IANCU v. BRUNETTI

No. 18-302.

139 S.Ct. 2294 (2019)

588 U.S. 388

Andrei IANCU, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, Patent and Trademark Office, Petitioner v. Erik BRUNETTI.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 24, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Malcolm L. Stewart , Washington, DC, for the petitioner.

John R. Sommer , Irvine, CA, for the respondent.

Sarah Harris , General Counsel, Thomas W. Krause , Solicitor, Christina J. Hieber , Thomas L. Casagrande , Mary Beth Walker , Molly R. Silfen , Associate Solicitors, U.S. Patent and Trademark, Office, Alexandria, VA, Noel J. Francisco , Solicitor General, Joseph H. Hunt , Assistant Attorney General, Malcolm L. Stewart , Deputy Solicitor General, Frederick Liu , Assistant to the Solicitor General, Mark R. Freeman , Daniel Tenny , Joshua M. Salzman , Attorneys, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for petitioner.

John R. Sommer , Megan E. Gray , Devon A. Beckwith , Irvine, CA, for respondent.


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