No. 14-1513
Title:
Halo Electronics, Inc., Petitioner
v.
Pulse Electronics, Inc., et al.
Docketed:June 24, 2015
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  Case Nos.:(2013-1472, 2013-1656)
  Decision Date:October 22, 2014
  Rehearing Denied:March 23, 2015
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jun 22 2015 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 24, 2015)
Jul 16 2015 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including August 24, 2015.
Jul 24 2015 Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Nokia Technologies OY and Nokia USA, INC.
Jul 24 2015 Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Independent Inventor Groups.
Aug 24 2015 Brief of respondents Pulse Electronics, Inc., et al. in opposition filed.
Sep 3 2015 Reply of petitioner Halo Electronics, Inc. filed.
Sep 4 2015 Letter received from counsel respondent, amending Rule 29.6. corporate disclosure statement. (Distributed) VIDED
Sep 9 2015 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 28, 2015.
Oct 5 2015 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 9, 2015.
Oct 13 2015 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 16, 2015.
Oct 19 2015 Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Nokia Technologies OY and Nokia USA, INC GRANTED.
Oct 19 2015 Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Independent Inventor Groups GRANTED.
Oct 19 2015 Petition GRANTED granted limited to Question 1 presented by the petition. The petition for a writ of certiorari in No. 14-1520 is granted. The cases are consolidated and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument.
Oct 21 2015 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner.
Nov 10 2015 Consent to the filing of amicus cuirae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondents.
Nov 19 2015 The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' briefs on the merits is extended to and including December 9, 2015. VIDED
Nov 19 2015 The time to file respondents' briefs on the merits is extended to and including January 13, 2016. VIDED
Dec 9 2015 Joint appendix filed (2 Volumes). (Statement of costs filed)
Dec 9 2015 Brief of petitioner Halo Electronics, Inc. filed.
Dec 14 2015 Brief amici curiae of Mentor Graphics Corp., et al. in support of neither party filed. VIDED.
Dec 15 2015 Brief amici curiae of Public Knowledge, The Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Engine Advocacy in support of neither party filed. VIDED.
Dec 16 2015 Brief amicus curiae of the United States filed. VIDED.
Dec 16 2015 Brief amici curiae of Small Inventors filed. VIDED.
Dec 16 2015 Brief amicus curiae of Askeladden LLC in support of neither party filed. VIDED.
Dec 16 2015 Brief amicus curiae of Intellectual Property Professors in support of neither party filed. VIDED.
Dec 16 2015 Brief amici curiae of Nokia Technologies Oy and Nokia USA Inc. filed. VIDED.
Dec 16 2015 Brief amicus curiae of Licensing Executives Society (U.S.A. and Canada), Inc. in support of neither party filed. VIDED.
Dec 16 2015 Brief amicus curiae of Innovention Toys, LLC filed. VIDED.
Dec 16 2015 Brief amicus curiae of Intellectual Property Owners Association in support of neither party filed. VIDED.
Dec 16 2015 Brief amicus curiae of American Intellectual Property Law Association in support of neither party filed. VIDED.
Dec 16 2015 Brief amicus curiae of Ericsson Inc. in support of neither party filed. VIDED.
Dec 16 2015 Brief amicus curiae of MyKey Technology, Inc. in support of neither party filed.
Dec 16 2015 Brief amicus curiae of Professor Mossoff in support of neither party filed. VIDED.
Dec 23 2015 SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, February 23, 2016
Jan 4 2016 Record requested from the U.S.C.A. Federal Circuit.
Jan 12 2016 Record received from U.S.C.A. Federal Circuit is electronic and located on PACER with the exception of an Appendix, also electronic.
Jan 13 2016 Brief of respondents Pulse Electronics, Inc., et al. filed.
Jan 15 2016 CIRCULATED.
Jan 19 2016 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. VIDED.
Jan 20 2016 Joint motion for divided argument filed by respondents. VIDED.
Jan 20 2016 Brief amicus curiae of BSA I The Software Alliance filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Jan 20 2016 Brief amici curiae of Intel Corp., et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Jan 20 2016 Brief amicus curiae of Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Jan 20 2016 Brief amicus curiae of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Jan 20 2016 Brief amici curiae of Dell, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Jan 20 2016 Brief amici curiae of Yahoo! Inc. and Arthrex, Inc. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Jan 20 2016 Brief amici curiae of Certain Members of Congress filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Jan 20 2016 Brief amicus curiae of EMC Corporation filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Jan 20 2016 Brief amici curiae of Google Inc., et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Jan 20 2016 Brief amici curiae of Internet Companies filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Jan 25 2016 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. VIDED
Jan 25 2016 Joint motion for divided argument filed by respondents DENIED. VIDED
Feb 12 2016 Reply of petitioner Halo Electronics, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
Feb 23 2016 Argued. For petitioners: Jeffrey B. Wall, Washington, D. C.; and Roman Martinez, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: Carter G. Phillips, Washington, D. C. VIDED
Jun 13 2016 Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. Breyer, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Kennedy and Alito, JJ., joined. VIDED
Jul 15 2016 JUDGMENT ISSUED
Jul 25 2016 AMENDED JUDGMENT ISSUED



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Craig E. Countryman Fish & Richardson, P.C.(858) 678-5070
    Counsel of Record12390 El Camino Real
San Diego, CA  92130
countryman@fr.com
Party name: Halo Electronics, Inc.
Attorneys for Respondents:
Mark L. Hogge Dentons US LLP(202) 496-7500
    Counsel of Record1301 K Street, NW
East Tower, Suite 600
Washington, DC  20006
mark.hogge@dentons.com
Party name: Pulse Electronics, Inc., et al.
 
Carter G. Phillips Sidley Austin LLP(202) 736-8000
1501 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20005
cphillips@sidley.com
Party name: Pulse Electronics, Inc., et al.
Other:
Andrew S. Baluch Strain & Strain PLLC(202) 621-1872
1455 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC  20004
abaluch@foley.com
Party name: Small Inventors
 
Andrew S. Baluch Strain & Strain PLLC(202) 621-1872
1455 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC  20004
abaluch@strainpllc.com
Party name: Independent Inventor Groups
 
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 in support of neither party
 
Paul D. Clement Bancroft PLLC(202) 234-0090
500 New Jersey Ave., NW
Seventh Floor
Washington, DC  20001
pclement@bancroftpllc.com
Party name: Google Inc., et al.
 
Kevin J. Culligan Goodwin Procter LLP(212) 556-2112
The New York Times Bldg.
620 Eighth Ave.
New York, NY  10036
kculligan@goodwinprocter.com
Party name: Askeladden LLC in support of neither party
 
Matthew James Dowd Andrews Kurth LLP(202) 662-2700
1350 I Street NW
Washington, DC  20005
matthewdowd@andrewkurth.com
Party name: Professor Mossoff in support of neither party
 
Charles Duan Public Knowledge(202) 861-0020
1818 N Street, NW, Suite 410
Washington, DC  20036
cduan@publicknowledge.org
Party name: Public Knowledge, The Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Engine Advocacy in support of neither party
 
Robert Edward Freitas Freitas Angell & Weinberg LLP(650) 593-6300
350 Marine Parkway, Suite 200
Redwood shores, CA  94065
rfreitas@fawlaw.com
Party name: MyKey Technology, Inc. in support of neither party
 
John D. Haynes Alston & Bird LLP(404) 881-7000
1201 W. Peachtree Street
Atlanta, GA  30309
john.haynes@alston.com
Party name: Nokia Technologies Oy and Nokia USA Inc.
 
John D. Haynes 1201 W. Peachtree Street (404) 881-7737
Atlanta, GA  30309
john.haynes@alston.com
Party name: Nokia Technologies Oy and Nokia USA Inc.
 
Thomas G. Hungar Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP(202) 955-8500
1050 Connecticut Ave, N.W.
Washington, DC  20036
thungar@gibsondunn.com
Party name: EMC Corporation
 
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. and Arthrex, Inc.
 
Daniel Mark Lechleiter Faeger, Baker, Daniels, LLP(317) 237-0300
300 N. Meridian St., Suite 2700
Indianapolis, IN  46204
DML@FaegreBD.com
Party name: Certain Members of Congress
 
Mark Lemley Durie Tangri LLP(415) 362-6666
217 Leidesdorff Street
San Francisco, CA  94111
mlemley@durietangri.com
Party name: Internet Companies
 
Mike McKool Jr. McKool Smith PC(214) 978-4900
300 Crescent Court
Suite 1500
Dallas, TX  75201
mmckool@mckoolsmith.com
Party name: Ericsson Inc. in support of neither party
 
James C. Otteson Arnold & Porter, LLP(650) 798-2920
Suite 110
1801 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA  94304
James.Otteson@aporter.com
Party name: Innovention Toys, LLC
 
Andrew J. Pincus Mayer Brown LLP(202) 263-3127
1999 K Street, NW
Washington, DC  20006
apincus@mayerbrown.com
Party name: BSA I The Software Alliance
 
Christopher B. Seaman 1 Denny Circle 540-458-8520
Lexington, VA  24450
seamanc@wlu.edu
Party name: Intellectual Property Professors in support of neither party
 
Kannon K. Shanmugam Williams & Connolly LLP(202) 434-5000
725 Twelfth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20005
kshanmugam@wc.com
Party name: Intel Corp., et al.
 
Aaron M. Streett Baker Botts L.L.P.(713) 229-1855
910 Louisiana Street
Houston, TX  77002-4995
aaron.streett@bakerbotts.com
Party name: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
 
Daniel S. Stringfield 115 South LaSalle Street, Suite 3100 3125771300
Chicago, IL  60603
dstringfield@steptoe.com
Party name: Licensing Executives Society (U.S.A. and Canada), Inc. in support of neither party
 
Kathleen M. Sullivan Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP(212) 849-7000
51 Madison Ave., 22nd Floor
New York, NY  10010
kathleensullivan@quinnemanuel.com
Party name: Marvell Semiconductor, Inc.
 
Peter A. Sullivan Foley Hoag LLP(646) 927-5500
1540 Broadway, 23rd Floor
New York, NY  10036
psullivan@foleyhoag.com
Party name: American Intellectual Property Law Association in support of neither party
 
John Thorne Kellogg Huber Hansen Todd Evans & Figel PLLC(202) 326-7900
1615 M Street, NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC  20036
jthorne@khhte.com
Party name: Dell, et al.
 
John D. Vandenberg Klarquist Sparkman LLP(503)-595-5300
121 S.W.Salmon Street
Suite 1600
Portland, OR  97204
john.vandenberg@klarquist.com
Party name: Mentor Graphics Corp., et al. in support of neither party
 
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