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
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Mar 22 2019 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 22, 2019)
Apr 02 2019 Supplemental brief of petitioner Romag Fasteners, Inc. filed.
Apr 02 2019 Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 22, 2019 to May 22, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
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.
May 30 2019 Letter from counsel for petitioner waiving the 14-day waiting period under Rule 15.5 filed.
Jun 04 2019 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2019.
Jun 04 2019 Reply of petitioner Romag Fasteners, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
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.
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.
Aug 19 2019 Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Fossil, Inc., et al.
Sep 13 2019 Brief of petitioner Romag Fasteners, Inc. filed.
Sep 13 2019 Joint appendix filed.
Sep 19 2019 Brief amicus curiae of The American Bar Association filed.
Sep 20 2019 Brief amicus curiae of The American Intellectual Property Law Association in support of neither party filed.
Sep 20 2019 Brief amicus curiae of International Trademark Association in support of neither party filed.
Sep 20 2019 Brief amicus curiae of The Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago in support of neither party filed.
Sep 20 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Intellectual Property Owners Association in support of neither party filed.
Nov 06 2019 Motion for a further extension of time to file respondents' brief on the merits filed.
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)
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)
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)
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.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Lisa S. Blatt
Counsel of Record
Williams & Connolly LLP
680 Maine Avenue SW
Washington, DC 20024

LBLATT@WC.COM
Ph: 202-434-5050
Party name: Romag Fasteners, Inc.


Attorneys for Respondents
Neal Kumar Katyal
Counsel of Record
Milbank LLP
1850 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006

nkatyal@milbank.com
Ph: 202-835-7505
Party name: Fossil, Inc., et al.


Jeffrey Evan Dupler
Gibney, Anthony & Flaherty, LLP
665 5th Avenue
New York, NY 10022

jdupler@gibney.com
Ph: 212-688-5151
Party name: Fossil, Inc., et al.


Other Attorneys
Paul H. Berghoff
McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff, LLP
300 South Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606

berghoff@mbhb.com
Ph: 312-913-0001
Party name: Intellectual Property Owners Association


Patrick Grady Burns
Greer, Burns & Crain Ltd.
300 South Wacker Drive, Suite 2500
Chicago, IL 60606

pburns@gbc.law
Ph: 312-987-4001
Party name: Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago


Dean Conrad Eyler
Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty, & Bennett, P.A.
80 South Eighth Street
Suite 500
Minneapolis, MN 55402

dean.eyler@gpmlaw.com
Ph: 612-632-3016
Party name: The American Intellectual Property Law Association


Phillip Robert Malone
Juelsgaard IP and Innovation Clinic
Mills Legal Clinic at Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way
Stanford, CA 94305

PMALONE@LAW.STANFORD.EDU
Ph: 650-725-6369
Party name: Intellectual Property Law Professors


Judy Perry Martinez
American Bar Association
321 N. Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60654

AmicusBriefs@americanbar.org
Ph: 312-988-5000
Party name: American Bar Association


Lawrence K. Nodine
Ballard Spahr, LLP
999 Peachtree St., Suite 1000
Atlanta, GA 30309

nodinel@ballardspahr.com
Ph: (678) 420-9300
Party name: International Trademark Association