Google LLC v. Cellular South, Inc.
| GOOGLE LLC |
| CELLULAR SOUTH, INC. |
| JOHN A. SQUIRES, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office |
| PTAB BAR ASSOCIATION, U.S. MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION FOR DEVELOPMENT AND ENTERPRISE, NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION, THE ALLIANCE FOR AUTOMOTIVE INNOVATION, THE HIGH TECH INVENTORS ALLIANCE, THE COMPUTER & COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION, THE ASSOCIATION FOR COMPETITIVE TECHNOLOGY, THE SOFTWARE & INFORMATION INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION and UNIFIED PATENTS, LLC |
| 26-1519 |
| March 16, 2026 |
| U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit |
| Other |
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| Filing 46 **TEXT ONLY** ORDER granting motion to extend time to file brief [ # 45 ] filed by Appellant Google LLC. The reply brief is due 09/23/2026. Service as of this date by the Clerk of Court. This order has been issued without an attached document and is official and binding. [1190604] [MMA] [Entered: 09/01/2026 01:19 PM] |
| Filing 45 MOTION of Appellant Google LLC to extend the time to 09/23/2026 to file brief. Service: 08/28/2026 by email, US mail. [1190015] [26-1519] [Elizabeth Prelogar] [Entered: 08/28/2026 07:09 PM] |
| Filing 44 MODIFIED ENTRY: INTERVENOR BRIEF FILED by Intervenor John A. Squires. Service: 08/19/2026 by email. Unless ordered otherwise, any responsive deadline runs from the date of service of this brief. See Fed. Cir. R. 31. [1187515] --[Edited 08/26/2026 by MMA - Reason: compliance review complete] [Samuel Goldstein] [Entered: 08/19/2026 05:56 PM] |
| Filing 43 Entry of Appearance for Saif M. Askar as counsel for Intervenor John A. Squires. Service: 08/19/2026 by email, US mail. [1187455] [26-1519] [Saif Askar] [Entered: 08/19/2026 01:44 PM] |
| Filing 42 MODIFIED ENTRY: RESPONSE BRIEF FILED by Appellee Cellular South, Inc. Service: 08/19/2026 by email. Unless ordered otherwise, any responsive deadline runs from the date of service of this brief. See Fed. Cir. R. 31. [1187406] --[Edited 08/20/2026 by MMA - Reason: compliance review complete] [Robert Hill] [Entered: 08/19/2026 12:10 PM] |
| Filing 41 Notice of Correction to Doc No. for Amici Curiae Alliance for Automotive Innovation, Association for Competitive Technology, Computer & Communications Industry Association, High Tech Inventors Alliance, National Retail Federation, Software & Information Industry Association, Unified Patents, LLC, US*MADE and Appellant Google LLC. Service: 08/05/2026 by email, US mail. [1184340] [26-1519] [Joseph Matal] [Entered: 08/05/2026 04:11 PM] |
| Filing 40 MODIFIED ENTRY: CORRECTED AMICUS BRIEF FILED by Alliance for Automotive Innovation, Association for Competitive Technology, Computer & Communications Industry Association, High Tech Inventors Alliance, National Retail Federation, Software & Information Industry Association, US*MADE and Unified Patents, LLC. Service: 08/05/2026 by email. [1184338]--[Edited 08/12/2026 by MMA - Reason: compliance review complete] [Joseph Matal] [Entered: 08/05/2026 04:09 PM] |
| Filing 39 NOTICE OF NON-COMPLIANCE: The submission of Amici Curiae Alliance for Automotive Innovation, Association for Competitive Technology, Computer & Communications Industry Association, High Tech Inventors Alliance, National Retail Federation, Software & Information Industry Association, US*MADE and Unified Patents, LLC, Amicus Curiae Brief [ # 32 ], is not in compliance with the rules of this court (see attached). Compliant document due on 08/12/2026. Service as of this date by the Clerk of Court. [1184306] [MMA] [Entered: 08/05/2026 03:14 PM] |
| Filing 38 **TEXT ONLY** ORDER granting motion to extend time to file brief [ # 37 ] filed by Appellee Cellular South, Inc. The response brief is due 08/19/2026. The intervenor brief is due 08/19/2026. Service as of this date by the Clerk of Court. This order has been issued without an attached document and is official and binding. [1180274] [MMA] [Entered: 07/20/2026 12:50 PM] |
| Filing 37 MOTION of Appellee Cellular South, Inc. to extend the time to 08/19/2026 to file brief. Service: 07/16/2026 by email, US mail. [1179947] [26-1519] [Robert Hill] [Entered: 07/16/2026 08:12 PM] |
| Filing 36 Notice of Related Case Information for PTAB Bar Association. Service: 07/06/2026 by email, US mail. [1177635] [26-1519]--[Edited 07/08/2026 by MMA to add party filer] [Brenton Babcock] [Entered: 07/06/2026 02:17 PM] |
| Filing 35 Certificate of Interest for PTAB Bar Association. Service: 07/06/2026 by email, US mail. [1177634] [26-1519]--[Edited 07/08/2026 by MMA to add party filer] [Brenton Babcock] [Entered: 07/06/2026 02:16 PM] |
| Filing 34 Entry of Appearance for Brenton R. Babcock as counsel for PTAB Bar Association. Service: 07/06/2026 by email, US mail. [1177630] [26-1519]--[Edited 07/08/2026 by MMA to add party filer] [Brenton Babcock] [Entered: 07/06/2026 02:15 PM] |
| Filing 33 MODIFIED ENTRY: AMICUS BRIEF FILED by PTAB Bar Association. Service: 07/06/2026 by email. [1177629]--[Edited 08/05/2026 by MMA - Reason: compliance review complete] [Brenton Babcock] [Entered: 07/06/2026 02:11 PM] |
| Filing 32 AMICUS CURIAE BRIEF FILED by US*MADE, National Retail Federation, the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, HTIA, the Computer & Communications Industry Association, the Association for Competitive Technology, the Software & Information Industry Association, and Unified Patents, LLC. Service: 07/06/2026 by email, US mail. [1177612] [26-1519] This document is non-compliant. See Doc No. [ # 39 ] [Joseph Matal] [Entered: 07/06/2026 12:43 PM] |
| Filing 31 Certificate of Interest for US*MADE, National Retail Federation, the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, HTIA, the Computer & Communications Industry Association, the Association for Competitive Technology, the Software & Information Industry Association, and Unified Patents, LLC. Service: 07/06/2026 by email, US mail. [1177611] [26-1519] [Joseph Matal] [Entered: 07/06/2026 12:41 PM] |
| Filing 30 Entry of Appearance for Joseph Matal as counsel for US*MADE, National Retail Federation, the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, HTIA, the Computer & Communications Industry Association, the Association for Competitive Technology, the Software & Information Industry Association, and Unified Patents, LLC. Service: 07/06/2026 by email, US mail. [1177610] [26-1519] [Joseph Matal] [Entered: 07/06/2026 12:41 PM] |
| Filing 29 MODIFIED ENTRY: OPENING BRIEF FILED by Appellant Google LLC. Service: 06/26/2026 by email. Unless ordered otherwise, any responsive deadline runs from the date of service of this brief. See Fed. Cir. R. 31. [1176228] --[Edited 07/10/2026 by JCW - Reason: compliance review complete] [Elizabeth Prelogar] [Entered: 06/26/2026 03:27 PM] |
Filing 28
ORDER filed granting motion for other relief [ # 22 ] filed by Appellant Google LLC; The parties should address the jurisdictional and merits issues in their briefing. Google's opening brief remains due no later than June 26, 2026. Cellular South's response brief and the Director's brief are due no later than 40 days from the date of service of Google's opening brief. Google may file its reply brief no later than 21 days from the date of service of the Director's or Cellular South's brief, whichever is later. The Clerk of Court shall transmit a copy of this order to the merits panel assigned to these appeals. Service as of this date by the Clerk of Court. [1176192] [LMS] [Entered: 06/26/2026 01:50 PM]
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| Filing 27 REPLY of Appellant Google LLC to response [ # 25 ]. Service: 05/15/2026 by email, US mail. [1167560] [26-1519] [Heidi Keefe] [Entered: 05/15/2026 05:17 PM] |
| Filing 26 Notice from Intervenor John A. Squires Regarding Intent to File Motion to Dismiss. Service: 05/13/2026 by email. [1167004] [26-1519] [Samuel Goldstein] [Entered: 05/13/2026 09:42 PM] |
| Filing 25 RESPONSE of Appellee Cellular South, Inc. to Doc No. [ # 22 ]. Service: 05/08/2026 by email, US mail. [1165930] [26-1519] [Anthony Fuga] [Entered: 05/08/2026 04:36 PM] |
| Filing 24 Entry of Appearance for Robert S. Hill as counsel for Appellee Cellular South, Inc. [26-1520]. Service: 04/29/2026 by email, US mail. [1163335] [26-1519] [Robert Hill] [Entered: 04/29/2026 01:46 PM] |
| Filing 23 RESPONSE of Intervenor John A. Squires to Doc No. [ # 22 ]. Service: 04/29/2026 by email. [1163193] [26-1519] [Samuel Goldstein] [Entered: 04/29/2026 10:02 AM] |
| Filing 22 MOTION of Appellant Google LLC Motion for Leave to Brief Appeal in the Normal Course. Service: 04/28/2026 by email, US mail. [1163131] [26-1519] [Heidi Keefe] [Entered: 04/28/2026 07:12 PM] |
| Filing 21 Certified list received. Service: 04/27/2026 by email. Refer to Fed. Cir. R. 31 for calculating brief deadlines from service of the certified list. [1162900] [26-1519, 26-1520] [GWK] [Entered: 04/28/2026 10:45 AM] |
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Filing 20
ORDER filed granting motion for leave to intervene [ # 18 ]. The official caption is revised as reflected in this order. Service as of this date by the Clerk of Court. [1162652] [LMS] [Entered: 04/27/2026 02:41 PM]
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| Filing 19 Entry of Appearance for Dev Ranjan as counsel for Appellant Google LLC. Service: 04/20/2026 by email, US mail. [1160930] [26-1519] [Dev Ranjan] [Entered: 04/20/2026 01:43 PM] |
| Filing 18 MOTION of Director of U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for leave to intervene. Service: 04/15/2026 by email. [1159802] [26-1519] [Samuel Goldstein] [Entered: 04/15/2026 09:49 AM] |
| Filing 17 Entry of Appearance for Samuel B. Goldstein; Brad Hinshelwood; Nicholas T. Matich; Austin P. Mayron; Robert J. McManus; Peter J. Sawert; Brian Racilla as counsel for Director of U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Service: 04/15/2026 by email. [1159797] [26-1519] [Samuel Goldstein] [Entered: 04/15/2026 09:45 AM] |
| Filing 16 CLERK'S OFFICE QUALITY CONTROL MESSAGE: re: Doc No. [ # 15 ], ERROR: Upon review of Appellant's docketing statement for compliance with the Rules, it appears the document may raise an argument falling under Fed. R. App. P. 44. CORRECTION: Counsel is reminded to submit the required notice if Fed. R. App. P. 44 applies. THIS MESSAGE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. [1159050] [GWK] [Entered: 04/13/2026 09:00 AM] |
| Filing 15 Docketing Statement for the Appellant Google LLC. Service: 03/30/2026 by email. [1156342] [26-1519] [Heidi Keefe] [Entered: 03/30/2026 08:29 PM] |
| Filing 14 Notice of Related Case Information for Appellant Google LLC. Service: 03/30/2026 by email. [1156340] [26-1519] [Heidi Keefe] [Entered: 03/30/2026 08:28 PM] |
| Filing 13 Certificate of Interest for Appellant Google LLC. Service: 03/30/2026 by email. [1156339] [26-1519] [Heidi Keefe] [Entered: 03/30/2026 08:27 PM] |
| Filing 12 Entry of Appearance for Heidi L. Keefe; Elizabeth Prelogar; Mark R. Weinstein; Elias Kim as counsel for Appellant Google LLC. Service: 03/30/2026 by email. [1156338] [26-1519] [Heidi Keefe] [Entered: 03/30/2026 08:25 PM] |
| Filing 11 Docketing Statement for the Appellee Cellular South, Inc.. Service: 03/30/2026 by email. [1156331] [26-1519] [Anthony Fuga] [Entered: 03/30/2026 06:44 PM] |
| Filing 10 Notice of Related Case Information for Cellular South, Inc. [26-1520]. Service: 03/30/2026 by email. [1156330] [26-1519] [Anthony Fuga] [Entered: 03/30/2026 06:40 PM] |
| Filing 9 Certificate of Interest for Cellular South, Inc. [26-1520]. Service: 03/30/2026 by email. [1156329] [26-1519] [Anthony Fuga] [Entered: 03/30/2026 06:38 PM] |
| Filing 8 Entry of Appearance for Anthony J. Fuga; Allison M. Lucier; Jacob W.S. Schneider, Amy E. Simpson as counsel for Cellular South, Inc. [26-1520]. Service: 03/30/2026 by email. [1156328] [26-1519] [Anthony Fuga] [Entered: 03/30/2026 06:37 PM] |
| Filing 7 Docketing Statement for the Appellee Cellular South, Inc.. Service: 03/30/2026 by email. [1156324] [26-1519] [Anthony Fuga] [Entered: 03/30/2026 06:08 PM] |
| Filing 6 Notice of Related Case Information for Appellee Cellular South, Inc.. Service: 03/30/2026 by email. [1156323] [26-1519] [Anthony Fuga] [Entered: 03/30/2026 06:02 PM] |
| Filing 5 Certificate of Interest for Appellee Cellular South, Inc.. Service: 03/30/2026 by email. [1156322] [26-1519] [Anthony Fuga] [Entered: 03/30/2026 05:59 PM] |
| Filing 4 Entry of Appearance for Anthony J. Fuga; Allison M. Lucier; Jacob W.S. Schneider; Amy E. Simpson as counsel for Appellee Cellular South, Inc.. Service: 03/30/2026 by email. [1156321] [26-1519] [Anthony Fuga] [Entered: 03/30/2026 05:54 PM] |
| Filing 3 Note to File: The following cases are consolidated: 26-1519 lead, 26-1520 member. The parties must file all documents in the lead appeal only. [1156267] [26-1519, 26-1520] [GWK] [Entered: 03/30/2026 03:57 PM] |
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Filing 2
ORDER consolidating appeals (26-1519 lead, 26-1520 member). Service as of this date by the Clerk of Court. [1156266] [GWK] [Entered: 03/30/2026 03:56 PM]
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| Filing 1 Appeal docketed. Received: 03/11/2026. [1153266] Entry of Appearance due 03/30/2026. Certificate of Interest is due on 03/30/2026. Docketing Statement due 03/30/2026. Certified List due on 04/27/2026. [GWK] [Entered: 03/16/2026 04:04 PM] |
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