Case: 20-1383 Document: 72 Page: 1 Filed: 05/14/2021
NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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DOCUMENT SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC.,
Appellant
v.
NICHIA CORPORATION, CREE, INC.,
Appellees
ANDREW HIRSHFELD, PERFORMING THE
FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES OF THE UNDER
SECRETARY OF COMMERCE FOR
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND DIRECTOR OF
THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK
OFFICE,
Intervenor
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2020-1383
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Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark
Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in Nos. IPR2018-
01166, IPR2019-00506.
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JUDGMENT
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BRIAN DAVID LEDAHL, Russ August & Kabat, Los Ange-
les, CA, argued for appellant. Also represented by AMY
Case: 20-1383 Document: 72 Page: 2 Filed: 05/14/2021
HAYDEN, PAUL ANTHONY KROEGER.
THOMAS R. MAKIN, Shearman & Sterling LLP, New
York, NY, argued for appellee Nichia Corporation. Also
represented by DAVID JEFFREY COOPERBERG, ERIC
SEBASTIAN LUCAS; MATT BERKOWITZ, PATRICK ROBERT
COLSHER, Menlo Park, CA.
BLANEY HARPER, Jones Day, Washington, DC, for ap-
pellee Cree, Inc. Also represented by JOSHUA R.
NIGHTINGALE, Pittsburgh, PA.
MARY L. KELLY, Office of the Solicitor, United States
Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA, for interve-
nor. Also represented by THOMAS W. KRAUSE, MAUREEN
DONOVAN QUELER, FARHEENA YASMEEN RASHEED.
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is
ORDERED and ADJUDGED:
PER CURIAM (NEWMAN, REYNA, and STOLL, Circuit
Judges).
AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.
ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT
May 14, 2021 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
Date Peter R. Marksteiner
Clerk of Court