| No. 04-1350 | ||||
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| Docketed: | April 11, 2005 | |||
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit |
| Case Nos.: | (04-1152) |
| Decision Date: | January 6, 2005 |
| Questions Presented |
| ~~~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. |
| ~~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. | ||