No. 17-1229
 
Title: Helsinn Healthcare S.A., Petitioner
v.
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., et al.
Docketed: March 2, 2018
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
   Case Numbers: (2016-1284, 2016-1787)
   Decision Date: May 1, 2017
   Rehearing Denied: January 16, 2018
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Feb 28 2018 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 2, 2018)
Mar 12 2018 Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 2, 2018 to May 17, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
Mar 13 2018 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted in part and the time is extended to and including May 11, 2018.
Mar 13 2018 Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Helsinn Healthcare S.A..
Mar 19 2018 Blanket Consent filed by Respondents, Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., et al..
Mar 27 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Congressman Lamar Smith filed.
Mar 30 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Intellectual Property Owners Association filed.
Mar 30 2018 Brief amicus curiae of American Intellectual Property Law Association filed.
Apr 02 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America filed.
Apr 02 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Boston Patent Law Association in support of neither party filed.
Apr 02 2018 Brief amicus curiae of The Naples Roundtable filed.
Apr 02 2018 Brief amicus curiae of The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) filed.
Apr 02 2018 Brief amicus curiae of US Inventor, Inc. filed.
Apr 02 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Bar Association of the District of Columbia filed.
Apr 02 2018 Brief amicus curiae of The Massachusetts Biotechnology Council filed.
May 11 2018 Brief of respondents Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., et al. in opposition filed.
May 29 2018 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/14/2018.
May 29 2018 Reply of petitioner Helsinn Healthcare S.A. filed. (Distributed)
Jun 18 2018 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/21/2018.
Jun 25 2018 Petition GRANTED.
Jul 02 2018 Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
Jul 03 2018 Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including August 23, 2018. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including October 9, 2018.
Aug 01 2018 Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Helsinn Healthcare S.A..
Aug 23 2018 Brief of petitioner Helsinn Healthcare S.A. filed.
Aug 23 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Congressman Lamar Smith filed.
Aug 23 2018 Joint appendix filed.
Aug 23 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Intellectual Property Owners Association in support of neither party filed.
Aug 30 2018 Brief amicus curiae of United States of America filed.
Aug 30 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America filed.
Aug 30 2018 Brief amicus curiae of American Intellectual Property Law Association in support of neither party filed.
Aug 30 2018 Brief amicus curiae of The Massachusetts Biotechnology Council filed.
Aug 30 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Bar Association of the District of Columbia filed.
Aug 30 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Austin Intellectual Property Law Association in support of neither party filed.
Aug 30 2018 Brief amicus curiae of The Naples Roundtable in support of neither party filed.
Aug 30 2018 Brief amicus curiae of The Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago in support of neither party filed.
Aug 30 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Houston Intellectual Property Law Association in support of neither party filed.
Aug 30 2018 Brief amicus curiae of US Inventor, Inc. filed.
Aug 30 2018 Brief amicus curiae of The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) filed.
Sep 24 2018 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Oct 09 2018 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, December 4, 2018
Oct 09 2018 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. Justice Kavanaugh took no part in the consideration or decision of this motion.
Oct 09 2018 Brief of respondents Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., et al. filed.
Oct 09 2018 Brief amici curiae of 45 Intellectual Property Professors filed.
Oct 15 2018 Brief amici curiae of R Street Institute and Engine Advocacy filed.
Oct 15 2018 Record requested from the U.S.C.A. Federal Circuit.
Oct 16 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Association for Accessible Medicines filed.
Oct 16 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Intel Corporation filed.
Oct 16 2018 Brief amicus curiae of IEEE-USA filed.
Oct 16 2018 Brief amici curiae of SPCM S.A. and High Tech Inventors Alliance filed.
Oct 16 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren filed.
Oct 19 2018 CIRCULATED
Oct 24 2018 Record received from the U.S.C.A. Federal Circuit is electronic and located on PACER, with the exception of some confidential documents (1 Envelope).
Nov 08 2018 Reply of petitioner Helsinn Healthcare S.A. filed. (Distributed)
Dec 04 2018 Argued. For petitioner: Kannon K. Shanmugam, Washington, D. C.; and Malcolm L. Stewart, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: William M. Jay, Washington, D. C.
Jan 22 2019 Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Thomas, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.
Feb 26 2019 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Kannon K. Shanmugam
Counsel of Record
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
2001 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006
KSHANMUGAM@PAULWEISS.COM
Ph: (202) 223-7300
Party name: Helsinn Healthcare S.A.


Attorneys for Respondents
William McGinley Jay
Counsel of Record
Goodwin Procter, LLP
1900 N Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
WJAY@GOODWINLAW.COM
Ph: 2023464190
Party name: Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., et al.


Steffen Nathanael Johnson
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
1700 K Street, NW, Fifth Floor
Washington, DC 20006
SJOHNSON@WSGR.COM
Ph:
Party name: Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., et al.


Other Attorneys
Robert A. Armitage
Counsel of Record
Attorney at Law
320 Seaview Court
Marco Island, FL 34145
raarmitage@aol.com
Ph: (703) 801-6334
Party name: Congressman Lamar Smith


Ronald Edmund Cahill
Counsel of Record
Barnes & Thornburg
One Marina Park Drive
Suite 1530
Boston, MA 02210
rcahill@btlaw.com
Ph: 617-316-5312
Party name: Boston Patent Law Association


Kathleen B. Carr
Counsel of Record
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C
One Financial Center
Boston, MA 02111
kbcarr@mintz.com
Ph: 617-542-6000
Party name: US Inventor, Inc.


Matthew James Dowd
Counsel of Record
Dowd Scheffel PLLC
1717 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Suite 1025
Washington, DC 20006
mdowd@dowdscheffel.com
Ph: 202-559-9175
Party name: The Naples Roundtable


Robert M. Isackson
Counsel of Record
Leason Ellis LLP
One Barker Avenue Fifth Floor
White Plains, NY 10601
isackson@leasonellis.com
Ph: 914-821-1618
Party name: Intellectual Property Owners Association


Scott Ethan Kamholz
Counsel of Record
Covington & Burling LLP
One CityCenter
850 Tenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20001
skamholz@cov.com
Ph: 202-662-5339
Party name: Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America


William F. Lawrence
Counsel of Record
Haug Partners LLP
745 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10151
wlawrence@haugpartners.com
Ph: 212-588-0800
Party name: Bar Association of the District of Columbia


Mark A. Lemley
Counsel of Record
Lex Lumina PLLC
745 Fifth Avenue, Suite 500
New York, NY 10151
mlemley@lex-lumina.com
Ph: (646) 898-2055
Party name: 45 Intellectual Property Professors


Alice O. Martin
Counsel of Record
Barnes & Thornburg LLP
One North Wacker Drive, Suite 4400
Chicago, IL 60606
alice.martin@btlaw.com
Ph: 312-357-1313
Party name: The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO)


Lynn Campbell Tyler
Counsel of Record
Barnes & Thornburg
11 S. Meridian St.
Indianapolis, IN 46204
lynn.tyler@btlaw.com
Ph: 317-231-7392
Party name: American Intellectual Property Law Association


Sophie Feifei Wang
Counsel of Record
Choate Hall & Stewart LLP
Two International Place
Boston, MA 02110
SWANG@CHOATE.COM
Ph: 6172485000
Party name: The Massachusetts Biotechnology Council


Iftikhar Ahmed
Ahmad, Zavitsanos, Anaipakos, Alavi & Mensing, P.C
1221 McKinney Street, Suite 2500
Houston, TX 77010
iftiahmed@azalaw.com
Ph: 713-655-1101
Party name: Houston Intellectual Property Law Association


Boris Bershteyn
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
One Manhattan West
New York, NY 10001-8602
BORIS.BERSHTEYN@SKADDEN.COM
Ph: 212-735-3000
Party name: Intel Corporation


James Wilson Dabney
376 Knollwood Road
Ridgewood, NJ 07450
jwdabney@cornell.edu
Ph: 2018570006
Party name: SPCM S.A. AND HIGH TECH INVENTORS ALLIANCE


Stephen Roger Dartt
Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.
1120 S. Capital of Texas Hwy.,
Building 2, Suite 300
West Lake Hills, TX 78746-6419
sdartt@intprop.com
Ph: 5128538800
Party name: Austin Intellectual Property Law Association


Charles Duan
American University Washington College of Law
4300 Nebraska Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20016
supremecourt.gov@cduan.com
Ph: (202) 274-4124
Party name: R Street Institute and Engine Advocacy


Noel John Francisco
Jones Day
51 Louisiana Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001
NJFRANCISCO@JONESDAY.COM
Ph: (202) 879-3939
Party name: United States of America


Matthew S. Hellman
Jenner & Block LLP
1099 New York Ave., NW
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20001
MHELLMAN@JENNER.COM
Ph: 202-639-6000
Party name: Association for Accessible Medicines


Jonathan Alan Herstoff
Haug Partners LLP
745 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10151
jherstoff@haugpartners.com
Ph: 212-588-0800
Party name: Bar Association of the District of Columbia


Maura Kathleen Moran
Cambridge Technology Law LLC
P.O. Box 5065
Framingham, MA 01701
MMORAN@CAMBRIDGETECHLAW.COM
Ph: 9784434558
Party name: IEEE-USA


John Caviness O'Quinn
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004
JOHN.OQUINN@KIRKLAND.COM
Ph: 202-389-5191
Party name: Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren


Charles W. Shifley
Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
71 S. Wacker Drive, 36th Floor
Chicago, IL 60606
cshifley@bannerwitcoff.com
Ph: 312-463-5000
Party name: THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW ASSOCIATION OF CHICAGO