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Tarun Surti v. Fleet Engineers, Inc.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, No. 2022-2001, 2022-2076 · judgment August 15, 2023


Certiorari denied · October 7, 2024
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

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

Questions presented

This is a petition for “Writ of Certiorari” author­ ized by 28 U.S.C. §1651(a) because this Court has ju­ risdiction over several issues that were determined adversely by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which jeopardized the poorly funded individual inventors, lacking legal intelligence, “exclu­ sive rights to their inventions” granted under 35 U.S.C. §271 and guaranteed by the U.S. Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 of the United States Constitution. The questions presented are:

  1. Whether the Court erred in denying proper compensation, including “Cease and Desist order”, re­ quested by the patentee.

  2. Whether the Court erred when it granted a “non-infringement” judgment under “Doctrine of equivalent” by relying on non-infringing elements while neglecting the undisputable intrinsic evidences of infringing elements.

  3. Whether the Court erred when it punished non-related third party, such as Mudguard Tech. LLC, because of a public notice published by a patent owner to protect his rights required under 35 U.S. Code §287.

  4. Whether the Court erred when it wrongly pe­ nalized Mudguard Tech. LLC instead of penalizing Fleet for the “Tortious Interference with Business Re­ lations (Michigan Law)” knowing that Great Dane

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Tarun Surti

For respondent
George Thomas Williams III
McGarry Bair PC

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
23A562

Proceedings

  1. Oct 07 2024
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Aug 07 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
  3. Jul 22 2024
    Brief of respondent Fleet Engineers, Inc. in opposition filed.
  4. May 01 2024
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 22, 2024. See Rule 30.1.
  5. Apr 30 2024
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 22, 2024 to July 21, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
  6. Feb 17 2024
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 22, 2024)
  7. Dec 18 2023
    Application (23A562) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until February 18, 2024.
  8. Dec 08 2023
    Application (23A562) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 20, 2023 to February 18, 2024, submitted to The Chief Justice.