| No. 15-1189 | ||||
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| Docketed: | March 22, 2016 | |||
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit |
| Case Nos.: | (2014-1617, 2014-1619) |
| Decision Date: | February 12, 2016 |
| Questions Presented |
| ~~~Date~~~ | ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Mar 21 2016 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 21, 2016) |
| Mar 25 2016 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including May 23, 2016. |
| Mar 28 2016 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party, or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondent. |
| Apr 20 2016 | Brief amici curiae of Public Knowledge, et al. filed. |
| Apr 20 2016 | Brief amici curiae of Association of Service and Computer Dealers International, Inc., et al. filed. |
| Apr 21 2016 | Brief amici curiae of Costco Wholesale Corporation, et al. filed. |
| Apr 21 2016 | Brief amici curiae of Auto Care Association, et al. filed. |
| Apr 21 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of Sandisk Corporation filed. |
| Apr 21 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of The Association of Medical Device Reprocessors filed. |
| Apr 21 2016 | Brief amici curiae of Intellectual Property Professors, et al. filed. |
| Apr 21 2016 | Brief amici curiae of Intel Corp., et al. filed. |
| May 23 2016 | Brief of respondent Lexmark International, Inc. in opposition filed. |
| May 27 2016 | Letter of May 27, 2016, received from counsel for petitioner waiving the 14-day waiting period for the filing of a reply brief pursuant to Rule 15.5. |
| May 31 2016 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 16, 2016. |
| Jun 2 2016 | Reply of petitioner Impression Products, Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
| Jun 20 2016 | The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States. |
| Oct 12 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. |
| Nov 1 2016 | Supplemental brief of respondent Lexmark International, Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
| Nov 2 2016 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 22, 2016. |
| Nov 3 2016 | Supplemental brief of petitioner Impression Products, Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
| Nov 28 2016 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of December 2, 2016. |
| Dec 2 2016 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Dec 20 2016 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for respondent. |
| Jan 17 2017 | Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed) |
| Jan 17 2017 | Brief of petitioner Impression Products, Inc. filed. |
| Jan 20 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Professor Frederick M. Abbott. filed. |
| Jan 23 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Public Knowledge, et al. filed. |
| Jan 23 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Professor Robin Feldman, et al. filed. |
| Jan 23 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Association of Service and Computer Dealers International, Inc., et al. filed. |
| Jan 24 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of United States supporting reversal in part and vacatur in part filed. |
| Jan 24 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Austin Intellectual Property Law Association in support of neither party filed. |
| Jan 24 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. filed. |
| Jan 24 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Costco Wholesale Corporation, et al. filed. |
| Jan 24 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Licensing Executives Society (U.S.A. and Canada), Inc. in support of neither party filed. |
| Jan 24 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of American Intellectual Property Law Association in support of neither party filed. |
| Jan 24 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Quanta Computer Inc. filed. |
| Jan 24 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Intel Corp., Dell Inc., and Vizio Inc. filed. |
| Jan 24 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Auto Care Association, et al. filed. |
| Jan 24 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Intellectual Property Professors, et al. filed. |
| Jan 24 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Public Citizen, Inc. filed. |
| Jan 24 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of the Association of Medical Device Reprocessors filed. |
| Jan 24 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Professors John F. Duffy and Richard M. Hynes in support of neither party filed. |
| Jan 24 2017 | Brief amici curiae of HTC Corporation and HTC America, Inc. filed. |
| Jan 24 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Mitchell Hamline School of Law Intellectual Property Institute filed. |
| Feb 3 2017 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, March 21, 2017 |
| Feb 3 2017 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. for the Federal Circuit. |
| Feb 16 2017 | Brief of respondent Lexmark International, Inc. filed. |
| Feb 17 2017 | Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for enlargement of time for oral argument, for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae, and for divided argument filed. |
| Feb 22 2017 | CIRCULATED. |
| Feb 22 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Imaging Supplies Coalition filed. (Distributed) |
| Feb 22 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Intellectual Property Owners Association filed. (Distributed) |
| Feb 22 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of New York Intellectual Property Law Association filed. (Distributed) |
| Feb 23 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Medtronic PLC, and Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
| Feb 23 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Dolby Laboratories, Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
| Feb 23 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Qualcomm Incorporated filed. (Distributed) |
| Feb 23 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of International Business Machines Corporation filed. (Distributed) |
| Feb 23 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Law Professors Adam Mossoff and Gregory Dolin filed. (Distributed) |
| Feb 23 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Boston Patent Law Association filed. (Distributed) |
| Feb 23 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Biotechnology Innovation Organization, and CropLife International filed. |
| Feb 23 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Nokia Technologies Oy, and Nokia USA Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
| Feb 23 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Plantronics, Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
| Feb 23 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Medical Device Manufacturers Association filed. (Distributed) |
| Feb 23 2017 | Brief amici curiae of 44 Law, Economics and Business Professors filed. (Distributed) |
| Feb 23 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Interdigital, Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
| Feb 23 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 6 2017 | Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument is granted in part, and the time is to be divided as follows: 25 minutes for petitioner, 10 minutes for the Acting Solicitor General, and 30 minutes for respondent. |
| Mar 14 2017 | Reply of petitioner Impression Products, Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 21 2017 | Argued. For petitioner: Andrew J. Pincus, Washington, D. C.; and Malcolm L. Stewart, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondent: Constantine L. Trela, Jr., Chicago, Ill. |
| Mar 21 2017 | Record received from the U.S.C.A. for the Federal Circuit. The record is available on PACER, except for the Confidential Joint Appendix which was transmitted separately. |
| May 30 2017 | Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Kennedy, Thomas, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Ginsburg, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part. Gorsuch, J., took no part in the consideration or decision of this case. |
| Jul 3 2017 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| ~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ~~Phone~~~ |
| Attorneys for Petitioner: | ||
| Andrew J. Pincus | Mayer Brown LLP | (202) 263-3000 |
| Counsel of Record | 1999 K Street, NW | |
| Washington, DC 20006 | ||
| apincus@mayerbrown.com | ||
| Party name: Impression Products, Inc. | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent: | ||
| Constantine L. Trela Jr. | Sidley Austin, LLP | (312) 853-7000 |
| Counsel of Record | 1 South Dearborn St. | |
| Chicago, IL 60603 | ||
| ctrela@sidley.com | ||
| Party name: Lexmark International, Inc. | ||
| Other: | ||
| Frederick Michael Abbott | Florida State University | (850) 644-1572 |
| College of Law | ||
| 425 W. Jefferson St. | ||
| Tallahassee, FL 32301 | ||
| fabbott@law.fsu.edu | ||
| Party name: Professor Frederick M. Abbott. | ||
| Steven Anzalone | Winston & Strawn LLP | (202) 282-5382 |
| 1700 K Street, NW | ||
| Washington, DC 20006-3817 | ||
| sansalone@winston.com | ||
| Party name: HTC Corporation and HTC America, Inc. | ||
| Garrard R. Beeney | Sullivan & Cromwell LLP | (212) 558-4000 |
| 125 Broad Street | ||
| New York, NY 10004-2498 | ||
| beeneyg@sullcrom.com | ||
| Party name: Dobly Laboratories, Inc.. | ||
| Paul D. Clement | Kirkland & Ellis LLP | (202) 879-5000 |
| 655 Fifteenth Street, N.W. | ||
| Washington, DC 20005 | ||
| paul.clement@kirkland.com | ||
| Party name: International Business Machines Corporation | ||
| Kathleen A. Daley | Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP LLP | (202) 408-4000 |
| 901 New York Ave., NW | ||
| Washington, DC 20001-4413 | ||
| kathleen.daley@finnegan.com | ||
| Party name: Medtronic PLC and Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | ||
| Mark S. Davies | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP | (202) 339-8400 |
| 1152 15th Street NW | ||
| Washington, DE 20005 | ||
| mark.davies@orrick.com | ||
| Party name: Intel Corp., Dell Inc., and Vizio Inc. | ||
| Matthew James Dowd | Dowd PLLC | (202) 573-3853 |
| 1717 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW | ||
| Suite 1025 | ||
| Washington, DC 20006 | ||
| mjdowd@dowdpollc.com | ||
| Party name: Professors John F. Duffy and Richard M. Hynes 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, et al. | ||
| Robin C. Feldman | Director of the Institute for Innovation Law | (415) 565-4661 |
| University of California | ||
| Hastings College of the Law | ||
| 200 McAllister St. | ||
| San Francisco, CA 94102 | ||
| feldmanr@uchastings.edu | ||
| Party name: Professor Robin Feldman, et al. | ||
| Barbara A. Fiacco | Foley Hoag LLP | (617) 832-1000 |
| 155 Seaport Boulevard | ||
| Boston, MA 02210 | ||
| bfiacco@foleyhoag.com | ||
| Party name: Biotechnology Innovation Organization, and CropLife International | ||
| Seth D. Greenstein | Constantine Cannon LLP | (202) 204-3500 |
| 1001 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. | ||
| Suite 1300 North | ||
| Washington, DC 20004 | ||
| sgreenstein@constantinecannon.com | ||
| Party name: Auto Care Association, et al. | ||
| Jeffrey L. Handwerker | Arnold & Porter, Kaye, Scholer, LLP | (202) 942-5000 |
| 601 Massachusetts Ave., NW | ||
| Washington, DC 20001 | ||
| jeffrey.handwerker@apks.com | ||
| Party name: Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America | ||
| 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. | ||
| Steven A. Hirsch | Keker & Van Nest LLP | (415)-391-5400 |
| 633 Battery Street | ||
| San Francisco, CA 94111 | ||
| shirsch@kvn.com | ||
| Party name: Sandisk Corporation | ||
| Rachel C. Hughey | Merchant & Gould PC | (612) 336-4688 |
| 3200 IDS Center | ||
| 80 South Eighth Street | ||
| Minneapolis, MN 55402 | ||
| rhughey@merchantgould.com | ||
| Party name: Plantronics, Inc. | ||
| Robert M. Isackson | Venable LLP | (202) 344-4000 |
| 575 Seventh Street, NW | ||
| Washington, DC 20004 | ||
| rmIsackson@venable.com | ||
| Party name: Intellectual Property Owners Association | ||
| Miranda Yan Jones | Heim Payne and Chorush LLP | 713-221-2000 |
| Heritage Plaza | ||
| 1111 Bagby , Suite 77002 | ||
| Houston, TX 77002 | ||
| mjones@hpcllp.com | ||
| Party name: Law Professors Adam Mossoff and Gregory Dolin | ||
| W. Douglas Kari | Chief Legal Officer ASCDI/NATD | (949) 936-2302 |
| 15330 Barranca Parkway | ||
| Irvine, CA 92618 | ||
| doug.kari@arbitech.com | ||
| Party name: Association of Service and Computer Dealers International, Inc., et al. | ||
| 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: Qualcomm Incorporated | ||
| Ariel N. Lavinbuk | Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck , Untereiner & Sauber, LLP | (202)-775-4500 |
| 1801 K St, NW | ||
| Suite 411L | ||
| Washington, DC 20006 | ||
| alavinbuk@robbinsrussell.com | ||
| Party name: Costco Wholesale Corporation, et al. | ||
| Noah Maxim Leibowitz | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | (212) 455-2000 |
| 425 Lexington Avenue | ||
| New York, NY 10017 | ||
| nleibowitz@stblaw.com | ||
| Party name: New York Intellectual Property Law Association | ||
| Phillip Robert Malone | Stanford Law School | (650) 725-6369 |
| Juelsgaard Intellectual Property and Innovation Clinic | ||
| 559 Nathan Abbott Way | ||
| Stanford, CA 94305 | ||
| pmalone@law.stanford.edu | ||
| Party name: Intellectual Property Professors, et al. | ||
| R. Carl Moy | Mitchell Hamline School of Law | (651) 290-6344 |
| Intellectual Property Institute | ||
| 875 Summit Avenue | ||
| St. Paul, MN 55105 | ||
| Party name: Mitchell Hamline School of Law Intellectual Property Institute | ||
| Scott L. Nelson | Public Citizen Litigation Group | (202) 588-1000 |
| 1600 20th Street, N.W. | ||
| Washington, DC 20009 | ||
| snelson@citizen.org | ||
| Party name: Public Citizen, Inc. | ||
| David W. O'Brien | Haynes and Boone, LLP | 512-867-8457 |
| 600 Congress Avenue, Suite 1300 | ||
| Austin, TX 78701-3285 | ||
| david.obrien@haynesboone.com | ||
| Party name: Austin Intellectual Property Law Association in support of neither party | ||
| Mark Schonfeld | Burns & Levinson LLP | (617) 345-3000 |
| 125 Summer Street | ||
| Boston, MA 02110 | ||
| mschonfeld@burnslev.com | ||
| Party name: Imaging supplies Coalition. | ||
| Daniel Leavitt Shores | Shores & Oliver, PC | 617-981-7833 |
| One Boston Place, suite 2600 | ||
| Boston, MA 02108 | ||
| daniel.shores@shoresoliver.com | ||
| Party name: Boston Patent Law Association | ||
| Ted M. Sichelman | University of San Diego School of Law | (619) 260-7512 |
| 5998 Alcala Park | ||
| Guadalupe Hall | ||
| San Diego, CA 92110 | ||
| tsichelman@sandiego.edu | ||
| Party name: 44 Law, Economics and Business Professors | ||
| David Sidney Steuer | Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &Rosati650 Page Mill Road | (650) 493-9300 |
| Palo Alto, CA 94304 | ||
| dsteuer@wsgr.com | ||
| Party name: Interdigital, Inc. | ||
| Malcolm L. Stewart | Deputy Solicitor General | (202) 514-2201 |
| Department of Justice | ||
| Washington, DC 20530 | ||
| malcolm.l.stewart@usdoj.gov | ||
| Party name: United States | ||
| Paul A. Stewart | Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP | (949) 760-0404 |
| 2040 Elm Street, 14th Floor | ||
| Irvine, CA 92614 | ||
| paul.stewart@knobbe.com | ||
| Party name: Medical Device Manufacturers Association | ||
| Aaron M. Streett | Baker Botts, L.L.P. | (713) 229-1855 |
| 910 Louisiana Street | ||
| Houston, TX 77002 | ||
| aaron.streett@bakerbotts.com | ||
| Party name: Huawei Technologies Co.,LTD. | ||
| Daniel S. Stringfield | Steptoe & Johnson LLP | 3125771300 |
| 115 South LaSalle Street, Suite 3100 | ||
| Chicago, IL 60603 | ||
| dstringfield@steptoe.com | ||
| Party name: Licensing Executives Society (U.S.A. and Canada), Inc. in support of neither party | ||
| Robert A. Surrette | McAndrews, Held and Malloy, Ltd. | (312)-775-8000 |
| 500 West Madison Street 34th Floor | ||
| Chicago, IL 60661 | ||
| bsurrette@mcandrews-ip.com | ||
| Party name: The Association of Medical Device Reprocessors | ||
| Jeffrey B. Wall | Acting 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 | ||
| Peter J. Wied | LTL Attorneys LLP | (213) 612-8900 |
| 300 South Grand Avenue | ||
| 14th Floor | ||
| Los Angeles, CA 90071-2228 | ||
| peter.wied@ltlattorneys.com | ||
| Party name: Quanta Computer Inc. | ||
| Kristin Leigh Woycik Yohannan | Mildred Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP | (202) 835-7500 |
| 1850 K Street NW | ||
| Washington, DC 22215 | ||
| kyohannan@millbank.com | ||
| Party name: American Intellectual Law Association in support of neither party | ||