Overview of Legal Process in IP Cases

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Overview of Legal Process in IP Cases From notes by Steve Baron © 2017, 2018 Ed Lamoureux/Steve Baron

Today’s Agenda Anatomy of an IP case The Courts and the Law Links to finding cases Parts of the case file Who’s on first?

Anatomy of a Case Hilton v. Hallmark Card Owner of IP Infringer of IP

The Offending Card 4 4

Anatomy of a Case Hilton sues (2008) Hallmark for the use of her image and trademarked slogan, “That’s Hot” Hallmark challenges the complaint on free speech grounds under the First Amendment. The trial court grants part and denies part of Hallmark’s request 5 5

Anatomy of a Case: Hilton v Hallmark An appeal takes place to the Ninth Circuit. The appellate court agrees with the part of the ruling that enables Hilton to sue Hallmark for trademark infringement. The appellate opinion becomes part of the common law and is binding not only on the parties but on all other litigants who face similar issues. The case goes to trial (on the facts rather than the issues) in Dec. 0f 2010, but the parties settle two days later. So the reasoning and outcomes on the issues (issued by the appellate court) becomes common/case law/precedent, even though the case is never decided in a court of law.

Facts v. Issues As illustrated in the Hilton case, cases involve legal issues and the facts of the case. For example, the court determined that the 1st Amendment issue (Hallmark’s use as protected/free speech) did not hold in this instance and did not prevent Hilton from taking the case to trial. If that issue was decided in Hallmark’s favor, there would be no trial. Cases also feature the factual specifics of the incidents. Often, facts are more/most at risk in preliminaries and at trial court; issues are more at risk on appeal (although a trial court CAN decide to not hear the facts of a case because a given legal issue suggests/demands that the case isn’t worthy)

Facts v. Issues This feature can be frustrating to “lay” observers like us as we’d almost always like the courts to decide the merits of a case based on the facts. Courts, on the other hand, very often set the facts aside and decide the case based on “technical” legal issues. Further, the higher one goes, the more lay people want the courts to decide about the facts and the more likely the court is to rule, instead, only on the issues. In Eldred, we wanted the Supreme Court to say that the Copyright Extension Act was the right or wrong thing to do for copyright law– but that’s the job of the legislative or executive branch instead, the Supreme Court ruled that the Congress has the right to extend the terms of Copyright law.

Layers of Federal Courts United States Supreme Court Citation e.g. Jones v. Smith, 250 U.S. 345 (1982) United States Circuit Courts of Appeal Citation e.g. Jones v. Smith, 327 F.3d 215 (7th Cir. 1999) United States District Courts Citation e.g. Jones v. Smith, 415 F. Supp. 1123 (N.D. Ill. 2001)

Federal Appellate Districts

Layers of State Courts (Illinois) Illinois Supreme Court Illinois Appellate Court Illinois Circuit Court 11 11

State Court Appellate Districts, Illinois

How to Find the Law on the Web Federal Legislation (the stuff from Congress) http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/ State Law http://www4.law.cornell.edu/states/listing.html Citation guide The Bluebook – A Uniform Manual of Citation, 19th Ed https://www.legalbluebook.com/ Although, in this class, you can use the MLA style book’s approach to citing legal sources. Reference only. We will NOT step through these

Where to find case files/opinions U.S. Supreme Court Opinions http://www.supremecourtus.gov/ Found in our books: http://www.freeforafee.com/?page_id=109114 Courtlistener.com Justia.com Digital Media Law project (no longer updated)

Who’s on first? For civil, not criminal actions Plaintiff a party who complains or sues in a civil action Defendant a party who is being sued by a plaintiff Fill this in with specifics from Eldred 15 15

Who’s on first? For criminal actions Prosecution: government entity representing the people against the accused (criminal) Defendant: the accused

Who’s on first? In both civil & criminal actions Appellant a party who appeals from a decision by a trial or “lower” court Appellee a party who responds to an appeal by appellant

Who’s on first? Amicus Curiae Amici Friend of the Court Non-parties who petition the court for permission to file legal briefs on behalf of their respective constituencies because the issues involved may have broad impact on them Amici Plural of amicus curiae 18 18

Who's on first? Petitioner Party seeking appeal in the U.S. Supreme Court Respondent Party responding to a petition to the U.S. Supreme Court 19 19

Parts of the Case File Complaint Cause of Action Motion Initial document filed by plaintiff to start a law suit Cause of Action The theory or theories of legal recovery articulated by plaintiff in the complaint e.g. Copyright infringement, breach of contract Motion An application to a court or judge for purpose of obtaining a rule or order directing some act to be done in favor of applicant.

Parts of the Case File Motion to Dismiss Motion for Summary Judgment Filed by a defendant early in a case to challenge the legal theories. Assumes all facts alleged are true but says that no legal claim exists Motion for Summary Judgment Filed by either plaintiff or defendant No genuine issue of material fact is in dispute Court can decide the issues without need for a trial

Parts of the Case File Holding Narrow legal answer to the question posed by the case Holdings of an appellate court are binding on future cases that come before the trial courts below the appellate court. Dicta: Additional explanation within the opinion Not binding on future cases that present the same issue

Writ of Certiorari An order of an appellate court granting or denying a petition to appeal

Parts of the Case File: Findings Cases often present multiple issues. Findings can vary across issues. Affirmed When an appellate court agrees with the lower court decision Reversed When an appellate court disagrees with and overturns the lower court decision Remanded When an appellate court sends a case (or an aspect of the case) back to the lower court for further proceeding/reconsideration. Mixed Holding: Separate holdings for different parts

If we have extra time (please watch/finish over the weekend) Good Copy, Bad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByY6j0qzOyM