Hana Financial, Inc. v. Hana Bank

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
13-1211	9th Cir.	Dec 3, 2014	Jan 21, 2015	9-0	Sotomayor	OT 2014

Holding: The jury, rather than a court, determines whether the use of an older trademark may be tacked to a newer one.

Judgment: Affirmed, 9-0, in an opinion by Justice Sotomayor on January 21, 2015.

SCOTUSblog Coverage

Opinion analysis: Justices, yet again, remind courts of appeals of importance of juries in IP cases (Ronald Mann, January 21, 2015)
Argument analysis: Justices coast through argument on trademark "tacking" (Ronald Mann, December 4, 2014)
Argument preview: Justices will use rare look at trademark law to consider broad and narrow conceptions of trademarks (Ronald Mann, December 1, 2014)

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
02/04/2014	Application (13A805) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 20, 2014 to April 21, 2014, submitted to Justice Kennedy.
02/07/2014	Application (13A805) granted by Justice Kennedy extending the time to file until April 7, 2014.
04/07/2014	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 8, 2014)
05/08/2014	Brief of respondents Hana Bank, et al. in opposition filed.
05/27/2014	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 12, 2014.
05/28/2014	Reply of petitioner Hana Financial, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
06/16/2014	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 19, 2014.
06/23/2014	Petition GRANTED.
07/23/2014	The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 28, 2014.
07/23/2014	The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including October 20, 2014.
08/28/2014	Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed.)
08/28/2014	Brief of petitioner Hana Financial, Inc. filed.
09/04/2014	SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, December 3, 2014.
09/04/2014	Brief amicus curiae of American Intellectual Property Law Association in support of neither party filed.
09/22/2014	Record requested from U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit.
09/24/2014	Record received from U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit is electronic and located on PACER.
09/24/2014	Record received from U.S.D.C. Central Dist. of CA. The record is electronic and located on PACER.
10/01/2014	Record received from U.S.D.C. Central Dist. of CA. 1 Box. Part of this record is SEALED.
10/20/2014	Brief of respondents Hana Bank, et al. filed.
10/27/2014	CIRCULATED.
10/27/2014	Brief amicus curiae of the United States filed. (Distributed)
10/27/2014	Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
10/27/2014	Brief amicus curiae of International Trademark Association filed. (Distributed)
11/17/2014	Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
11/19/2014	Reply of petitioner Hana Financial, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
12/03/2014	Argued. For petitioner: Paul W. Hughes, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Carlo F. Van den Bosch, Costa Mesa, Cal.; and Sarah E. Harrington, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.)
01/21/2015	Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Sotomayor, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.
02/23/2015	JUDGMENT ISSUED.
02/27/2015	Record returned to U.S.D.C. Central District of California Western Division. (1-Box)