington, DC. LYLE BRENT VANDER SCHAAF, Brinks Gilson & Lione, Washington, DC, for intervenors ZTE Corporation and ZTE (USA) Inc. Also represented by JEFFREY J. CATALANO, RALPH JOSEPH GABRIC, Chicago, IL. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (NEWMAN, HUGHES, and STOLL, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36. ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT October 13, 2017 Date /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court

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