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Minerva Surgical, Inc. v. Hologic, Inc.

 
DOCKET NO.
20-440
OP. BELOW
Fed. Cir.
SUBJECT
Patent

Question(s) Presented

“[W]hether a defendant in a patent infringement action who assigned the patent, or is in privity with an assignor of the patent, may have a defense of invalidity heard on the merits.”

Posts About this Case

Date
Proceedings and Orders
September 30, 2020
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 5, 2020)
October 14, 2020
Consent to the filing of amicus briefs received from counsel for Minerva Surgical, Inc. submitted.
November 5, 2020
Amicus brief of Engine Advocacy submitted.
November 5, 2020
Amicus brief of Intellectual Property Professors submitted.
November 5, 2020
Brief of Hologic, Inc., et al. in opposition submitted.
November 24, 2020
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/11/2020.
November 24, 2020
Reply of Minerva Surgical, Inc. submitted.
November 24, 2020
Reply of Minerva Surgical, Inc. submitted.
December 9, 2020
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
January 8, 2021
Petition GRANTED.
February 22, 2021
Brief of petitioner Minerva Surgical, Inc. filed.
February 22, 2021
Joint appendix volumes 1 and 2 with supplemental appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
February 22, 2021
Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Minerva Surgical, Inc.
February 25, 2021
Amicus brief of New York Intellectual Property Law Association. submitted.
February 26, 2021
Amicus brief of Engine Advocacy submitted.
March 1, 2021
Amicus brief of Intellectual Property Owners Association submitted.
March 1, 2021
Amicus brief of American Intellectual Property Law Association submitted.
March 1, 2021
Amicus brief of New York City Bar Association submitted.
March 1, 2021
Amicus brief of United States submitted.
March 1, 2021
Amicus brief of Intellectual Property Law Professors submitted.
March 12, 2021
SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, April 21, 2021.
March 15, 2021
Record requested.
March 24, 2021
Brief of Hologic, Inc., et al. submitted.
March 26, 2021
Motion of United States for leave to participate in oral argument and for divided argument submitted.
March 30, 2021
CIRCULATED
March 31, 2021
Amicus brief of Leading Technology Composites, Inc. and Clarkwestern Dietrich Building Systems LLC submitted.
March 31, 2021
Amicus brief of Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America submitted.
March 31, 2021
Amicus brief of United Therapeutics Corp. submitted.
April 5, 2021
Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
April 7, 2021
Reply of petitioner Minerva Surgical, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
April 21, 2021
Argued. For petitioner: Robert N. Hochman, Chicago, Ill. For United States, as amicus curiae: Morgan L. Ratner, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Matthew M. Wolf, Washington, D. C.
June 29, 2021
Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Kagan, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. Alito, J., filed a dissenting opinion. Barrett, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Thomas and Gorsuch, JJ., joined.
August 2, 2021
JUDGMENT ISSUED.