No. 21-417
Sulzer Mixpac AG v. A&N Trading Company, et al.
Tags: circuit-split functionality intellectual-property lanham-act legal-interpretation product-features product-functionality trademark-protection utility
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw Trademark Patent Copyright Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
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Latest Conference:
2022-03-18
(distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether any degree of utility categorically renders a product feature functional and thus ineligible for federal trademark protection under the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1127.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether any degree of utility categorically renders a product feature functional and thus ineligible for federal trademark protection under the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1127
Docket Entries
2022-03-21
Petition DENIED.
2022-02-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/18/2022.
2022-02-22
Reply of petitioner Sulzer Mixpac AG filed. (Distributed)
2022-02-07
Brief of respondents A&N Trading Company, et al. in opposition filed.
2022-01-06
Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 7, 2022 to February 7, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
2022-01-06
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including February 7, 2022.
2021-12-03
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 7, 2022.
2021-12-02
Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 8, 2021 to January 7, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
2021-11-08
Response Requested. (Due December 8, 2021)
2021-11-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/19/2021.
2021-10-21
Letter of petitioner Sulzer Mixpac AG pertaining to Rule 29.6 filed.
2021-10-18
Brief amicus curiae of the International Trademark Association filed.
2021-10-18
Brief amici curiae of Intellectual Property Law Professors filed.
2021-10-18
Brief amici curiae of International Anticounterfeiting Coalition, et al. filed.
2021-09-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 18, 2021)
Attorneys
A&N Trading Company, et al.
Jack A. Gordon — Kent, Beatty & Gordon, LLP, Respondent
Intellectual Property Law Professors
International Anticounterfeiting Coalition, Industrial Designers Society of America, Inc. and Swissmem
Jamaica Potts Szeliga — Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Amicus
Sulzer Mixpac AG
Lisa Schiavo Blatt — Williams & Connolly LLP, Petitioner
The International Trademark Association
Jason Patrick Bloom — Haynes and Boone, LLP, Amicus