No. 20-853
Andrei Iancu, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office v. Fall Line Patents, LLC, et al.
Tags: administrative-law administrative-patent-judges appointments-clause constitutional-interpretation department-head inferior-officers officer-status patent-office principal-officers separation-of-powers us-patent-and-trademark-office
Key Terms:
Trademark Patent Privacy
Trademark Patent Privacy
Latest Conference:
2021-06-24
(distributed 3 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether administrative patent judges are principal officers or inferior officers under the Appointments Clause
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED Whether, for purposes of the Appointments Clause, U.S. Const. Art. II, § 2, Cl. 2, administrative patent judges of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office are principal officers who must be appointed by the President with the Senate’s advice and consent, or “inferior Officers” whose appointment Congress has permissibly vested in a department head. (I)
Docket Entries
2021-07-30
JUDGMENT ISSUED.
2021-06-28
Petition GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of <i>United States</i> v. <i>Arthrex, Inc.</i>, 594 U. S. ___ (2021). Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
2021-06-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/24/2021.
2021-04-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/23/2021.
2021-03-22
Brief of respondent James Gelsin Marx in support submitted.
2021-03-19
Brief of respondent HemoSonics LLC filed.
2021-03-05
Brief of respondent Fall Line Patents, LLC in support filed.
2021-02-22
Response Requested. (Due March 24, 2021)
2021-02-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/26/2021.
2021-01-27
Brief of respondent Apple Inc. in support filed.
2020-12-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 27, 2021)
Attorneys
Andrei Iancu, Under Secretary of Commerce For Intellectual Property and Director, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office,
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Acting Solicitor General, Petitioner
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Acting Solicitor General, Petitioner
Apple Inc.
Fall Line Patents, LLC
Matthew James Antonelli — Antonelli, Harrington & Thompson LLP, Respondent
Matthew James Antonelli — Antonelli, Harrington & Thompson LLP, Respondent
HemoSonics LLC
Nicole A. Saharsky — Mayer Brown LLP, Respondent
Nicole A. Saharsky — Mayer Brown LLP, Respondent
James Gelsin Marx
Edward Maughan Cannon — Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear LLP, Respondent
Edward Maughan Cannon — Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear LLP, Respondent