Docket for 15-446
| No. 15-446 | |
| Title: |
| Cuozzo Speed Technologies, LLC, Petitioner |
| v. |
| Michelle K. Lee, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, Patent and Trademark Office |
|
| Docketed: | October 8, 2015 |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit |
| ~~~Date~~~ | ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Oct 6 2015 |
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 9, 2015) |
| Oct 20 2015 |
Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner. |
| Nov 6 2015 |
Order extending time to file response to petition to and including December 9, 2015. |
| Nov 9 2015 |
Consent to the filing of amicus cuirae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the United States. |
| Nov 9 2015 |
Brief amici curiae of 3M Company, et al. filed. |
| Nov 9 2015 |
Brief amicus curiae of American Intellectual Property Law Association filed. |
| Nov 9 2015 |
Brief amicus curiae of Biotechnology Industry Organization filed. |
| Nov 9 2015 |
Brief amicus curiae of The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America filed. |
| Nov 9 2015 |
Brief amicus curiae of Intellectual Property Owners Association filed. |
| Nov 9 2015 |
Brief amicus curiae of The Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago filed. |
| Nov 9 2015 |
Brief amicus curiae of New York Intellectual Property Law Association filed. |
| Nov 9 2015 |
Brief amici curiae of Interdigital, Inc., Tessera Technologies, Inc.,and Fallbrook Technologies, Inc. filed. |
| Nov 9 2015 |
Brief amicus curiae of Trading Technologoies International, Inc. filed. |
| Dec 4 2015 |
Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including December 11, 2015. |
| Dec 11 2015 |
Brief of respondent Michelle K. Lee, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, Patent and Trademark Office in opposition filed. |
| Dec 18 2015 |
Reply of petitioner Cuozzo Speed Technologies, LLC filed. |
| Dec 22 2015 |
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 8, 2016. |
| Jan 11 2016 |
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 15, 2016. |
| Jan 15 2016 |
Petition GRANTED. |
| Feb 3 2016 |
Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner. |
| Feb 22 2016 |
Brief of petitioner Cuozzo Speed Technologies, LLC filed. |
| Feb 22 2016 |
Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Cuozzo Speed Technologies, LLC. |
| Feb 25 2016 |
Brief amicus curiae of New York Intellectual Property Law Association filed. |
| Feb 29 2016 |
Brief amici curiae of 3M Company, et al. filed. |
| Feb 29 2016 |
Brief amicus curiae of SightSound Technologies, LLC filed. |
| Feb 29 2016 |
Brief amicus curiae of Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America filed. |
| Feb 29 2016 |
Brief amicus curiae of Intellectual Ventures Management, LLC filed. |
| Feb 29 2016 |
Brief amici curiae of Patent-Practicing Technology Innovators filed. |
| Feb 29 2016 |
Brief amici curiae of InterDigital, Inc., Tessera Technologies, Inc., et al. filed. |
| Feb 29 2016 |
Brief amicus curiae of Paul R. Michel in support of neither party filed. |
| Feb 29 2016 |
Brief amicus curiae of Medtronic, Inc. in support of neither party filed. |
| Feb 29 2016 |
Brief amici curiae of Biotechnology Innovation Organization, et al. filed. |
| Feb 29 2016 |
Brief amicus curiae of Federal Circuit Bar Association filed. |
| Feb 29 2016 |
Brief amicus curiae of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York filed. |
| Feb 29 2016 |
Brief amicus curiae of Mitchell Hamline School of Law Intellectual Property Institute filed. |
| Feb 29 2016 |
Brief amici curiae of Law Professors Gregory Dolin, et al. filed. |
| Feb 29 2016 |
Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Patent Practitioners, Inc. filed. |
| Mar 4 2016 |
SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Monday, April 25, 2016 |
| Mar 7 2016 |
Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED. |
| Mar 7 2016 |
Brief amicus curiae of The Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago in support of neither party filed. |
| Mar 7 2016 |
Brief amicus curiae of International Business Machines Corporation in support of neither party filed. |
| Mar 7 2016 |
Brief amici curiae of Microsoft Corporation and Professors Vincent Chiappetta and Lee A. Hollaar in support of neither party filed. |
| Mar 7 2016 |
Brief amicus curiae of Intellectual Property Owners Association in support of neither party filed. |
| Mar 7 2016 |
Brief amicus curiae of American Intellectual Property Law Association in support of neither party filed. |
| Mar 7 2016 |
Brief amicus curiae of Licensing Executives Society (USA. and Canada), Inc. in support of neither party filed. |
| Mar 14 2016 |
Record requested from the U.S.C.A. Federal Circuit. |
| Mar 15 2016 |
CIRCULATED. |
| Mar 15 2016 |
Record received from the U.S.C.A. Federal Circuit is electronic and located on PACER. |
| Mar 23 2016 |
Record received from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is electronic. |
| Mar 23 2016 |
Brief of respondent Michelle K. Lee, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, Patent and Trademark Office filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 29 2016 |
Brief amicus curiae of Public Knowledge filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 30 2016 |
Brief amici curiae of CME Group, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 30 2016 |
Brief amici curiae of Generic Pharmaceutical Association, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 30 2016 |
Brief amici curiae of Dell, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 30 2016 |
Brief amicus curiae of EMC Corporation filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 30 2016 |
Brief amicus curiae of Apple, Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 30 2016 |
Brief amici curiae of The American Bankers Association, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 30 2016 |
Brief amicus curiae of AARP filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 30 2016 |
Brief amicus curiae of Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
| Mar 30 2016 |
Brief amicus curiae of Unified Patents Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
| Apr 15 2016 |
Reply of petitioner Cuozzo Speed Technologies, LLC filed. (Distributed) |
| Apr 25 2016 |
Argued. For petitioner: Garrard R. Beeney, New York, N. Y. For respondent: Curtis E. Gannon, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. |
| Jun 20 2016 |
Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Breyer, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court with respect to Parts I and III, and the opinion of the Court with respect to Part II, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a concurring opinion. Alito, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part, in which Sotomayor, J., joined. |
| Jul 22 2016 |
JUDGMENT ISSUED |
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| ~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
~~Phone~~~ |
| Attorneys for Petitioner: | | |
| Garrard R. Beeney |
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP | (212) 558-4000 |
| Counsel of Record | 125 Broad Street | |
| New York, NY 10004-2498 | |
| beeneyg@sullcrom.com |
| Party name: Cuozzo Speed Technologies, LLC |
| | | |
| 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: Cuozzo Speed Technologies, LLC |
| Attorneys for Respondent: | | |
| Donald B. Verrilli Jr. |
Solicitor General | (202) 514-2217 |
| Counsel of Record |
United States Department of Justice | |
| 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. | |
| Washington, DC 20530-0001 | |
| SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov |
| Party name: Michelle K. Lee, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, Patent and Trademark Office |
| | | |
| Curtis E. Gannon |
Assistant to the Solicitor General | |
|
Department of Justice | |
| Washington, DC 20530 | |
| Party name: Michelle K. Lee, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, Patent and Trademark Office |
| Other: | | |
| David L. Applegate |
Williams Montgomery & John Ltd. | (312) 443-3200 |
| 6100 Willis Tower | |
| 233 South Wqcker Drive | |
| Chicago, IL 60606 | |
| dla@willmont.com |
| Party name: The Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago in support of neither party |
| | | |
| Jeffrey A. Birchak |
Fallbrook Technologies Inc. | (512) 519-0305 |
| 2620 Brushy Creek Look | |
| Cedar Park, TX 78613 | |
| jbirchak@fallbrooktech.net |
| Party name: Interdigital, Inc., Tessera Technologies, Inc.,and Fallbrook Technologies, Inc. |
| | | |
| Steven F. Borsand |
Trading Technologies International | (312) 476-1000 |
| 222 South Riverside Plaza | |
| Suite1100 | |
| Chicago, IL 60606 | |
| steve.borsand@tradingtechnologies.com |
| Party name: Trading Technologoies International, Inc. |
| | | |
| Richard P. Bress |
Latham & Watkins LLP | (202) 637-2200 |
| 555 11th Street, N.W. | |
| Suite 1000 | |
| Washington, DC 20004 | |
| rick.bress@lw.com |
| Party name: InterDigital, Inc., Tessera Technologies, Inc., et al. |
| | | |
| Adam H. Charnes |
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP | (336) 607-7300 |
| 1001 West Fourth Street | |
| Winston-Salem, NC 27101 | |
| acharnes@kilpatricktownsend.com |
| Party name: The American Bankers Association, et al. |
| | | |
| Morgan Chu |
Irell & Manella LLP | (310) 277-1010 |
| 1800 Avenue of the Stars | |
| Suite 900 | |
| Los Angeles, CA 90067-4276 | |
| mchu@irell.com |
| Party name: Federal Circuit Bar Association |
| | | |
| Eric F. Citron |
Goldstein & Russell, P.C. | (202) 362-0636 |
| 7475 Wisconsin Avenue | |
| Suite 850 | |
| Bethesda, MD 20814 | |
| ecitron@goldsteinrussell.com |
| Party name: Intellectual Ventures Management, LLC |
| | | |
| Paul D. Clement |
Bancroft PLLC | (202) 234-0090 |
| 500 New Jersey Ave., NW | |
| Seventh Floor | |
| Washington, DC 20001 | |
| pclement@bancroftpllc.com |
| Party name: International Business Machines Corporation 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 |
| | | |
| David Bartley Eppenauer |
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP | (425) 765-0650 |
| 701 Fifth Avenue | |
| Suite 6800 | |
| Redmond, WA 98104 | |
| beppenauer@shb.com |
| Party name: Intellectual Property Owners Association in support of neither party |
| | | |
| Barbara A. Fiacco |
Foley Hoag LLP | (617) 832-1000 |
| 155 Seaport Boulevard | |
| Boston, MA 02210 | |
| bfiacco@foleyhoag.com |
| Party name: 3M Company, et al. |
| | | |
| Mark C. Fleming |
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr, LLP | (617) 526-6000 |
|
60 State Street | |
| Boston, MA 02109 | |
| mark.fleming@wilmerhale.com |
| Party name: Medtronic, Inc. |
| | | |
| Eugene Martin Gelernter |
Paterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP | 0212-336-2000 |
| 1133 Avenue of the Amer.icas | |
| New York, NY 10036 | |
| emgelernter@pbwt.com |
| Party name: New York Intellectual Property Law Association |
| | | |
| Joseph J. Gleason |
Gleason Law LLC | (404) 594-3550 |
| 780 Morosgo Drive #14084 | |
| Atlanta, GA 30324 | |
| joe@gleasonlegal |
| Party name: Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. |
| | | |
| Joseph R. Guerra |
Sidley Austin LLP | (202) 736-8000 |
| 1501 K Street, N.W. | |
| Washington, DC 20005 | |
| jguerra@sidley.com |
| Party name: Apple, Inc. |
| | | |
| Herbert Davis Hart III. |
McAndrews Held & Malloy, Ltd. | 312-775-800 |
| 500 West Madison Street | |
| Suite 3400 | |
| Chicago, IL 60661 | |
| hhart@mcandrews-ip.com |
| Party name: American Intellectual Property Law Association in support of neither party |
| | | |
| Charles Hieken |
Fish & Richardson PC | (617) 542-5070 |
| One Marina Park Drive | |
| Boston, MA 02210 | |
| hieken@fr.com |
| Party name: Paul R. Michel |
| | | |
| 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 |
| | | |
| William M. Jay |
Goodwin Procter LLP | (202) 346-4000 |
| 901 New York Avenue, N.W. | |
| Washington, DC 20001 | |
| wjay@goodwinprocter.com |
| Party name: Biotechnology Industry Organization |
| | | |
| Barbara A. Jones |
AARP Foundation Litigation | (626) 585-2628 |
| 200 So. Los Robles, Suite 400 | |
| Pasadena, CA 91101 | |
| bjones@aarp.org |
| Party name: AARP |
| | | |
| Miranda Yan Jones |
Heim Payne and Chorush LLP | 713-221-2000 |
| 600 Travis Street, Suite 6710 | |
| Houston, TX 77002 | |
| mjones@hpcllp.com |
| Party name: Law Professors Gregory Dolin, et al. |
| | | |
| Neal K. Katyal |
Hogan Lovells US LLP | (202) 637-5600 |
| 555 Thirteenth Street, N.W. | |
| Washington, DC 20004 | |
| neal.katyal@hoganlovells.com |
| Party name: Patent-Practicing Technology Innovators |
| | | |
| Scott A. McKeown |
Oblon McClelland Maier & Neustadt LLP | (703) 412-6297 |
| 1940 Duke Street | |
| Alexandria, VA 22314 | |
| smckeown@oblon.com |
| Party name: Unified Patents Inc. |
| | | |
| John Mills II. |
Patent Counsel Group LLP | (703) 338-7090 |
| The Commonwealth Building | |
| 2045 North 15th Street, Suite 205 | |
| Arlington, VA 22202 | |
| john.g.mills@patentcounselgroup |
| Party name: the Association of the Bar of the City of New York |
| | | |
| 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 |
| | | |
| William Brian Richards |
The Richards Law Firm LLC | (614) 939-1488 |
| 1262 Pond Hollow Lane | |
| New Albany, OH 43054 | |
| wrichards@wbrfirm.com |
| Party name: National Association of Patent Practitioners, Inc. |
| | | |
| Chad Michael Ruback |
8117 Preston Road Suite 300 | (214)-522-4243 |
| Dallas, TX 75225 | |
| Party name: Generic Pharmaceutical Association, et al. |
| | | |
| Pratik A. Shah |
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP | (202) 887-4000 |
|
1333 New Hampshire Ave., NW | |
| Washington, DC 20036 | |
| pshah@akingump.com |
| Party name: Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America |
| | | |
| Charles W. Shifley |
Banner & Witcoff Ltd. | (312) 463-5000 |
| 10 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 3000 | |
| Chicago, IL 60606 | |
| cshifley@bannerwitcoff.com |
| Party name: Licensing Executives Society (USA. and Canada), Inc. in support of neither party |
| | | |
| Aaron M. Streett |
Baker Botts L.L.P. | (713) 229-1855 |
| 910 Louisiana Street | |
| Houston, TX 77002-4995 | |
| aaron.streett@bakerbotts.com |
| Party name: CME Group, Inc., et al. |
| | | |
| 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: Microsoft Corporation and Professors Vincent Chiappetta and Lee A. Hollaar in support of neither party |
| | | |
| Matthew McManus Wolf |
Arnold & Porter LLP | 202-942-5462 |
| 601 Massachusetts Ave., NW | |
| Washington, DC 20001 | |
| Matthew.Wolf@aporter.com |
| Party name: SightSound Technologies, LLC |