Record has been returned for U.S.C.A. Federal Circuit.

JUDGMENT ISSUED

Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Thomas, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. Sotomayor, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Ginsburg and Breyer, JJ., joined.

Argued. For petitioner: Carter G. Phillips, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Mark A. Perry, Washington, D. C.; and Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.)

Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.

Reply of petitioner Alice Corporation Pty. Ltd. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of RichRelevance, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Microsoft Corporation, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Professors Peter S. Menell and Jeffrey A. Lefstin filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of BSA / The Software Alliance filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Software Freedom Law Center, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Tony Dutra filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of The Clearing House Association L.L.C., et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of American Antitrust Institute filed. (Distributed)

Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Computer & Communications Industry Association filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Electronic Frontier Foundation filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Google Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Checkpoint Software, Inc., et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of American Civil Liberties Union filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Red Hat, Inc. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of the United States filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Public Knowledge, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Law, Business, and Economics Scholars filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of The Juhasz Law Firm, P.C. filed. (Distributed)

Brief of respondents CLS Bank International, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Letter received from counsel for amicius curiae Ronald M. Benrey proposing a lodging of the book entitled "Understanding Digital Computers" (1964). Distributed.

CIRCULATED.

Brief amicus curiae of New York Intellectual Property Law Association in support of neither party filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Sigram Schindler Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH in support of neither party filed.

Brief amicus curiae of International Business Machines Corporation in support of neither party filed.

Brief amici curiae of Trading Technologies International, Inc., et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago in support of neither party filed.

Brief amici curiae of Professor Robin Feldman, and U.C. Hastings Institute for Innovation Law, in support of neither party filed.

Brief amicus curiae of SHFL entertainment, Inc. in support of neither party filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Conejo Valley Bar Association in support of neither party filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Margo Livesay Ph.D. in support of neither party filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Brian R. Galvin in support of neither party filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Association of the Bar of the City of New York in support of neither party filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Advanced Biological Laboratories, SA filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Ronald M. Benrey in support of neither party filed.

Brief amicus curiae of IEEE-USA in support of neither party filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Intellectual Property Owners Association filed.

Brief amicus curiae of International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property in support of neither party filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Professor Lee Hollaar, and Peter K. Trzyna in support of neither party filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Paul R. Michel in support of neither party filed.

Brief amicus curiae of American Intellectual Property Law Association in support of neither party filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Proove Biosciences, Inc. in support of neither party filed.

Brief amici curiae of James B. Lampert, and David A. Chavous in support of neither party filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Dale R. Cook filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Retailers in support of neither party filed.

Joint appendix (3 volumes) filed. (Statement of costs filed)

Brief of petitioner Alice Corporation Pty. Ltd. filed.

Record received from U.S.C.A. Federal Circuit. 1 Box.

Record received from U.S.D.C. District of Columbia. The record is electronic.

SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Monday, March 31, 2014

Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondents.

Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner.

Petition GRANTED.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of December 6, 2013.

Reply of petitioner Alice Corporation Pty. Ltd. filed.

Brief of respondents CLS Bank International, et al. in opposition filed.

Brief amici curiae of Students of Patent Law filed.

Brief amicus curiae of New York Intellectual Property Law Association filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago filed.

Brief amici curiae of Accenture Global Services, GmbH, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Professor Lee Hollaar, and Peter K. Trzyna in support of neither party filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Sigram Schindler Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Gibbons Institute of Law, Science and Technology in support of neither party filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.- USA filed.

Brief amici curiae of Trading Technologies International, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Dale R. Cook filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Electronic Frontier Foundation filed.

Letter of September 13, 2013, from counsel for respondents received.

Consent to filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or neither party, received from counsel for petitioner Alice Corporation Pty. Ltd..

Order extending time to file response to petition to and including November 6, 2013.

Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondents.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 7, 2013)

Application (13A95) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until September 6, 2013.

Application (13A95) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 8, 2013 to September 6, 2013, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Alice Corporation Pty. Ltd., Petitioner, represented by Carter G. Phillips

CLS Bank International, et al., Respondent, represented by Mark A. Perry

Accenture Global Services, GmbH, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by J. Michael Jakes

American Antitrust Institute, Amicus Curiae, represented by Randy M. Stutz

American Civil Liberties Union, Amicus Curiae, represented by Sandra S. Park

American Intellectual Property Law Association in support of neither party, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jerry R. Selinger

Association of the Bar of the City of New York in support of neither party, Amicus Curiae, represented by Charles E. Miller

Brian R. Galvin in support of neither party, Amicus Curiae, represented by Roy Allison Horan Rainey

BSA / The Software Alliance ., Amicus Curiae, represented by Andrew J. Pincus

Checkpoint Software, Inc., et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Mark Lemley

Computer & Communications Industry Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Matthew A. Levy

Conejo Valley Bar Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Steven C. Sereboff

Dale R. Cook, Amicus Curiae, represented by Dale R. Cook

Electronic Frontier Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Michael Barclay

Electronic Frontier Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Julie P. Samuels

Gibbons Institute of Law, Science and Technology in support of neither party, Amicus Curiae, represented by David E. De Lorenzi

Google Inc., et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Daryl L. Joseffer

IEEE-USA in support of neither party, Amicus Curiae, represented by Chris J. Katopis

Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago in support of neither party, Amicus Curiae, represented by Margaret M. Duncan

Intellectual Property Owners Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by David Bartley Eppenauer

International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property in support of neither party, Amicus Curiae, represented by Philip C. Swain

International Business Machines Corporation in support of niether party, Amicus Curiae, represented by Paul D. Clement

James B. Lampert, and David A. Chavous in support of neither party, Amicus Curiae, represented by James Blaine Lampert

Law, Business, and Economics Scholars, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jason M. Schultz

Margo Livesay Ph.D. in support of neither party, Amicus Curiae, represented by Margo Livesay

Microsoft Corporation, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Jeffrey A. Lamken

New York Intellectual Property Law Association in support of neither party, Amicus Curiae, represented by Charles R. Macedo

Paul R. Michel in support of neither party, Amicus Curiae, represented by Charles Hieken

Professor Lee Hollaar, and Peter K. Trzyna in support of neither party, Amicus Curiae, represented by Peter Karol Trzyna

Professor Robin Feldman, and U.C. Hastings Institute for Innovation Law, in support of neither party, Amicus Curiae, represented by Robin Cooper Feldman

Professors Peter S. Menell and Jeffrey A. Lefstin, Amicus Curiae, represented by Peter S. Menell

Proove Biosciences, Inc. in support of neither party, Amicus Curiae, represented by Patrick R. Delaney

Public Knowledge, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Charles Duan

Red Hat, Inc., Amicus Curiae, represented by Robert H. Tiller

Retailers in support of neither party, Amicus Curiae, represented by Peter J. Brann

RichRelevance, Inc., et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by William M. Jay

Ronald M. Benrey in support of neither party, Amicus Curiae, represented by Robert R. Sachs

SHFL entertainment, Inc. nin support of niether party, Amicus Curiae, represented by Adrian M. Pruetz

Sigram Schindler Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH in support of neither party, Amicus Curiae, represented by Chidambaram S. Iyer

Software Freedo Law Center, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Eben Moglen

Students of Patent Law, Amicus Curiae, represented by Rory K. Little

The Clearing House Association L.L.C., et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by William Henry Burgess IV.

The Juhasz Law Firm, P.C., Amicus Curiae, represented by Paul R. Juhasz

the United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by Donald B. Verrilli Jr.

Tony Dutra, Amicus Curiae, represented by Antonio Dutra

Trading Technologies International, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Steven F. Borsand

Trading Technologies International, Inc., et al. in support of neither party, Amicus Curiae, represented by Charles J. Cooper