| No. 18-302 | |
| Title: | Andrei Iancu, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, Patent and Trademark Office, Petitioner v. Erik Brunetti |
| Docketed: | September 7, 2018 |
| Linked with 18A15 | |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (2015-1109) |
| Decision Date: | December 15, 2017 |
| Rehearing Denied: | April 12, 2018 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Jun 29 2018 | Application (18A15) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 11, 2018 to August 10, 2018, submitted to The Chief Justice. |
| Main DocumentLower Court Orders/OpinionsProof of Service | |
| Jul 05 2018 | Application (18A15) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until August 10, 2018. |
| Jul 31 2018 | Application (18A15) to extend further the time from August 10, 2018 to September 7, 2018, submitted to The Chief Justice. |
| Written RequestProof of Service | |
| Aug 01 2018 | Application (18A15) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until September 7, 2018. |
| Sep 07 2018 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 9, 2018) |
| PetitionProof of Service | |
| Sep 28 2018 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 9, 2018 to November 8, 2018, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Main DocumentProof of Service | |
| Oct 02 2018 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 8, 2018. |
| Nov 08 2018 | Brief of respondent Erik Brunetti filed. |
| Main DocumentOtherProof of Service | |
| Nov 28 2018 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019. |
| Dec 11 2018 | Reply of petitioners Andrei Iancu, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office filed. (Distributed) |
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| Jan 04 2019 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Feb 11 2019 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, April 15, 2019 |
| Feb 15 2019 | Joint appendix filed. |
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| Feb 15 2019 | Brief of petitioner Andrei Iancu, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office filed. |
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| Feb 19 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Kurt M. Anderson filed. |
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| Feb 19 2019 | Consents for amicus brief of Kurt M. Anderson not accepted for filing. (March 04, 2019 -- Document not of the type that is to be filed electronically) |
| Feb 25 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of The American Intellectual Property Law Association in support of neither party filed. |
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| Feb 26 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of New York Intellectual Property Law Association in support of neither party filed. |
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| Mar 18 2019 | Brief of respondent Erik Brunetti filed. |
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| Mar 20 2019 | CIRCULATED |
| Mar 21 2019 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. Federal Circuit. |
| Mar 21 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 22 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Simon Tam filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 25 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Professors Barton Beebe and Jeanne Fromer filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 25 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 25 2019 | Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of the District of Columbia filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 25 2019 | Brief amici curiae of The Cato Institute, et. al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 25 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of International Trademark Association filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 27 2019 | Record from the U.S.C.A. Federal Circuit is electronic and located on Pacer. |
| Apr 02 2019 | Reply of petitioner Andrei Iancu, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office filed. (Distributed) |
| Proof of ServiceMain Document | |
| Apr 15 2019 | Argued. For petitioner: Malcolm L. Stewart, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondent: John R. Sommer, Irvine, Cal. |
| Jun 24 2019 | Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Kagan, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Thomas, Ginsburg, Alito, Gorsuch and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. Alito, J., filed a concurring opinion. Roberts, C. J., and Breyer, J., filed opinions concurring in part and dissenting in part. Sotomayor, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part, in which Breyer, J., joined. |
| Jul 26 2019 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| Noel J. Francisco Counsel of Record | Solicitor General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov | 202-514-2217 |
| Party name: Andrei Iancu, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent | ||
| John R. Sommer Counsel of Record | John R. Sommer, Attorney-at-Law 17426 Daimler Street Irvine, CA 92614 sommerjohnr@gmail.com | 9497525344 |
| Party name: Erik Brunetti | ||
| Other | ||
| Kurt Michael Anderson Counsel of Record | PO Box 15667 Minneapolis, MN 55415-0667 kurt@kmalawmn.com | 612-333-3185 |
| Party name: Kurt M. Anderson | ||
| Stuart Banner Counsel of Record | UCLA School of Law Supreme Court Clinic 405 Hilgard Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90095 banner@law.ucla.edu | 3102068506 |
| Party name: Simon Tam | ||
| David H. Bernstein Counsel of Record | Debevoise and Plimpton LLP 919 Third Ave. New York, NY 10022 dhbernstein@debevoise.com | (212) 909-6000 |
| Party name: INTERNATIONAL TRADEMARK ASSOCIATION | ||
| Megan L. Brown Counsel of Record | Wiley Rein LLP 1776 K Street NW Washington, DC 20006 mbrown@wileyrein.com | 202-719-7000 |
| Party name: The Rutherford Institute | ||
| Michael Carl Cannata Counsel of Record | Rivkin Radler, LLP 926 RXR Plaza Uniondale, NY 11556 michael.cannata@rivkin.com | 516-357-3000 |
| Party name: New York Intellectual Property Law Association | ||
| David D. Cole Counsel of Record | American Civil Liberties Union Foundation 915 15th Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 dcole@aclu.org | 212-675-2330 |
| Party name: American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of the District of Columbia | ||
| Theodore H. Davis Jr. Counsel of Record | Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP 1100 Peachtree Street Suite 2800 Atlanta, GA 30309-4530 tdavis@kilpatricktownsend.com | 4048156534 |
| Party name: The American Intellectual Property Law Association | ||
| William McGinley Jay Counsel of Record | Goodwin Procter, LLP 901 New York Ave., NW Washington, DC 20001 WJay@goodwinlaw.com | 2023464190 |
| Party name: Professors Barton Beebe and Jeanne Fromer | ||
| Ilya Shapiro Counsel of Record | Cato Institute 1000 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC 20001 ishapiro@cato.org | 2028420200 |
| Party name: The Cato Institute, et. al. | ||
| Caleb Randall Trotter Counsel of Record | Pacific Legal Foundation 930 G Street Sacramento, CA 95814 ctrotter@pacificlegal.org | 916-419-7111 |
| Party name: Pacific Legal Foundation | ||