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Micron Technology, Inc. v. Netlist, Inc., No. 2281-2282, Courtroom 402, Panel J
This appeal concerns whether the district court correctly determined that federal-question jurisdiction was lacking over state-law bad faith patent assertion claims and, on that basis, remanded two cases to state court.
Appellant, Netlist, filed two infringement lawsuits against appellee, Micron. The first asserted U.S. Patent No. 8,301,833 while the second asserted U.S. Patent Nos. 11,232,054 and 11,016,918. In response, Micron petitioned for IPR for each patent. The PTAB found all challenged claims unpatentable. Netlist appealed only the PTAB’s findings for the ’054 and ’918 patents. Netlist has not dismissed
