United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

 

 

 

                                                           99-1076, -1179, -1180

 

 

 

                                      JOHNSON & JOHNSTON ASSOCIATES INC.,

 

Plaintiff‑Appellee,

 

                                                                             v.

 

                                      R.E. SERVICE CO., INC. and MARK FRATER,

 

Defendants‑Appellants.

 

 

 

 

 

Donald R. Dunner, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P., of Washington, DC, for plaintiff-appellee.  Of counsel were Thomas H. Jenkins, and Virginia L. Carron.  Also of counsel were Fay E. Morisseau, and Michael R. O'Neill, McDermott, Will & Emery, of Irvine, California; Matthew F. Weil, Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin, of Newport Beach, California; and John L. DuPre', Richard A. Wise, and Deirdre E. Sanders, Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C., of Lexington, Massachusetts.

 

Frank P. Porcelli, Fish & Richardson, P.C., of Boston, Massachusetts, for defendants-appellants.  Of counsel were Robert E. Hillman, of Boston, Massachusetts, and John Andrew Dragseth, and Richard J. Anderson, of Minneapolis, Minnesota.  Also of counsel were Archie S. Robinson,Thomas R. Fellows, Rebecca L. Moon, and Jack M. Wiseman, Robinson & Wood, Inc., of San Jose, California.

 

Charles L. Gholz, Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C., of Arlington, Virginia, for amicus curiae The Standard Register Company.  Of counsel were  William T. Enos, Frank J. West, and Andrew M. Ollis.

 

 

 

                                                                             

 

Joseph S. Cianfrani, Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP, of Newport Beach, California for amicus curiae American Intellectual Property Law Association.  Of counsel were Janice M. Mueller, Associate Professor, The John Marshall Law School, of Chicago, Illinois; and Liza K. Toth, General IP Counsel, Matrix Semiconductor, Inc., of Santa Clara, California. 

 

Martha W. Barnett, President, American Bar Association, of Chicago, Illinois, for amicus curiae American Bar Association.  Of counsel were E. Anthony Figg, and Jason M. Shapiro.

 

 

Appealed from:         United States District Court for the Northern District of California

 

Judge Charles R. Breyer     


 

 

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

 

99-1076,-1179,-1180

 

JOHNSON & JOHNSTON ASSOCIATES INC.,

 

Plaintiff-Appellee,

 

v.

 

R.E. SERVICE CO., INC. and MARK FRATER,

 

Defendants-Appellants

 

            Before MAYER, Chief Judge, NEWMAN, Circuit Judge, ARCHER, Senior Circuit Judge, MICHEL, LOURIE, CLEVENGER, RADER, SCHALL, BRYSON, GAJARSA, LINN, and DYK, Circuit Judges.

 

O R D E R

           

            IT IS ORDERED THAT:

 

(1)  This appeal is scheduled for oral argument on Wednesday, October 3, 2001, at  10:00 a.m. in Courtroom 201.

 

(2)  Counsel for each side shall have 30 minutes to argue their case.

 

(3) Counsel shall provide the clerk with the names of the arguing attorneys no later than September 10, 2001.

 

                                                                        FOR THE COURT

 

                                                                        Jan Horbaly

Dated:  July  16, 2001                                                                                

                                                                        Jan Horbaly, Clerk

cc:  Frank P. Porcelli

      Donald R. Dunner

      Charles L. Gholz

      Joseph S. Cianfrani

      Martha W. Barnett