No. 04-1350 Title: KSR International Co., Petitioner v. Teleflex, Inc., et al. Docketed: April 11, 2005 Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Case Nos.: (04-1152) Decision Date: January 6, 2005 ~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Apr 6 2005 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 11, 2005) Apr 15 2005 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including June 22, 2005. May 12 2005 Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Progress & Freedom Foundation. May 12 2005 Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Twenty-Four Intellectual Property Law Professors. Jun 21 2005 Brief of respondents Teleflex, Inc. and Technology Holding Co. in opposition filed. Jun 22 2005 Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Cisco Systems Inc., et al. Jul 6 2005 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 26, 2005. Jul 8 2005 Reply of petitioner KSR International Co. filed. (Distributed) Oct 3 2005 The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States. The Chief Justice took no part in the 1
consideration or decision of this case. May 25 2006 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. Jun 6 2006 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 22, 2006. Jun 6 2006 Supplemental brief of respondents Teleflex, Inc.and Technology Holding Co. filed. (Distributed) Jun 8 2006 Letter of June 8, 2006, from counsel for respondents received. (Distributed) Jun 26 2006 Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Progress & Freedom Foundation GRANTED. Jun 26 2006 Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Twenty-Four Intellectual Property Law Professors GRANTED. Jun 26 2006 Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Cisco Systems Inc., et al. GRANTED. Jun 26 2006 Petition GRANTED. Jul 19 2006 *Consent to the filing of amicus briefs in support of either party received from counsel for the petitioner. Jul 20 2006 Extension of time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits to and including August 22, 2006. Jul 20 2006 Extension of time within which to file respondent's brief on the merits to and including October 16, 2006. Jul 31 2006 *Consent to the filing of amicus briefs in support of either party received from counsel for the respondents. Aug 2 2006 Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Joseph V. Colaianni, Sr. and James E. Armstrong, III. Aug 18 2006 Brief amicus curiae of Professor Lee A. Hollaar Urging Affirming in Part and Vacating in Part filed. Aug 21 2006 Brief amicus curiae of International Business Machines Corporation in Support of Neither Party filed. Aug 22 2006 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. Aug 22 2006 Brief amici curiae of Ford Motor Company, et al. filed. Aug 22 2006 Brief amici curiae of Intel Corporation, et al. filed. Aug 22 2006 Brief amicus curiae of Business Software Alliance filed. Aug 22 2006 Brief amicus curiae of Bar Association of the District of Columbia - Patent, Trademark & Copyright Section in Support of Neither Party filed. Aug 22 2006 Brief amicus curiae of Economists and Legal Historians filed. Aug 22 2006 Brief amici curiae of AARP, et al,. filed. Aug 22 2006 Brief amici curiae of Time Warner Inc., IAC/Interactive Corp., and Viacom filed. 2
Aug 22 2006 Brief amicus curiae of Computer and Communications Industry Association filed. Aug 22 2006 Brief amicus curiae of Intellectual Property Law Professors filed. Aug 22 2006 Brief amicus curiae of Electronic Frontier Foundation filed. Aug 22 2006 Brief amici curiae of Cisco Systems Inc., et al. filed. Aug 22 2006 Brief amicus curiae of Progress & Freedom Foundation filed. Aug 22 2006 Joint appendix filed. Aug 22 2006 Supplemental joint appendix Aug 22 2006 Brief of petitioner KSR International Co. filed. ~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Attorneys for Petitioner: James W. Dabney Counsel of Record Party name: KSR International Co. ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~Phone~~~ Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, LLP 1 New York Plaza New York, NY 10004 (212) 859-8000 Attorneys for Respondents: Roger D. Young Young & Susser 26200 American Drive Suite 305 Southfield, MI 48034 Party name: Teleflex, Inc.and Technology Holding Co. (248) 353-8620 Other: Jonathan Band Jonathan Band PLLC 21 Dupont Circle NW 8th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Party name: Computer and Communications Industry Association (202) 296-5675 3
David M. Bennion Parsons Behl & Latimer 201 South Main Street Suite 1800 Salt Lake City Utah, UT 84111 Party name: Professor Lee A. Hollaar Urging Affirming in Part and Vacating in Part (801) 532-1234 Robert Brauneis Associate Professor of Law George Washington University Law School 2000 H Street, NW Washington, DC 20052 Party name: Twenty-Four Intellectual Property Law Professors (202) 994-6138 Paul D. Clement Party name: United States Solicitor General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Room 5614 Washington, DC 20530-0001 (202) 514-2217 Joseph V. Colaianni Sr. Patton Boggs LLP 2550 M Street, NW Washington, DC 20037 Party name: Joseph V. Colaianni, Sr. and James E. Armstrong, III (202) 457-6174 James V. DeLong Progress & Freedom Foundation (202) 289-8928 4
1444 Eye St., NW Suite 500 Washington, DC 20005 Party name: Progress & Freedom Foundation Barbara A. Jones Party name: AARP, et al,. AARP Foundation Litigation 200 So. Los Robles Suite 400 Pasadena, CA 91101 (626) 585-2628 Traci L. Lovitt Jones Day 222 East 41st Street New York, NY 10017 Party name: International business Machines Corporation in Support of Neither Party (212) 326-3939 Theodore B. Olson Party name: Intel Corporation, et al. Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP 1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20036 (202) 955-8500 Andrew J. Pincus Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP 1909 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 Party name: Business Software Alliance (202) 263-3000 5
Joshua D. Sarnoff Glushko-Samuelson Intellectual Property Law Clinic Washington College of Law American University Washington, DC 20016 Party name: Economists and Legal Historians (202) 274-4165 Jason M. Schultz Electronic Frontier Foundation 454 Shotwell Street San Francisco, CA 94110 Party name: Electronic Frontier Foundation (415) 436-9333 Catherine E. Stetson Hogan & Hartson L.L.P. 555 Thirteenth Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20004 Party name: Ford Motor Company, et al. (202) 637-5491 Katherine J. Strandburg DePaul University College of Law 25 East Jackson Blvd. Chicago, IL 3123628536 Party name: Intellectual Property Law Professors (312) 362-8536 Kathleen Marie Sullivan Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges LLP 555 Twin Dolphin Dr. Suite #560 Redwood Shores, CA 94065 Party name: Time Warner Inc., IAC/Interactive Corp., and Viacom (650) 801-5000 6
Peter A. Sullivan Party name: Cisco Systems Inc., et al. Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP One Battery Park Plaza New York, NY 10004 (212) 837-6000 Blair E. Taylor Venable LLP 575 7th Street, NW (202)-344-4639 Washington, DC 20004-1601 Party name: Bar Association of the District of Columbia - Patent, Trademark & Copyright Section in Support of Neither Party 7