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Willowood, LLC v. Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC

Certiorari Denied

Petition for certiorari denied on October 5, 2020.

Docket No.19-1147
Op. BelowFed. Cir.

Issue

(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.

Proceedings & orders timeline

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 7, 2020
Reply of petitioners Willowood, LLC, et al. filed.
Jul 15, 2020
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
Oct 5, 2020
Petition DENIED.

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