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Shukh v. Seagate Technology, LLC

Certiorari Denied

Petition for certiorari denied on June 27, 2016.

Docket No.15-1285
Op. BelowFed. Cir.

Issue

Whether the "automatic assignment" rule of FilmTec Corp. v. Allied Signal, Inc. should be overruled because it extinguishes inventors" constitutional and statutory rights to inventorship and ownership, especially in view of criticisms expressed by three Justices of this Court in Stanford University v. Roche Molecular Sys., Inc., and the reservation of that issue by the Court.

Proceedings & orders timeline

Mar 16, 2016
Motion (15M101) for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari under seal with redacted copies for the public record filed.
Mar 16, 2016
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 18, 2016)
Mar 16, 2016
Appendix of Alexander Shukh filed.
Mar 23, 2016
MOTION (15M101) DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 15, 2016.
Apr 18, 2016
Motion (15M101) for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari under seal with redacted copies for the public record Granted.
May 18, 2016
Brief of respondents Seagate Technology, LLC, et al. in opposition filed.
Jun 3, 2016
Reply of petitioner Alexander Shukh filed.
Jun 7, 2016
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 23, 2016.
Jun 27, 2016
Petition DENIED.

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