No. 12-1184
Title:
Octane Fitness, LLC, Petitioner
v.
ICON Health & Fitness, Inc.
Docketed:March 29, 2013
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  Case Nos.:(2011-1521, 2011-1636)
  Decision Date:October 24, 2012
  Rehearing Denied:December 27, 2013
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mar 27 2013 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 29, 2013)
Apr 19 2013 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including May 29, 2013.
May 29 2013 Brief of respondent ICON Health & Fitness, Inc. in opposition filed.
Jun 4 2013 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 20, 2013.
Jun 6 2013 Reply of petitioner Octane Fitness, LLC filed. (Distributed)
Jun 26 2013 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 30, 2013.
Oct 1 2013 Petition GRANTED.
Oct 31 2013 Blanket consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner and counsel for the respondent.
Nov 6 2013 The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including December 2, 2013.
Nov 6 2013 The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including January 17, 2014.
Nov 25 2013 SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Dec 2 2013 Brief of petitioner Octane Fitness, LLC filed.
Dec 2 2013 Motion to file the joint appendix under seal with redacted copies for the public record filed by petitioner Octane Fitness, LLC.
Dec 2 2013 Joint appendix filed. (Redacted copy)
Dec 4 2013 Record received from U.S.C.A. Federal Circuit. (1 Box)
Dec 6 2013 Brief amici curiae of Robin Feldman, and U.C. Hastings Institute for Innovation Law in support of either party filed.
Dec 9 2013 Brief amicus curiae of BSA - The Software Alliance filed.
Dec 9 2013 Brief amicus curiae of American Intellectual Property Law Association in support of neither party filed.
Dec 9 2013 Brief amici curiae of Google Inc., et al. filed. VIDED (see 12-1163).
Dec 9 2013 Brief amicus curiae of Apple Inc. in support of neither party filed. VIDED (see 12-1163).
Dec 9 2013 Brief amici curiae of Electronic Frontier Foundation, et al. filed.
Dec 9 2013 Brief amicus curiae of Food Marketing Institute filed.
Dec 9 2013 Brief amicus curiae of Intellectual Property Owners Association filed.
Dec 9 2013 Brief amici curiae of Computer & Communications Industry Association, et al. filed.
Dec 9 2013 Brief amici curiae of Vermont, et al. filed.
Dec 9 2013 Brief amicus curiae of Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago in support of neither party filed.
Dec 9 2013 Brief amici curiae of Yahoo! Inc., et al. filed. VIDED.
Dec 9 2013 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
Dec 9 2013 Brief amici curiae of 3M Co., et al filed.
Dec 9 2013 Brief amicus curiae of New York Intellectual Property Law Association in support of neither party filed.
Dec 11 2013 Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 10, 2014.
Dec 12 2013 Record received from U.S.D.C. District of Minnesota (1 Box) The record is SEALED. Record also received from U.S.D.C. District of Minnesota (1 Envelope).
Dec 23 2013 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Jan 13 2014 Motion to file the joint appendix under seal with redacted copies for the public record GRANTED.
Jan 17 2014 CIRCULATED.
Jan 17 2014 Brief of respondent ICON Health & Fitness, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 27 2014 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Feb 18 2014 Reply of petitioner Octane Fitness, LLC filed. (Distributed)
Feb 26 2014 Argued. For petitioner: Rudolph A. Telscher, Jr., St. Louis, Mo.; and Roman Martinez, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondent: Carter G. Phillips, Washington, D. C.
Apr 29 2014 Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Sotomayor, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, and Kagan, JJ., joined, and in which Scalia, J., joined except as to footnotes 1-3.
Jun 2 2014 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Jun 3 2014 Record returned for U.S.D.C. District of Minnesota.
Jun 3 2014 Record returned for U.S.C.A. Federal Circuit.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Rudolph A. Telscher Jr. Harness, Dickey & Pierce, PLC(314) 726-7500
    Counsel of Record7700 Bonhomme Ave., Suite 400
St. Louis, MO  63105
rtelscher@hdp.com
Party name: Octane Fitness, LLC
 
Kara R. Fussner Harness Dickey & Pierce, PLC(314) 726-7500
7700 Bonhomme Ave., Suite 400
St. Louis, MO  63105
kfussner@hdp.com
Party name: Octane Fitness, LLC
 
Attorneys for Respondent:
Larry R. Laycock Maschoff Brennan Laycock Gilmore Israelsen & Wright(435) 252-1360
    Counsel of Record201 S. Main Street, Suite 600
Salt Lake City, UT  84111
llaycock@maschoffbrennan.com
Party name: ICON Health & Fitness, Inc.
 
Carter G. Phillips Sidley Austin LLP(202) 736-8270
1501 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20005
cphillips@sidley.com
Party name: ICON Health & Fitness, Inc.
Other:
Bridget C. Asay Assistant Attorney General(802) 828-3181
Office of the Attorney General
109 State Street
Montpelier, VT  05609-1001
bridget.asay@state.vt.us
Party name: Vermont, et al.
 
John M. Augustyn Two Prudential Plaza(312) 616-5600
180 N. Stetson Ave.
Chicago, IL  60602-0000
jaugustyn@leydig.com
Party name: Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago in support of neither party
 
David A. Balto Law Offices of David A. Balto(202) 577-5424
1325 G Street, NW, Suite 500
suite 850
Washington, DC  20005
david.balto@dcantitrustlaw.com
Party name: Food Marketing Institute
 
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
 
Paul D. Clement Bancroft PLLC(202) 234-0090
1919 M Street, NW, Suite 470
Washington, DC  20001
pclement@bancroftpllc.com
Party name: Google Inc., et al.
 
Mark S. Davies Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP(202) 339-8400
1152 15th Street NW
Washington, DE  20005
mark.davies@orrick.com
Party name: Apple Inc. in support of neither party
 
Robin C. Feldman University of California(415) 565-4661
Hastings College of the Law
200 McAllister St.
San Francisco, CA  94102
feldmanr@uchastings.edu
Party name: Robin Feldman and U.C. Hastings Institute for Innovation Law
 
Barbara A. Fiacco Foley Hoag LLP(617)-832-1227
155 Seaport Boulevard
Boston, MA  02210
bfiacco@foleyhoag.com
Party name: American Intellectual Property Law Association in support of neither party
 
Jeffrey A. Lamken MoloLamken LLP(202) 556-2000
The Watergate, Suite 660
600 New Hampshire Ave., NW
Washington, DC  20037
jlamken@mololamken.com
Party name: Yahoo! Inc., et al.
 
Mark Lemley Durie Tangri LLP(415) 362-6666
217 Leidesdorff Street
San Francisco, CA  94111
mlemley@durietangri.com
Party name: Computer & Communications Industry Association, et al.
 
Charles R. Macedo Amster Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP(212)-336-8000
90 Park Avenue
New York, NY  10016
cmacedo@arelaw.com
Party name: New York Intellectual Property Law Association in support of neither party
 
Roman Martinez V. Assistant to the Solicitor General(202) 514-2201
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W
Washington, DC  20530
Party name: United States
 
Andrew J. Pincus Mayer Brown LLP(202) 263-3127
1999 K Street, NW
Washington, DC  20006-1101
apincus@mayerbrown.com
Party name: BSA - The Software Alliance
 
Julie P. Samuels 815 Eddy Street (415) 436-9333
San Francisco, CA  94109
julie@eff.org
Party name: Electronic Frontier Foundation, et al.
 
Pratik A. Shah Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP(202) 887-4000
1333 New Hampshire Ave., NW
Washington, DC  20036
pshah@akingump.com
Party name: 3M Co., et al
 
Donald B. Verrilli Jr. Solicitor General(202) 514-2217
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20530-0001
SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov
Party name: United States