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Andrei Iancu, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office v. Eugene H. Luoma, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, No. 2019-2315

Dismissed · October 8, 2020
Pre-decision estimate: 20% cert probability (95% interval 11%–33%)

Before the decision, about 4.9× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a federal-government petitioner and a Federal Circuit decision below.

Question presented

ANDREI IANCU, UNDER SECRETARY OF COMMERCE FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND DIRECTOR, U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, PETITIONER v. EUGENE H. LUOMA, ET AL. ANDREI IANCU, UNDER SECRETARY OF COMMERCE FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND DIRECTOR, U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, PETITIONER v. PFIZER INC., ET AL. ANDREI IANCU, UNDER SECRETARY OF COMMERCE FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND DIRECTOR, U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, PETITIONER v. ALAN STUART, TRUSTEE FOR THE CECIL G. STUART AND DONNA M. STUART REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST AGREEMENT, ET AL. ANDREI IANCU, UNDER SECRETARY OF COMMERCE FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND DIRECTOR, U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, PETITIONER v. VILOX TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, ET AL.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Brian H. Fletcher
Acting Solicitor General

For respondent
Melanie Lynn Bostwick
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Related
Vide, 20-271, 20-273, 20-414, 20-679, 20-92

Proceedings

  1. Jul 30 2021
    JUDGMENT ISSUED.
  2. Jun 28 2021
    Petition GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of United States v. Arthrex, Inc., 594 U. S. ___ (2021).
  3. Jun 21 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/24/2021.
  4. Nov 17 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/4/2020.
  5. Oct 08 2020
    Motion to dismiss under Rule 46.2 GRANTED. The petition for a writ of certiorari is dismissed only with respect to the judgment of the Court of Appeals in Image Processing Technologies LLC v. Samsung Electronics Co., Nos. 2018-2156, 2019-1408, and 2019-1485.
  6. Sep 21 2020
    Motion of the United States under Rule 46.2(a) for partial dismissal of the petition for a writ of certiorari only with respect to the judgment of the court of appeal in case Nos. 2018-2156, 2019-1408, and 2019-1485 filed.
  7. Aug 27 2020
    Waiver of right of respondent Supercell Oy to respond filed.
  8. Aug 27 2020
    Waiver of right of respondent Amgen Inc. and Amgen Manufacturing Liited to respond filed.
  9. Aug 26 2020
    Waiver of right of respondent Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to respond filed.
  10. Aug 26 2020
    Waiver of right of respondent SZ DJI Technology Co., Ltd. to respond filed.
  11. Aug 26 2020
    Waiver of right of respondent Sanofi Pasteur Inc. and SK Chemicals Co., Ltd. to respond filed.
  12. Aug 26 2020
    Memorandum of respondent Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. filed.
  13. Aug 26 2020
    Brief of respondent Boloro Global Limited in opposition filed.
  14. Aug 26 2020
    Memorandum of respondent VirnetX Inc. filed.
  15. Aug 26 2020
    Brief of respondent Micron Technology, Inc. in support filed.
  16. Aug 26 2020
    Brief of respondent Sound View Innovations, LLC in opposition filed.
  17. Aug 26 2020
    Memorandum of respondent Rovi Guides, Inc. filed.
  18. Aug 26 2020
    Brief of respondents RPM International, Inc., et al. filed.
  19. Aug 26 2020
    Response to petition from respondent Comcast Cable Communications, LLC filed.
  20. Aug 26 2020
    Waiver of right of respondent Personalized Media Communications, LLC to respond filed.
  21. Aug 25 2020
    Brief of respondent Vilox Technologies, LLC in opposition filed.
  22. Aug 25 2020
    Waiver of right of respondent Dali Wireless Inc. to respond filed.
  23. Aug 24 2020
    Waiver of right of respondent Steuben Foods, Inc. to respond filed.
  24. Aug 24 2020
    Waiver of right of respondent High 5 Games, LLC to respond filed.
  25. Jul 23 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 26, 2020)