No. 21-1267

Cisco Systems, Inc. v. SRI International, Inc.

Lower Court: Federal Circuit
Docketed: 2022-03-18
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (3)Response Waived
Tags: civil-procedure damages egregious-conduct federal-circuit halo-electronics judicial-discretion patent patent-damages statutory-interpretation willful-infringement
Key Terms:
Patent
Latest Conference: 2022-05-12
Question Presented (from Petition)

(1) Whether enhanced damages under 35 U.S.C. § 284 may be awarded absent a finding of egregious infringement behavior; and

(2) Whether the court of appeals may award enhanced damages without first allowing the district court to exercise its discretion to decide that issue.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether enhanced damages under 35 U.S.C. § 284 may be awarded absent a finding of egregious infringement behavior

Docket Entries

2022-05-16
Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Comcast Corporation GRANTED.
2022-05-16
Petition DENIED.
2022-04-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/12/2022.
2022-04-18
Brief amicus curiae of High Tech Inventors Alliance filed.
2022-04-18
Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Comcast Corporation.
2022-04-14
Waiver of right of respondent SRI International, Inc. to respond filed.
2022-03-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 18, 2022)

Attorneys

Cisco Systems, Inc.
William F. LeeWilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Petitioner
Comcast Corporation
Mark Andrew PerryGibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Amicus
High Tech Inventors Alliance
Andrew John PincusMayer Brown LLP, Amicus
SRI International, Inc.
Frank Everett ScherkenbachFish and Richardson, P.C., Respondent