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MCM Portfolio LLC v. Hewlett-Packard Company

Petition for certiorari denied on October 11, 2016

Docket No. Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
15-1330 N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2016

Issue: (1) Whether inter partes review violates Article III of the Constitution; and (2) whether IPR violates the Seventh Amendment to the Constitution.

DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
02/18/2016Application (15A872) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 1, 2016 to March 31, 2016, submitted to Justice Kennedy (The Chief Justice is recused).
02/24/2016Application (15A872) granted by Justice Kennedy extending the time to file until March 31, 2016.
03/16/2016Application (15A872) to extend further the time from March 31, 2016 to April 29, 2016, submitted to Justice Kennedy (The Chief Justice is recused).
03/21/2016Application (15A872) granted by Justice Kennedy extending the time to file until April 29, 2016.
04/29/2016Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 31, 2016)
05/06/2016Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for petitioner.
05/25/2016Order extending time to file response to petition to and including June 30, 2016, for all respondents.
05/27/2016Brief amici curiae of 13 Law Professors filed.
05/31/2016Brief amici curiae of Interdigital, Inc. and Tessera Technologies, Inc. filed.
05/31/2016Brief amicus curiae of Houston Inventors Association filed.
05/31/2016Brief amicus curiae of University of New Mexico filed.
05/31/2016Brief amicus curiae of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEE-USA) filed.
05/31/2016Brief amicus curiae of New York Intellectual Property Law Association in support of neither party filed.
05/31/2016Brief amicus curiae of Security People, Inc. filed.
05/31/2016Brief amici curiae of Gary Lauder, et al. filed.
06/30/2016Brief of respondent Hewlett-Packard Company in opposition filed.
06/30/2016Brief of Federal Respondent in opposition filed.
07/20/2016DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 26, 2016.
07/20/2016Reply of petitioner MCM Portfolio LLC filed. (Distributed)
10/03/2016DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 7, 2016.
10/11/2016Petition DENIED.