| No. 18-1233 | |
| Title: | Romag Fasteners, Inc., Petitioner v. Fossil Group, Inc., fka Fossil, Inc., et al. |
| Docketed: | March 22, 2019 |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (2018-2417) |
| Decision Date: | February 5, 2019 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Mar 22 2019 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 22, 2019) |
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| Apr 02 2019 | Supplemental brief of petitioner Romag Fasteners, Inc. filed. |
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| Apr 02 2019 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 22, 2019 to May 22, 2019, submitted to The Clerk. |
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| Apr 04 2019 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 22, 2019. |
| May 22 2019 | Brief of respondents Fossil, Inc., et al. in opposition filed. |
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| May 30 2019 | Letter from counsel for petitioner waiving the 14-day waiting period under Rule 15.5 filed. |
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| Jun 04 2019 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2019. |
| Jun 04 2019 | Reply of petitioner Romag Fasteners, Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Jun 26 2019 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/27/2019. |
| Jun 28 2019 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Jul 12 2019 | Joint motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed. |
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| Jul 17 2019 | Joint motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including September 13, 2019. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including November 26, 2019. |
| Aug 12 2019 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Romag Fasteners, Inc. |
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| Aug 19 2019 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Fossil, Inc., et al. |
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| Sep 13 2019 | Brief of petitioner Romag Fasteners, Inc. filed. |
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| Sep 13 2019 | Joint appendix filed. |
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| Sep 19 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of The American Bar Association filed. |
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| Sep 20 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of The American Intellectual Property Law Association in support of neither party filed. |
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| Sep 20 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of International Trademark Association in support of neither party filed. |
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| Sep 20 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of The Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago in support of neither party filed. |
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| Sep 20 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Intellectual Property Owners Association in support of neither party filed. |
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| Nov 06 2019 | Motion for a further extension of time to file respondents' brief on the merits filed. |
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| Nov 08 2019 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, January 14, 2020. |
| Nov 20 2019 | Motion to further extend the time to file respondents' brief on the merits is granted, and the time is extended to and including November 27, 2019. |
| Nov 26 2019 | CIRCULATED |
| Nov 27 2019 | Brief of respondents Fossil, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Dec 03 2019 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. Federal Circuit. |
| Dec 04 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Intellectual Property Law Professors filed. (Distributed) |
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| Dec 04 2019 | The record received from the U.S.C.A. Federal Circuit is electronic and located on PACER, this record is complete. |
| Dec 27 2019 | Reply of petitioner Romag Fasteners, Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Jan 14 2020 | Argued. For petitioner: Lisa S. Blatt, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Neal K. Katyal, Washington, D. C. |
| Apr 23 2020 | Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Gorsuch, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Kagan, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. Alito, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Breyer and Kagan, JJ., joined. Sotomayor, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment. |
| May 26 2020 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| Lisa Schiavo Blatt Counsel of Record | Williams & Connolly LLP 725 12th Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 lblatt@wc.com | 202-434-5000 |
| Party name: Romag Fasteners, Inc. | ||
| Attorneys for Respondents | ||
| Neal Kumar Katyal Counsel of Record | Hogan Lovells US LLP 555 Thirteenth St., N.W. Washington, DC 20004 neal.katyal@hoganlovells.com | 202 637 5528 |
| Party name: Fossil, Inc., et al. | ||
| Jeffrey Evan Dupler | Gibney, Anthony & Flaherty, LLP 665 5th Avenue New York, NY 10022 jdupler@gibney.com | 212-688-5151 |
| Party name: Fossil, Inc., et al. | ||
| Other | ||
| Paul H. Berghoff Counsel of Record | McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff, LLP 300 South Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606 berghoff@mbhb.com | 312-913-0001 |
| Party name: Intellectual Property Owners Association | ||
| Patrick Grady Burns Counsel of Record | Greer, Burns & Crain Ltd. 300 South Wacker Drive, Suite 2500 Chicago, IL 60606 pburns@gbc.law | 312-987-4001 |
| Party name: Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago | ||
| Dean Conrad Eyler Counsel of Record | Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty, & Bennett, P.A. 80 South Eighth Street Suite 500 Minneapolis, MN 55402 dean.eyler@gpmlaw.com | 612-632-3016 |
| Party name: The American Intellectual Property Law Association | ||
| Phillip Robert Malone Counsel of Record | Juelsgaard Intellectual Property and Innovation Clinic Mills Legal Clinic at Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way Stanford, CA 94305 pmalone@law.stanford.edu | 650-725-6369 |
| Party name: Intellectual Property Law Professors | ||
| Judy Perry Martinez Counsel of Record | American Bar Association 321 N. Clark Street Chicago, IL 60610 AmicusBriefs@americanbar.org | 312-988-5000 |
| Party name: American Bar Association | ||
| Lawrence K. Nodine Counsel of Record | Ballard Spahr, LLP 999 Peachtree St., Suite 1000 Atlanta, GA 30309 nodinel@ballardspahr.com | (678) 420-9300 |
| Party name: International Trademark Association | ||