| No. 15-1293 | ||||
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| Docketed: | April 20, 2016 | |||
| Linked with 15A925 | ||||
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit | |||
| Case Nos.: | (14-1203) |
| Decision Date: | December 22, 2015 |
| Questions Presented |
| ~~~Date~~~ | ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Mar 9 2016 | Application (15A925) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 21, 2016 to April 20, 2016, submitted to The Chief Justice. |
| Mar 10 2016 | Application (15A925) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until April 20, 2016. |
| Apr 20 2016 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 20, 2016) |
| May 10 2016 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including June 20, 2016. |
| Jun 20 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of Pro-Football, Inc. |
| Jun 20 2016 | Brief of respondent Simon Shiao Tam filed. |
| Jul 6 2016 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 26, 2016. |
| Jul 12 2016 | Reply of petitioner Michelle K. Lee, Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 29 2016 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Sep 30 2016 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for respondent. |
| Nov 9 2016 | Joint appendix filed. |
| Nov 9 2016 | Brief of petitioner Michelle K. Lee, Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office filed. |
| Nov 14 2016 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either party or of neither party received from counsel for the petitioner. |
| Nov 15 2016 | Brief amici curiae of Amanda Blackhorse, et al. filed. |
| Nov 16 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of the American Bar Association, in support of neither party filed. |
| Nov 16 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of Public Citizen, Inc., in support of neither party filed. |
| Nov 16 2016 | Brief amici curiae of Native American Organizations filed. |
| Nov 16 2016 | Brief amici curiae of Law Professors filed. |
| Nov 16 2016 | Brief amici curiae of Asian Americans Advancing Justice, et al., in support of neither party filed. |
| Nov 16 2016 | Brief amici curiae of Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality, et al. filed. |
| Nov 18 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of American Intellectual Property Law Association, in support of neither party filed. |
| Nov 21 2016 | Brief amici curiae of Certain Members of Congress, in support of neither party filed. |
| Nov 21 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of Public Knowledge, in support of neither party filed. |
| Nov 21 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of New York Intellectual Property Law Association, in support of neither party filed. |
| Dec 5 2016 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, January 18, 2017. |
| Dec 7 2016 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. Federal Circuit. |
| Dec 7 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law and Justice filed. |
| Dec 9 2016 | Brief of respondent Simon Shiao Tam filed. (Distributed) |
| Dec 13 2016 | CIRCULATED. |
| Dec 13 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed) |
| Dec 14 2016 | Record received from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is electronic along with instructions for access. Part of this record is located on PACER. |
| Dec 14 2016 | Brief amici curiae of Constitutional Law Professors filed. (Distributed) |
| Dec 15 2016 | Brief amici curiae of Professors Edward Lee and Jake Linford filed. (Distributed) |
| Dec 16 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of Alliance Defending Freedom filed. (Distributed) |
| Dec 16 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed. (Distributed) |
| Dec 16 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of Pro-Football, Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
| Dec 16 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of Justice and Freedom Fund filed. (Distributed) |
| Dec 16 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of San Francisco Dykes on Bikes Women's Motorcycle Contingent, Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
| Dec 16 2016 | Brief amici curiae of The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Dec 16 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of The American Jewish Committee filed. (Distributed) |
| Dec 16 2016 | Brief amici curiae of Rutherford Institute and Consumer's Research filed. (Distributed) |
| Dec 16 2016 | Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Dec 16 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of International Trademark Association filed. (Distributed) |
| Dec 16 2016 | Brief amici curiae of Cato Institute, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Dec 16 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of Becket Fund for Religious Liberty filed. (Distributed) |
| Dec 16 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of Professor Hugh C. Hansen filed. (Distributed) |
| Dec 16 2016 | Brief amici curiae of Law Professors Gregory Dolin, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Dec 16 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of Erik Brunetti filed. (Distributed) |
| Dec 16 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of First Amendment Lawyers Association filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 9 2017 | Reply of petitioner Michelle K. Lee, Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 18 2017 | Argued. For petitioner: Malcolm L. Stewart, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondents: John C. Connell, Haddonfield, N. J. |
| Jun 19 2017 | Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Alito, J., announced the judgment of the Court and delivered the opinion of the Court with respect to Parts I, II, and III-A, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined, and in which Thomas, J., joined except for Part II, and an opinion with respect to Parts III-B, III-C, and IV, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas and Breyer, JJ., joined. Kennedy, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment, in which Ginsburg, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment. Gorsuch, J., took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. |
| Jul 21 2017 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| ~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ~~Phone~~~ |
| Attorneys for Petitioner: | ||
| Jeffrey B. Wall | Acting Solicitor General | (202) 514-2217 |
| Counsel of Record | United States Department of Justice | |
| 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. | ||
| Washington, DC 20530-0001 | ||
| SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov | ||
| Party name: Joseph Matal, Interim Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office | ||
| Malcolm L. Stewart | Deputy Solicitor General | (202) 514-2201 |
| Department of Justice | ||
| Washington, DC 20530 | ||
| malcolm.l.stewart@usdoj.gov | ||
| Party name: Joseph Matal, Interim Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent: | ||
| John C. Connell | Archer & Greiner, P.C. | (856) 354-3074 |
| Counsel of Record | One Centennial Square, P.O. Box 3000 | |
| Haddonfield, NJ 08033 | ||
| jconnell@archerlaw.com | ||
| Party name: Simon Shiao Tam | ||
| Other: | ||
| Floyd Abrams | Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP | (212) 701-3000 |
| 80 Pine Street | ||
| New York, NY 10005 | ||
| fabrams@cahill.com | ||
| Party name: Constitutional Law Professors | ||
| Lisa S. Blatt | Arnold & Porter LLP | (202) 942-5000 |
| 601 Massachusetts Ave., NW | ||
| Washington, DC 20001 | ||
| lisa.blatt@aporter.com | ||
| Party name: Pro-Football, Inc. | ||
| Megan L. Brown | Wiley Rein LLP | (202) 719-7000 |
| 1776 K Street NW | ||
| Washington, DC 20006 | ||
| mbrown@wileyrein.com | ||
| Party name: The Rutherford Institute and Consumer's Research | ||
| Matthew James Dowd | Dowd, PLLC | (202) 573-3853 |
| 1717 Pennsylvania Ave., NW | ||
| Washington, DC 20006 | ||
| mjdowd@dowdplle.com | ||
| Party name: Law Professors Gregory Dolin, et al. | ||
| John A. Dragseth | Fish & Richardson, P.C., P.A. | (612) 335-5070 |
| 3200 RBC Plaza | ||
| 60 South 6th Street | ||
| Minneapolis, MN 55402 | ||
| dragseth@fr.com | ||
| Party name: Certain Members of Congress | ||
| Anthony J Dreyer | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher, & Flom LLP | (212) 735-3000 |
| Four Times Square | ||
| New York, NY 10036 | ||
| anthony.dreyer@skadden.com | ||
| Party name: The International Trademark Association | ||
| Christine Haight Farley | American University Washington College Law | 202-274-4171 |
| 4300 Nebraska Avenue, NW | ||
| Washington, DC 20016 | ||
| cfarley@wcl.american.edu | ||
| Party name: Law Professors | ||
| Dyan Mary Finguerra-DuCharme | Pryor Cashman LLP | (212) 421-4100 |
| 7 Times Square | ||
| New York, NY 10036 | ||
| dfinguerra-ducharme@pryorcashman.com | ||
| Party name: The New York Intellectual Property Law Association | ||
| Hugh C. Hansen | Fordham University School of Law | (212) 636-6854 |
| 150 West 62nd Street | ||
| New York, NY 10023 | ||
| hansenhugh@gmail.com | ||
| Party name: Professor Hugh C. Hansen | ||
| James L. Hirsen | 505 S. Villa Real Drive | (714) 283-8880 |
| Suite 208 | ||
| Anaheim Hills, CA 92807 | ||
| hirsen@earthlink.net | ||
| Party name: Justice and Freedom Fund | ||
| Linda A. Klein | President | (312) 988-5000 |
| American Bar Association | ||
| 321 North Clark Street | ||
| Chicago, IL 60654 | ||
| abapresident@americanbar.org | ||
| Party name: the American Bar Association | ||
| Daniel J. Kornstein | Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady, LLP | (212) 763-5000 |
| 600 Fifth Avenue, 10th Floor | ||
| New York, NY 10020 | ||
| dkornstein@ecbalaw.com | ||
| Party name: Asian Americans Advancing Justice, et al. | ||
| Edward S. Lee | Chicago-Kent College of Law | (312)-906-5212 |
| 565 W. Adams Street | ||
| Chicago, IL 60657 | ||
| elee@kentlaw.iitedu | ||
| Party name: Professors Edward Lee and Jake Linford | ||
| Mark Lemley | Durie Tangri LLP | (415) 362-6666 |
| 217 Leidesdorff Street | ||
| San Francisco, CA 94111 | ||
| mlemley@durietangri.com | ||
| Party name: San Francisco Dykes on Bikes Women's Motorcycle Contingent, Inc. | ||
| Phillip Robert Malone | Stanford Law School | (650) 725-6369 |
| Juelsgaard Intellectual Property and Innovation Clinic | ||
| 559 Nathan Abbott Way | ||
| Stanford, CA 94305 | ||
| pmalone@law.stanford.edu | ||
| Party name: Public Knowledge | ||
| Scott L. Nelson | Public Citizen Litigation Group | (202) 588-1000 |
| 1600 20th Street, N.W. | ||
| Washington, DC 20009 | ||
| snelson@citizen.org | ||
| Party name: Public Citizen, Inc., in support of neither party | ||
| Marc J. Randazza | Randazza Legal Group, PLLC | (702) 420-2001 |
| 4035 S. El Capitan Way | ||
| Las Vegas, NV 89147 | ||
| ecf@randazza.com | ||
| Party name: First Amendment Lawyers Association | ||
| William Cheever Rava | Perkins Coie, LLP | (206) 359-8000 |
| 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900 | ||
| Seattle, WA 98101 | ||
| WRava@perkinscoie.com | ||
| Party name: Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality, et al. | ||
| Mark L. Rienzi | The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty | (202) 955-0095 |
| 1200 New Hampshire Avenue, NW | ||
| Suite 700 | ||
| Washington, DC 20036 | ||
| mrienzi@becketfund.org | ||
| Party name: The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty | ||
| Charles A. Rothfeld | Mayer Brown LLP | (202) 263-3233 |
| 1999 K Street, N.W. | ||
| Washington, DC 20006 | ||
| crothfeld@mayerbrown.com | ||
| Party name: Native American Organizations | ||
| Lee Berkley Rowland | American Civil Liberties Union Foundation | (212) 549-2500 |
| 125 Broad Street, 18th Floor | ||
| New York, NY 10004 | ||
| lrowland@aclu.org | ||
| Party name: The American Civil Liberties Union, et al. | ||
| Eugene Scalia | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP | (202) 955-8500 |
| 1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. | ||
| Washington, DC 20036 | ||
| escalia@gibsondunn.com | ||
| Party name: The Chamber of Commerce of The United States of America | ||
| Jay Alan Sekulow | American Center for Law & Justice | (202) 546-8890 |
| 201 Maryland Ave., N.E. | ||
| Washington, DC 20002 | ||
| sekulow@aclj.org | ||
| Party name: American Center for Law and Justice | ||
| Kannon K. Shanmugam | Williams & Connolly LLP | (202) 434-5000 |
| 725 Twelfth Street, N.W. | ||
| Washington, DC 20005 | ||
| kshanmugam@wc.com | ||
| Party name: The American Jewish Committee | ||
| Ilya Shapiro | Cato Institute | (202) 842-0200 |
| 1000 Massachusetts Ave., NW | ||
| Washington, DC 20001 | ||
| ishapiro@cato.org | ||
| Party name: The Cato Institute, et al. | ||
| Paul M. Smith | Campaign Legal Center | (202) 736-2200 |
| 1411 K Street NW | ||
| Suite 1400 | ||
| Washington, DC 20005 | ||
| psmith@campaignlegalcenter.org | ||
| Party name: American Intellectual Property Law Association | ||
| John R. Sommer | 17426 Daimler Street | (949) 752-5344 |
| Irvine, CA 92614 | ||
| sommerjohn@gmail.com | ||
| Party name: Erik Brunetti | ||
| Joshua P. Thompson | Pacific Legal Foundation | (916)-419-7111 |
| 930 G Street | ||
| Sacramento, CA 95814 | ||
| jpt@pacificlegal.org | ||
| Party name: Pacific Legal Foundation | ||
| Kristen K. Waggoner | Alliance Defending Freedom | (480) 444-0020 |
| 15100 N. 90th Street | ||
| Scottsdale, AZ 85260 | ||
| kwaggoner@ADFlegal.org | ||
| Party name: Alliance Defending Freedom | ||
| J. Joshua Wheeler | Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression | (434) 295-4784 |
| 400 Worrell Drive | ||
| Charlottesville, VA 22911 | ||
| jjw@tjcenter.org | ||
| Party name: The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression, et al. | ||
| Jesse Amnon Witten | Drinker Biddle & Reath, LLP | (202) 842-8800 |
| 1500 K Street, NW | ||
| Washington, DC 20815 | ||
| jesse.witten@dbr.com | ||
| Party name: Amanda Blackhorse, et al. | ||