| No. 13-369 | ||||
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| Docketed: | September 23, 2013 | |||
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit |
| Case Nos.: | (2012-1289) |
| Decision Date: | April 26, 2013 |
| Rehearing Denied: | June 28, 2013 |
| Questions Presented |
| ~~~Date~~~ | ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Aug 25 2013 | Consent to the filing of amicus cuirae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petiioner. |
| Sep 21 2013 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 23, 2013) |
| Oct 3 2013 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including November 22, 2013. |
| Oct 23 2013 | Brief amici curiae of Amazon.Com, Inc., et al. filed. |
| Oct 23 2013 | Brief amici curiae of Public Knowledge, and The Electronic Frontier Foundation filed. |
| Nov 22 2013 | Brief of respondent Biosig Instruments, Inc. in opposition filed. |
| Dec 10 2013 | Reply of petitioner Nautilus, Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
| Dec 11 2013 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 10, 2014. |
| Jan 10 2014 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Feb 11 2014 | SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Monday, April 28, 2014 |
| Feb 18 2014 | Record received from U.S.C.A. Federal Circuit is electronic and located on PACER. |
| Feb 18 2014 | Record received from U.S.D.C. Southern District of New York is Electronic and located on PACER. Record also received on 02/21/2014,(1 Envelope). Part of this record is SEALED and also have 1 Exhibit filed electronically (Not PACER). |
| Feb 24 2014 | Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed) |
| Feb 24 2014 | Brief of petitioner Nautilus, Inc. filed. |
| Feb 26 2014 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner. |
| Feb 27 2014 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondent. |
| Feb 28 2014 | Brief amicus curiae of AARP filed. |
| Mar 3 2014 | Brief amici curiae of Amazon.Com, Inc., et al. filed. |
| Mar 3 2014 | Brief amicus curiae of Sigram Schindler Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH in support of neither party filed. |
| Mar 3 2014 | Brief amicus curiae of The Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago in support of neither party filed. |
| Mar 3 2014 | Brief amicus curiae of Yahoo! Inc. filed. |
| Mar 3 2014 | Brief amicus curiae of Professor S. Menell in support of neither party filed. |
| Mar 3 2014 | Brief amicus curiae of Microsoft Corporation filed. |
| Mar 3 2014 | Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association in support of neither party filed. |
| Mar 3 2014 | Brief amici curiae of Nova Chemicals Inc., et al. filed. |
| Mar 3 2014 | Brief amicus curiae of Intellectual Property Owners Association in support of neither party filed. |
| Mar 3 2014 | Brief amici curiae of Electronic Frontier Foundation and Public Knowledge filed. |
| Mar 3 2014 | Brief amicus curiae of American Intellectual Property Law Association in support of neither party filed. |
| Mar 10 2014 | CIRCULATED. |
| Mar 10 2014 | Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Ananda M. Chakrabarty Ph.D. |
| Mar 24 2014 | Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Ananda M. Chakrabarty Ph.D. GRANTED. |
| Mar 26 2014 | Brief of respondent Biosig Instruments, Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
| Apr 2 2014 | Brief amicus curiae of the United States filed. (Distributed) |
| Apr 2 2014 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
| Apr 2 2014 | Brief amici curiae of Nokia Corporation and Nokia USA Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
| Apr 2 2014 | Brief amicus curiae of Biotechnology Industry Organization filed. (Distributed) |
| Apr 2 2014 | Brief amicus curiae of Interval Licensing LLC filed. (Distributed) |
| Apr 14 2014 | Reply of petitioner Nautilus, Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
| Apr 18 2014 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| Apr 28 2014 | Argued. For petitioner: John D. Vandenberg, Portland, Ore. For respondent: Mark D. Harris, New York, N. Y.; and Curtis E. Gannon, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) |
| Jun 2 2014 | Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Ginsburg, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. |
| Jul 7 2014 | Judgment issued. |
| Jul 9 2014 | Record Returned for U.S.D.C. Southern District of New York. |
| ~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ~~Phone~~~ |
| Attorneys for Petitioner: | ||
| John D. Vandenberg | One World Trade Center, Suite 1600 | (503)-595-5300 |
| Counsel of Record | 121 S.W. Salmon Street | |
| Portland, OR 97204-2988 | ||
| john.vandenberg@klarquist.com | ||
| Party name: Nautilus, Inc. | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent: | ||
| Mark D. Harris | Proskauer Rose LLP | (212) 969-3530 |
| Counsel of Record | Eleven Times Square | |
| New York, NY 10036-8299 | ||
| mharris@proskauer.com | ||
| Party name: Biosig Instruments, Inc. | ||
| Michael James Bonella | Kessler, Topaz, Meltzer & Check, LLP | (610) 667-7706 |
| 280 King of Prussia Road | ||
| Radnor, PA 19087 | ||
| mbonella@ktmc.com | ||
| Party name: Biosig Instruments, Inc. | ||
| Daniel C. Mulveny | Kessler Topaz Meltzer Check LLP | (610) 667-7706 |
| 280 King of Prussia Road | ||
| Radnor, PA 19087 | ||
| dmulveny@ktmc.com | ||
| Party name: Biosig Instruments, Inc. in support of neither party | ||
| Other: | ||
| J. Campbell Barker | Yetter Coleman LLP | (713) 632-8000 |
| 909 Fannin St., Suite 3600 | ||
| Houston, TX 77010 | ||
| cbarker@yettercoleman.com | ||
| Party name: American Intellectual Property Law Association in support of neither party | ||
| Justin Michael Barnes | Fish & Richardson PC | (858) 678-5070 |
| 12390 El Camino Real | ||
| San Diego, CA 92130 | ||
| barnes@fr.com | ||
| Party name: Ananda M. Chakrabarty Ph.D. | ||
| 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 in support of neither party | ||
| Richard P. Bress | Latham & Watkins LLP | (202) 637-2200 |
| 555 11th Street, N.W. | ||
| Suite 1000 | ||
| Washington, DC 20004 | ||
| rick.bress@lw.com | ||
| Party name: Biotechnology Industry Organization | ||
| Jeffrey Brandon Burgan | Two Prudential Plaza | 312-616-5654 |
| 180 N. Stetson Ave. | ||
| suite 4900 | ||
| Chicago, IL 60601 | ||
| jburgan@leydig.com | ||
| Party name: The Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago in support of neither party | ||
| Patrick J. Flinn | Alston & Bird | (404) 881-7000 |
| 1201 West Peachtree Street | ||
| Atlanta, GA 30309 | ||
| patrick.flinn@alston.com | ||
| Party name: Nokia Corporation and Nokia USA Inc. | ||
| Curtis E. Gannon | Assistant to the Solicitor General | |
| Department of Justice | ||
| Washington, DC 20530 | ||
| Party name: United States | ||
| Thomas C. Goldstein | Goldstein & Russell, P.C. | (202) 362-0636 |
| 7475 Wisconsin Ave., Suite 850 | ||
| Bethesda, MD 20814 | ||
| tg@goldsteinrussell.com | ||
| Party name: Interval Licensing LLC | ||
| Chidambaram S. Iyer | Sughrue Mion, PLLC | (202) 293-7060 |
| 2100 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 800 | ||
| Washington, DC 20037 | ||
| ciyer@sughrue.com | ||
| Party name: Sigram Schindler Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH in support of neither party | ||
| Barbara A. Jones | AARP Foundation Litigation | (626) 585-2628 |
| 200 So. Los Robles | ||
| Suite 400 | ||
| Pasadena, CA 91101 | ||
| bjones@aarp.org | ||
| Party name: AARP | ||
| Jeffrey A. Lamken | MoloLamken LLP | (202) 556-2000 |
| The Watergate, Suite 660 | ||
| 600 New Hampshire Ave., NW | ||
| Washington, DC 20037 | ||
| jlamken@mololamken.com | ||
| Party name: Yahoo! Inc. | ||
| Peter S. Menell | Koret Professor of Law and Director | (510) 642-5489 |
| Berkeley Center for Law & Technology | ||
| UC Berkeley School of Law | ||
| Boalt Hall | ||
| Berkeley, CA 94720 | ||
| pmenell@law.berkeley.edu | ||
| Party name: Professor S. Menell in support of neither party | ||
| Daniel K. Nazer | Staff Attorney | (415)-436-9333 |
| Electronic Frontier Foundation | ||
| 815 Eddy Street | ||
| San Francisco, CA 94109 | ||
| daniel@eff.org | ||
| Party name: Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Public Knowledge | ||
| E. Joshua Rosenkranz | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP | (212) 506-5000 |
| 51 West 52nd Street | ||
| New York, NY 10019-6142 | ||
| jrosenkranz@orrick.com | ||
| Party name: Microsoft Corporation | ||
| James R. Silkenat | President | (312) 988-5000 |
| American Bar Association | ||
| 321 N. Clark Street | ||
| Chicago, IL 60610 | ||
| abapresident@americanbar.org | ||
| Party name: American Bar Association in support of neither party | ||
| John Thorne | Kellogg Huber Hansen Todd Evans & Figel PLLC | (202) 326-7900 |
| 1615 M Street, NW | ||
| Suite 400 | ||
| Washington, DC 20036 | ||
| jthorne@khhte.com | ||
| Party name: Amazon.Com, Inc., et al. | ||
| 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: the United States | ||
| Seth P. Waxman | Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP | (202) 663-6000 |
| 1875 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. | ||
| Washington, DC 20006 | ||
| seth.waxman@wilmerhale.com | ||
| Party name: Nova Chemicals Inc., et al. | ||