Docket for 15-777
| No. 15-777 | |
| Title: |
| Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., et al., Petitioners |
| v. |
| Apple Inc. |
|
| Docketed: | December 16, 2015 |
| Linked with 15A421 |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit |
| Case Nos.: | (2014-1335, 2015-1029) |
| Decision Date: | May 18, 2015 |
| Rehearing Denied: | August 13, 2015 |
| Questions Presented |
| ~~~Date~~~ | ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Oct 19 2015 |
Application (15A421) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 11, 2015 to December 14, 2015, submitted to The Chief Justice. |
| Oct 20 2015 |
Application (15A421) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until December 14, 2015. |
| Dec 14 2015 |
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 15, 2016) |
| Dec 21 2015 |
Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioners. |
| Jan 4 2016 |
Order extending time to file response to petition to and including February 16, 2016. |
| Jan 14 2016 |
Brief amici curiae of Public Knowledge, et al. filed. |
| Jan 15 2016 |
Brief amici curiae of The Hispanic Leadership Fund, et al. filed. |
| Jan 15 2016 |
Brief amici curiae of Dell Inc., et al. filed. |
| Jan 15 2016 |
Brief amici curiae of 37 Intellectual Property Professors filed. |
| Jan 15 2016 |
Brief amicus curiae of The Computer & Communications Industry Association filed. |
| Jan 15 2016 |
Brief amicus curiae of Systems, Inc. filed. |
| Feb 3 2016 |
Brief of respondent Apple Inc. in opposition filed. |
| Feb 16 2016 |
Reply of petitioner Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. filed. |
| Feb 17 2016 |
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 4, 2016. |
| Mar 14 2016 |
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 18, 2016. |
| Mar 21 2016 |
Petition GRANTED limited to Question 2 presented by the petition. |
| Apr 5 2016 |
The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including June 1, 2016. |
| Apr 5 2016 |
The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including July 29, 2016. |
| May 18 2016 |
Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioners. |
| Jun 1 2016 |
Joint appendix filed. (2 Volumes) |
| Jun 1 2016 |
Brief of petitioners Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., et al. filed. |
| Jun 7 2016 |
Brief amici curiae of Public Knowledge, et al. filed. |
| Jun 8 2016 |
Brief amicus curiae of the United States in support of neither party filed. |
| Jun 8 2016 |
Brief amicus curiae of BSA I The Software Alliance in support of neither party filed. |
| Jun 8 2016 |
Brief amicus curiae of Nike, Inc. in support of neither party filed. |
| Jun 8 2016 |
Brief amicus curiae of Software Freedom Law Center filed. |
| Jun 8 2016 |
Brief amici curiae of The Internet Association, et al. filed. |
| Jun 8 2016 |
Brief amicus curiae of The Computer & Communications Industry Association filed. |
| Jun 8 2016 |
Brief amicus curiae of Association of the Bar of the City of New York in support of neither party filed. |
| Jun 8 2016 |
Brief amici curiae of Engine Advocacy and Shapeways, Inc. filed. |
| Jun 8 2016 |
Brief amici curiae of 50 Intellectual Property Professors, David Abrams, et al. filed. |
| Jun 8 2016 |
Brief amicus curiae of Industrial Designers Society of America in support of neither party filed. |
| Jun 8 2016 |
Brief amici curiae of The Hispanic Leadership Fund, et al. filed. |
| Jul 13 2016 |
SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, October 11, 2016. |
| Jul 22 2016 |
Record requested from U.S.C.A. Federal Circuit. |
| Jul 22 2016 |
Records received from U.S.C.A. Federal Circuit is electronic and located on PACER. Also received is a confidential Joint Appendix not available on PACER is also electronic. |
| Jul 22 2016 |
Record received from U.S.D.C. Northern District of California is electronic and located on PACER. |
| Jul 29 2016 |
Brief of respondent Apple Inc. filed. |
| Aug 4 2016 |
Brief amici curiae of 113 Distinguished Industrial Design Professionals and Educators filed. |
| Aug 4 2016 |
Brief amicus curiae of American Intellectual Property Law Association filed. |
| Aug 5 2016 |
Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
| Aug 5 2016 |
Brief amicus curiae of Crocs, Inc. filed. (Distributed). |
| Aug 5 2016 |
Brief amicus curiae of Nordock, Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
| Aug 5 2016 |
Brief amici curiae of Tiffany and Company, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Aug 5 2016 |
Brief amicus curiae of Boston Patent Law Association filed. (Distributed) |
| Aug 5 2016 |
Brief amici curiae of Intellectual Property Professors filed. (Distributed). |
| Aug 5 2016 |
Brief amicus curiae of ACT | The App Association filed. (Distributed) |
| Aug 5 2016 |
Brief amici curiae of Bison Designs, LLC, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Aug 5 2016 |
Brief amicus curiae of Roger Cleveland Golf Company, Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
| Aug 9 2016 |
CIRCULATED |
| Aug 29 2016 |
Reply of petitioners Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 26 2016 |
Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| Oct 11 2016 |
Argued. For petitioners: Kathleen M. Sullivan, New York, N. Y. For United States, as amicus curiae: Brian H. Fletcher, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Seth P. Waxman, Washington, D. C. |
| Dec 6 2016 |
Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Sotomayor, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. |
| Jan 9 2017 |
JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
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| ~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
~~Phone~~~ |
| Attorneys for Petitioners: | | |
| Kathleen M. Sullivan |
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP | (212) 849-7000 |
| Counsel of Record | 51 Madison Ave., 22nd Floor | |
| New York, NY 10010 | |
| kathleensullivan@quinnemanuel.com |
| Party name: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., et al. |
| Attorneys for Respondent: | | |
| William F. Lee |
Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale and Dorr, LLP | (617) 526-6000 |
| Counsel of Record | 60 State Street | |
| Boston, MA 02109 | |
| william.lee@wilmerhale.com |
| Party name: Apple Inc. |
| | | |
| 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: Apple Inc. |
| Other: | | |
| Joseph Carl Cecere |
6035 McComass Blvd. | (469) 600-9455 |
| Dallas, TX 75206 | |
| ccecere@cecerepc.com |
| Party name: The Hispanic Leadership Fund, et al. |
| | | |
| Mark S. Davies |
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP | (202) 339-8400 |
| 1152 15th Street NW | |
| Washington, DE 20005 | |
| mark.davies@orrick.com |
| Party name: 113 Distinguished Industrial Design Professionals and Educators |
| | | |
| Charles Duan |
Public Knowledge | (202) 861-0020 |
| 1818 N St NW, Suite 410 | |
| Washington, DC 20036 | |
| cduan@publicknowledge.org |
| Party name: Public Knowledge, et al. |
| | | |
| Charles Duan |
Public Knowledge | (202) 861-0020 |
| 1818 N Street, NW, Suite 410 | |
| Washington, DC 20036 | |
| cduan@publicknowledge.org |
| Party name: Public Knowledge, et al. |
| | | |
| Brian Halligan Fletcher |
Assistant to the Solicitor General | 202-514-3344 |
|
950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Room 5619 | |
| Washington, DC 20530 | |
| Brian.Fletcher@usdoj.gov |
| Party name: United States |
| | | |
| Ian Heath Gershengorn |
Acting 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 in support of neither party |
| | | |
| Michael J. Gottlieb |
Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP | (202) 237-2727 |
| 5301 Wisconsin Ave., N.W. | |
| Washington, DC 20015 | |
| mgottlieb@bsfllp.com |
| Party name: Tiffany and Company, et al. |
| | | |
| Howard Sean Hogan |
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP | 202-887-3640 |
| 1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. | |
| Washington, DC 20036 | |
| hhogan@gibsondunn.com |
| Party name: Nike, Inc. in support of neither party |
| | | |
| Mark David Janis |
Center for Intellectual Property Research | 818 855-1205 |
| Indiana University Maurer School of Law | |
| 211 S. Indiana Avenue | |
| Bloomington, IN 47405 | |
| mdjanis@indiana.edu |
| Party name: Intellectual Property Professors |
| | | |
| Robert Steven Katz |
Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. | 202-824-3181 |
| 1100 13th Street, N.W., Suite 1200 | |
| Washington, DC 20005 | |
| rkatz@bannerwitcoff.com |
| Party name: Industrial Designers Society of America in support of neither party |
| | | |
| Mark A. Lemley |
William H. Neuman Professor | (650) 723-4605 |
|
Stanford Law School | |
| 559 Nathan Abbott Way | |
| Stanford, CA 94305- | |
| mlemley@law.stanford.edu |
| Party name: 50 Intellectual Property Professors, David Abrams, et al. |
| | | |
| Daniel A Lev |
Pierce Atwood LLP | 617-488-8100 |
| 100 Summer Street | |
| Suite 2250 | |
| Boston, MA 02110 | |
| dlev@pierceatwood.com |
| Party name: Boston Patent Law Association |
| | | |
| Matthew A. Levy |
Computer & Communications Industry Association | (202) 783-0070 |
| 900 17th Street, NW, Suite 1100 | |
| Washington, DC 20006 | |
| mlevy@ccianet.org |
| Party name: The Computer & Communications Industry Association |
| | | |
| 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: Engine Advocacy and Shapeways, Inc. |
| | | |
| Philip P. Mann |
Mann Law Group | (206) 436-0900 |
| 1218 Third Avenue, Suite 1809 | |
| Seattle, WA 98101 | |
| phil@mannlawgroup.com |
| Party name: Systems, Inc. |
| | | |
| Eben Moglen |
Columbia Law School | (212) 845-8382 |
| 435 West 116th Street | |
| New York, NY 10027 | |
| moglen@columbia .edu |
| Party name: Software Freedom Law Center |
| | | |
| Aaron Ligoury Joseph Pereira |
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC | (212) 440-4400 |
| 1290 Avenue of the Americas, 30th Floor | |
| New York, NY 10104 | |
| aaron.pereira@bipc.com |
| Party name: Association of the Bar of the City of New York |
| | | |
| Andrew J. Pincus |
Mayer Brown LLP | (202) 263-3000 |
| 1999 K Street, NW | |
| Washington, DC 20006 | |
| apincus@mayerbrown.com |
| Party name: BSA I The Software Alliance in support of neither party |
| | | |
| Perry J. Saidman |
Saidman DesignLaw Group | (301) 337-3223 |
| 8601 Georgia Avenue, Suite 603 | |
| Silver Spring, MD 20910 | |
| perry.saidman@designlawgroup.com |
| Party name: Bison Designs, LLC, et al. |
| | | |
| Joel David Sayres |
Faegre Baker Daniels LLP | 303-607-3589 |
| 3200 Wells Fargo Center | |
| 1700 Lincoln Street | |
| Denver, CO 80203-4532 | |
| joel.sayres@FaegreBD.com |
| Party name: Crocs, Inc. |
| | | |
| Brian Eugene Scarpelli |
ACT | The App Association | (202) 420-7487 |
| 1401 K Street NW, Suite 501 | |
| Washington, DC 20005 | |
| bscarpelli@actionline.org |
| Party name: ACT | The App Association |
| | | |
| Jerry R. Selinger |
Patterson & Sheridan LLP | (214) 272-0957 |
| 1700 Pacific Avenue | |
| Suite 2650 | |
| Dallas, TX 75201 | |
| jselinger@pattersonsheridan.com |
| Party name: American Intellectual Property Law Association |
| | | |
| Kannon K. Shanmugam |
Williams & Connolly LLP | (202) 434-5000 |
| 725 Twelfth Street, N.W. | |
| Washington, DC 20005 | |
| kshanmugam@wc.com |
| Party name: Dell Inc., et al. |
| | | |
| Kannon K. Shanmugam |
Williams & Connollly LLP | (202) 434-5000 |
| 725 Twelfth Street | |
| Washington, DC 20005 | |
| kshanmugam@wc.com |
| Party name: The Internet Association, et al. |
| | | |
| Allen M. Sokal |
Baker & Hostetler, LLP | 202 861-1539 |
| 1050 Connecticut Avenue, NW | |
| Washington Square | |
| Washington, DC 20036-5304 | |
| asokal@bakerlaw.com |
| Party name: Roger Cleveland Golf Company, Inc. |
| | | |
| Jeffrey S. Sokol |
Sokol Law Office | (414)-272-7200 |
| 828 North Broadway, Suite 400 | |
| Milwaukee, WI 53202 | |
| jsokollaw@att.net |
| Party name: Nordock, Inc. |