Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
William F. Lee, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Boston, MA, argued for plaintiff-appellee. Also represented by Andrew J. Danford, Mark Christopher Fleming, Eric Fletcher, Lauren B. Fletcher, Sarah R. Frazier, Kevin Scott Prussia; James Quarles, III, Mark D. Selwyn, Thomas Gregory Sprankling, Washington, DC; Rachel Krevans, Christopher Robinson, Nathaniel Bryan Sabri, Ruth N. Borenstein, Morrison & Foerster LLP, San Francisco, CA.
Kathleen M. Sullivan, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, N.Y., argued for defendants-appellants. Also represented by William Adams; Robert Jason Becher, Susan Rachel Estrich, B. Dylan Proctor, Michael Thomas Zeller, Los Angeles, CA; Victoria Fishman Maroulis, Redwood Shores, CA; Kevin Alexander Smith, San Francisco, CA.
Erik Scott Jaffe, Erik S. Jaffe, P.C., Washington, DC, for amicus curiae Hispanic Leadership Fund.
Tim Delaney, Brinks Gilson & Lione, Chicago, IL, for amicus curiae National Grange of the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry. Also represented by Laura A. Lydigsen.
Mark A. Lemley, Durie Tangri LLP, San Francisco, CA, for amici curiae David Abrams, Sarah Burstein, Michael A. Carrier, Bernard Chao, Andrew Chin, Ralph D. Clifford, Jorge Contreras, Thomas Cotter, Robin Feldman, William Gallagher, Jon M. Garon, Shubha Ghosh, Amy Landers, Mark A. Lemley, Oskar Liivak, Brian J. Love, Jonathan Masur, Stephen McJohn, Mark P. McKenna, Tyler T. Ochoa, Michael Risch, Jason Michael Schultz, Lea Shaver, Jessica Silbey, Katherine J. Strandburg, Rebecca Tushnet, Ryan Vacca.
Joseph Carl Cecere, Jr., Cecere PC, Dallas, TX, for amicus curiae The National Black Chamber of Commerce.
Matthew Schruers, Computer & Communications Industry Association, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae Computer & Communications Industry Association.
Mark David Janis, Indiana University Maurer School of Law, Bloomington, IN, for amici curiae Jason J. Du Mont, Mark David Janis.
Perry J. Saidman, Saidman DesignLaw Group, Silver Spring, MD, for amici curiae Design Ideas, Ltd., Novo Nordisk Inc., Lutron Electronics, Inc., Nuvasive, Inc., Method Products, PBC, Oakley, Inc., Deckers Outdoor Corporation, Kohler Company.
Joel Sayres, Faegre Baker Daniels LLP, Denver, CO, for amicus curiae Crocs, Inc.
Brian Buroker, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC, for amici curiae Michael McCoy, Steven Carl Visser, Lorraine Justice, Jim Agutter, Prasad Boradkar, James G. Budd, Rama Chorpash, Gregory Bryant Darby, Ed Dorsa, Tom Gattis, Allan Hastings, James Kaufman, Brook Kennedy, Haig Khachatoorian, Carol Joan Lasch, Thornton Lothrop, Tom Matano, George L. McCain, Zhenyu Cheryl Qian, Lance G. Rake, James Morley Read, Kevin Reeder, Jinseup Shin, aka Ted Shin, Bruce M. Tharp, Gregory Thomas, Richard Wilfred Yelle. Also represented by Howard S. Hogan, Mark Andrew Perry, Sarah Sladic, Lucas C. Townsend; Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr., Los Angeles, CA; Hervey Mark Lyon, Palo Alto, CA.
Mark S. Davies, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Washington, DC, for amici curiae Charles L. Mauro, James Douglas Alsup, Jr., Charles Austen Angell, Daniel W. Ashcraft, Joseph M. Ballay, Alex Bally, Michelle S. Berryman, Eric Beyer, Robert Ian Blaich, Gordon Paul Bruce, Robert Brunner, William Bullock, Bruce Claxton, Del Coates, Robert J. Cohn, James Couch, George Russell Daniels, Mark Dziersk, John Edson, Gerard Furbershaw, Carroll Gantz, John Leavitt Gard, Michael Garten, Donald M. Genaro, Betsy Goodrich, Stephen G. Hauser, James J. Lesko, Scott David Mason, Patricia Moore, Louis Nelson, Christopher J. Parke, Nancy Perkins, Gordon Perry, Samuel B. Petre, Dale Raymond, Raymond W. Riley, Brian Roderman, Bryce G. Rutter, Andrew Serbinski, Ritasue Siegel, Paul Specht, Budd Steinhilber, John V. Stram, Kerstin Nelsen Strom, Mathieu Turpault, Gary Van Deursen, Frank Von Holzhausen, Sohrab Vossoughi, Arnold Wasserman, Allan E. Weaver, Edmund A. Weaver, Robert Welsh, Stephen B. Wilcox, Angela Yeh. Also represented by Katherine M. Kopp; Rachel Wainer Apter, New York, N.Y.; Will Melehani, Irvine, CA.
Before PROST, Chief Judge, O'MALLEY and CHEN, Circuit Judges.