| No. 20-915 | |
| Title: | Unicolors, Inc., Petitioner v. H&M Hennes & Mauritz, L.P. |
| Docketed: | January 8, 2021 |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (18-56253, 18-56548) |
| Decision Date: | May 29, 2020 |
| Rehearing Denied: | August 7, 2020 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Jan 04 2021 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 8, 2021) |
| PetitionAppendixCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Jan 19 2021 | Waiver of right of respondent H&M Hennes & Mauritz, L.P., et al. to respond filed. |
| Main Document | |
| Jan 27 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021. |
| Feb 09 2021 | Response Requested. (Due March 11, 2021) |
| Mar 04 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 11, 2021 to April 1, 2021, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Main Document | |
| Mar 05 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 1, 2021. |
| Mar 11 2021 | Brief amici curiae of American Society of Media Photographers and California Society of Entertainment Lawyers filed. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Apr 01 2021 | Brief of respondents H&M Hennes & Mauritz, L.P., et al. in opposition filed. |
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| Apr 12 2021 | Motion of petitioner to delay distribution of the petition for a writ of certiorari under Rule 15.5 from April 21, 2021 to May 4, 2021, submitted to The Clerk. |
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| Apr 13 2021 | Motion to delay distribution of the petition for a writ certiorari until May 4, 2021 granted. |
| May 03 2021 | Reply of petitioner Unicolors, Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
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| May 04 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/20/2021. |
| May 24 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/27/2021. |
| Jun 01 2021 | Petition GRANTED limited to Question 1 presented by the petition. |
| Jun 25 2021 | Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed. |
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| Jul 12 2021 | 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 August 3, 2021. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including September 21, 2021. |
| Jul 13 2021 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Unicolors, Inc. |
| Blanket Consent | |
| Jul 19 2021 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, H&M Hennes & Mauritz, L.P., et al. |
| Blanket Consent | |
| Aug 03 2021 | Brief of petitioner Unicolors, Inc. filed. |
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| Aug 03 2021 | Joint appendix filed. (Statement of cost filed) |
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| Aug 10 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Copyright Alliance filed. |
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| Aug 10 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of The Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago in support of neither party filed. |
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| Aug 10 2021 | Brief amici curiae of American Society of Media Photographers and California Society of Entertainment Lawyers filed. |
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| Aug 10 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of American Intellectual Property Law Association filed. |
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| Aug 10 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Intellectual Property Law Professors filed. |
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| Aug 10 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of the United States filed. |
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| Aug 16 2021 | ARGUMENT SET FOR Monday, November 8, 2021. |
| Sep 01 2021 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit. |
| Sep 21 2021 | CIRCULATED |
| Sep 21 2021 | Brief of respondents H&M Hennes & Mauritz, L.P., et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Sep 22 2021 | Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae, for divided argument, and for enlargement of time for oral argument filed. |
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| Sep 27 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of New York Intellectual Property Law Association filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Sep 28 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Professors of Copyright Law filed. (Distributed) |
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| Sep 28 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Center for Democracy & Technology and Electronic Frontier Foundation filed. (Distributed) |
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| Sep 28 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Andrew D. Lockton and McHale & Slavin, P.A. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Sep 28 2021 | Brief amici curiae of California Fashion Association filed. (Distributed) |
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| Sep 28 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Victoria Burke filed. (Distributed) |
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| Sep 28 2021 | Amicus brief of National Retail Federation not accepted for filing. (Corrected version submitted) (October 04, 2021) |
| Sep 28 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of National Retail Federation filed. (Distributed) |
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| Oct 12 2021 | Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae, for divided argument, and for enlargement of time for oral argument GRANTED. |
| Oct 14 2021 | The record from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit is electronic and located on Pacer. |
| Oct 14 2021 | Reply of petitioner Unicolors, Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Oct 18 2021 | The time for oral argument is allotted as follows: 20 minutes for petitioner, 15 minutes for the Acting Solicitor General, and 35 minutes for respondent. |
| Nov 08 2021 | Argued. For petitioner: E. Joshua Rosenkranz, New York, N. Y.; and Melissa N. Patterson, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondent: Peter K. Stris, Los Angeles, Cal. |
| Feb 24 2022 | Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Breyer, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Sotomayor, Kagan, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Alito, J., joined, and in which Gorsuch, J., joined, except as to Part II. |
| Mar 28 2022 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| E. Joshua Rosenkranz Counsel of Record | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP 51 West 52nd Street New York, NY 10019 jrosenkranz@orrick.com | 212-506-5380 |
| Party name: Unicolors, Inc. | ||
| Scott Alan Burroughs | Doniger / Burroughs APC 603 Rose Avenue Venice, CA 90291 scott@donigerlawfirm.com | 3105901820 |
| Party name: Unicolors, Inc. | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent | ||
| Staci Jennifer Riordan Counsel of Record | Nixon Peabody LLP 300 South Grand Avenue, Suite 4100 Los Angeles, CA 90071 sriordan@nixonpeabody.com | 2136296000 |
| Party name: H&M Hennes & Mauritz LP | ||
| Peter K. Stris Counsel of Record | Stris and Maher LLP 777 S. Figueroa Street Suite 3850 Los Angeles, CA 90017 pstris@stris.com | 2139956800 |
| Party name: H&M Hennes & Mauritz, L.P., et al. | ||
| Other | ||
| Samuel Gary Brooks Counsel of Record | Call & Jensen, a Professional Corporation 610 Newport Center Drive, Suite 700 Newport Beach, CA 92660 sbrooks@calljensen.com | 949.717.3000 |
| Party name: National Retail Federation | ||
| Margaret M. Duncan Counsel of Record | Loyola University Chicago School of Law 25 E Pearson Street Chicago, IL 60611 mduncan@luc.edu | 312 915 7120 |
| Party name: The Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago | ||
| Roy T. Englert Jr. Counsel of Record | Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck & Untereiner LLP 2000 K Street, N.W 4th Floor Washington, DC 20006 renglert@robbinsrussell.com | 2027754503 |
| Party name: Professors of Copyright Law | ||
| Kelly M. Klaus Counsel of Record | Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP 560 Mission St 27th Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 Kelly.Klaus@mto.com | 415-512-4000 |
| Party name: Copyright Alliance | ||
| Jeffrey Lewis | Jeff Lewis Law 609 Deep Valley Drive Suite 200 Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274 Jeff@JeffLewisLaw.com | 3109354001 |
| Party name: California Fashion Association | ||
| Thomas Blake Maddrey Counsel of Record | American Society of Media Photographers, Inc. Four Embarcadero Center Suite 1400 San Francisco, CA 94111 maddrey@asmp.org | 2147011875 |
| Party name: American Society of Media Photographers and California Society of Entertainment Lawyers | ||
| Edward Fortune McHale Counsel of Record | McHale & Slavin, P.A. 2855 PGA Boulevard Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33401 emchale@mchaleslavin.com | 561-625-6575 |
| Party name: Andrew D. Lockton and McHale & Slavin, P.A. | ||
| Nancy J. Mertzel Counsel of Record | Mertzel Law PLLC 5 Penn Plaza, 19th Floor New York, NY 10001 nancy@mertzel-law.com | 646-965-6900 |
| Party name: American Intellectual Property Law Association | ||
| Tyler Trent Ochoa Counsel of Record | Santa Clara University School of Law 500 El Camino Real Santa Clara, CA 95053 ttochoa@scu.edu | 408-554-2765 |
| Party name: Intellectual Property Law Professors | ||
| John Paul O'Herron Counsel of Record | ThompsonMcMullan, P.C. 100 Shockoe Slip, Third Floor Richmond, VA 23219 joherron@t-mlaw.com | 8046986253 |
| Party name: Victoria Burke | ||
| Morgan Elliott Pietz Counsel of Record | Pietz & Shahriari, LLP 9454 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 310 Beverly Hills, CA 90212 morgan@pstrials.com | 3104245557 |
| Party name: California Fashion Association | ||
| Elizabeth B. Prelogar | Solicitor General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov | 202-514-2217 |
| Party name: United States | ||
| Robert Lloyd Raskopf Counsel of Record | Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP 51 Madison Ave., 22nd Fl. New York, NY 10010 robertraskopf@quinnemanuel.com | 2128497185 |
| Party name: New York Intellectual Property Law Association | ||
| Jonathan Lentine Williams Counsel of Record | Jonathan L. Williams, P.A. 113 South Monroe Street, First Floor Tallahassee, FL 32301 jw@jonathanwilliamslaw.com | 850-706-0940 |
| Party name: Center for Democracy & Technology and Electronic Frontier Foundation | ||