JMRI Defense: Papers from First Appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Most of our legal defense is happening in the Northern District of Calfornia federal court. Papers from there are available on our main docket page.

On this page, we're providing copies of the court papers from our first appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, located in Washington DC. This took place during 2008. If you're interested in papers from the second appeal, during 2009, they're on a separate page.

Court of Appeals Decision

On August 13, 2008, the Court of Appeals ruled in favor of JMRI. The entire ruling is available as a PDF file. This decision can be referenced as "Jacobsen v. Katzer, 535 F.3d 1373, 1381 (Fed. Cir. 2008).".

Key Appeal Documents

Note that these are presented in a "logical" order, not necessarily the chronological order in which they were filed. This is to intended to make it easier to understand how the key documents are interrelated. The complete chronological listing is below.

The Complete Appeal Docket

The following is automatically made from the Court's "Docket", a complete listing of the activities and documents in the case in time order. Some of the links for minor documents may not work; if you'd like one, please let us know and we'll update it by hand.

Listing of Briefs

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

2/21/2008 Joint Appendix . BY Robert Jacobsen (Appellant ). SERVED BY Mail ON 2/21/2008. FILED ON 2/21/2008 . (NON-CONFIDENTIAL)

2/15/2008 Reply Brief of Plaintiff-Appellant Robert Jacobsen . BY Robert Jacobsen (Appellant ). SERVED BY Mail ON 2/15/2008. FILED ON 2/15/2008 . (NON-CONFIDENTIAL)

1/29/2008 Brief of Appellees . BY Kamind Associates, Inc. (d/b/a KAM Industries) and Matthew Katzer (Appellees ). SERVED BY Mail ON 1/29/2008. FILED ON 1/29/2008 . (NON-CONFIDENTIAL)

12/28/2007 Corrected Brief of Amici Curiae Creative Commons Corporation, The Linux Foundation, The Open Source Initiative, Software Freedom Law Center, Yet Another Society, et al. . BY Creative Commons Corporation, et al. (Amicus ). SERVED BY Mail ON 2/4/2008. FILED ON 12/28/2007 . (NON-CONFIDENTIAL)

12/17/2007 Corrected Brief of Plaintiff-Appellant Robert Jacobsen . BY Robert Jacobsen (Appellant ). SERVED BY Mail ON 12/21/2007. FILED ON 12/17/2007 . (NON-CONFIDENTIAL)

12/18/2007 Brief of Robert G. Jacobsen, Plaintiff-Appellant . BY Robert Jacobsen (Appellant ). SERVED BY Mail ON 12/17/2007. REJECTED ON 12/18/2007 . (NON-CONFIDENTIAL)

1/25/2008 Brief of Amici Curiae Creative Commons Corporation, et al...in Support of Plaintiff-Appellant and Urging Reversal . BY Creative Commons Corporation, et al. (Amici ). SERVED BY Mail ON 1/28/2007. REJECTED ON 1/25/2008 . (NON-CONFIDENTIAL)


Case Details

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

JACOBSEN V KATZER

2008-1001



Date History
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12/28/2007 Appellant Principal Brief Filing Date
1/29/2008 Appellee or Cross Appellant Principal Brief Filing Date
2/15/2008 Appellant Reply Brief Filing Date
/ / Cross Appellant Reply Brief Filing Date
2/21/2008 Appendicies Filing Date
5/7/2008 Oral Argument Date / Calendared
/ / Disposition: ; by
/ / Mandated on
>> Please Note: The briefs above are only the most current. <<


--- >> Please Note: Motions & Actions Filed are listed first. Entries are listed last.<<
4/4/2008 MOTION: Entry 30 :by Amici - Motion for Leave for Amici Curiae Creative Commons Corporation, et al. to Participate in Oral Argument. SERVICE : by Mail on 4/4/2008
. REPLY 1: 4/10/2008 , Entry # 32
. REPLY 2: 4/16/2008 , Entry # 34
. REPLY 3: 4/18/2008 , Entry # 36
4/22/2008 ACTION: Entry 37 :Denied.

2/4/2008 MOTION: Entry 22 :by Appellant - Motion to Extend Time to File Appellant's Reply Brief. SERVICE : by Mail on 2/4/2008
2/25/2008 ACTION: Entry 25 :Motion to withdraw motion for an extension of time is granted (listed in entry #23).

12/28/2007 MOTION: Entry 14 :by Other - Motion for Leave to File Brief of Amici Curiae Creative Commons Corp, The Linux Foundation, The Open Source Initiative, Software Freedom Law Center, Yet Another Society and Wikimedia Foundation in support of Plaintiff-Appellant Urging Reversal. SERVICE : by Mail on 12/28/2007
1/22/2008 ACTION: Entry 15 :Motion granted.

11/9/2007 MOTION: Entry 9 :by Appellant - Motion for a (14) day enlargement of time to file opening brief. SERVICE : by Mail on 11/9/2007
11/9/2007 ACTION: Entry 10 :Granted. Brief is due December 17, 2007.

. >> Entries for Case Number: 2008-1001 <<
Entry 41 : 5/15/2008 :  appellees Matthew Katzer and Kamind Associates, Inc.'s response to appellant Jacobsen's citation of supplemental authorties. (Sent to Panel)
. SERVICE : by Mail on 5/14/2008

Entry 40 : 5/12/2008 :  Amici Curiae Creative Commons Corporation's Response to Jacobsen's Post-argument citation of supplemental authorities. (sent to panel)
. SERVICE : by Mail on 5/12/2008

Entry 39 : 5/9/2008 :  Appellant Robert Jacobsen's citation of supplemental authority pursuant to rule 28(j). (sent to panel)
. SERVICE : by Mail on 5/9/2008

Entry 38 : 5/7/2008 :  Submitted after ORAL ARGUMENT by Victoria K. Hall and R. Scott Jerger. Panel: Michel, Prost and Hochberg.

Entry 35 : 4/17/2008 :  Appellee Katzer and Kamind Associates' (sic; actually Appelant Jacobsen's) response to citation of supplemental authority. (sent to panel)
. SERVICE : by Mail on 4/17/2008

Entry 33 : 4/15/2008 :  Notice of Supplemental Authority by appellees Kamind Associates, Inc., et al. (Sent to Panel) (cited case)
. SERVICE : by Mail on 4/4/2008

Entry 31 : 4/7/2008 :  Response to oral argument order from the appellees, Kamind Associates, Inc. et al, stating Robert Scott Jerger will argue.
. SERVICE : by Mail on 3/31/2008

Entry 29 : 3/28/2008 :  Response to oral argument order from the appellant, Robert Jacobsen, stating Victoria K. Hall will argue.
. SERVICE : by Mail on 3/28/2008

Entry 28 : 3/21/2008 :  NOTICE OF CALENDARING issued. Panel: 0805H on May 7, 2008.

Entry 24 : 2/15/2008 :  Joint Statement of Compliance with Federal Circuit Rule 33.
. SERVICE : by Mail on 2/15/2008

Entry 23 : 2/15/2008 :  Appellant's Notice of withdrawal of Motion to extend time to file reply brief. (sent to ssa)
. SERVICE : by Mail on 2/14/2008

Entry 19 : 2/5/2008 :  Entry of Appearance for Christopher K. Ridder as of counsel for Amicus Curiae Creative Commons Corporation et al.
. SERVICE : by Mail on 2/1/2008
. DOC : : Jacobsen 2008-1001 (2.4.08 EOA RIDDER).PDF

Entry 18 : 2/5/2008 :  Entry of Appearance for Anthony T. Falzone as principal counsel on behalf of Amicus curiae Creative Commons Corporation, et al.
. SERVICE : by Mail on 2/1/2008
. DOC : : Jacobsen 2008-1001 (2.4.08 EOA FALZONE).PDF

Entry 20 : 2/4/2008 :  Notice of Correction filed by the Amicus Curiae Creative Commons Corporation, The Linux Foundation, The Open Source Initiative, et al. Corrections were made in the clerk's office inserting a revised Certificate of Interest in their brief.
. SERVICE : by Mail on 2/4/2008

Entry 13 : 12/21/2007 :  Notice of Correction from Plaintiff-Appellant, Robert Jacobsen, notifying clerk's office of corrected brief submitted.
. SERVICE : by Mail on 12/21/2007

Entry 8 : 10/12/2007 :  Docketing Statement filed on behalf of the appellant, Robert Jacobsen.
. SERVICE : by Mail on 10/12/2007

Entry 7 : 10/12/2007 :  Certificate of Interest filed for the appellant, Robert Gibbs Jacobsen.
. SERVICE : by Mail on 10/12/2007
. DOC : : Jacobson 2008-1001 (10.12.07 COI JACOBSON).PDF

Entry 6 : 10/12/2007 :  Entry of appearance for Victoria K. Hall as principal counsel on behalf of the appellant, Robert Jacobsen.
. SERVICE : by Mail on 10/12/2007
. DOC : : Jacobson 2008-1001 (10.12.07 EOA HALL).PDF

Entry 5 : 10/12/2007 :  Docketing Statement for the appellee, Matthew Katzer.
. SERVICE : by Mail on 10/11/2007

Entry 4 : 10/12/2007 :  Certificate of Interest filed for the appellee, Matthew Katzer.
. SERVICE : by Mail on 10/12/2007
. DOC : : Jacobson 2008-1001 (10.12.07 COI FIELD JERGER).PDF

Entry 3 : 10/12/2007 :  Entry of appearance for R. Scott Jerger as principal counsel on behalf of the appellee, Matthew Katzer.
. SERVICE : by Mail on 10/11/2007
. DOC : : Jacobson 2008-1001 (10.12.07 EOA JERGER).PDF

Entry 2 : 10/2/2007 :  Official Caption.
. SERVICE : by Court on 10/2/2007
. DOC : : Jacobsen 2008-1001 (10.2.07 CAPTION).pdf