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
Questions Presented
 
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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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: Jack Daniel's Properties, Inc.


Attorneys for Respondents
Bennett Evan Cooper
Counsel of Record
Dickinson Wright PLLC
1850 N. Central Ave., Ste. 1400
Phoenix, AZ 85004

bcooper@dickinsonwright.com
Ph: 6022855044
Party name: VIP Products LLC


Other Attorneys
Megan Kathleen Bannigan
Counsel of Record
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
66 Hudson Boulevard
New York, NY 10001

MKBANNIGAN@DEBEVOISE.COM
Ph: (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
Ph: (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
Ph: 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
Ph: 6173849125
Party name: Authors Alliance and ComicMix


John Fredrick Belcaster
MSCHF Product Studio, Inc
62 Bayard Street
Brooklyn, NY 11222

JBELCASTER@GMAIL.COM
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: (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
Ph: 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
Ph: (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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: (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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: (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
Ph: 202-663-6000
Party name: Campari America LLC