No. 12-1184 | ||||
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Docketed: | March 29, 2013 | |||
Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit |
Case Nos.: | (2011-1521, 2011-1636) |
Decision Date: | October 24, 2012 |
Rehearing Denied: | December 27, 2013 |
Questions Presented |
~~~Date~~~ | ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
Mar 27 2013 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 29, 2013) |
Apr 19 2013 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including May 29, 2013. |
May 29 2013 | Brief of respondent ICON Health & Fitness, Inc. in opposition filed. |
Jun 4 2013 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 20, 2013. |
Jun 6 2013 | Reply of petitioner Octane Fitness, LLC filed. (Distributed) |
Jun 26 2013 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 30, 2013. |
Oct 1 2013 | Petition GRANTED. |
Oct 31 2013 | Blanket consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner and counsel for the respondent. |
Nov 6 2013 | The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including December 2, 2013. |
Nov 6 2013 | The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including January 17, 2014. |
Nov 25 2013 | SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Wednesday, February 26, 2014 |
Dec 2 2013 | Brief of petitioner Octane Fitness, LLC filed. |
Dec 2 2013 | Motion to file the joint appendix under seal with redacted copies for the public record filed by petitioner Octane Fitness, LLC. |
Dec 2 2013 | Joint appendix filed. (Redacted copy) |
Dec 4 2013 | Record received from U.S.C.A. Federal Circuit. (1 Box) |
Dec 6 2013 | Brief amici curiae of Robin Feldman, and U.C. Hastings Institute for Innovation Law in support of either party filed. |
Dec 9 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of BSA - The Software Alliance filed. |
Dec 9 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of American Intellectual Property Law Association in support of neither party filed. |
Dec 9 2013 | Brief amici curiae of Google Inc., et al. filed. VIDED (see 12-1163). |
Dec 9 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of Apple Inc. in support of neither party filed. VIDED (see 12-1163). |
Dec 9 2013 | Brief amici curiae of Electronic Frontier Foundation, et al. filed. |
Dec 9 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of Food Marketing Institute filed. |
Dec 9 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of Intellectual Property Owners Association filed. |
Dec 9 2013 | Brief amici curiae of Computer & Communications Industry Association, et al. filed. |
Dec 9 2013 | Brief amici curiae of Vermont, et al. filed. |
Dec 9 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago in support of neither party filed. |
Dec 9 2013 | Brief amici curiae of Yahoo! Inc., et al. filed. VIDED. |
Dec 9 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. |
Dec 9 2013 | Brief amici curiae of 3M Co., et al filed. |
Dec 9 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of New York Intellectual Property Law Association in support of neither party filed. |
Dec 11 2013 | Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 10, 2014. |
Dec 12 2013 | Record received from U.S.D.C. District of Minnesota (1 Box) The record is SEALED. Record also received from U.S.D.C. District of Minnesota (1 Envelope). |
Dec 23 2013 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
Jan 13 2014 | Motion to file the joint appendix under seal with redacted copies for the public record GRANTED. |
Jan 17 2014 | CIRCULATED. |
Jan 17 2014 | Brief of respondent ICON Health & Fitness, Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
Jan 27 2014 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
Feb 18 2014 | Reply of petitioner Octane Fitness, LLC filed. (Distributed) |
Feb 26 2014 | Argued. For petitioner: Rudolph A. Telscher, Jr., St. Louis, Mo.; and Roman Martinez, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondent: Carter G. Phillips, Washington, D. C. |
Apr 29 2014 | Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Sotomayor, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, and Kagan, JJ., joined, and in which Scalia, J., joined except as to footnotes 1-3. |
Jun 2 2014 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
Jun 3 2014 | Record returned for U.S.D.C. District of Minnesota. |
Jun 3 2014 | Record returned for U.S.C.A. Federal Circuit. |
~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ~~Phone~~~ |
Attorneys for Petitioner: | ||
Rudolph A. Telscher Jr. | Harness, Dickey & Pierce, PLC | (314) 726-7500 |
Counsel of Record | 7700 Bonhomme Ave., Suite 400 | |
St. Louis, MO 63105 | ||
rtelscher@hdp.com | ||
Party name: Octane Fitness, LLC | ||
Kara R. Fussner | Harness Dickey & Pierce, PLC | (314) 726-7500 |
7700 Bonhomme Ave., Suite 400 | ||
St. Louis, MO 63105 | ||
kfussner@hdp.com | ||
Party name: Octane Fitness, LLC | ||
Attorneys for Respondent: | ||
Larry R. Laycock | Maschoff Brennan Laycock Gilmore Israelsen & Wright | (435) 252-1360 |
Counsel of Record | 201 S. Main Street, Suite 600 | |
Salt Lake City, UT 84111 | ||
llaycock@maschoffbrennan.com | ||
Party name: ICON Health & Fitness, Inc. | ||
Carter G. Phillips | Sidley Austin LLP | (202) 736-8270 |
1501 K Street, N.W. | ||
Washington, DC 20005 | ||
cphillips@sidley.com | ||
Party name: ICON Health & Fitness, Inc. | ||
Other: | ||
Bridget C. Asay | Assistant Attorney General | (802) 828-3181 |
Office of the Attorney General | ||
109 State Street | ||
Montpelier, VT 05609-1001 | ||
bridget.asay@state.vt.us | ||
Party name: Vermont, et al. | ||
John M. Augustyn | Two Prudential Plaza | (312) 616-5600 |
180 N. Stetson Ave. | ||
Chicago, IL 60602-0000 | ||
jaugustyn@leydig.com | ||
Party name: Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago in support of neither party | ||
David A. Balto | Law Offices of David A. Balto | (202) 577-5424 |
1325 G Street, NW, Suite 500 | ||
suite 850 | ||
Washington, DC 20005 | ||
david.balto@dcantitrustlaw.com | ||
Party name: Food Marketing Institute | ||
Paul H. Berghoff | McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP | (312) 913-0001 |
300 South Wacker Drive | ||
Chicago, IL 60606 | ||
Berghoff@mbhb.com | ||
Party name: Intellectual Property Owners Association | ||
Paul D. Clement | Bancroft PLLC | (202) 234-0090 |
1919 M Street, NW, Suite 470 | ||
Washington, DC 20001 | ||
pclement@bancroftpllc.com | ||
Party name: Google Inc., 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: Apple Inc. in support of neither party | ||
Robin C. Feldman | University of California | (415) 565-4661 |
Hastings College of the Law | ||
200 McAllister St. | ||
San Francisco, CA 94102 | ||
feldmanr@uchastings.edu | ||
Party name: Robin Feldman and U.C. Hastings Institute for Innovation Law | ||
Barbara A. Fiacco | Foley Hoag LLP | (617)-832-1227 |
155 Seaport Boulevard | ||
Boston, MA 02210 | ||
bfiacco@foleyhoag.com | ||
Party name: American Intellectual Property Law Association in support of neither party | ||
Jeffrey A. Lamken | MoloLamken LLP | (202) 556-2000 |
The Watergate, Suite 660 | ||
600 New Hampshire Ave., NW | ||
Washington, DC 20037 | ||
jlamken@mololamken.com | ||
Party name: Yahoo! Inc., et al. | ||
Mark Lemley | Durie Tangri LLP | (415) 362-6666 |
217 Leidesdorff Street | ||
San Francisco, CA 94111 | ||
mlemley@durietangri.com | ||
Party name: Computer & Communications Industry Association, et al. | ||
Charles R. Macedo | Amster Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP | (212)-336-8000 |
90 Park Avenue | ||
New York, NY 10016 | ||
cmacedo@arelaw.com | ||
Party name: New York Intellectual Property Law Association in support of neither party | ||
Roman Martinez V. | Assistant to the Solicitor General | (202) 514-2201 |
United States Department of Justice | ||
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W | ||
Washington, DC 20530 | ||
Party name: United States | ||
Andrew J. Pincus | Mayer Brown LLP | (202) 263-3127 |
1999 K Street, NW | ||
Washington, DC 20006-1101 | ||
apincus@mayerbrown.com | ||
Party name: BSA - The Software Alliance | ||
Julie P. Samuels | 815 Eddy Street | (415) 436-9333 |
San Francisco, CA 94109 | ||
julie@eff.org | ||
Party name: Electronic Frontier Foundation, et al. | ||
Pratik A. Shah | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP | (202) 887-4000 |
1333 New Hampshire Ave., NW | ||
Washington, DC 20036 | ||
pshah@akingump.com | ||
Party name: 3M Co., et al | ||
Donald B. Verrilli Jr. | Solicitor General | (202) 514-2217 |
United States Department of Justice | ||
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. | ||
Washington, DC 20530-0001 | ||
SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov | ||
Party name: United States |