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Docket for 16-1011

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.

Dec 20 2017

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2018.

Dec 20 2017

Supplemental brief of respondent ION Geophysical Corp. filed. (Distributed)

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)

Feb 01 2018

Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, ION Geophysical Corporation.

Feb 02 2018

Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, WesternGeco LLC.

Feb 23 2018

SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, April 16, 2018.

Feb 23 2018

Brief of petitioner WesternGeco LLC filed.

Feb 23 2018

Joint appendix filed.

Feb 27 2018

Brief amicus curiae of New York Intellectual Property Law Association in support of neither party filed.

Mar 01 2018

Brief amicus curiae of Law Professor Stephen Yelderman filed. (Distributed)

Mar 02 2018

Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.

Mar 02 2018

Brief amicus curiae of Power Integrations, Inc. filed.

Mar 02 2018

Brief amici curiae of Intellectual Property Law Scholars in support of neither party filed. (Distributed)

Mar 02 2018

Brief amicus curiae of Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago filed. (Distributed)

Mar 02 2018

Brief amicus curiae of Houston Intellectual Property Law Association in Support of Neither Party filed. (Distributed)

Mar 05 2018

Brief amicus curiae of Intellectual Property Owners Association filed in Support of Neither Party. (Distributed)

Mar 05 2018

Brief amicus curiae of American Intellectual Property Law Association filed in Support of Neither Party. (Distributed)

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.

Mar 26 2018

Brief of respondent ION Geophysical Corporation filed. (Distributed)

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)

Apr 02 2018

Brief amici curiae of Electronic Frontier Foundation and R Street Institute filed. (Distributed)

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)

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

Clement & Murphy, PLLC
706 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
PAUL.CLEMENT@CLEMENTMURPHY.COM
Ph: (202) 742-8900
Party name: WesternGeco LLC

Attorneys for Respondents

Kannon K. Shanmugam
Counsel of Record

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
2001 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006
KSHANMUGAM@PAULWEISS.COM
Ph: (202) 223-7300
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

Jones Day
51 Louisiana Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001
NJFRANCISCO@JONESDAY.COM
Ph: (202) 879-3939
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

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
1177 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
iroyzman@kramerlevin.com
Ph: (212) 715-9152
Party name: New York Intellectual Property Law Association

Donald William Rupert
Counsel of Record

Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP
6300 Willis Tower
233 South Wacker Drive
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 Bach LLP
1140 Avenue of the Americas
17th Floor
New York, NY 10036
ASHAPIRO@SHAPIROARATO.COM
Ph: 212 257-4880
Party name: Power Integrations, Inc.

Kathleen Marie Sullivan
Counsel of Record

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
865 S. Figueroa St. 10th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90017
kathleensullivan@quinnemanuel.com
Ph: (213) 443-3000
Party name: Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc., The Internet Association, SAS Institute Inc., Symmetry, LLC, and Xilinx, Inc.