NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.
mtniteb ~tate~ Court of ~eaI~
for tbe jfeberaI <!Circuit
K-TEC, INC.,
Plaintiff·Appellee,
v.
VITA-MIX CORPORATION,
Defendant-Appellant.
2011-1244, -1484, -1512
Appeals from the United States District Court for the
District of Utah in case no. 06-CV-0108, Judge Tena
Campbell.
VITA-MIX CORPORATION,
Appellant,
v.
DAVID J. KAPPOS, DIRECTOR,
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK
OFFICE,
Appellee,
AND
K-TEC, INC.,
Appellee.
K-TEC v. VITA-MIX CORP 2
2012-1024
(Reexamination No. 95/000,339)
Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark
Office, Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences.
ON MOTION
ORDER
Vita-Mix Corporation moves for leave to treat the
above-captioned cases as companion cases for purposes of
oral argument. K-Tec, Inc. moves for an extension of time
in 2012-1024, until December 27, 2011 for Vita-Mix
Corporation to file its opening brief and for an extension
of time, until February 22, 2012, for David J. Kappos and
K-Tec, Inc. to file their responsive briefs.
Accordingly,
IT Is ORDERED THAT:
(1) The motions are granted to the following extent:
the cases will be treated as companion cases, the appel-
lant's opening brief in 2012-1024 is due December 27,
2011, and the responsive briefs of Kappos and K-Tec in
2012-1024 are due February 22,2012. Further extensions
should not be anticipated.
(2) A copy of this order shall be transmitted to the
merits panel assigned to hear this case.
(3) The revised official caption in 2012-1024 is re-
flected above.
3 K-TEC v. VITA-MIX CORP
FOR THE COURT
DEC 152011 /s/ Jan Horbaly
Date Jan Horbaly
Clerk
cc: Alan L. Briggs, Esq.
Brett L. Foster, Esq.
L. Grant Foster, Esq. u.s. couJlk~PEALS FOR
TilE FEOERAl CIRCUIT
Raymond T. Chen, Esq.
s21 GEe 152011
JAN HORBAlY
CLERK