Hanwha Solutions Corp. v. Longi Green Energy Technology Co., Ltd.

Case: 21-1629 Document: 68 Page: 1 Filed: 06/10/2022 NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ HANWHA SOLUTIONS CORP., Appellant v. LONGI GREEN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., LONGI SOLAR TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., LONGI (H.K.) TRADING LTD., LONGI (KUCHING) SDN. BHD., LONGI SOLAR TECHNOLOGY (TAIZHOU) CO., LTD., LONGI SOLAR TECHNOLOGY (ZHEJIANG) CO., LTD., LONGI SOLAR TECHNOLOGY (HEFEI) CO., LTD., LONGI SOLAR TECHNOLOGY (US), INC., Appellees _____________________ 2021-1629 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. IPR2019- 01072. ------------------------------------------------------- HANWHA SOLUTIONS CORP., Appellant v. Case: 21-1629 Document: 68 Page: 2 Filed: 06/10/2022 REC SOLAR PTE. LTD., JINKOSOLAR (U.S.) INC., Appellees ______________________ 2021-1642 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. IPR2019- 01145. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ SEAN GLOTH, II, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY, argued for appellant. Also repre- sented by WILLIAM ADAMS, JAMES M. GLASS; DONGKWAN JAMES PAK, KATHLEEN M. SULLIVAN, Los Angeles, CA; SEAN S. PAK, San Francisco, CA. CHING-LEE FUKUDA, Sidley Austin LLP, New York, NY, argued for appellees LONGi Green Energy Technology Co., Ltd., LONGi Solar Technology Co., Ltd., LONGi (H.K.) Trading Ltd., LONGi (Kuching) Sdn. Bhd., LONGi Solar Technology (Taizhou) Co., Ltd., LONGi Solar Technology (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd., LONGi Solar Technology (Hefei) Co., Ltd., LONGi Solar Technology (US), Inc. Also represented by JOSHUA JOHN FOUGERE, Washington, DC; JASON P. GREENHUT, Chicago, IL; SAMUEL N. TIU, Los Angeles, CA. JOSEPH V. COLAIANNI, JR., Fish & Richardson PC, Washington, DC, argued for appellees JinkoSolar (U.S.) Inc., REC Solar Pte. Ltd. JinkoSolar (U.S.) Inc. also repre- sented by CHRISTOPHER DRYER, LINHONG ZHANG. JAMES R. BARNEY, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, Washington, DC, for appellee REC Case: 21-1629 Document: 68 Page: 3 Filed: 06/10/2022 Solar Pte. Ltd. Also represented by MAREESA ARNITA FREDERICK, ANTHONY A. HARTMANN, RICHARD HILDRETH, III. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (LOURIE, SCHALL, and REYNA, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36. ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT June 10, 2022 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court