Cornell University v. AT&T Inc.

Summary

Cornell University sues Apple, AT&T, and Verizon for patent infringement over unnamed technology.

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Cause

Civil Miscellaneous Case

Entities in this case

Parties

Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. (plaintiff) Cornell University (plaintiff) Verizon Communications, Inc. et al (defendant) AT&T Inc. et al. (defendant) Apple Inc. (movant)

Docket entries

1. #182026-05-29

   Status Report

2. 2026-05-29

   Terminate Civil Case

3. #172026-05-22

   ORDER RE: 16 Status Report. Parties will jointly inform the Court no later than 5/29/2026, that this case should be closed. Signed by Judge Nathanael M. Cousins on 5/22/2026. (lmh, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/22/2026) (Entered: 05/22/2026)

4. #162026-05-22

   STATUS REPORT - JOINT STATUS REPORT REGARDING CASE CLOSURE by Cornell Research Foundation, Inc., Cornell University. (Kramer, Robert) (Filed on 5/22/2026) (Entered: 05/22/2026)

5. #152026-04-03

   CLERK'S NOTICE. Plaintiffs and Apple are ordered to file a joint status update by 5/22/2026, indicating whether the matter may be closed. (This is a text-only entry generated by the court. There is no document associated with this entry.) (lmh, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 4/3/2026) (Entered: 04/03/2026)

6. #142026-04-03

   ORDER GRANTING 13 Joint Update and Stipulation. Signed by Judge Nathanael M. Cousins. (lmh, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 4/3/2026). (Entered: 04/03/2026)

7. #132026-04-03

   STIPULATION WITH PROPOSED ORDER re 12 Motion Hearing,,,, Terminate Hearings,,, JOINT UPDATE AND PROPOSED ORDER filed by Apple Inc.. (Cannom, Hannah) (Filed on 4/3/2026) (Entered: 04/03/2026)

8. 2026-04-03

   Clerk's Notice

9. #122026-04-01

   Minute Entry for proceedings held before Magistrate Judge Nathanael M. Cousins. Hearing re: 1 Motion to Quash Subpoena filed by Apple, Inc. held on 4/1/2026. As stated on the record, Court found that "extraordinary circumstances" were not demonstrated for a transfer under Fed. R. Civ. P. 45(f). Pursuant to joint request of the parties, parties are ordered to confer further in an effort to resolve discovery disputes and to file joint update and proposed order(s) by Friday, 4/3/2026, at noon. Court will schedule a further hearing if one is needed. Dkt. 1 (motion to quash or limit) remains under submission. Robert Kramer for Plaintiff Cornell University. Hanna Cannon for Movant Apple, Inc. Liberty Recording Time: 11:03am - 11:15am (Time: 12 mins). (This is a text-only entry generated by the court. There is no document associated with this entry.) (lmh, COURT STAFF) (Date Filed: 4/1/2026) (Entered: 04/01/2026)

10. 2026-04-01

    1 - Terminate Hearings AND Motion Hearing

11. #112026-03-30

    REPLY (re 1 MOTION to Quash ) NON-PARTY APPLE INC.S REPLY IN SUPPORT OF ITS MOTION TO QUASH OR MODIFY PLAINTIFFS SUBPOENAS filed byApple Inc.. (Cannom, Hannah) (Filed on 3/30/2026) (Entered: 03/30/2026)

12. #102026-03-23

    OPPOSITION/RESPONSE (re 1 MOTION to Quash ) filed byCornell Research Foundation, Inc., Cornell University. (Attachments: # 1 Declaration Aidan M. Brewster, # 2 Exhibit 1, # 3 Exhibit 2)(Brewster, Aidan) (Filed on 3/23/2026) (Entered: 03/23/2026)

13. #92026-03-11

    NOTICE by Cornell Research Foundation, Inc., Cornell University NOTICE OF LIMITED APPEARANCE (Brewster, Aidan) (Filed on 3/11/2026) (Entered: 03/11/2026)

14. #82026-03-11

    NOTICE by Cornell Research Foundation, Inc., Cornell University NOTICE OF LIMITED APPEARANCE (Kramer, Robert) (Filed on 3/11/2026) (Entered: 03/11/2026)

15. #72026-03-10

    CLERK'S NOTICE SETTING IN PERSON HEARING. RE: 1 . Motion to Quash against All Plaintiffs, filed by Apple, Inc., is set for 4/1/2026, at 11:00 AM in San Jose, Courtroom 5, 4th Floor before Chief Magistrate Judge Nathanael M. Cousins. Opposition due 3/23/2026; reply, limited to 5 pages, due 3/30/2026. (This is a text-only entry generated by the court. There is no document associated with this entry.)(lmh, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 3/10/2026) (Entered: 03/10/2026)

16. #62026-03-10

    ORDER REASSIGNING CASE IT IS ORDERED that this case is reassigned using a proportionate, random and blind system pursuant to General Order No. 44 to Magistrate Judge Nathanael M. Cousins. Magistrate Judge Susan van Keulen no longer assigned to the case. Counsel are instructed that all future filings shall bear the updated judicial initials immediately after the case number. Counsel are reminded to verify the location of the judge on the court website. All hearing and trial dates presently scheduled are vacated. However, existing briefing schedules for motions remain unchanged. Motions must be renoticed for hearing before the judge to whom the case has been reassigned, but the renoticing of the hearing does not affect the prior briefing schedule. Other deadlines such as those for ADR compliance and discovery cutoff also remain unchanged. Mark B. Busby Clerk, United States District Court (This is a text-only entry generated by the court. There is no document associated with this entry.) Any non-CM/ECF Participants have been served by First Class Mail to the addresses of record listed on the Notice of Electronic Filing (NEF) (jnk, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 3/10/2026) (Entered: 03/10/2026)

17. 2026-03-10

    Clerk's Notice AND ~Util - Set Motion and Deadlines/Hearings

18. 2026-03-10

    Case Assigned/Reassigned

19. 2026-03-09

    ~Util - Miscellaneous Case Assigned by Intake

20. 2026-03-09

    Notice of Appearance/Substitution/Change/Withdrawal of Attorney

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