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Jaime Rogozinski v. Reddit, Inc.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 24-735 · judgment June 11, 2025
Certiorari denied · December 8, 2025
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Who owns the trademark for a user-created online community on a social media platform: the social media platform that provides the technical infrastructure or the creator of the online community who creates the look, feel, and personality of the community, moderates the community’s content, cultivates the brand’s goodwill, and is recognized by the public as the source of the brand? (i)
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Matthew Vincent Topic
Loevy & Loevy
For respondent
Michael Robert Huston
Perkins Coie LLP
Proceedings
- Dec 16 2025Amicus Brief of Digital Asset Trade Association not accepted for filing. (December 16, 2025)
- Dec 16 2025Amicus Brief of Glazers Media and a Coalition of Content Creators not accepted for filing. (December 16, 2025)
- Dec 16 2025Amicus Brief of Open Source AI Foundation not accepted for filing. (December 16, 2025)
- Dec 16 2025Amicus Brief of Own Your Data Foundation not accepted for filing. (December 18, 2025)
- Dec 16 2025Amicus Brief of The Digital Chamber (TDC) not accepted for filing. (December 18, 2025)
- Dec 08 2025Petition DENIED.
- Dec 04 2025Letter from counsel for Jaime Rogozinski received.
- Nov 18 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/5/2025.
- Nov 15 2025Waiver of right of respondent Reddit, Inc. to respond filed.
- Nov 07 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 12, 2025)
- Sep 11 2025Application (25A285) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until November 8, 2025.
- Sep 05 2025Application (25A285) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from September 9, 2025 to November 8, 2025, submitted to Justice Kagan.