Decided

No. 14-1538

Life Technologies Corporation, et al. v. Promega Corporation

from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

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Docket Entries

JUDGMENT ISSUED.

Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Sotomayor, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, and Kagan, JJ., joined, and in which Thomas and Alito, JJ., joined as to all but Part II-C. Alito, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment, in which Thomas, J., joined. Roberts, C. J., took no part in the decision of the case.

Letter from Clerk of Court to counsel of record noting that the Chief Justice will not continue to participate in this case.

Argued. For petitioners: Carter G. Phillips, Washington, D. C.; and Zachary D. Tripp, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: Seth P. Waxman, Washington, D. C.

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

Reply of petitioners Life Technologies Corporation, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Record received from the U.S.D.C. Western Dist. of Wisconsin is electronic.

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

Record received from the U.S.C.A. Federal Circuit is electronic and located on PACER. Also received are Confidential documents that are also electronic.

Record requested from the U.S.C.A. Federal Circuit.

Brief amicus curiae of Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation filed. (Distributed)

CIRCULATED.

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

Brief of respondent Promega Corporation filed.

SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, December 6, 2016.

Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed.)

The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including September 1, 2016.

The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including October 24, 2016.

Petition GRANTED limited to Question 2 presented by the petition.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 23, 2016.

Supplemental brief of respondent Promega Corporation filed. (Distributed)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 16, 2016.

Supplemental brief of petitioners Life Technologies Corporation, 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.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 28, 2015.

Reply of petitioners Life Technologies Corporation, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief of respondent Promega Corporation in opposition filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Professor Timothy R. Holbrook filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Agilent Technologies, Inc. filed.

Order extending time to file response to petition to and including August 26, 2015.

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

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 29, 2015)

Application (14A1075) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until June 26, 2015.

Application (14A1075) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 27, 2015 to June 26, 2015, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Parties

Life Technologies Corporation, et al., Petitioner, represented by Carter G. Phillips

Promega Corporation, Respondent, represented by Seth P. Waxman

Amici Curiae

Agilent Technologies, Inc., Amicus Curiae, represented by John Michael Griem Jr.

New York Intellectual Property Law Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Irena Royzman

Professor Timothy R. Holbrook, Amicus Curiae, represented by Timothy R. Holbrook

United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by Noel J. Francisco

United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by Zachary D. Tripp

Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jennifer Lynn Gregor

 
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