Willowood, LLC v. Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC
Petition for certiorari denied on October 5, 2020
Issues: (1) Whether liability for patent
infringement under 35 U.S.C. § 271(g) requires that
all steps of a patented process must be practiced by,
or at least attributable to, a single entity, a
requirement that the Supreme Court previously recognized is
a prerequisite for infringement under 35 U.S.C.
§§ 271(a) and (b) in Limelight Networks Inc. v.
Akamai Technologies Inc.; and (2) whether, by requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to grant
expedited review and approval of labels for generic
pesticides that are “identical or substantially similar”
to the previously approved labels for the same
product, Congress intended to preclude claims of
copyright infringement with respect to generic
pesticide labels.
| Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
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| Mar 17 2020 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 20, 2020) |
| Apr 10 2020 | Waiver of right of respondent Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC to respond filed. |
| Apr 15 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/1/2020. |
| Apr 23 2020 | Response Requested. (Due May 26, 2020) |
| May 15 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 26, 2020 to June 25, 2020, submitted to The Clerk. |
| May 18 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including June 25, 2020. |
| Jun 25 2020 | Brief of respondent Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC in opposition filed. |
| Jul 07 2020 | Reply of petitioners Willowood, LLC, et al. filed. |
| Jul 15 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020. |
| Oct 05 2020 | Petition DENIED. |
