| No. 11-796 | ||||
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| Docketed: | December 22, 2011 | |||
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit |
| Case Nos.: | (2010-1068) |
| Decision Date: | September 21, 2011 |
| Questions Presented |
| ~~~Date~~~ | ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Dec 20 2011 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 23, 2012) |
| Jan 19 2012 | Waiver of right of respondent Monsanto Company to respond filed. |
| Jan 25 2012 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 17, 2012. |
| Jan 26 2012 | Response Requested . (Due February 27, 2012) |
| Feb 27 2012 | Brief of respondents Monsanto Company, et al. in opposition filed. |
| Mar 14 2012 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 30, 2012. |
| Apr 2 2012 | The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States. |
| Aug 24 2012 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. |
| Sep 4 2012 | Supplemental brief of petitioner Vernon Hugh Bowman filed. |
| Sep 5 2012 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 24, 2012. |
| Oct 1 2012 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 5, 2012. |
| Oct 5 2012 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Nov 8 2012 | The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including December 3, 2012. |
| Nov 9 2012 | The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including January 16, 2013. |
| Dec 3 2012 | Joint appendix filed (2 volumes). (Statement of costs filed.) |
| Dec 3 2012 | Brief of petitioner Vernon Hugh Bowman filed. |
| Dec 10 2012 | Brief amicus curiae of Knowledge Ecology International filed. |
| Dec 10 2012 | Brief amici curiae of Automotive Aftermarket Industry Association, et al. filed. |
| Dec 10 2012 | Brief amici curiae of American Antitrust Institute, et al. filed. |
| Dec 10 2012 | Brief amicus curiae of Public Patent Foundation filed. |
| Dec 10 2012 | Brief amici curiae of Center for Food Safety and Save Our Seeds filed. |
| Dec 18 2012 | SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, February 19, 2013. |
| Jan 4 2013 | CIRCULATED. |
| Jan 4 2013 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either partry or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondents. |
| Jan 8 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 9 2013 | Record received form the U.S.C.A. for the Federal Circuit. (1 Box) |
| Jan 11 2013 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner. |
| Jan 16 2013 | Brief of respondents Monsanto Company, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 17 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of BayhDole25, Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 18 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of Intellectual Property Owners Association filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 22 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of The New York Intellectual Property Law Association filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 23 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of CropLife America filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 23 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of BSA - The Software Alliance filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 23 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of American Seed Trade Association filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 23 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 23 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of Biotechnology Industry Organization filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 23 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of CropLife International filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 23 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of American Intellectual Property Law Association filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 23 2013 | Brief amici curiae of Ecomonists filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 23 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of law professor Christopher M. Holman filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 23 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of CHS Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 23 2013 | Brief amici curiae of Agilent Technologies, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 23 2013 | Brief amici curiae of Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 23 2013 | Brief amici curiae of American Soybean Association, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 23 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of Pioneeer Hi-Bred International, Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 23 2013 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
| Jan 24 2013 | Response from counsel for respondents to motion of the Solicitor General for divided argument and for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae. |
| Feb 5 2013 | Record from U.S.D.C. for the Southern District of Indiana is electronic. |
| Feb 11 2013 | Reply of petitioner Vernon Hugh Bowman filed. (Distributed) |
| Feb 15 2013 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED, and the time is to be divided as follows: 30 minutes for petitioner, 10 minutes for the Solicitor General, and 30 minutes for respondents. |
| Feb 19 2013 | Argued. For petitioner: Mark P. Walters, Seattle, Wash. For United States as amicus curiae: Melissa Arbus Sherry, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Seth P. Waxman, Washington, D. C. |
| May 13 2013 | Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Kagan, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. |
| Jun 7 2013 | Petition for Rehearing filed. |
| Jun 27 2013 | DISTRIBUTED. |
| Jul 22 2013 | Rehearing DENIED. |
| Jul 22 2013 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| Jul 24 2013 | Record returned to U.S. Court of Appeals for Federal Circuit. |
| ~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ~~Phone~~~ |
| Attorneys for Petitioner: | ||
| Krista L. Cox | Knowledge Ecology International | (202) 332-2670 |
| Counsel of Record | 1621 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 500 | |
| Washington, DC 20009 | ||
| krista.cox@keionline.org | ||
| Party name: Vernon Hugh Bowman | ||
| Edgar H. Haug | Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP | (212) 588-0800 |
| Counsel of Record | 745 Fifth Avenue | |
| New York, NY 10151 | ||
| EHaug@flhlaw.com | ||
| Party name: Vernon Hugh Bowman | ||
| Mark P. Walters | Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP | (206) 336-5684 |
| 1191 Second Avenue, 20th Floor | ||
| Seattle, WA 98101 | ||
| mwalters@flhlaw.com | ||
| Party name: Vernon Hugh Bowman | ||
| Attorneys for Respondents: | ||
| Seth P. Waxman | Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP | (202) 663-6000 |
| Counsel of Record | 1875 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. | |
| Washington, DC 20006 | ||
| seth.waxman@wilmerhale.com | ||
| Party name: Monsanto Company, et al. | ||
| Daniel C. Cox | Thompson Coburn LLP | (314)-552-6139 |
| 1 US Bank Plaza Suite 2600 | ||
| St. Louis, MO 63101 | ||
| dcox@thompsoncoburn.com | ||
| Other: | ||
| Mark G. Arnold | Husch Blackwell LLP | (314) 480-1500 |
| 190 Carondelet Plaza | ||
| Suite 600 | ||
| St. Louis, MO 63105 | ||
| mark.arnold@huschblackwell.com | ||
| Party name: law professor Christopher M. Holman | ||
| Gary H. Baise | Kilpatrick Stockton LLP | (202) 508-5800 |
| 607 14th St, NW, Suite 900 | ||
| Washington, DC 20005-2018 | ||
| Party name: American Soybean Association, et al. | ||
| J. Scott Ballenger | Latham & Watkins LLP | (202) 637-2200 |
| 555 11th Street, NW | ||
| Suite 1000 | ||
| Washington, DC 20004 | ||
| scott.ballenger@lw.com | ||
| Party name: CropLife America | ||
| Paul H. Berghoff | McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP | (312) 913-0001 |
| 300 South Wacker Drive | ||
| Chicago, IL 60606 | ||
| Berghoff@mbhb.com | ||
| Party name: Intellectual Property Owners Association | ||
| Theresa Marie Bevilacqua | 50 S. 6th Street Suite 1500 | (612)-340-7883 |
| Minneapolis, MN 55402 | ||
| bevilacqua.theresa@dorsey.com | ||
| Party name: CHS Inc. | ||
| Kenneth J. Burchfiel | Sughrue Mion PLLC | (202) 293-7060 |
| 2100 Pennsylvania Ave., NW | ||
| Washington, DC 20037 | ||
| kburchfiel@sughrue.com | ||
| Party name: American Intellectual Property Law Association | ||
| Krista L. Cox | Knowledge Ecology International | (202)-332-2670 |
| 1621 Connecticut Ave. NW Suite 500 | ||
| Washington, DC 20009 | ||
| Krista.cox@keionline.org | ||
| Party name: Knowledge Ecology International | ||
| James W. Dabney | Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, LLP | (212) 859-8966 |
| One New York Plaza, 24th Floor | ||
| New York, NY 10004 | ||
| james.dabney@friedfrank.com | ||
| Party name: Agilent Technologies, Inc., et al. | ||
| Albert A, Foer | American Antitrust Institute | (202) 276-6002 |
| 2919 Ellicott St., NW | ||
| Washington, DC 20008 | ||
| bfoer@antitrustinstitute.org | ||
| Party name: American Antitrust Institute, et al. | ||
| Seth D. Greenstein | Constantine Cannon LLP | (202) 204-3514 |
| 1301 K Street, N.W. | ||
| Suite 1050 East | ||
| Washington, DC 20005 | ||
| sgreenstein@constantinecannon.com | ||
| Party name: Automotive Aftermarket Industry Association, et al. | ||
| Scott Barry Howard | Paterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP | (212)-336-2451 |
| 1133 Avenue of the Americas | ||
| New York, NY 10036 | ||
| sbhoward@pbwt.com | ||
| Party name: The New York Intellectual Property Law Association | ||
| George A. Kimbrell | Center for Food Safety | (415) 826-2770 |
| 303 Sacramento Street, 2nd Fl. | ||
| San Francisco, CA 94111 | ||
| gkimbrell@icta.org | ||
| Party name: Center for Food Safety, and Save Our Seeds | ||
| Scott Patrick McBride | 500 West Madison Street 34th Floor | (312)-775-8000 |
| Chicago, IL 60661 | ||
| smcbride@mcandrews-ip.com | ||
| Party name: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, et al. | ||
| Patricia A. Millett | Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld LLP | (202) 887-4000 |
| 1333 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. | ||
| Washington, DC 20036-1564 | ||
| pmillett@akingump.com | ||
| Party name: Biotechnology Industry Organization | ||
| Adam K. Mortara | Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott LLP | (312)-494-4469 |
| 54 W. Hubbard Street, Suite 300 | ||
| Chicago, IL 60654 | ||
| adam.mortara@bartlit-beck.com | ||
| Party name: Pioneeer Hi-Bred International, Inc. | ||
| Andrew J. Pincus | Mayer Brown LLP | (202) 263-3000 |
| 1999 K Street, NW | ||
| Washington, DC 20006-1101 | ||
| apincus@mayerbrown.com | ||
| Party name: BSA - The Software Alliance | ||
| Daniel B. Ravicher | Public Patent Foundation, Inc. | (212) 790-0442 |
| Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law | ||
| 55 Fifth Avenue | ||
| New York, NY 10003 | ||
| ravicher@pubpat.org | ||
| Party name: Public Patent Foundation | ||
| Richard A. Samp | Washington Legal Foundation | (202) 588-0302 |
| 2009 Massachusetts Ave., NW | ||
| Washington, DC 20036 | ||
| rsamp@wlf.org | ||
| Party name: Washington Legal Foundation | ||
| Melissa Arbus Sherry | Assistant to the Solicitor General | (202)-637-2355 |
| Department of Justice | ||
| Washington, DC 20530 | ||
| Party name: Vernon Hugh Bowman v. Monsanto Company, et al. | ||
| Catherine E. Stetson | Hogan Lovells US LLP | (202) 637-5491 |
| 555 Thirteenth Street, N.W. | ||
| Washington, DC 20004 | ||
| cate.stetson@hoganlovells.com | ||
| Party name: American Seed Trade Association | ||
| Donald B. Verrilli Jr. | Solicitor General | (202) 514-2217 |
| United States Department of Justice | ||
| 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. | ||
| Washington, DC 20530-0001 | ||
| SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov | ||
| Party name: United States | ||
| Bryan J. Vogel | Robins,Kaplan Miller & Ciresi LLP | (212)-980-7400 |
| 601 Lexington Avenue, Suite 3400 | ||
| New York, NY 10022 | ||
| bjvogel@rkmc.com | ||
| Party name: BayhDole25, Inc. | ||
| Robert N. Weiner | Arnold & Porter LLP | (202) 942-5855 |
| 555 Twelfth Street, NW | ||
| Washington, DC 20004 | ||
| RobertWeiner@aporter.com | ||
| Party name: economists | ||
| Evan A. Young | Baker Botts LLP | (512)-322-2506 |
| 98 San Jacinto Boulevard | ||
| Suite 1500 | ||
| Austin, TX 78701-4078 | ||
| evan.young@bakerbotts.com | ||
| Party name: CropLife International | ||