Docket for 04-1350
| No. 04-1350 | |
| Title: |
| KSR International Co., Petitioner |
| v. |
| Teleflex Inc., et al. |
|
| Docketed: | April 11, 2005 |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit |
| ~~~Date~~~ | ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Apr 6 2005 |
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 11, 2005) |
| Apr 15 2005 |
Order extending time to file response to petition to and including June 22, 2005. |
| May 12 2005 |
Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Progress & Freedom Foundation. |
| May 12 2005 |
Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Twenty-Four Intellectual Property Law Professors. |
| Jun 21 2005 |
Brief of respondents Teleflex, Inc. and Technology Holding Co. in opposition filed. |
| Jun 22 2005 |
Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Cisco Systems Inc., et al. |
| Jul 6 2005 |
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 26, 2005. |
| Jul 8 2005 |
Reply of petitioner KSR International Co. filed. (Distributed) |
| Oct 3 2005 |
The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States. The Chief Justice took no part in the consideration or decision of this case. |
| May 25 2006 |
Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. |
| Jun 6 2006 |
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 22, 2006. |
| Jun 6 2006 |
Supplemental brief of respondents Teleflex, Inc.and Technology Holding Co. filed. (Distributed) |
| Jun 8 2006 |
Letter of June 8, 2006, from counsel for respondents received. (Distributed) |
| Jun 26 2006 |
Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Progress & Freedom Foundation GRANTED. |
| Jun 26 2006 |
Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Twenty-Four Intellectual Property Law Professors GRANTED. |
| Jun 26 2006 |
Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Cisco Systems Inc., et al. GRANTED. |
| Jun 26 2006 |
Petition GRANTED. |
| Jul 19 2006 |
*Consent to the filing of amicus briefs in support of either party received from counsel for the petitioner. |
| Jul 20 2006 |
Extension of time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits to and including August 22, 2006. |
| Jul 20 2006 |
Extension of time within which to file respondent's brief on the merits to and including October 16, 2006. |
| Jul 31 2006 |
*Consent to the filing of amicus briefs in support of either party received from counsel for the respondents. |
| Aug 2 2006 |
Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Joseph V. Colaianni, Sr. and James E. Armstrong, III. |
| Aug 18 2006 |
Brief amicus curiae of Professor Lee A. Hollaar Urging Affirming in Part and Vacating in Part filed. |
| Aug 21 2006 |
Brief amicus curiae of International Business Machines Corporation in Support of Neither Party filed. |
| Aug 22 2006 |
Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. |
| Aug 22 2006 |
Brief amici curiae of Ford Motor Company, et al. filed. |
| Aug 22 2006 |
Brief amici curiae of Intel Corporation, et al. filed. |
| Aug 22 2006 |
Brief amicus curiae of Business Software Alliance filed. |
| Aug 22 2006 |
Brief amicus curiae of Bar Association of the District of Columbia - Patent, Trademark & Copyright Section in Support of Neither Party filed. |
| Aug 22 2006 |
Brief amicus curiae of Economists and Legal Historians filed. |
| Aug 22 2006 |
Brief amici curiae of AARP, et al,. filed. |
| Aug 22 2006 |
Brief amici curiae of Time Warner Inc., IAC/Interactive Corp., and Viacom filed. |
| Aug 22 2006 |
Brief amicus curiae of Computer and Communications Industry Association filed. |
| Aug 22 2006 |
Brief amicus curiae of Intellectual Property Law Professors filed. |
| Aug 22 2006 |
Brief amicus curiae of Electronic Frontier Foundation filed. |
| Aug 22 2006 |
Brief amici curiae of Cisco Systems Inc., et al. filed. |
| Aug 22 2006 |
Brief amicus curiae of Progress & Freedom Foundation filed. |
| Aug 22 2006 |
Joint appendix filed. |
| Aug 22 2006 |
Supplemental joint appendix |
| Aug 22 2006 |
Brief of petitioner KSR International Co. filed. |
| Sep 1 2006 |
Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Joseph V. Colaianni, Sr. and James E. Armstrong, III GRANTED. |
| Sep 25 2006 |
Brief amicus curiae of Lee Thomason filed. |
| Sep 29 2006 |
SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, November 28, 2006. |
| Oct 10 2006 |
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
| Oct 11 2006 |
CIRCULATED. |
| Oct 11 2006 |
Brief amicus curiae of Harold W. Milton, Jr. filed. (Distributed) |
| Oct 12 2006 |
Brief amicus curiae of Intellectual Property Owners Association filed. (Distributed) |
| Oct 12 2006 |
Brief amicus curiae of American Intellectual Property Law Association filed. (Distributed) |
| Oct 13 2006 |
Brief amicus curiae of Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago filed. (Distributed) |
| Oct 16 2006 |
Brief amici curiae of Altitude Capital Partners, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Oct 16 2006 |
Brief of respondents Teleflex, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Oct 16 2006 |
Brief amici curiae of Chemistry and Bioengineering Professors filed. (Distributed) |
| Oct 16 2006 |
Brief amicus curiae of Franklin Pierce Law Center Intellectual Property filed. (Distributed) |
| Oct 16 2006 |
Brief amicus curiae of Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America filed. (Distributed) |
| Oct 16 2006 |
Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed. |
| Oct 16 2006 |
Brief amici curiae of Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Oct 16 2006 |
Brief amicus curiae of Federal Circuit Bar Association filed. (Distributed) |
| Oct 16 2006 |
Brief amici curiae of Michelin North America, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Oct 16 2006 |
Brief amici curiae of Tessera, Inc., Qualcomm Inc., and Amberwave Systems Corporation filed. (Distributed) |
| Oct 16 2006 |
Brief amicus curiae of Technology Properties Limited filed. (Distributed) |
| Oct 16 2006 |
Brief amicus curiae of Biotechnology Industry Organization filed. (Distributed) |
| Oct 16 2006 |
Brief amici curiae of Business and Law Professors filed. (Distributed) |
| Oct 16 2006 |
Brief amicus curiae of United Inventors Association filed. (Distributed) |
| Oct 16 2006 |
Brief amici curiae of Fallbrook Technologies, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Oct 16 2006 |
Brief amicus curiae of New York Intellectual Property Law Association filed. (Distributed) |
| Oct 16 2006 |
Brief amici curiae of 3M Co., et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Oct 16 2006 |
Brief amicus curiae of Practicing Patent Attorneys filed. (Distributed) |
| Oct 17 2006 |
Record received from U.S.C.A. for Federal Circuit. (1 box) |
| Oct 31 2006 |
Supplemental brief of respondents Teleflex, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Nov 13 2006 |
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| Nov 16 2006 |
Reply of petitioner KSR International Co. filed. (Distributed) *Animation Disc included. |
| Nov 28 2006 |
Argued. For petitioner: James W. Dabney, New York, N.Y.; and Thomas G. Hungar, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: Thomas C. Goldstein, Washington, D.C. |
| Dec 5 2006 |
Record received from U.S.D.C. Eastern District of Michigan. (1 box) |
| Apr 30 2007 |
Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Kennedy, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. |
| Jun 1 2007 |
Judgment Issued |
| Jun 19 2007 |
Record returned to U.S.Court of Appeals for Federal Circuit. |
| Jun 19 2007 |
Record returned to U.S.D.C. for the Eastern District of Michigan. |
| Jun 22 2007 |
Acknowledgement of receipt (06/06/07) of judgment from Clerk, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit received. |
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| ~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
~~Phone~~~ |
| Attorneys for Petitioner: | | |
| James W. Dabney |
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, LLP | (212) 859-8966 |
| Counsel of Record | One New York Plaza, 24th Floor | |
| New York, NY 10004 | |
| james.dabney@friedfrank.com |
| Party name: KSR International Co. |
| Attorneys for Respondents: | | |
| Thomas C. Goldstein |
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP | (202) 887-4060 |
| Counsel of Record | 1333 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. | |
| Washington, DC 20036 | |
| tgoldstein@akingump.com |
| Party name: Teleflex, Inc., et al. |
| Other: | | |
| Frank A. Angileri |
Brooks Kushman PC | (248) 358-4400 |
| 1000 Town Center | |
| Twenty Second Floor | |
| Southfield, MI 48075 | |
| Party name: Federal Circuit Bar Association |
| | | |
| Jonathan Band |
Jonathan Band PLLC | (202) 296-5675 |
| Jonathan Band PLLC | |
| 21 Dupont Circle NW | |
| 8th Floor | |
| Washington, DC 20036 | |
| jband@policybandwidth.com |
| Party name: Computer and Communications Industry Association |
| | | |
| David M. Bennion |
Parsons Behle & Latimer | (801) 532-1234 |
| 201 South Main Street | |
| Salt Lake City, UT 84111 | |
| dbennion@parsonsbehle.com |
| Party name: Professor Lee A. Hollaar Urging Affirming in Part and Vacating in Part |
| | | |
| 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 |
| | | |
| Robert Brauneis |
Associate Professor of Law | (202) 994-6138 |
|
George Washington University Law School | |
| 2000 H Street, NW | |
| Washington, DC 20052 | |
| Party name: Twenty-Four Intellectual Property Law Professors |
| | | |
| Beth S. Brinkmann |
Morrison & Foerster LLP | (202) 887-1544 |
| 2000 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. | |
| Washington, DC 20006-1888 | |
| bbrinkmann@mofo.com |
| Party name: Biotechnology Industry Organization |
| | | |
| Henry L. Brinks |
Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione | (312) 321-4200 |
| NBC Tower - Suite 3600 | |
| 455 North Cityfront Plaza Drive | |
| Chicago, IL 60611 | |
| Party name: Chemistry and Bioengineering Professors |
| | | |
| Patrick G. Burns |
Greer Burns & Crain, Ltd. | (312) 360-0080 |
| 300 South Wacker Drive | |
| Suite 2500 | |
| Chicago, IL 60606 | |
| pburns@gbclaw.net |
| Party name: Intellectual Property Law Association |
| | | |
| Adam H. Charnes |
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP | (336) 607-7300 |
| 1001 West Fourth Street | |
| Winston-Salem, NC 27101 | |
| acharnes@kilpatricktownsend.com |
| Party name: Tessera, Inc., Qualcomm Inc., and Amberwave Systems Corporation |
| | | |
| Paul D. Clement |
Acting Solicitor General | (202) 514-2217 |
|
Department of Justice | |
| Washington, DC 20530 | |
| Party name: United States |
| | | |
| William W. Cochran II. |
Cochran Freund & Young | (970)-492-1100 |
| 2026 Caribou Drive Suite 201 | |
| Fort Collins, CO 80525 | |
| Party name: Practising Patent Attorneys |
| | | |
| Joseph V. Colaianni Sr. |
Patton Boggs LLP | (202) 457-6174 |
| 2550 M Street, NW | |
| Washington, DC 20037 | |
| Party name: Joseph V. Colaianni, Sr. and James E. Armstrong, III |
| | | |
| Roger L. Cook |
Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP | (415) 576-0200 |
| Two Embarcadero Center | |
| 8th Floor | |
| San Francisco, CA 94111 | |
| Party name: Technology Properties Limited |
| | | |
| Christopher A. Cotropia |
University of Richmond School of Law | (804) 484-1573 |
| 28 Westhampton Way | |
| Richmond, VA 23173 | |
| Party name: Business and Law Professors |
| | | |
| James V. DeLong |
Progress & Freedom Foundation | (202) 289-8928 |
| 1444 Eye St., NW | |
| Suite 500 | |
| Washington, DC 20005 | |
| Party name: Progress & Freedom Foundation |
| | | |
| Thomas G. Field Jr. |
Professor of Law | (603) 513-5147 |
|
Franklin Pierce Law Center | |
| 2 White Street | |
| Concord, NH 03301 | |
| Party name: Franklin Pierce Law Center Intellectual Property |
| | | |
| Gary L. Griswold |
Staff Vice President | (651) 733-8904 |
|
Chief Counsel Intellectual Property | |
| 3M Company | |
| 3M Center- P.O. Box 33427 | |
| St. Paul, MN 55144 | |
| Party name: 3M Co., et al. |
| | | |
| Richard W. Hoffmann |
Miller & LaLone PC | (248) 364-4300 |
| 691 N. Squirrel Road | |
| Suite 140 | |
| Auburn Hills, MI 48326 | |
| Party name: Michelin North America, Inc., et al. |
| | | |
| Thomas G. Hungar |
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP | (202) 955-8500 |
| 1050 Connecticut Ave, N.W. | |
| Washington, DC 20036 | |
| thungar@gibsondunn.com |
| Party name: KSR International Co. v. Teleflex, Inc., et al. |
| | | |
| Barbara A. Jones |
AARP Foundation Litigation | (626) 585-2628 |
| 200 So. Los Robles | |
| Suite 400 | |
| Pasadena, CA 91101 | |
| bjones@aarp.org |
| Party name: AARP, et al,. |
| | | |
| Jeffrey I. D. Lewis |
Paterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP | (212) 336-2000 |
| 1133 Avenue of the Americas | |
| New York, NY 10036 | |
| Party name: American Intellectual Property Law Association |
| | | |
| Traci L. Lovitt |
Jones Day | (212) 326-3939 |
| 222 East 41st Street | |
| New York, NY 10017 | |
| Party name: International business Machines Corporation in Support of Neither Party |
| | | |
| Don W Martens |
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP | (949) 760-0404 |
| 2040 Main Street, 14th Floor | |
| Irvine, CA 92614-3641 | |
| Party name: Fallbrook Technologies, Inc. |
| | | |
| Karen J. Mathis |
American Bar Association | (215) 988-5000 |
| 321 North Clark Street | |
| Chicago, IL 60610 | |
| Party name: American Bar Association |
| | | |
| Thomas B. McVey |
c/o Robert F. Redmond, Jr. | (804) 783-6439 |
|
Williams Mullen | |
| 1021 East Cary Street | |
| Richmond, VA 23219 | |
| Party name: United Inventors Association |
| | | |
| Harold W. Milton Jr. |
Dickinson Wright | (248)-433-7385 |
| 38525 Woodward Ave. | |
| Bloomfield, MI 48304 | |
| Party name: Harold W. Milton, Jr. |
| | | |
| Richard B. Nettler |
Robins Kaplan Miller & Ciresi LLP | (202) 775-0725 |
| 1801 K Street, NW | |
| Suite 1200 | |
| Washington, DC 20006 | |
| Party name: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, et al. |
| | | |
| Theodore B. Olson |
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP | (202) 955-8500 |
| 1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. | |
| Washington, DC 20036 | |
| tolson@gibsondunn.com |
| Party name: Intel Corporation, et al. |
| | | |
| Andrew J. Pincus |
Mayer Brown LLP | (202) 263-3000 |
| 1999 K Street, NW | |
| Washington, DC 20006-1101 | |
| apincus@mayerbrown.com |
| Party name: Business Software Alliance |
| | | |
| Joshua D. Sarnoff |
DePaul University College of Law | (312) 362-6326 |
| 25 E. Jackson | |
| Chicago, IL 60604 | |
| jsarnoff@depaul.edu |
| Party name: Economists and Legal Historians |
| | | |
| Jason M. Schultz |
UC Berkeley School of Law | (510) 642-1957 |
| Berkeley, CA 94720-7200 | |
| Party name: Electronic Frontier Foundation |
| | | |
| Rochelle K. Seide |
RKS Consulting | (954) 295-3512 |
| 21299 Harrow Court | |
| Boca Raton, FL 33433 | |
| rseide21729@gmail |
| Party name: New York Intellectual Property Law Association |
| | | |
| Allen M. Sokal |
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garret & Dunner | (202) 408-4000 |
| 901 New York Avenue | |
| Washington, DC 20001-4413 | |
| Party name: Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America |
| | | |
| Catherine E. Stetson |
Hogan Lovells US LLP | (202) 637-5491 |
| 555 Thirteenth Street, N.W. | |
| Washington, DC 20004 | |
| cate.stetson@hoganlovells.com |
| Party name: Ford Motor Company, et al. |
| | | |
| Katherine J. Strandburg |
New York University School of Law | (212) 998-6269 |
| 40 Washington Square South | |
| New York, NY 10012 | |
| katherine.strandburg@nyu.edu |
| Party name: Intellectual Property Law Professors |
| | | |
| Kathleen M. Sullivan |
Stanford Constitutional Law Center | (650) 725-9875 |
| Stanford Law School | |
| 559 Nathan Abbott Way | |
| Stanford, CA 94305-8610 | |
| Party name: Time Warner Inc., IAC/Interactive Corp., and Viacom |
| | | |
| Peter A. Sullivan |
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP | (212) 837-6000 |
| One Battery Park Plaza | |
| New York, NY 10004 | |
| sullivan@hugheshubbard.com |
| Party name: Cisco Systems Inc., et al. |
| | | |
| Blair E. Taylor |
Venable LLP | (202)-344-4639 |
| 575 7th Street, NW | |
| Washington, DC 20004-1601 | |
| Party name: Bar Association of the District of Columbia - Patent, Trademark & Copyright Section in Support of Neither Party |
| | | |
| Charles Lee Thomason |
Spalding & Thomason | (502) 349-7227 |
| 106 North 4th St. | |
| Bardstown, KY 40004 | |
| thomason@spatlaw.com |
| Party name: Lee Thomason |
| | | |
| Michael Li-Ming Wong |
3 Embarcadero Center | 415-315-63000 |
| San Francisco, CA 94111 | |
| Michael.Wong@Ropesgray.com |
| Party name: Altitude Capital Partners, et al. |