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Docket for 18-1233

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No. 18-1233
Title:	Romag Fasteners, Inc., Petitioner v. Fossil Group, Inc., fka Fossil, Inc., et al.
Docketed:	March 22, 2019

Lower Ct:	United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case Numbers:	(2018-2417)
Decision Date:	February 5, 2019
Rehearing Denied:
Discretionary Court Decision Date:

Questions Presented

Date	Proceedings and Orders
Mar 22 2019	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 22, 2019)
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Apr 02 2019	Supplemental brief of petitioner Romag Fasteners, Inc. filed.
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Apr 02 2019	Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 22, 2019 to May 22, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
	Main Document
Apr 04 2019	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 22, 2019.

May 22 2019	Brief of respondents Fossil, Inc., et al. in opposition filed.
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May 30 2019	Letter from counsel for petitioner waiving the 14-day waiting period under Rule 15.5 filed.
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Jun 04 2019	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2019.

Jun 04 2019	Reply of petitioner Romag Fasteners, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
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Jun 26 2019	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/27/2019.

Jun 28 2019	Petition GRANTED.

Jul 12 2019	Joint motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
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Jul 17 2019	Joint 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 September 13, 2019. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including November 26, 2019.

Aug 12 2019	Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Romag Fasteners, Inc.
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Aug 19 2019	Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Fossil, Inc., et al.
	Blanket Consent
Sep 13 2019	Brief of petitioner Romag Fasteners, Inc. filed.
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Sep 13 2019	Joint appendix filed.
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Sep 19 2019	Brief amicus curiae of The American Bar Association filed.
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Sep 20 2019	Brief amicus curiae of The American Intellectual Property Law Association in support of neither party filed.
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Sep 20 2019	Brief amicus curiae of International Trademark Association in support of neither party filed.
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Sep 20 2019	Brief amicus curiae of The Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago in support of neither party filed.
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Sep 20 2019	Brief amicus curiae of Intellectual Property Owners Association in support of neither party filed.
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Nov 06 2019	Motion for a further extension of time to file respondents' brief on the merits filed.
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Nov 08 2019	SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, January 14, 2020.

Nov 20 2019	Motion to further extend the time to file respondents' brief on the merits is granted, and the time is extended to and including November 27, 2019.

Nov 26 2019	CIRCULATED

Nov 27 2019	Brief of respondents Fossil, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Dec 03 2019	Record requested from the U.S.C.A. Federal Circuit.

Dec 04 2019	Brief amici curiae of Intellectual Property Law Professors filed. (Distributed)
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Dec 04 2019	The record received from the U.S.C.A. Federal Circuit is electronic and located on PACER, this record is complete.

Dec 27 2019	Reply of petitioner Romag Fasteners, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
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Jan 14 2020	Argued. For petitioner: Lisa S. Blatt, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Neal K. Katyal, Washington, D. C.

Apr 23 2020	Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Gorsuch, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Kagan, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. Alito, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Breyer and Kagan, JJ., joined. Sotomayor, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment.

May 26 2020	JUDGMENT ISSUED.

NAME	ADDRESS	PHONE
Attorneys for Petitioner
Lisa Schiavo Blatt Counsel of Record	Williams & Connolly LLP 725 12th Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 lblatt@wc.com	202-434-5000
Party name: Romag Fasteners, Inc.
Attorneys for Respondents
Neal Kumar Katyal Counsel of Record	Hogan Lovells US LLP 555 Thirteenth St., N.W. Washington, DC 20004 neal.katyal@hoganlovells.com	202 637 5528
Party name: Fossil, Inc., et al.
Jeffrey Evan Dupler	Gibney, Anthony & Flaherty, LLP 665 5th Avenue New York, NY 10022 jdupler@gibney.com	212-688-5151
Party name: Fossil, Inc., et al.
Other
Paul H. Berghoff Counsel of Record	McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff, LLP 300 South Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606 berghoff@mbhb.com	312-913-0001
Party name: Intellectual Property Owners Association
Patrick Grady Burns Counsel of Record	Greer, Burns & Crain Ltd. 300 South Wacker Drive, Suite 2500 Chicago, IL 60606 pburns@gbc.law	312-987-4001
Party name: Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago
Dean Conrad Eyler Counsel of Record	Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty, & Bennett, P.A. 80 South Eighth Street Suite 500 Minneapolis, MN 55402 dean.eyler@gpmlaw.com	612-632-3016
Party name: The American Intellectual Property Law Association
Phillip Robert Malone Counsel of Record	Juelsgaard Intellectual Property and Innovation Clinic Mills Legal Clinic at Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way Stanford, CA 94305 pmalone@law.stanford.edu	650-725-6369
Party name: Intellectual Property Law Professors
Judy Perry Martinez Counsel of Record	American Bar Association 321 N. Clark Street Chicago, IL 60610 AmicusBriefs@americanbar.org	312-988-5000
Party name: American Bar Association
Lawrence K. Nodine Counsel of Record	Ballard Spahr, LLP 999 Peachtree St., Suite 1000 Atlanta, GA 30309 nodinel@ballardspahr.com	(678) 420-9300
Party name: International Trademark Association