No. 19-597
Morris Reese v. Sprint Nextel Corporation, et al.
Tags: 35-usc-101 abstract-idea alice-framework alice-v-cls-bank federal-circuit mayo-v-prometheus patent-eligibility patent-ineligible-concept patent-law section-101
Latest Conference:
2020-03-20
(distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether this case provides an appropriate vehicle for this Court to state with clarity and certainty the definition of an "abstract idea" under 35 U.S.C. § 101, so courts below can correctly determine at step one of Alice whether claims at issue are directed to a patent-ineligible concept, and
Whether the panel's decision conflicts with this Court's jurisprudence related to step one of Alice by failing to correctly determine whether the claims at issue are directed to a patent-ineligible concept.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the claims at issue are directed to an abstract idea under 35 U.S.C. § 101
Docket Entries
2020-03-23
Petition DENIED.
2020-02-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/20/2020.
2020-02-21
Reply of petitioner Morris Reese filed.
2020-02-07
Brief of respondent AT&T Mobility II in opposition filed.
2020-01-08
Response Requested. (Due February 7, 2020)
2019-12-19
Supplemental brief of petitioner Morris Reese filed. (Distributed)
2019-12-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020.
2019-11-22
Waiver of right of respondent Sprint Nextel Corporation to respond filed.
2019-11-22
Waiver of right of respondent T - Mobile USA, Inc. to respond filed.
2019-11-21
Waiver of right of respondents AT & T Mobility II, LLC and TracFone Wireless, Inc. to respond filed.
2019-11-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 9, 2019)
Attorneys
AT & T Mobility II, LLC and TracFone Wireless, Inc.
Vincent John Galluzzo — Crowell & Moring, LLP, Respondent
AT&T Mobility II
Michael Hawes — Baker Botts, LLP, Respondent
Morris Reese
Andrew John Dhuey — Petitioner
Sprint Nextel Corporation
Jay Edward Heidrick — Polsinelli PC, Respondent
T - Mobile USA, Inc.
Greer Novalis Shaw — Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro, LLP, Respondent
TracFone Wireless, Inc.
Sharon Audrey Israel — Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP, Respondent