No. 18-77
Advanced Video Technologies LLC v. HTC Corporation, et al.
Amici (1)
Tags: civil-procedure federal-circuit involuntary-plaintiff joinder patent patent-law rule-19 standing supreme-court
Latest Conference:
2018-10-26
Question Presented (from Petition)
Did the Federal Circuit properly create an exception to Rule 19 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in patent law, requiring a dismissal of a case in which Rule 19 would otherwise mandate joinder of an absent patent owner as an involuntary plaintiff?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Did the Federal Circuit properly create an exception to Rule 19 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in patent law, requiring a dismissal of a case in which Rule 19 would otherwise mandate joinder of an absent patent owner as an involuntary plaintiff?
Docket Entries
2018-10-29
Petition DENIED.
2018-10-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/26/2018.
2018-09-26
Reply of petitioner Advanced Video Technologies LLC filed.
2018-09-17
Brief of respondents HTC Corporation, et al. in opposition filed.
2018-08-16
Brief amicus curiae of Dr. Eric Maidla filed.
2018-08-06
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 17, 2018
2018-08-02
Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 16, 2018 to September 17, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
2018-07-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 16, 2018)
Attorneys
Advanced Video Technologies LLC
Robert William Morris — Eckert Seamans Cherin and Mellott, LLC, Petitioner
Dr. Eric Maidla
Malcolm Edwin Whittaker — Whittaker Law Firm, Amicus
HTC Corporation, et al.
Heidi Lyn Keefe — Cooley, LLP, Respondent
Kyle D. Chen — Cooley LLP, Respondent