Adnexus Inc. v. Meta Platforms, Inc.

Overview

Case Number 24-1551

Filing Date 2024-03-11

Status Terminated

Termination Date 2025-12-05

Court Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (cafc)

Nature of Suit 830 Patent Infringement (Fed. Qst.)

Cause of Action 35:271 Patent Infringement

Parties

META PLATFORMS, INC.

3 Attorneys Listed

Perkins Coie LLP

700 Thirteenth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005

Ashurst Perkins Coie US LLP

Suite 3400, 110 North Wacker Drive

Ashurst Perkins Coie US LLP

3 Weatherby Road, Hanover, NH 03755

ADNEXUS INC.

1 Attorneys Listed

Direct: 214-725-1385

1756 Bison Meadow Lane, Heath, TX 75032

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (cafc)

Patents Involved

No asserted patent numbers detected in initial docket filings yet.

Docket Entries

Adnexus Inc. v. Meta Platforms, Inc.

Overview

Parties

Defendant - Appellee

META PLATFORMS, INC. Follow

Represented By

Plaintiff - Appellant

ADNEXUS INC. Follow

Represented By

Court & Judges

Patents Involved

Docket Entries

Appeal docketed. Received: 03/01/2024. [989651]Entry of Appearance is due on 03/25/2024. Certificate of Interest is due on 03/25/2024. Docketing Statement is due on 03/25/2024. Appellant's brief is due 05/10/2024. [GWK] [Entered: 03/11/2024 09:47 AM]

Entry of Appearance for Yuri Mikulka; Brady Cox as counsel for Appellee Meta Platforms, Inc.. Service: 03/25/2024 by email. [992866] [24-1551] This document is non-compliant. See Doc No.[5] [Brady Cox] [Entered: 03/25/2024 06:20 PM]

Certificate of Interest for Appellee Meta Platforms, Inc.. Service: 03/25/2024 by email. [992868] [24-1551] [Brady Cox] [Entered: 03/25/2024 06:23 PM]

Docketing Statement for the Appellee Meta Platforms, Inc.. Service: 03/25/2024 by email. [992869] [24-1551] [Brady Cox] [Entered: 03/25/2024 06:25 PM]

NOTICE OF NON-COMPLIANCE: The submission of Appellee Meta Platforms, Inc., Entry of Appearance [2], is not in compliance with the rules of this court (see attached). Compliant document due on 04/02/2024. Service as of this date by the Clerk of Court. [992906] [IMH] [Entered: 03/26/2024 09:30 AM]

Entry of Appearance for Charles Cotropia as counsel for Appellant Adnexus Inc.. Service: 03/27/2024 by email. [993217] [24-1551] This document is non-compliant. See Doc No.[7] [Joseph Zito] [Entered: 03/27/2024 06:49 AM]

NOTICE OF NON-COMPLIANCE: The submission of Appellant Adnexus Inc., Entry of Appearance [6], is not in compliance with the rules of this court (see attached). Compliant document due on 04/03/2024. Service as of this date by the Clerk of Court. [993314] [IMH] [Entered: 03/27/2024 10:44 AM]

Corrected Entry of Appearance for Yuri Mikulka; Brady Cox as counsel for Appellee Meta Platforms, Inc.. Service: 04/01/2024 by email. [994323] [24-1551] [Brady Cox] [Entered: 04/01/2024 04:54 PM]

Entry of Appearance for Charles S. Cotropia as counsel for Appellant Adnexus Inc. Service: 04/11/2024 by email. [996912] [24-1551]--[Edited 05/17/2024 by GWK to correct docket text] [Charles Cotropia] [Entered: 04/11/2024 06:02 PM]

MOTION of Appellee Meta Platforms, Inc. to withdraw counsel Yuri Mikulka; Brady Cox. Service: 05/03/2024 by email. [1001829] [24-1551] [Nathan Kelley] [Entered: 05/03/2024 10:16 AM]

Amended Entry of Appearance for Nathan K. Kelley; Dan L. Bagatell; Tara L. Kurtis as counsel for Appellee Meta Platforms, Inc.. Service: 05/03/2024 by email. [1001831] [24-1551] [Nathan Kelley] [Entered: 05/03/2024 10:18 AM]

**TEXT ONLY** ORDER granting motion to withdraw attorney [12] filed by Appellee Meta Platforms, Inc. Service as of this date by the Clerk of Court. This order has been issued without an attached document and is official and binding. [1002429] [GWK] [Entered: 05/07/2024 09:44 AM]

Certificate of Interest for Appellant Adnexus Inc.. Service: 05/24/2024 by email. [1006476] [24-1551] [Charles Cotropia] [Entered: 05/24/2024 01:29 PM]

MOTION of Appellant Adnexus Inc. to extend the time to 06/07/2024 to file brief. Service: 05/24/2024 by email. [1006590] [24-1551] [Charles Cotropia] [Entered: 05/24/2024 04:45 PM]

MOTION of Appellant Adnexus Inc. to stay appeal. Service: 05/24/2024 by email. [1006591] [24-1551] [Charles Cotropia] [Entered: 05/24/2024 04:48 PM]

ORDER granting motion to extend time to file brief [17] filed by Appellant Adnexus Inc. The opening brief is due 06/07/2024. Service as of this date by the Clerk of Court. [1007065] [NL] [Entered: 05/29/2024 10:33 AM]

MOTION of Appellant Adnexus Inc. to extend the time to 06/17/2024 to file brief. Service: 05/31/2024 by email. [1007786] [24-1551] [Charles Cotropia] [Entered: 05/31/2024 11:03 AM]

ORDER granting motion to extend time to file brief [20] filed by Appellant Adnexus Inc. The opening brief is due 06/17/2024. Service as of this date by the Clerk of Court. [1007958] [NL] [Entered: 05/31/2024 03:30 PM]

RESPONSE of Appellee Meta Platforms, Inc. to Doc No. [18]. Service: 06/03/2024 by email. [1008415] [24-1551] [Nathan Kelley] [Entered: 06/03/2024 05:12 PM]

REPLY of Appellant Adnexus Inc. to response [22]. Service: 06/07/2024 by email. [1009607] [24-1551] [Charles Cotropia] [Entered: 06/07/2024 12:20 PM]

MOTION of Appellee Meta Platforms, Inc. to extend the time to 08/30/2024 to file brief. Service: 07/08/2024 by email. [1016131] [24-1551] [Nathan Kelley] [Entered: 07/08/2024 04:23 PM]

ORDER granting motion to extend time to file brief [25] filed by Appellee Meta Platforms, Inc. The response brief is due 08/30/2024. Service as of this date by the Clerk of Court. [1018403] [LMS] [Entered: 07/17/2024 09:58 AM]

ORDER filed denying [18] motion to stay appeal filed by Adnexus Inc. Service as of this date by the Clerk of Court. [1019087] [LMS] [Entered: 07/19/2024 01:13 PM]

Amended Certificate of Interest for Appellee Meta Platforms, Inc.. Service: 08/30/2024 by email. [1029204] [24-1551] [Nathan Kelley] [Entered: 08/30/2024 02:06 PM]

MOTION of Appellant Adnexus Inc. to extend the time to 10/11/2024 to file brief. Service: 09/13/2024 by email. [1031943] [24-1551] [Charles Cotropia] [Entered: 09/13/2024 09:24 AM]

MODIFIED ENTRY: APPENDIX FILED by Appellant Adnexus Inc.. Service: 10/17/2024 by email. [1040574] --[Edited 10/25/2024 by GWK - Reason: compliance review complete] [Charles Cotropia] [Entered: 10/17/2024 04:56 PM]

Outstanding paper copies of all briefs and appendices must be submitted within five business days from the date of issuance of this notice. See Fed. Cir. R. 25(c)(3)(A). [1042646] [GWK] [Entered: 10/25/2024 12:58 PM]

6 paper copies of Doc. No. [32], [24] received from Appellant Adnexus Inc.. [1044112] [VDW] [Entered: 11/01/2024 08:49 AM]

6 paper copies of Doc. No. [29] received from Appellee Meta Platforms, Inc.. [1044114] [VDW] [Entered: 11/01/2024 08:52 AM]

6 paper copies of Doc. No. [33] received from Appellant Adnexus Inc.. [1044237] [VDW] [Entered: 11/01/2024 01:45 PM]

Notice from Appellant Adnexus Inc. regarding conflicts with oral argument. Service: 12/13/2024 by email. [1054262] [24-1551] [Charles Cotropia] [Entered: 12/13/2024 05:16 PM]

Notice from Appellee Meta Platforms, Inc. regarding conflicts with oral argument. Service: 12/16/2024 by email. [1054492] [24-1551] [Nathan Kelley] [Entered: 12/16/2024 02:28 PM]

Response to notice of oral argument from Appellee Meta Platforms, Inc.. Service: 08/28/2025 by email. [1111289] [24-1551] [Nathan Kelley] [Entered: 08/28/2025 01:24 PM]

Response to notice of oral argument from Appellant Adnexus Inc.. Service: 09/03/2025 by email. [1112153] [24-1551] [Charles Cotropia] [Entered: 09/03/2025 04:40 PM]

Clerk's letter to arguing counsel regarding oral argument in greater Boston area. Service as of this date by the Clerk of Court. [1113060] [MJL] [Entered: 09/08/2025 10:49 AM]

Submitted after ORAL ARGUMENT to Panel: Prost, Circuit Judge; Taranto, Circuit Judge and Stark, Circuit Judge.Arguing counsel: Charles Cotropia, I for Adnexus Inc. and Nathan K. Kelley for Meta Platforms, Inc.Oral Argument Audio available here. [1120040] [MJL] [Entered: 10/08/2025 03:27 PM]

OPINION filed for the court by Prost, Circuit Judge; Taranto, Circuit Judge and Stark, Circuit Judge. Precedential Opinion. Service as of this date by the Clerk of Court. [1132661] [MVH] [Entered: 12/05/2025 09:49 AM]

Mandate issued to the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. Service as of this date by the Clerk of Court. [1139958] [MVH] [Entered: 01/12/2026 02:43 PM]

Track Case Updates

META PLATFORMS, INC.

ADNEXUS INC.

TEXT ONLY ORDER granting motion to withdraw attorney [12] filed by Appellee Meta Platforms, Inc. Service as of this date by the Clerk of Court. This order has been issued without an attached document and is official and binding. [1002429] [GWK] [Entered: 05/07/2024 09:44 AM]