No. 24-1181

Matthew T. McLeay v. Coke Morgan Stewart, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Acting Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office

Lower Court: Federal Circuit
Docketed: 2025-05-19
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: appellate-review argument-revival federal-circuit judicial-discretion legal-precedent waiver
Key Terms:
Trademark Patent
Latest Conference: 2025-06-26
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a court can revive a waived argument previously abandoned by the government

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

This Court has made clear “in both civil and criminal Greenlaw v. U nited States , 554 U.S. 237, 243 (2008). Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker , 554 U.S. 471, 487 n.6 (2008). revive an argument the government has argument in ruling in the government’s IDYRU

Docket Entries

2025-06-30
Petition DENIED.
2025-06-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/26/2025.
2025-06-03
Waiver of Coke Morgan Stewart, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Acting Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office of right to respond submitted.
2025-06-03
Waiver of right of respondent Coke Morgan Stewart, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Acting Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office to respond filed.
2025-05-20
Notice of Errata of Matthew T. McLeay submitted.
2025-05-20
Letter from counsel for petitioner received.
2025-05-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 18, 2025)

Attorneys

Coke Morgan Stewart, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Acting Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
Matthew T. McLeay
Bartholomew L. McLeayKutak Rock, LLP, Petitioner