No. 18-801
 
Title: Laura Peter, Deputy Director, Patent and Trademark Office, Petitioner
v.
NantKwest, Inc.
Docketed: December 21, 2018
Linked with: 18A369
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
   Case Numbers: (2016-1794)
   Decision Date: July 27, 2018
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Oct 04 2018 Application (18A369) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 25, 2018 to November 23, 2018, submitted to The Chief Justice.
Main Document Proof of Service
Oct 05 2018 Application (18A369) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until November 23, 2018.
Nov 13 2018 Application (18A369) to extend further the time from November 23, 2018 to December 21, 2018, submitted to The Chief Justice.
Proof of Service Written Request
Nov 14 2018 Application (18A369) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until December 21, 2018.
Dec 21 2018 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 22, 2019)
Jan 22 2019 Brief of respondent NantKwest, Inc. in opposition filed.
Feb 04 2019 Reply of petitioner Andrei Iancu filed.
Feb 06 2019 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/22/2019.
Feb 25 2019 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/1/2019.
Mar 04 2019 Petition GRANTED.
Mar 26 2019 Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
Apr 03 2019 Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits is granted. The time to file joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including May 17, 2019. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including July 15, 2019.
May 08 2019 Letter of substitution of petitioner received.
May 17 2019 Brief of petitioner Laura Peter, Deputy Director, Patent and Trademark Office, filed.
May 17 2019 Joint appendix filed.
May 23 2019 Brief amicus curiae of R Street Institute filed.
May 24 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Federal Circuit Bar Association in support of neither party filed.
Jun 25 2019 Brief amicus curiae of New York Intellectual Property Law Association filed.
Jul 01 2019 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, October 7, 2019.
Jul 15 2019 Brief of respondent NantKwest, Inc. filed.
Jul 22 2019 Brief amicus curiae of The American Bar Association filed.
Jul 22 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Intellectual Property Owners Association filed.
Jul 22 2019 Brief amicus curiae of The Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago filed.
Jul 22 2019 Brief amici curiae of The Association of Amicus Counsel, et al. filed.
Jul 22 2019 Brief amicus curiae of The International Trademark Association filed.
Jul 22 2019 Brief amicus curiae of American Intellectual Property Law Association filed.
Jul 22 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Association of the Bar of the City of New York filed.
Jul 22 2019 Brief amicus curiae of IEEE-USA filed.
Aug 01 2019 CIRCULATED
Aug 14 2019 Reply of petitioner Laura Peter, Deputy Director, Patent and Trademark Office filed. (Distributed)
Aug 16 2019 Record requested from the U.S.C.A. Federal Circuit.
Aug 27 2019 Complete record located on PACER (U.S.C.A. Federal Circuit and U.S.D.C. Eastern Dist, VA).
Oct 07 2019 Argued. For petitioner: Malcolm L. Stewart, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Mr. Morgan Chu, Los Angeles, Cal.
Dec 11 2019 Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Sotomayor, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.
Jan 13 2020 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Noel John Francisco
Counsel of Record
Jones Day
51 Louisiana Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001
NJFRANCISCO@JONESDAY.COM
Ph: (202) 879-3939
Party name: Laura Peter, Deputy Director, Patent and Trademark Office


Attorneys for Respondents
Morgan Chu
Counsel of Record
Irell & Manella LLP
1800 Avenue of the Stars
Suite 900
Los Angeles, CA 90067-4276
MChu@Irell.com
Ph: 3102771010
Party name: NantKwest, Inc.


Other Attorneys
Richard Alan Neifeld
Counsel of Record
Neifeld IP Law, PC
9112 Shearman Street
Fairfax, VA 22032-1479
richardneifeld@gmail.com
Ph: 7034470727
Party name: IEEE-USA


William Paul Atkins
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
1200 17th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
william.atkins@pillsburylaw.com
Ph: 703-770-7900
Party name: Federal Circuit Bar Association


Robert M. Carlson
American Bar Association
321 N. Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60654
abapresident@americanbar.org
Ph: 312-988-5000
Party name: American Bar Association


Gregory Andrew Castanias
Jones Day
51 Louisiana Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20001
gcastanias@jonesday.com
Ph: (202) 879-3939
Party name: Intellectual Property Owners Association


Theodore H. Davis Jr.
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP
1100 Peachtree Street Suite 2800
Atlanta, GA 30309-4530
TDAVIS@KILPATRICKTOWNSEND.COM
Ph: 404815-6534
Party name: The American Bar Association


Charles Duan
American University Washington College of Law
4300 Nebraska Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20016
supremecourt.gov@cduan.com
Ph: (202) 274-4124
Party name: R Street Institute


Margaret M. Duncan
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
25 E Pearson Street
Chicago, IL 60611
mduncan@luc.edu
Ph: 312 915 7120
Party name: The Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago


Philip Laurence Hirschhorn
Buchanan lngersoll & Rooney PC
640 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10019
philip.hirschhorn@bipc.com
Ph: 212-440-4400
Party name: Association of the Bar of the City of New York


Jeffrey I. D. Lewis
Foley Hoag LLP
1301 Avenue of the Americas Suite 2500
New York, NY 10019
jidlewis@foleyhoag.com
Ph: (212) 812-0400
Party name: American Intellectual Property Law Assoc.


Charles Robert Macedo
Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP
405 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10174
cmacedo@arelaw.com
Ph: 2123368000
Party name: New York Intellectual Property Law Association


Charles E. Miller
Leichtman Law PLLC
185 Madison Avenue
15th Floor
New York, NY 10016
cmiller@leichtmanlaw.com
Ph: (516) 641-3378
Party name: The Association of Amicus Counsel, InfoTech Law Offices, Isshiki & Co., and Law Offices of Hiraide & Takahashi


Lawrence K. Nodine
Ballard Spahr, LLP
999 Peachtree St., Suite 1000
Atlanta, GA 30309
nodinel@ballardspahr.com
Ph: (678) 420-9300
Party name: The International Trademark Association