| No. 14-1520 | ||||
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| Docketed: | June 24, 2015 | |||
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit |
| Case Nos.: | (2013-1668) |
| Decision Date: | December 19, 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 24 2015 | Brief of respondents Zimmer, Inc., and Zimmer Surgical, Inc. in opposition filed. |
| Jul 24 2015 | Brief amici curiae of Independent Inventor Groups filed. (Distributed) |
| Jul 24 2015 | Brief amicus curiae of Nokia Technologies OY, and Nokia USA Inc. filed. |
| Aug 6 2015 | Reply of petitioners Stryker Corporation, et al. filed. |
| Aug 12 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 | Petition GRANTED. The petition for a writ of certiorari in No. 14-1513 is granted limited to Question 1 presented by the petition. The cases are consolidated and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument. |
| Nov 11 2015 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioners. |
| 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 | Brief of petitioners Stryker Corporation, et al. filed. |
| Dec 9 2015 | Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed.) |
| Dec 9 2015 | Supplemental appendix filed. (Statement of costs 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 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 Askeladden LLC 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 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 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 Joint Appendix Vols. 1-3. |
| Jan 13 2016 | Brief of respondents Zimmer, Inc. and Zimmer Surgical, Inc. 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 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 petitioners Stryker Corporation, et al. 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 |
| Feb 23 2016 | Letter dated February 18, 2016, amending the Corporate Disclosure Statement, received from counsel for respondent Zimmer, Inc. on February 23,2016. (Distributed) |
| 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. |
| Jul 15 2016 | JUDGMENT ISSUED |
| Jul 25 2016 | AMENDED JUDGMENT ISSUED |
| ~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ~~Phone~~~ |
| Attorneys for Petitioners: | ||
| Jeffrey B. Wall | Sullivan & Cromwell LLP | (202) 956-7500 |
| Counsel of Record | 1700 New York Ave., N.W., Suite 700 | |
| Washington, DC 20006 | ||
| wallj@sullcrom.com | ||
| Party name: Stryker Corporation, et al. | ||
| Sharon Ann Hwang | McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd. | (312) 775-8000 |
| 500 West Madison St., Suite 3400 | ||
| Chicago, IL 60661 | ||
| shwang@mcandrews-ip.com | ||
| Party name: Stryker Corporation, et al. | ||
| Attorneys for Respondents: | ||
| Seth P. Waxman | Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP | (202) 663-6000 |
| Counsel of Record | 1875 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. | |
| Washington, DC 20006 | ||
| seth.waxman@wilmerhale.com | ||
| Party name: Zimmer, Inc. and Zimmer Surgical, Inc. | ||
| Donald R. Dunner | Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner LLP | (202) 408-4060 |
| 901 New York Avenue NW | ||
| Washington, DC 20001-4413 | ||
| don.dunner@finnegan.com | ||
| Party name: Zimmer, Inc., and Zimmer Surgical, Inc. | ||
| Mark L. Hogge | Dentons US LLP | (202) 496-7500 |
| 1301 K Street, NW | ||
| East Tower, Suite 600 | ||
| Washington, DC 20006 | ||
| mark.hogge@dentons.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@strainpllc.com | ||
| Party name: Independent Inventor Group | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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. | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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: the United States | ||