Decided

No. 13-352

B&B Hardware, Inc. v. Hargis Industries, Inc., dba Sealtite Building Fasteners, dba East Texas Fasteners, et al.

from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

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Docket Entries

JUDGMENT ISSUED

Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Alito, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Ginsburg, J., filed a concurring opinion. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Scalia, J., joined.

Record received from U.S.D.C. Eastern District of Arkansas Western Division. This record is SEALED. (1 Envelope)

Record received from U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. This record is electronic.

Argued. For petitioner: William M. Jay, Washington, D. C.; and John F. Bash, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: Neal K. Katyal, Washington, D. C.

Reply of petitioner B&B Hardware, Inc. filed. (Distributed)

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

CIRCULATED.

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

Brief amicus curiae of The Intellectual Property Law Section of the State Bar of Texas filed.

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

Brief of respondent Hargis Industries, Inc., dba Sealtite Building Fasteners, dba East Texas Fasteners, et al. filed.

Record received from U.S.C.A. 8th Circuit. 1-Box

Record requested from U.S.C.A. 8th Circuit.

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

Brief amicus curiae of the United States filed.

Brief amicus curiae of International Trademark Association in support of neither party filed.

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

SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, December 2, 2014.

Brief of petitioner B&B Hardware, Inc. filed.

Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)

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

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

The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including October 24, 2014.

The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including September 4, 2014.

Petition GRANTED.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 30, 2014.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 26, 2014.

Supplemental brief of respondents Hargis Industries, Inc., dba Sealtite Building Fasteners, dba East Texas Fasteners, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.

The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States.

Reply of petitioner B&B Hardware, Inc. filed. (Distributed)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 10, 2014.

Brief of respondents Hargis Industries, Inc., dba Sealtite Building Fasteners, dba East Texas Fasteners, et al. in opposition filed.

Order extending time to file response to petition to and including November 20, 2013.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 21, 2013)

Parties

B&B Hardware, Inc., Petitioner, represented by William M. Jay

Hargis Industries, Inc., dba Sealtite Building Fasteners, dba East Texas Fasteners, et al., Respondent, represented by James C. Martin

Hargis Industries, Inc., dba Sealtite Building Fasteners, dba East Texas Fasteners, et al., Respondent, represented by Neal Kumar Katyal

Amici Curiae

American Intellectual Property Law Association in support of neither party, Amicus Curiae, represented by Nancy J. Mertzel

Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago in support of neither party, Amicus Curiae, represented by Charles W. Shifley

Intellectual Property Law Section of the State Bar of Texas, Amicus Curiae, represented by Richard L. Stanley

International Trademark Association in support of neither party, Amicus Curiae, represented by David H. Bernstein

New York Intellectual Property Law Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Dyan Mary Finguerra-DuCharme

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

United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by John F. Bash

 
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