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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: 2% 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

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

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)