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Voter Verified, Inc. v. Election Systems & Software LLC

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, No. 17-1930 · judgment April 20, 2018

Certiorari denied · January 7, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Whether the Federal Circuit erred in deciding that patent claims for a method of voting are invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 101 in a second action for patent infringement where that issue of validity was previously decided to the contrary on a counterclaim for declaratory judgment in a first action.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Anthony Italo Provitola

For respondent
Robert M. Evans Jr.
Stinson Leonard Street, LLP

Case

Subject area
Economic Activity (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, January 7, 2019 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Jan 07 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Dec 12 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
  3. Nov 27 2018
    Notice of Waiver by Respondent of Voter Verified, Inc. not accepted for filing. (December 10, 2018 -- Document not of the type that is to be filed electronically)
  4. Sep 13 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 26, 2018)