Silver Peak Systems, Inc. v. Matal

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ SILVER PEAK SYSTEMS, INC., Appellant v. JOSEPH MATAL, PERFORMING THE FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF COMMERCE FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND DIRECTOR, U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, Intervenor ______________________ 2015-2072 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. IPR2014- 00245. ______________________ Decided: October 24, 2017 ______________________ DARREN EDWARD DONNELLY, Fenwick & West, LLP, Mountain View, CA, argued for appellant. Also repre- sented by JASON E. AMSEL; EMAN SOJOODI, San Francisco, CA. 2 SILVER PEAK SYSTEMS, INC. v. MATAL JEREMIAH HELM, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA, argued for intervenor. Also represented by THOMAS W. KRAUSE, SCOTT WEIDENFELLER, ROBERT MCBRIDE. ______________________ Before PROST, Chief Judge, BRYSON and WALLACH, Circuit Judges. PROST, Chief Judge. In light of this court’s en banc decision in Aqua Prod- ucts, Inc. v. Matal, No. 2015-1177, 2017 WL 4399000 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 4, 2017) (en banc), the judgment of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board is vacated and this case is re- manded to the Board for further proceedings consistent with Aqua. VACATED AND REMANDED