| No. 10-6 | ||||
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| Docketed: | June 29, 2010 | |||
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit |
| Case Nos.: | (2009-1099, 2009-1108, 2009-1119) |
| Decision Date: | February 5, 2010 |
| Rehearing Denied: | March 25, 2010 |
| Questions Presented |
| ~~~Date~~~ | ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Jun 23 2010 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 29, 2010) |
| Jul 29 2010 | Brief of respondent SEB S.A. in opposition filed. |
| Jul 29 2010 | Brief amici curiae of 26 Law, Economics, and Business Professors filed. |
| Aug 11 2010 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 27, 2010. |
| Oct 4 2010 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 8, 2010. |
| Oct 12 2010 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Nov 10 2010 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondent |
| Nov 15 2010 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioners. |
| Nov 23 2010 | Extension of time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits to and including November 29, 2010. |
| Nov 23 2010 | The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including December 30, 2010. |
| Nov 29 2010 | Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed.) |
| Nov 29 2010 | Brief of petitioners Global-Tech Appliances, Inc., et al. filed. |
| Nov 29 2010 | Supplemental appendix of Global-Tech Appliances, Inc., et al. filed. |
| Dec 2 2010 | Brief amicus curiae of Newegg, Inc. filed. |
| Dec 6 2010 | Brief amici curiae of Yahoo! Inc., et al. filed. |
| Dec 6 2010 | Brief amicus curiae of Business Software Alliance filed. |
| Dec 6 2010 | Brief amici curiae of Comcast Corporation, et al. filed. |
| Dec 6 2010 | Brief amicus curiae of Software Freedom Law Center filed. |
| Dec 6 2010 | Brief amici curiae of Motion Picture Association of America and Recording Industry in support of neither party filed. |
| Dec 6 2010 | Brief amici curiae of Cisco Systems, Inc., et al. filed. |
| Dec 6 2010 | Brief amicus curiae of Google Inc. filed. |
| Dec 6 2010 | Brief amicus curiae of Intellectual Property Owners Association in support of neither party filed. |
| Dec 6 2010 | Brief amici curiae of The Clearing House Association, et al. filed. |
| Dec 6 2010 | Brief amici curiae of 41 Law, Economics, and Business Professors filed. |
| Dec 6 2010 | Brief amicus curiae of Federal Circuit Bar Association in support of neither party filed. |
| Dec 23 2010 | SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Wednesday, February 23, 2011. |
| Dec 30 2010 | Brief of respondent SEB S.A. filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 3 2011 | CIRCULATED. |
| Jan 6 2011 | Brief amici curiae of Law Professors filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 6 2011 | Brief amici curiae of Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 6 2011 | Brief amicus curiae of William Mitchell College of Law Intellectual Property Institute filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 6 2011 | Brief amicus curiae of American Intellectual Property Law Association filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 20 2011 | Record received from U.S.C.A. for Federal Circuit. (1 box) |
| Jan 31 2011 | Reply of petitioners Global-Tech Appliances, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Feb 11 2011 | Record received from U.S.D.C. for Southern District of New York (White Plains) (4 boxes) There are sealed documents in this record. |
| Feb 23 2011 | Argued. For petitioners: William Dunnegan, New York, N. Y. For respondent: R. Ted Cruz, Houston, Tex. |
| May 31 2011 | Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Alito, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Scalia, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Kennedy, J., filed a dissenting opinion. |
| Jul 5 2011 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| ~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ~~Phone~~~ |
| Attorneys for Petitioners: | ||
| William Dunnegan | 350 Fifth Avenue | (212) 332-8300 |
| Counsel of Record | Suite 4908 | |
| New York, NY 10118 | ||
| wd@dunnegan.com | ||
| Party name: Global-Tech Appliances, Inc., et al. | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent: | ||
| R. Ted Cruz | Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP | (713) 890-5137 |
| Counsel of Record | 1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 4000 | |
| Houston, TX 77002 | ||
| tcruz@morganlewis.com | ||
| Party name: SEB S.A. | ||
| Norman H. Zivin | Cooper & Dunham LLP | (212) 278-0400 |
| Cooper & Dunham LLP | ||
| 30 Rockefeller Plaza, 20th Floor | ||
| New York, NY 10112 | ||
| nzivin@cooperdunham.com | ||
| Party name: SEB S.A. | ||
| Other: | ||
| Peter J. Brann | Brann & Issacson | (207) 786-3566 |
| 184 Main Street, P.O. Box 3070 | ||
| Lewiston, ME 04243-3070 | ||
| pbrann@brannlaw.com | ||
| Party name: Newegg, Inc. | ||
| Paul D. Clement | Bancroft PLLC | (202) 234-0090 |
| 1919 M Street, N.W., Suite 470 | ||
| Washington, DC 20036 | ||
| pclement@bancroftpllc.com | ||
| Party name: Motion Picture Association of America and Recording Industry in support of neither party | ||
| Michael S. Connor | Alston & Bird LLP | (704) 444-1022 |
| 101 South Tryon Street, Suite 4000 | ||
| Charlotte, NC 28280 | ||
| mike.connor@alston.com | ||
| Party name: The Clearing House Association, et al. | ||
| James W. Dabney | Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, LLP | (212) 859-8966 |
| One New York Plaza, 24th Floor | ||
| New York, NY 10004 | ||
| james.dabney@friedfrank.com | ||
| Party name: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., et al. | ||
| Seth D. Greenstein | Constantine Cannon LLP | (202) 204-3514 |
| 1301 K Street, N.W. | ||
| Suite 1050 East | ||
| Washington, DC 20005 | ||
| sgreenstein@constantinecannon.com | ||
| Party name: Google Inc. | ||
| Gary M. Hoffman | 7428 Old Maple Square | (703) 819-7517 |
| McLean, VA 22102 | ||
| gmhoffmanfl@aol.com | ||
| Party name: Intellectual Property Owners Association in support of neither party | ||
| Thomas G. Hungar | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP | (202) 955-8500 |
| 1050 Connecticut Ave, N.W. | ||
| Washington, DC 20036 | ||
| thungar@gibsondunn.com | ||
| Party name: Comcast Corporation, et al. | ||
| Mark A. Lemley | William H. Neuman Professor | (650) 723-4605 |
| Stanford Law School | ||
| 559 Nathan Abbott Way | ||
| Stanford, CA 94305- | ||
| mlemley@law.stanford.edu | ||
| Party name: 41 Law, Economics, and Business Professors | ||
| Eben Moglen | Software Freedom Law Center | (212) 461-1900 |
| 1995 Broadway, 17th Floor | ||
| New York, NY 10023 | ||
| moglen@softwarefreedom.org | ||
| Party name: Software Freedom Law Center | ||
| R. Carl Moy | William Mitchell College of Law | (651) 290-6344 |
| Intellectual Property Institute | ||
| 875 Summit Avenue | ||
| St. Paul, MN 55105 | ||
| Party name: William Mitchell College of Law Intellectual Property Institute | ||
| 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 | ||
| Edward R. Reines | Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP | (650) 802-3000 |
| 201 Redwood Shores Parkway | ||
| Fifth Floor | ||
| Redwood Shores, CA 94065 | ||
| edward.reines@weil.com | ||
| Party name: Yahoo! Inc., et al. | ||
| Ted M. Sichelman | University of San Diego School of Law | (619) 260-7512 |
| 5998 Alcala Park | ||
| Guadalupe Hall | ||
| San Diego, CA 92110 | ||
| tsichelman@sandiego.edu | ||
| Party name: Law Professors | ||
| Peter A. Sullivan | Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP | (212) 837-6000 |
| One Battery Park Plaza | ||
| New York, NY 10004 | ||
| sullivan@hugheshubbard.com | ||
| Party name: American Intellectual Property Law Association | ||
| Chiemi D. Suzuki | Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP | (212)-588-0800 |
| 745 Fifth Ave. | ||
| New York, NY 10151 | ||
| csuzuki@flhlaw.com | ||
| Party name: Federal Circuit Bar Association in support of neither party | ||
| Seth P. Waxman | Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP | (202) 663-6000 |
| 1875 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. | ||
| Washington, DC 20006 | ||
| seth.waxman@wilmerhale.com | ||
| Party name: Cisco Systems, Inc., et al. | ||