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Affinity Labs of Texas, LLC v. Andrei Iancu, Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, No. 2016-1092, 2016-1172 · judgment May 5, 2017

Certiorari denied · April 30, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 6% cert probability (95% interval 3%–9%)

Before the decision, modestly above the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Federal Circuit decision below, a business petitioner, and counsel who has filed here before.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Patrick Malin Arenz
Robins Kaplan LLP

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Order
Order list, April 30, 2018 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Apr 30 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Apr 24 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/27/2018.
  3. Nov 08 2017
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/1/2017.
  4. Oct 25 2017
    Brief of respondent Joseph Matal, Interim Director, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office filed.
  5. Oct 11 2017
    Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including October 25, 2017.
  6. Sep 08 2017
    Order extending time to file response to petition to and including October 11, 2017.
  7. Aug 03 2017
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 11, 2017)