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No. 16-1011
 
Title: WesternGeco LLC, Petitioner
v.
ION Geophysical Corporation
Docketed: February 17, 2017
Linked with: 16A576
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
   Case Numbers: (2013-1527, 2014-1121, 2014-1526, 2014-1528)
   Decision Date: September 21, 2016
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Dec 08 2016 Application (16A576) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 20, 2016 to February 17, 2017, submitted to The Chief Justice.
Dec 13 2016 Application (16A576) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until February 17, 2017.
Feb 17 2017 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 20, 2017)
Mar 08 2017 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including April 19, 2017.
Apr 19 2017 Brief of respondent ION Geophysical Corporation in opposition filed.
May 08 2017 Reply of petitioner WesternGeco LLC filed.
May 09 2017 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 25, 2017.
May 30 2017 The Acting Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
Dec 06 2017 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
Proof of Service Main Document
Dec 20 2017 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2018.
Dec 20 2017 Supplemental brief of respondent ION Geophysical Corp. filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Jan 08 2018 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/12/2018.
Jan 12 2018 Petition GRANTED. Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
Jan 25 2018 Letter of amendment to corporate disclosure statement from respondent ION Geophysical Corp. filed. (Distributed)
Main Document
Feb 01 2018 Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, ION Geophysical Corporation.
Blanket Consent
Feb 02 2018 Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, WesternGeco LLC.
Blanket Consent
Feb 23 2018 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, April 16, 2018.
Feb 23 2018 Brief of petitioner WesternGeco LLC filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Feb 23 2018 Joint appendix filed.
Main Document Proof of Service
Feb 27 2018 Brief amicus curiae of New York Intellectual Property Law Association in support of neither party filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 01 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Law Professor Stephen Yelderman filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 02 2018 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
Main Document Proof of Service
Mar 02 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Power Integrations, Inc. filed.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 02 2018 Brief amici curiae of Intellectual Property Law Scholars in support of neither party filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 02 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 02 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Houston Intellectual Property Law Association in Support of Neither Party filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 05 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Intellectual Property Owners Association filed in Support of Neither Party. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 05 2018 Brief amicus curiae of American Intellectual Property Law Association filed in Support of Neither Party. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 07 2018 CIRCULATED
Mar 09 2018 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Proof of Service Main Document
Mar 26 2018 Brief of respondent ION Geophysical Corporation filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 28 2018 Justice Alito is no longer recused in this case.
Mar 30 2018 Record requested from U.S.C.A. Federal Circuit.
Apr 02 2018 Brief amici curiae of Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc., The Internet Association, SAS Institute Inc., Symmetry, LLC, and Xilinx, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Apr 02 2018 Brief amici curiae of Electronic Frontier Foundation and R Street Institute filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Apr 06 2018 Record received from the U.S.D.C. Southern District of Texas Brownsville Division is electronic and can be accessed through the electronic case filing system for the Southern District of Texas. Sealed documents was sent to this Court, the record is electronic.
Apr 06 2018 Record from the U.S.C.A. Federal Circuit is electronic and located on PACER, with the exception of 1 Box of Confidential material.
Apr 09 2018 Reply of petitioner WesternGeco LLC filed. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Apr 13 2018 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Apr 16 2018 Argued. For petitioner: Paul D. Clement, Washington, D. C.; and Zachary D. Tripp, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondent: Kannon K. Shanmugam, Washington, D. C.
Jun 22 2018 Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Thomas, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kennedy, Ginsburg, Alito, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Gorsuch, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Breyer, J., joined.
Jul 24 2018 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Aug 21 2018 Record for the U.S.C.A. Federal Circuit has been returned.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Paul D. Clement
Counsel of Record
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
655 Fifteenth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
paul.clement@kirkland.com
Ph: 2028795000
Party name: WesternGeco LLC


Attorneys for Respondents
Kannon K. Shanmugam
Counsel of Record
Williams & Connolly LLP
725 Twelfth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20005
kshanmugam@wc.com
Ph: (202) 434-5000
Party name: ION Geophysical Corporation


Danielle J. Healey
Fish & Richardson, P.C.
1221 McKinney Street
Suite 2800
Houston, TX 77010
healey@fr.com
Ph: 713-654-5300
Party name: ION Geophysical Corp.


Other Attorneys
Iftikhar Ahmed
Counsel of Record
Ahmad, Zavitsanos, Anaipakos, Alavi & Mensing, P.C.
1221 McKinney Street, Suite 2500
Houston, TX 77010
iftiahmed@azalaw.com
Ph: 713-655-1101
Party name: Houston Intellectual Property Law Association


David Bartley Eppenauer
Counsel of Record
Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P.
701 Fifth Avenue
Suite 6800,
Seattle, WA 98104
beppenauer@shb.com
Ph: 206-344-7600
Party name: Intellectual Property Owners Association


Noel John Francisco
Counsel of Record
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


Timothy R. Holbrook
Counsel of Record
Emory University School of Law
1301 Clifton Rd, NE
Atlanta, GA 30322
tholbrook@emory.edu
Ph: 404-712-0353
Party name: Intellectual Property Law Scholars


Rachel Clark Hughey
Counsel of Record
Merchant & Gould P.C.
3200 IDS Center
80 South Eighth Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402
rhughey@merchantgould.com
Ph: 612-332-5300
Party name: Law Professor Stephen Yelderman


David W. Long
Counsel of Record
Essential Patent LLC
PO Box 710868
Oak Hill, VA 20171
longdw@essentialpatent.net
Ph: 571-402-1922
Party name: American Intellectual Property Law Association


Daniel K. Nazer
Counsel of Record
Electronic Frontier Foundation
815 Eddy Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
daniel@eff.org
Ph: 415-436-9333
Party name: Electronic Frontier Foundation and R Street Institute


Irena Royzman
Counsel of Record
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP
1133 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
iroyzman@pbwt.com
Ph: (212) 336-2000
Party name: New York Intellectual Property Law Association


Donald William Rupert
Counsel of Record
MARSHALL, GERSTEIN & BORUN LLP
233 SOUTH WACKER DR.
6300 WILLIS TOWER
Chicago, IL 60606
drupert@marshallip.com
Ph: 3124746300
Party name: Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago


Alexandra Anastasia Ekaterina Shapiro
Counsel of Record
Shapiro Arato LLP
500 Fifth Avenue
40th Floor
New York, NY 10110
ashapiro@shapiroarato.com
Ph: 212 257-4880
Party name: Power Integrations, Inc.


Kathleen Marie Sullivan
Counsel of Record
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
51 Madison Ave., 22nd Floor
New York, NY 10010
kathleensullivan@quinnemanuel.com
Ph: (212) 849-7000
Party name: Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc., The Internet Association, SAS Institute Inc., Symmetry, LLC, and Xilinx, Inc.

 

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