St. Clair Intellectual Property Consultants v. Matsushita Electric Industrial

NOTE: This order is nonprecedential. Wniteb ~tate~ ~ourt of ~peaI~ for tbe jfeberaI ~ircuit ST. CLAIR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CONSULTANTS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC CORPORATION OF AND AMERICA, Defendants-Appellees, AND JVC AMERICAS CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee, AND NOKIA CORPORATION AND NOKIA, INC., Defendants-Appellees, AND HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee, AND PALM, INC., Defendant-Appellee, AND KYOCERA WIRELESS CORPORATION AND KYOCERA COMMUNICATIONS, INC., ST. CLAIR INTELLECTUAL v. MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC 2 Defendants-Appellees, AND VIVITAR CORPORATION, PETTERS GROUP WORLDWIDE, LLC, POLAROID CONSUMER ELECTRONICS, LLC, POLAROID HOLDING COMPANY, AND POLAROID CORP., Defendants-Appellees, AND HTC CORPORATION, HTC (BVI) CORP" AND HTC AMERICA, INC., Defendants-Appellees, AND RESEARCH IN MOTION LTD. AND RESEARCH IN MOTION CORP., Defendants-Appellees. 2012-1348, -1349, -1350 Appeals from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware in case nos. 04-CV-1436, 06-CV-0404, and 08-CV-0371, Judge Leonard P. Stark. ON MOTION Before LOURIE, SCHALL and DYK, Circuit Judges. LOURIE, Circuit Judge. ORDER. Defendants-Appellees move to dismiss these appeals for lack of jurisdiction and move for fees and costs. St. 3 ST. CLAIR INTELLECTUAL v. MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC Clair Intellectual Property Consultants, Inc. (St. Clair") does not oppose the dismissal without prejudice to refiling after entry of final judgment but opposes costs and fees. Defendants-Appellees reply. Upon consideration thereof, IT Is ORDERED THAT: (1) The motion is granted to the extent that the ap- peals are dismissed as premature. (2) Each side shall bear its own costs. FOR THE COURT AUG 032012 lsi Jan Horbaly Date Jan Horbaly Clerk cc: Dominic E. Massa, Esq. Mark Andrew Woodmansee, Esq. Huan-Yi Lin, Esq. Robert Francis Perry, Esq. Ralph Terrance Rader, Esq. Charlene M. Morrow, Esq. couJtan.~ u.s.THE FEDERAL CIRCUITFOR John G. Day, Esq. Richard de Bodo, Esq. AUG 03 ZOlZ Jack B. Blumenfeld, Esq. JANHORBALY s25 ClERK ISSUED AS MANDATE: _A_U_G_0_3_2_012 __