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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-768 RADesign, Inc., et al. v. Michael Grecco Productions, Inc. Second Circuit 2025-01-17 Denied Amici (6)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) civil-action copyright-act discovery-rule infringement injury-rule statute-of-limitations Whether a claim 'accrue[s]' under the Copyright Act's statute of limitations for civil actions when the infringement occurs (the 'injury rule') or whe…
23-1052 Seirus Innovative Accessories, Inc. v. Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc. Federal Circuit 2024-03-25 Denied Response Waived comparison-prior-art design-patent function functional-limitations infringement ornamental ornamental-design patent-infringement prior-art same-article Whether function must be disregarded in defining the scope of comparison prior art relevant to design patent infringement
22-483 Paige Lee, et al. v. Anthony Lawrence Collection, L.L.C., et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-11-21 Denied civil-procedure federal-rules infringement joinder licensing nonparty-joinder rule-19 standing trademark trademark-joinder trademark-licensing Whether a nonparty trademark licensor's joinder is required under Rule 19(a)
21-1217 Columbia House of Brokers Realty, Inc., dba House of Brokers, Inc., dba Jackie Bulgin & Associates, et al. v. Designworks Homes, Inc., et al. Eighth Circuit 2022-03-08 Denied Amici (4)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) architectural-works copyright copyright-law infringement marketing marketing-materials pictorial-representation pictorial-representations real-estate real-estate-industry statutory-interpretation Whether floor plans constitute 'pictures, paintings, photographs, or other pictorial representations' of an architectural work within the meaning of 1…
21-438 Olaf Sööt Design, LLC v. Daktronics, Inc., et al. Federal Circuit 2021-09-22 Denied CVSGAmici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) appellate-review claim-construction infringement jury-trial jury-verdict patent patent-law seventh-amendment sua-sponte Whether the Seventh Amendment allows the Federal Circuit to reverse a jury verdict based on a sua sponte new claim construction
20-1545 TCL Communication Technology Holdings Limited, et al. v. Godo Kaisha IP Bridge 1 Federal Circuit 2021-05-05 Denied 35-usc-271 claim-construction industry-standard infringement judicial-precedent literal-infringement patent patent-infringement statutory-interpretation Whether a patentee may prove literal infringement by relying solely on the essentiality of its patent to an industry standard
20-1420 Roadie, Inc. v. Baggage Airline Guest Services, Inc. Federal Circuit 2021-04-09 Denied attorney-fees claim-construction exceptional-case highmark-v-allcare infringement infringement-claim judicial-discretion octane-fitness-v-icon patent-law patent-statute-35-usc-285 Whether district courts should consider the weakness of an infringement claim after ruling in favor of the defendant on invalidity
19-7090 Warren Evans, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-12-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-procedure attorneys-fees copyright-law copyright-registration effective-assistance effective-assistance-of-counsel federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure flores-ortega 19-708" ineffective-assistance-of-counsel infringement notice-of-appeal publication-status registration-accuracy right-to-counsel roe-v-flores-ortega sixth-amendment Whether a court can invalidate a copyright registr Whether application of the deadline for filing a Notice of Appeal under the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure violates the appellant's right to cou…
18-8258 Lowell Edward Jackson v. Eddie Climmer, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-03-05 Denied IFP certificate-of-registration civil-action civil-rights copyright copyright-infringement copyright-registration due-process infringement library-of-congress registration standing statutory-provisions Whether the copyright registration requirement under 17 U.S.C. 411(a) is unconstitutional
18-600 Texas Advanced Optoelectronic Solutions, Inc. v. Renesas Electronics America, Inc., fka Intersil Corporation Federal Circuit 2018-11-07 Denied CVSGAmici (3)Relisted (2) 35-usc-271 commercial-transactions extraterritoriality federal-circuit infringement international-relations offer-to-sell patent patent-infringement patent-law statutory-interpretation united-states-code venue Whether an 'offer to sell' under 35 U.S.C. § 271(a) occurs where the offer is made or where the proposed sale will take place