| No. 16-1011 | |
| Title: | WesternGeco LLC, Petitioner v. ION Geophysical Corporation |
| Docketed: | February 17, 2017 |
| Linked with 16A576 | |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (2013-1527, 2014-1121, 2014-1526, 2014-1528) |
| Decision Date: | September 21, 2016 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Dec 08 2016 | Application (16A576) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 20, 2016 to February 17, 2017, submitted to The Chief Justice. |
| Dec 13 2016 | Application (16A576) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until February 17, 2017. |
| Feb 17 2017 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 20, 2017) |
| Mar 08 2017 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including April 19, 2017. |
| Apr 19 2017 | Brief of respondent ION Geophysical Corporation in opposition filed. |
| May 08 2017 | Reply of petitioner WesternGeco LLC filed. |
| May 09 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 25, 2017. |
| May 30 2017 | The Acting Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition. |
| Dec 06 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. |
| Proof of ServiceMain Document | |
| Dec 20 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2018. |
| Dec 20 2017 | Supplemental brief of respondent ION Geophysical Corp. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Jan 08 2018 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/12/2018. |
| Jan 12 2018 | Petition GRANTED. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition. |
| Jan 25 2018 | Letter of amendment to corporate disclosure statement from respondent ION Geophysical Corp. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 01 2018 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, ION Geophysical Corporation. |
| Blanket Consent | |
| Feb 02 2018 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, WesternGeco LLC. |
| Blanket Consent | |
| Feb 23 2018 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, April 16, 2018. |
| Feb 23 2018 | Brief of petitioner WesternGeco LLC filed. |
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| Feb 23 2018 | Joint appendix filed. |
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| Feb 27 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of New York Intellectual Property Law Association in support of neither party filed. |
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| Mar 01 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of Law Professor Stephen Yelderman filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 02 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of Power Integrations, Inc. filed. |
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| Mar 02 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Intellectual Property Law Scholars in support of neither party filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 02 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. |
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| Mar 02 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 02 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of Houston Intellectual Property Law Association in Support of Neither Party filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 05 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of Intellectual Property Owners Association filed in Support of Neither Party. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 05 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of American Intellectual Property Law Association filed in Support of Neither Party. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 07 2018 | CIRCULATED |
| Mar 09 2018 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
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| Mar 26 2018 | Brief of respondent ION Geophysical Corporation filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 28 2018 | Justice Alito is no longer recused in this case. |
| Mar 30 2018 | Record requested from U.S.C.A. Federal Circuit. |
| Apr 02 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Electronic Frontier Foundation and R Street Institute filed. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 02 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc., The Internet Association, SAS Institute Inc., Symmetry, LLC, and Xilinx, Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 06 2018 | Record received from the U.S.D.C. Southern District of Texas Brownsville Division is electronic and can be accessed through the electronic case filing system for the Southern District of Texas. Sealed documents was sent to this Court, the record is electronic. |
| Apr 06 2018 | Record from the U.S.C.A. Federal Circuit is electronic and located on PACER, with the exception of 1 Box of Confidential material. |
| Apr 09 2018 | Reply of petitioner WesternGeco LLC filed. (Distributed) |
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| Apr 13 2018 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| Apr 16 2018 | Argued. For petitioner: Paul D. Clement, Washington, D. C.; and Zachary D. Tripp, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondent: Kannon K. Shanmugam, Washington, D. C. |
| Jun 22 2018 | Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Thomas, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kennedy, Ginsburg, Alito, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Gorsuch, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Breyer, J., joined. |
| Jul 24 2018 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| Aug 21 2018 | Record for the U.S.C.A. Federal Circuit has been returned. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| Paul D. Clement Counsel of Record | Kirkland & Ellis LLP 655 Fifteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 paul.clement@kirkland.com | 2028795000 |
| Party name: WesternGeco LLC | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent | ||
| Kannon K. Shanmugam Counsel of Record | Williams & Connolly LLP 725 Twelfth Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20005 kshanmugam@wc.com | (202) 434-5000 |
| Party name: ION Geophysical Corporation | ||
| Danielle J. Healey | Fish & Richardson, P.C. 1221 McKinney Street Suite 2800 Houston, TX 77010 healey@fr.com | 713-654-5300 |
| Party name: ION Geophysical Corp. | ||
| Other | ||
| Iftikhar Ahmed Counsel of Record | Ahmad, Zavitsanos, Anaipakos, Alavi & Mensing, P.C. 1221 McKinney Street, Suite 2500 Houston, TX 77010 iftiahmed@azalaw.com | 713-655-1101 |
| Party name: Houston Intellectual Property Law Association | ||
| David Bartley Eppenauer Counsel of Record | Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P. 701 Fifth Avenue Suite 6800, Seattle, WA 98104 beppenauer@shb.com | 206-344-7600 |
| Party name: Intellectual Property Owners Association | ||
| Noel J. Francisco Counsel of Record | Solicitor General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov | 202-514-2217 |
| Party name: United States | ||
| Timothy R. Holbrook Counsel of Record | Emory University School of Law 1301 Clifton Rd, NE Atlanta, GA 30322 tholbrook@emory.edu | 404-712-0353 |
| Party name: Intellectual Property Law Scholars | ||
| Rachel Clark Hughey Counsel of Record | Merchant & Gould P.C. 3200 IDS Center 80 South Eighth Street Minneapolis, MN 55402 rhughey@merchantgould.com | 612-332-5300 |
| Party name: Law Professor Stephen Yelderman | ||
| David W. Long Counsel of Record | Essential Patent LLC PO Box 710868 Oak Hill, VA 20171 longdw@essentialpatent.net | 571-402-1922 |
| Party name: American Intellectual Property Law Association | ||
| Daniel K. Nazer Counsel of Record | Electronic Frontier Foundation 815 Eddy Street San Francisco, CA 94109 daniel@eff.org | 415-436-9333 |
| Party name: Electronic Frontier Foundation and R Street Institute | ||
| Irena Royzman Counsel of Record | Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP 1133 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036 iroyzman@pbwt.com | (212) 336-2000 |
| Party name: New York Intellectual Property Law Association | ||
| Donald William Rupert Counsel of Record | MARSHALL, GERSTEIN & BORUN LLP 233 SOUTH WACKER DR. 6300 WILLIS TOWER Chicago, IL 60606 drupert@marshallip.com | 3124746300 |
| Party name: Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago | ||
| Alexandra Anastasia Ekaterina Shapiro Counsel of Record | Shapiro Arato LLP 500 Fifth Avenue 40th Floor New York, NY 10110 ashapiro@shapiroarato.com | 212 257-4880 |
| Party name: Power Integrations, Inc. | ||
| Kathleen Marie Sullivan Counsel of Record | Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP 51 Madison Ave., 22nd Floor New York, NY 10010 kathleensullivan@quinnemanuel.com | (212) 849-7000 |
| Party name: Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc., The Internet Association, SAS Institute Inc., Symmetry, LLC, and Xilinx, Inc. | ||