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iLife Technologies, Inc. v. Nintendo of America, Inc.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, No. 2020-1477 · judgment January 13, 2021
Before the decision, modestly above the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a petition citing three to ten dissents, a dissent in the court below, and a Federal Circuit decision below, and down for a business respondent.
Questions presented
The questions presented are the same as those presented in the petition for a writ of certiorari filed in connection with American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. v. Neapco Holdings, LLC, No. 20-891:
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What is the appropriate standard for determining whether a patent claim is “directed to” a patent-ineligible concept under step 1 of the Court’s two-step framework for determining whether an invention is eligible for patenting under 35 U.S.C. § 101?
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Is patent eligibility (at each step of the Court’s two-step framework) a question of law for the court based on the scope of the claims or a question of fact for the jury based on the state of art at the time of the patent?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Michael Craig Wilson
Munck Wilson Mandala, LLP
For respondent
Kathleen Roberta Hartnett
Cooley 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, October 4, 2021 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Oct 04 2021Petition DENIED.
- Sep 01 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
- Sep 01 2021Reply of petitioner iLife Technologies, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
- Aug 18 2021Brief of respondent Nintendo of America, Inc. in opposition filed.
- Jul 08 2021Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 18, 2021.
- Jul 02 2021Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 19, 2021 to August 18, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
- Jun 14 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 19, 2021)