No. 15-927
Title:
SCA Hygiene Products Aktiebolag, et al., Petitioners
v.
First Quality Baby Products, LLC, et al.
Docketed:January 21, 2016
Linked with 15A546
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  Case Nos.:(2013-1564)
  Decision Date:September 18, 2015
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Nov 18 2015 Application (15A546) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 17, 2015 to January 19, 2016, submitted to The Chief Justice.
Nov 23 2015 Application (15A546) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until January 19, 2016.
Jan 19 2016 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 22, 2016)
Jan 29 2016 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for petitioners.
Feb 11 2016 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including March 23, 2016.
Feb 19 2016 Brief amicus curiae of The Toro Company filed.
Feb 22 2016 Brief amicus curiae of ART+Com Innovationpool, GmbH filed.
Feb 22 2016 Brief amicus curiae of Medinol Ltd. filed.
Mar 22 2016 Brief of respondents First Quality Baby Products, LLC, et al. in opposition filed.
Apr 5 2016 Reply of petitioners SCA Hygiene Products Aktiebolag, et al. filed.
Apr 6 2016 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 22, 2016.
Apr 25 2016 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 29, 2016.
May 2 2016 Petition GRANTED.
May 20 2016 The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including July 15, 2016.
May 20 2016 The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including September 12, 2016.
May 25 2016 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioners.
Jul 15 2016 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed.)
Jul 15 2016 Supplemental joint appendix filed.
Jul 15 2016 Brief of petitioners SCA Hygiene Products Aktiebolag, et al. filed.
Jul 20 2016 Brief amicus curiae of Intellectual Property Owners Association in support of neither party filed.
Jul 21 2016 Brief amicus curiae of Medinol Ltd. filed.
Jul 22 2016 Brief amicus curiae of ART+Com Innovationpool, GmbH filed.
Jul 22 2016 Brief amici curiae of Law Professors filed.
Jul 22 2016 Brief amicus curiae of The American Bar Association filed.
Jul 22 2016 Brief amicus curiae of The Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago in support of neither party filed.
Jul 22 2016 Brief amici curiae of Alliance of Inventor Groups filed.
Jul 22 2016 Brief amicus curiae of American Intellectual Property Law Association in support of neither party filed.
Sep 2 2016 SET FOR ARGUMENT On Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Sep 7 2016 Brief amici curiae of Electronic Frontier Foundation and Public Knowledge filed.
Sep 9 2016 Record has been requested from the U.S.C.A. Federal Circuit.
Sep 12 2016 Brief of respondents First Quality Baby Products, LLC, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Sep 15 2016 Record received from the U.S.C.A. Federal Circuit is electronic and located on PACER. Also from the U.S.C.A. Federal Circuit are Confidential documents filed electroniclly.
Sep 19 2016 Brief amici curiae of Briggs & Stratton Corporation, et al. filed.
Sep 19 2016 Brief amicus curiae of Askeladden, LLC filed.
Sep 19 2016 Brief amicus curiae of Cook Medical LLC filed.
Sep 19 2016 Brief amici curiae of Dell, et al. filed.
Sep 19 2016 Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed.
Sep 19 2016 Brief amicus curiae of Universal Remote Control, Inc. filed.
Sep 19 2016 Brief amici curiae of Johnson & Johnson and Cordis Corporation filed.
Sep 19 2016 Brief amicus curiae of Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. filed.
Sep 28 2016 CIRCULATED
Oct 12 2016 Reply of petitioners SCA Hygiene Products Aktiebolag, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Nov 1 2016 Argued. For petitioners: Martin J. Black, Philadelphia, Pa. For respondents: Seth P. Waxman, Washington, D. C.
Mar 21 2017 Adjudged to be VACATED IN PART, and case REMANDED. Alito, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Breyer, J., filed a dissenting opinion.
Apr 24 2017 JUDGMENT ISSUED.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioners:
Martin J. Black Dechert LLP(215) 994-4000
    Counsel of Record2929 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA  19104
martin.Black@dechert.com
Party name: SCA Hygiene Products Aktiebolag, et al.
 
G. Eric Brunstad Jr. Dechert LLP(860) 524-3999
90 State House Square
Hartford, CT  06103
eric.brunstad@dechert.com
Party name: SCA Hygeine Products Aktiebolag, et al.
Attorneys for Respondents:
Seth P. Waxman Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP(202) 663-6000
    Counsel of Record1875 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20006
seth.waxman@wilmerhale.com
Party name: First Quality Baby Products, LLC, et al.
 
Kenneth P. George Amster Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP(212)-336-8000
90 Park Avenue
New York, NY  10016
KGEORGE@ARELAW.COM
Party name: First Quality Baby Products, LLC, et al.
Other:
Paulette Brown President(312) 988-5000
American Bar Association
321 North Clark Association
Chicago, IL  60654-7598
abapresident@americanbar.org
Party name: The American Bar Association
 
Gregory Andrew Castanias Jones Day(202) 879-3939
51 Louisiana Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20001-2113
gcastanias@jonesday.com
Party name: Intellectual Property Owners Association in support of neither party
 
Kevin J. Culligan Goodwin Procter LLP(212) 813-8800
The New York Times Bldg.
620 Eighth Ave.
New York, NY  10018
kculligan@goodwinlaw.com
Party name: Askeladden, LLC
 
Gregory L. Diskant Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP(212) 336-2000
1133 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY  10036
gldiskant@pbwt.com
Party name: Johnson & Johnson and Cordis Corporation
 
Margaret M. Duncan McDermott, Will & Emery LLP (312) 372-2000
227 West Monroe Street
Suite 4400
Chicago, IL  60606
mduncan@mwe.com
Party name: The Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago in support of neither party
 
Alan Federbush Ostrolenk Faber, LLP(212) 382-0700
1180 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY  10036
afederbush@ostrolenk.com
Party name: Universal Remote Control, Inc.
 
John R. Hutchins Kenyon & Kenyon LLP(202)-220-4200
1500 K Street NW Suite 700
Washington, DC  20005
jhutchins@kenyon.com
Party name: Alliance of Inventor Groups
 
Ariel N. Lavinbuk Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck , Untereiner & Sauber, LLP (202)-775-4500
1801 K St, NW
Suite 411L
Washington, DC  20006
alavinbuk@robbinsrussell.com
Party name: Law Professors
 
Nancy J. Mertzel Herrick Feinstein LLP(212) 661-5030
2 Park Avenue
New York, NY  10016
nmertzel@herrick.com
Party name: American Intellectual Property Law Association in support of neither party
 
Kevin E. Noonan McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff, LLP(312) 913-0001
300 South Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL  60606
noonan@mbhb.com
Party name: Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.
 
Rosemary Jean Piergiovanni Farnan, LLP302 777-0300
919 North Market St., 12th Floor
Wilmington, DE  19801
rpiergiovanni@farnanlaw.com
Party name: ART+Com Innovationpool, GmbH
 
Richard H. Pildes 40 Washington Square South(212) 998-6377
New York, NY  10012
pildesr@mercury.law.nyu.edu
Party name: Medinol Ltd.
 
Vera Ranieri Electronic Frontier Foundation(415) 436-9333
815 Eddy Street
San Francisco, CA  94109
vera@eff.org
Party name: Electronic Frontier Foundation and Public Knowledge
 
Richard A. Samp Washington Legal Foundation(202) 588-0302
2009 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20036
rsamp@wlf.org
Party name: Washington Legal Foundation
 
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: Dell, et al.
 
Derek Vandenburgh Carlson, Caspers, Vandenburgh, Linquist & Schuman, P.A.612-436-9600
225 South Sixth Street, Suite 4200
Minneapolis, MN  55402
dvandenburgh@carlsoncaspers.com
Party name: The Toro Company
 
Matthew M. Wolf Arnold & Porter LLP(202) 942-5000
601 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC  20001
Matthew.Wolf@aporter.com
Party name: Briggs & Stratton Corporation, et al.
 
Dominic P. Zanfardino Brinks Gilson & Lione(312) 321-4200
455 N. Cityfront Plaza Drive
NBC Tower, Suite 3600
Chicago, IL  60611-5599
dzanfardino@brinksgilson.com
Party name: Cook Medical LLC