No. 25-341

EcoFactor, Inc. v. Google, LLC

Lower Court: Federal Circuit
Docketed: 2025-09-23
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: damages-evaluation due-process expert-testimony federal-circuit jury-award seventh-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus Patent JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2025-10-17
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Federal Circuit violated the Seventh Amendment by overturning the jury's damages award based on its own evaluation of the sufficiency of the evidence

Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the Federal Circuit violated the Seventh Amendment by overturning the jury ’s damages award based on its own evaluation of the sufficiency of the evidence, thereby substituting its judgment for the jury ’s on a question of fact. Whether the Federal Circuit is permitted to apply a different, more stringent standard for the admission of expert testimony regarding damages in patent cases than is applied by other appellate courts reviewing expert testimony on other subjects, thereby creating a conflict in the application of Federal Rule of Evidence 702 . Whether the Federal Circuit violated EcoFactor ’s due process rights under the Fifth Amendment by deciding the appeal on a contract interpretation issue that was not raised in the district court, was not briefed by the parties on appeal, and was outside the scope of the en banc proceeding.

Docket Entries

2025-10-20
Petition DENIED.
2025-10-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/17/2025.
2025-09-24
Waiver of Google, LLC of right to respond submitted.
2025-09-24
Waiver of right of respondent Google, LLC to respond filed.
2025-09-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 23, 2025)
2025-08-13
Application (25A179) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until September 18, 2025.
2025-08-12
Application (25A179) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 19, 2025 to September 18, 2025, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Attorneys

EcoFactor, Inc.
Brian David LedahlRuss, August & Kabat, Petitioner
Brian David LedahlRuss, August & Kabat, Petitioner
Google, LLC
Ginger D. AndersMunger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Respondent
Ginger D. AndersMunger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Respondent