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Panasonic Corporation v. Samsung Electronics Co.

Petition for certiorari denied on January 20, 2015
Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
14-540 9th Cir. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2014

Issue: Whether public standard-setting and patent-pool licensing agreements that long predate the Clayton Act's four-year limitations period may indefinitely be subjected to antitrust challenge based on the defendants' ongoing collection of royalties, where the plaintiff, a longtime licensee, delays filing suit to challenge those pre-limitations agreements until the market has come to depend upon the licensed technology.

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
Sep 18 2014Application (14A312) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 28, 2014 to November 27, 2014, submitted to Justice Kennedy.
Sep 23 2014Application (14A312) granted by Justice Kennedy extending the time to file until November 12, 2014.
Nov 12 2014Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 15, 2014)
Dec 15 2014Brief amicus curiae of Generic Pharmaceutical Association filed.
Dec 15 2014Brief of respondent Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. in opposition filed.
Dec 29 2014Reply of petitioners Panasonic Corporation, et al. filed.
Dec 30 2014DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 16, 2015.
Jan 20 2015Petition DENIED.