Dss, Inc. v. Nichia Corporation, Nichia America Corporation

N OTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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DSS, INC.,
Plaintiff-Appellant
v.
NICHIA CORPORATION, NICHIA AMERICA
CORPORATION,
Defendants-Appellees
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2024-2122
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Appeal from the United States District Court for the
Central District of California in No. 2:19-cv-08172-JVS-
JEM, Judge James V. Selna.
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Decided: March 9, 2026
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MATTHEW J. SMITH , Remenick PLLC, Edwards, CO, ar-
gued for plaintiff-appellant. Also represented by J AMES
REMENICK; CHRISTOPHER B. MEAD, Schertler Onorato
Mead & Sears LLP, Washington, DC; K ARIN G.
P AGNANELLI, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP, Los Ange-
les, CA.
T HOMAS R. MAKIN , Allen Overy Shearman Sterling US
LLP, New York, NY, argued for defendants-appellees. Also
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DSS, INC. v. NICHIA CORPORATION 2
represented by D AVID J EFFREY C OOPERBERG, ERIC
SEBASTIAN L UCAS , ADI WILLIAMS .
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Before H UGHES and C UNNINGHAM , Circuit Judges, and
BURROUGHS , District Judge.1
P ER CURIAM .
The judgment is affirmed on the ground that the as-
serted claims (claims 1–8 and 11 of United States Patent
No. 6,879,040) are invalid as indefinite under 35 U.S.C.
§ 112.
AFFIRMED
1 Honorable Allison D. Burroughs, District Judge,
United States District Court for the District of Massachu-
setts, sitting by designation.
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