No. 18-1343

Princeton Digital Image Corporation v. Adobe Inc.

Lower Court: Federal Circuit
Docketed: 2019-04-25
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response RequestedRelisted (2)
Tags: appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure consent-final-judgment consent-judgment cross-appeal federal-circuit final-judgment interlocutory-ruling jurisdictional-dismissal standing third-circuit
Key Terms:
Patent Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri ClassAction
Latest Conference: 2019-11-01 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the court below erroneously held, in conflict with a decision of the Third Circuit, that it may vacate a district court's consent final judgment and instruct the district court to revive the case, after dismissing the appellant's appeal for lack of appellate jurisdiction?

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED In accordance with Coopers & Lybrand v. Livesay, 437 U.S. 463 (1978) and Microsoft Corp. v. Baker, ___—siUS.. _, 1878.Ct. 1702 (2017), the Federal Circuit in this case dismissed for lack of jurisdiction an appeal from a consent final judgment requested by in order to appeal an otherwise unappealable interlocutory evidentiary ruling limiting damages at trial. After properly dismissing the appeal for lack of jurisdiction, however, the Court exercised jurisdiction over the final judgment by vacating the district court’s consent final judgment and instructing the district court to revive the case. Additionally, the Federal Circuit refused to consider Petitioner’s cross appeal. The Federal Circuit’s decisions thus raised the following questions which were implicated, but not answered, in the above decisions in Coopers & Lybrand v. Livesay, and Microsoft Corp. v. Baker: 1. Whether the court below erroneously held, in conflict with a decision of the Third Circuit, that it may vacate a district court’s consent final judgment and instruct the district court to revive the case, after dismissing the appellant’s appeal for lack of appellate jurisdiction? 2. Maya federal court of appeals refuse to consider a cross-appeal of a final collateral order, if the main appeal is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction, leaving the cross-appellant without any ability to appeal?

Docket Entries

2019-11-04
Petition DENIED.
2019-10-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/1/2019.
2019-10-14
Reply of petitioner Princeton Digital Image Corporation filed. (Distributed)
2019-09-30
Brief of respondents Adobe Inc. in opposition filed.
2019-08-13
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 30, 2019.
2019-08-08
Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 30, 2019 to September 30, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-07-31
Response Requested. (Due August 30, 2019)
2019-06-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-04-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 28, 2019)

Attorneys

Adobe Inc.
Melissa Arbus SherryLatham & Watkins LLP, Respondent
Melissa Arbus SherryLatham & Watkins LLP, Respondent
Princeton Digital Image Corporation
George PazuniakO’Kelly Ernst & Joyce, LLC, Petitioner
George PazuniakO’Kelly Ernst & Joyce, LLC, Petitioner