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No. 22-148
Title:	Jack Daniel's Properties, Inc., Petitioner v. VIP Products LLC
Docketed:	August 17, 2022

Lower Ct:	United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Case Numbers:	(21-16969)
Decision Date:	March 18, 2022
Rehearing Denied:	May 10, 2022
Discretionary Court Decision Date:

Questions Presented

Date	Proceedings and Orders
Aug 05 2022	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 16, 2022)
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Sep 08 2022	Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 16, 2022 to October 17, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
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Sep 09 2022	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 17, 2022.

Sep 16 2022	Brief amicus curiae of American Intellectual Property Law Association filed.
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Sep 16 2022	Brief amicus curiae of Campbell Soup Company filed.
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Sep 16 2022	Brief amicus curiae of Constellation Brands, Inc. filed.
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Sep 16 2022	Brief amici curiae of American Craft Spirits Association, et al. filed.
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Sep 16 2022	Brief amicus curiae of the International Trademark Association filed.
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Sep 16 2022	Brief amicus curiae of Levi Strauss & Co. and Patagonia Inc. filed.
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Oct 17 2022	Brief of respondent VIP Products LLC in opposition filed.
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Nov 01 2022	Reply of petitioner Jack Daniel's Properties, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
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Nov 02 2022	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/18/2022.

Nov 21 2022	Petition GRANTED.

Nov 28 2022	Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
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Dec 02 2022	Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Jack Daniel's Properties, Inc.
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Dec 06 2022	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 January 11, 2023. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including February 16, 2023.

Jan 11 2023	Brief of petitioner Jack Daniel's Properties, Inc. filed.
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Jan 11 2023	Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
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Jan 18 2023	Brief amicus curiae of NIKE, Inc. filed.
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Jan 18 2023	Brief amici curiae of American Craft Spirits Association, et al. filed.
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Jan 18 2023	Brief amicus curiae of Intellectual Property Owners Association filed.
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Jan 18 2023	Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
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Jan 18 2023	Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed.
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Jan 18 2023	Brief amicus curiae of Motion Picture Association, Inc. in support of neither party filed.
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Jan 18 2023	Brief amici curiae of Intellectual Property Professors, et al. in support of neither party filed.
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Jan 18 2023	Brief amici curiae of Scholars, Former Judges, and Former Government Officials filed.
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Jan 18 2023	Brief amicus curiae of The International Trademark Association in support of neither party filed.
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Jan 18 2023	Brief amicus curiae of Campari America LLC filed.
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Jan 18 2023	Brief amicus curiae of New York Intellectual Property Law Association in support of neither party filed.
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Jan 18 2023	Brief amicus curiae of Constellation Brands, Inc filed.
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Jan 18 2023	Brief amici curiae of Levi Strauss & Co., et al. filed.
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Jan 18 2023	Brief amicus curiae of Campbell Soup Company filed.
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Jan 18 2023	Brief amicus curiae of American Intellectual Property Law Association filed.
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Jan 18 2023	Brief amici curiae of American Apparel & Footwear Association, et al. filed.
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Jan 31 2023	SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, March 22, 2023.

Feb 03 2023	Record requested from the U.S.C.A. for the Ninth Circuit.

Feb 03 2023	All records from the USCA-9th Circuit are available on PACER. Sealed records from the USDC-Arizona were transmitted electronically.

Feb 13 2023	CIRCULATED

Feb 16 2023	Brief of respondent VIP Products LLC filed. (Distributed)
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Feb 20 2023	Motion for Leave to File One Packet of Crayola Colored Pencils of MSCHF Product Studio, Inc. not accepted for filing. (February 28, 2023)

Feb 21 2023	Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae, for divided argument, and for enlargement of time for oral argument filed.
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Feb 22 2023	Brief amicus curiae of Professor Andrew C. Michaels filed. (Distributed)
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Feb 22 2023	Brief amici curiae of Dan McCall, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Feb 23 2023	Brief amici curiae of Authors Alliance and ComicMix filed. (Distributed)
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Feb 23 2023	Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression filed. (Distributed)
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Feb 23 2023	Brief amici curiae of 30 Trademark Law Professors filed. (Distributed)
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Feb 23 2023	Brief amicus curiae of Electronic Frontier Foundation filed. (Distributed)
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Feb 23 2023	Amicus brief of MSCHF Product Studio, Inc. not accepted for filing. (February 28, 2023--Corrected brief and PDF to be submitted.)

Feb 23 2023	Motion of Motion Picture Association, Inc. for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae, for divided argument, and for enlargement of time for oral argument filed.
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Feb 23 2023	Brief amici curiae of First Amendment Professors filed. (Distributed)(Mar. 2, 2023)
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Feb 23 2023	Brief amicus curiae of MSCHF Product Studio, Inc. filed.(Mar.6, 2023) (Distributed)
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Feb 27 2023	Opposition to motion of Motion Picture Association, Inc. filed by petitioner.
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Mar 06 2023	Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae, for divided argument, and for enlargement of time for oral argument GRANTED.

Mar 06 2023	Motion of Motion Picture Association, Inc. for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae, for divided argument, and for enlargement of time for oral argument DENIED.

Mar 10 2023	Reply of petitioner Jack Daniel's Properties, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 22 2023	Argued. For petitioner: Lisa S. Blatt, Washington, D. C.; and Matthew Guarnieri, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondent: Bennett E. Cooper, Phoenix, Ariz.

Jun 08 2023	Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Kagan, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. Sotomayor, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Alito, J., joined. Gorsuch, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Thomas and Barrett, JJ., joined.

Jul 10 2023	Judgment issued.
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NAME	ADDRESS	PHONE
Attorneys for Petitioner
Lisa Schiavo Blatt Counsel of Record	Williams & Connolly LLP 680 Maine Avenue SW Washington, DC 20024 lblatt@wc.com	202-434-5050
Party name: Jack Daniel's Properties, Inc.
Attorneys for Respondent
Bennett Evan Cooper Counsel of Record	Dickinson Wright PLLC 1850 N. Central Ave., Ste. 1400 Phoenix, AZ 85004 bcooper@dickinsonwright.com	6022855044
Party name: VIP Products LLC
Other
Megan Kathleen Bannigan Counsel of Record	Debevoise & Plimpton LLP 66 Hudson Boulevard New York, NY 10001 MKBANNIGAN@DEBEVOISE.COM	(212) 909-6000
Party name: Intellectual Property Professors and Adjunct Professors
William G. Barber Counsel of Record	Pirkey Barber PLLC 1801 E. 6th Street Suite 300 Austin, TX 78702 bbarber@pirkeybarber.com	(512) 482-5223
Party name: American Intellectual Property Law Association
H. Christopher Bartolomucci Counsel of Record	Schaerr \| Jaffe LLP 1717 K Street NW Suite 900 Washington, DC 20006 cbartolomucci@schaerr-jaffe.com	202-787-1060
Party name: Campbell Soup Company
Christopher Theodore Bavitz Counsel of Record	Cyberlaw Clinic, Harvard Law School 1557 Massachusetts Ave 4th Floor Cambridge, MA 02138 CBAVITZ@LAW.HARVARD.EDU	6173849125
Party name: Authors Alliance and ComicMix
John Fredrick Belcaster	MSCHF Product Studio, Inc 62 Bayard Street Brooklyn, NY 11222 JBELCASTER@GMAIL.COM	3128410008
Party name: MSCHF Product Studio, Inc.
Edward Tuck Colbert Counsel of Record	Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP 2200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20037 ecolbert@huntonak.com	2026623010
Party name: Constellation Brands, Inc
Gregory George Garre Counsel of Record	Latham & Watkins LLP 555 Eleventh Street, NW Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20004 GREGORY.GARRE@LW.COM	202-637-2207
Party name: Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al.
Gregory S. Gilchrist Counsel of Record	Verso Law Group LLP 209 Kearny St., 3rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94108 greg.gilchrist@versolaw.com	415-534-0495
Party name: Levi Strauss & Co. and Patagonia Inc.
Adam Wolff Hofmann Counsel of Record	Hanson Bridgett LLP 425 Market Street, 26th Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 AHOFMANN@HANSONBRIDGETT.COM	415-777-3200
Party name: Scholars, Former Judges, and Former Government Officials
Steffen Nathanael Johnson Counsel of Record	Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati 1700 K Street, NW, Fifth Floor Washington, DC 20006 sjohnson@wsgr.com	(202) 973-8888
Party name: American Craft Spirits Association, American Distilled Spirits Alliance, The Beer Institute, The Brewers Association, Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, and the Wine Institute
Susan J. Kohlmann Counsel of Record	Jenner & Block LLP 1155 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036 SKOHLMANN@JENNER.COM	212-891-1690
Party name: Motion Picture Association, Inc.
Paul Alan Levy Counsel of Record	Public Citizen Litigation Group 1600 20th Street NW Washington, DC 20009 PLEVY@CITIZEN.ORG	(202) 5887725
Party name: Dan McCall, Sky Shatz, and Don Stewart
Phillip Robert Malone Counsel of Record	Juelsgaard IP 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: Trademark Law Professors
Corynne McSherry Counsel of Record	Electronic Frontier Foundation 815 Eddy Street San Francisco, CA 94109 CORYNNE@EFF.ORG	415-436-9333
Party name: Electronic Frontier Foundation
Andrew Charles Michaels Counsel of Record	University of Houston Law Center 4170 Martin Luther King Blvd. Houston, TX 77204 ACMICHAELS@UH.EDU	(314) 323-2201
Party name: Professor Andrew C. Michaels
Eric Robert Moran Counsel of Record	McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP 300 South Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606 MORAN@MBHB.COM	3129133302
Party name: Intellectual Property Owners Association
John Paul O'Herron Counsel of Record	ThompsonMcMullan, P.C. 100 Shockoe Slip, Third Floor Richmond, VA 23219 joherron@t-mlaw.com	8046986253
Party name: American Apparel & Footwear Association, Footwear Distributors & Retailers of America, Council of Fashion Designers of America, and The Accessories Council
Stanley Joseph Panikowski III Counsel of Record	DLA Piper LLP (US) 401 B Street, Suite 1700 San Diego, CA 92101 stanley.panikowski@us.dlapiper.com	619-699-2643
Party name: NIKE, Inc.
William Daniel Patterson Counsel of Record	Swanson, Martin and Bell, LLP 330 N. Wabash, Suite 3300 Chicago, IL 60611 WPATTERSON@SMBTRIALS.COM	3123218445
Party name: MSCHF PRODUCT STUDIO, INC
Elizabeth B. Prelogar	Solicitor General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 SUPREMECTBRIEFS@USDOJ.GOV	202-514-2217
Party name: United States
Robert Joseph Rando Counsel of Record	Greenspoon Marder LLP 590 Madison Avenue 18th Floor New York, NY 10022 ROBERT.RANDO@GMLAW.COM	2125245006
Party name: New York Intellectual Property Law Association
Abigail Eden Smith Counsel of Record	Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression 510 Walnut Street Suite 1250 Philadelphia, PA 19106 ASMITH@BECKETLAW.ORG	2157173473
Party name: Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
Vijay Kumar Toke Counsel of Record	Rimon P.C. 423 Washington Street Suite 600 San Francisco, CA 94111 vijay.toke@rimonlaw.com	415-683-5472
Party name: The International Trademark Association
Rebecca Leah Tushnet Counsel of Record	Harvard Law School 1575 Massachusetts Ave. Hauser 520 Cambridge, MA 02138 RTUSHNET@LAW.HARVARD.EDU	(703) 593-6759
Party name: First Amendment Professors
Seth P. Waxman Counsel of Record	Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP 2100 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Washington, DC 20037 SETH.WAXMAN@WILMERHALE.COM	202-663-6000
Party name: Campari America LLC