Docket No. | Op. Below | Argument | Opinion | Vote | Author | Term |
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17-804 | Fed. Cir. | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | OT 2018 |
Issues: (1) Whether, and under what circumstances, assignors and their privies are free to contest a patent's validity; and (2) whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit erred in holding that proof of but-for causation, without more, satisfies the requirement that damages be apportioned between patented and un-patented features.
Date | Proceedings and Orders |
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Nov 30 2017 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 3, 2018) |
Dec 12 2017 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, EVE-USA, Inc., et al. |
Dec 13 2017 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Mentor Graphics Corporation. |
Jan 02 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of Intellectual Property Law Scholar filed. |
Jan 02 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Eighteen Intellectual Property Law Professors filed. |
Jan 03 2018 | Waiver of right of respondent Mentor Graphics Corporation to respond filed. |
Jan 03 2018 | Brief amici curiae of HP Inc., et al. filed. |
Jan 03 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Law Professors and Public Knowledge filed. |
Jan 10 2018 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2018. |
Jan 17 2018 | Response Requested. (Due February 16, 2018) |
Jan 18 2018 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 16, 2018 to March 19, 2018, submitted to The Clerk. |
Jan 22 2018 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 19, 2018 |
Mar 19 2018 | Brief of respondent Mentor Graphics Corporation in opposition filed. |
Mar 27 2018 | Reply of petitioners EVE-USA, Inc., et al. filed. |
Apr 04 2018 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/20/2018. |
Apr 23 2018 | The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States. Justice Gorsuch took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition. |
Aug 16 2018 | Stipulation to dismiss the petition for a writ of certiorari pursuant to Rule 46 filed. |
Aug 17 2018 | Petition Dismissed - Rule 46. |
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