| No. 19-1434 Vide 19-1452, 19-1458 | |
| Title: | United States, Petitioner v. Arthrex, Inc., et al. |
| Docketed: | June 29, 2020 |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (2018-2140) |
| Decision Date: | October 31, 2019 Rule 12.4 |
| Rehearing Denied: | March 23, 2020 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Jun 25 2020 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 29, 2020) |
| PetitionProof of Service | |
| Jul 20 2020 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondents, Smith & Nephew, Inc., et al.VIDED |
| Blanket Consent | |
| Jul 20 2020 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Arthrex, Inc.VIDED |
| Blanket Consent | |
| Jul 20 2020 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, United States VIDED |
| Blanket Consent | |
| Jul 22 2020 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Polaris Innovations Limited VIDED |
| Blanket Consent | |
| Jul 23 2020 | Brief of respondents Smith & Nephew, Inc., et al. filed. VIDED |
| Main DocumentOtherProof of Service | |
| Jul 24 2020 | Response to petition from respondent Arthrex, Inc. filed. VIDED. |
| Main DocumentOtherProof of Service | |
| Jul 29 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Askeladden L.L.C. filed. |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Jul 29 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of The New York Intellectual Property Law Association filed. VIDED. |
| Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Aug 12 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020. |
| Oct 05 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/9/2020. |
| Oct 13 2020 | Petition GRANTED as to Federal Circuit case No. 2018-2140, and the petitions for writs of certiorari in Nos. 19-1452 and 19-1458 are granted, all limited to Questions 1 and 2 as set forth in the July 22, 2020 Memorandum for the United States. The cases are consolidated, and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument. VIDED. |
| Oct 13 2020 | Because the Court has consolidated these cases for briefing and oral argument, future filings and activity in the cases will now be reflected on the docket of No. 19-1434. Subsequent filings in these cases must therefore be submitted through the electronic filing system in No. 19-1434. Each document submitted in connection with one or more of these cases must include on its cover the case number and caption for each case in which the filing is intended to be submitted. Where a filing is submitted in fewer than all of the cases, the docket entry will reflect the case number(s) in which the filing is submitted; a document filed in all of the consolidated cases will be noted as “VIDED.” |
| Oct 21 2020 | Petitioners in Nos. 19-1434 and 19-1452 shall each file an opening brief, limited to 13,000 words, on or before Wednesday, November 25, 2020. Amicus curiae briefs in support of petitioners in Nos. 19-1434 or 19-1452, or in support of no party, shall be filed on or before Wednesday, December 2, 2020, and the briefs shall bear a light green cover. Petitioner in No. 19-1458 shall file a consolidated opening and response brief, limited to 17,000 words, on or before Wednesday, December 23, 2020. Amicus curiae briefs in support of petitioner in No. 19-1458 shall be filed on or before Wednesday, December 30, 2020, and the briefs shall bear a dark green cover. Petitioners in Nos. 19-1434 and 19-1452 shall each file a consolidated response and reply brief, limited to 14,500 words, on or before Friday, January 22, 2021. Petitioner in No. 19-1458 shall file a reply brief, limited to 6,000 words, pursuant to Rule 25.3 of the Rules of this Court. VIDED. |
| Oct 23 2020 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by the United States. VIDED. |
| Proof of ServiceMain Document | |
| Oct 28 2020 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Smith & Nephew, Inc., et al. |
| Blanket Consent | |
| Oct 29 2020 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Arthrex, Inc. |
| Blanket Consent | |
| Nov 03 2020 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, United States |
| Blanket Consent | |
| Nov 09 2020 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by the United States GRANTED. VIDED. |
| Nov 25 2020 | Opening brief of United States filed. VIDED. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word Count | |
| Nov 25 2020 | Opening brief of Smith & Nephew, Inc., et al. filed. VIDED. |
| Main DocumentOtherCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Dec 01 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Professor John Harrison in support of neither party filed. VIDED. |
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| Dec 01 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Acushnet Company and Roger Cleveland Golf Inc. filed. VIDED. |
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| Dec 01 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Professor Andrew Michaels in support of neither party filed. VIDED. |
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| Dec 01 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Coalition Against Patent Abuse in support of neither party filed. VIDED. |
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| Dec 02 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Association for Accessible Medicines filed. VIDED. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Dec 02 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Cross-Industry Groups filed. VIDED. |
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| Dec 02 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Unified Patents, LLC in support of neither party and of reversal filed. VIDED. |
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| Dec 02 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Intel Corp. filed. VIDED. |
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| Dec 02 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Askeladden L.L.C. filed. VIDED |
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| Dec 02 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Engine Advocacy and Electronic Frontier Foundation filed. VIDED. |
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| Dec 02 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Administrative, Constitutional & Intellectual Property Law Professors filed. VIDED. |
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| Dec 02 2020 | Amicus brief of Administrative, Constitutional & Intellectual Property Law Professors not accepted for filing. (Dupilicate submission) (December 07, 2020) |
| Dec 02 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of The Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago filed. VIDED. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Dec 02 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Apple Inc. in support of neither party filed. VIDED. |
| Main DocumentOtherCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Dec 02 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of High Tech Inventors Alliance filed. VIDED. |
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| Dec 02 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Niskanen Center filed. VIDED. |
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| Dec 02 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of eComp Consultants filed. VIDED. |
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| Dec 02 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Computer & Communications Industry Association, et al. filed. VIDED. |
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| Dec 02 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Jason V. Morgan filed (in 19-1434). |
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| Dec 02 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of American Intellectual Property Law Association filed. VIDED. |
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| Dec 23 2020 | Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for divided argument filed. VIDED. |
| Proof of ServiceMain Document | |
| Dec 23 2020 | Brief of respondent Arthrex, Inc. filed. VIDED. |
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| Dec 29 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed. VIDED. |
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| Dec 29 2020 | Brief amici curiae of 39 Aggrieved Inventors filed. VIDED. |
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| Dec 29 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of B.E. Technology, LLC filed. VIDED. |
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| Dec 30 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of TiVo Corporation filed. VIDED. |
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| Dec 30 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of U.S. Lumber Coalition filed. VIDED. |
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| Dec 30 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Americans for Prosperity Foundation and TechFreedom filed. VIDED |
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| Dec 30 2020 | Amicus brief of New Civil Liberties Alliance not accepted for filing. (Corrected version to be submitted). |
| Dec 30 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of New Civil Liberties Alliance filed (Jan. 5, 2021). VIDED. |
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| Dec 30 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of US Inventor, Inc. filed. VIDED. |
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| Dec 30 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Jeremy C. Doerre filed. VIDED. |
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| Dec 30 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Cato Institute and Prof. Gregory Dolin filed. VIDED. |
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| Dec 30 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Fair Inventing Fund filed. VIDED. |
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| Dec 30 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Joshua J. Malone filed. VIDED. |
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| Dec 31 2020 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, March 1, 2021. VIDED. |
| Jan 11 2021 | Motion for divided argument filed by the Acting Solicitor General GRANTED. VIDED. |
| Jan 14 2021 | CIRCULATED |
| Jan 22 2021 | Consolidated reply and response brief filed by the United States. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Proof of ServiceMain Document | |
| Jan 22 2021 | Consolidated response and reply of Smith & Nephew, Inc., et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| Jan 25 2021 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. for the Federal Circuit. |
| Feb 09 2021 | The record from the U.S.C.A. Federal Circuit is electronic and located on Pacer. |
| Feb 19 2021 | Reply of respondent Arthrex, Inc. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 01 2021 | Argued. For United States: Malcolm L. Stewart, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For Smith & Nephew, Inc., et al.: Mark A. Perry, Washington, D. C. For Arthrex, Inc.: Jeffrey A. Lamken, Washington, D. C. VIDED. |
| Jun 21 2021 | Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court with respect to Parts I and II, in which Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, JJ., joined, and an opinion with respect to Part III, in which Alito, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, JJ., joined. Gorsuch, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part. Breyer, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment in part and dissenting in part, in which Sotomayor and Kagan, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined as to Parts I and II. VIDED. |
| Jul 23 2021 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| Elizabeth B. Prelogar Counsel of Record | Acting Solicitor General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov | 202-514-2217 |
| Party name: United States | ||
| Attorneys for Respondents | ||
| Jeffrey Alan Lamken Counsel of Record | MoloLamken LLP The Watergate, Suite 500 600 New Hampshire Ave., N.W. Washington, DC 20037 jlamken@mololamken.com | 2025562010 |
| Party name: Arthrex, Inc. | ||
| Mark Andrew Perry Counsel of Record | Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, LLP 1050 Connecticut Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20036-5306 mperry@gibsondunn.com | 202-887-3667 |
| Party name: Smith & Nephew, Inc., et al. | ||
| Matthew D. Powers Counsel of Record | Tensegrity Law Group LLP 555 Twin Dolphin Dr. Suite 650 Redwood Shores, CA 94065 matthew.powers@tensegritylawgroup.com | 6508026000 |
| Party name: Polaris Innovations Limited | ||
| Other | ||
| David Gabriel Bookbinder Counsel of Record | Niskanen Center 820 First Street, NE Suite 675 Washington, DC 20002 dbookbinder@niskanencenter.org | 301-751-0611 |
| Party name: Niskanen Center | ||
| Peter J. Brann Counsel of Record | Brann & Isaacson 184 Main St. P.O. Box 3070 Lewiston, ME 04243-3070 pbrann@brannlaw.com | 207-557-8881 |
| Party name: Acushnet Company and Roger Cleveland Golf Inc. | ||
| Peter J. Brann Counsel of Record | 184 Main St. P.O. Box 3070 Lewiston, ME 04243 pbrann@brannlaw.com | 2075578881 |
| Party name: Acushnet Company and Roger Cleveland Golf Company | ||
| Mark Simon Davies Counsel of Record | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Columbia Center 1152 15th Street NW Washington, DC 20005 mark.davies@orrick.com | 202-339-8631 |
| Party name: Apple Inc. | ||
| Jeremy Cooper Doerre Counsel of Record | Tillman Wright, PLLC 3440 Toringdon Way, Suite 310 Charlotte, NC 28277 jdoerre@ti-law.com | 7042484883 |
| Party name: Jeremy C. Doerre | ||
| Charles Duan Counsel of Record | 1801 Columbia Rd Ste 101 Washington, DC 20009 supremecourt.gov@cduan.com | (202) 525-5717 |
| Party name: Coalition Against Patent Abuse | ||
| Oliver James Dunford Counsel of Record | Pacific Legal Foundation 4440 PGA Boulevard Suite 307 Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410 odunford@pacificlegal.org | 916.503.9060 |
| Party name: Pacific Legal Foundation | ||
| Melvin C. Garner Counsel of Record | Leason Ellis LL P One Barker Avenue White Plains, NY 10601 Garner@Leasonellis.com | (914) 288-0022 |
| Party name: The New York Intellectual Property Law Association | ||
| Robert P. Greenspoon Counsel of Record | Flachsbart & Greenspoon, LLC 333 N. Michigan Ave Suite 2700 Chicago, IL 60601 rpg@fg-law.com | 312-551-9500 |
| Party name: US Inventor, Inc. | ||
| Timothy J. Haller Counsel of Record | Haller Law PLLC 230 E Delaware Pl, Ste 5E Chicago, IL 60611 haller@haller-iplaw.com | 630-336-4283 |
| Party name: Joshua J. Malone | ||
| John Harrison Counsel of Record | 580 Massie Road Charlottesville, VA 22903 jh8m@virginia.edu | 4349243093 |
| Party name: Professor John Harrison | ||
| Matthew S. Hellman Counsel of Record | Jenner & Block LLP 1099 New York Ave., NW Suite 900 Washington, DC 20001 mhellman@jenner.com | 202-639-6000 |
| Party name: Association for Accessible Medicines | ||
| James M. Hood III Counsel of Record | Weisbrod Matteis & Copley, PLLC 1200 New Hampshire Avenue, NW Suite 600 Washington, DC 20036 jhood@wmclaw.com | 202-499-7900 |
| Party name: B.E. Technology, LLC | ||
| William G. Jenks Counsel of Record | Jenks IP Law 1629 K St NW Suite 300 washington, DC 20006 wjenks@jenksiplaw.com | 2024127964 |
| Party name: Unified Patents, LLC | ||
| Michael E. Joffre Counsel of Record | STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & Fox P.L.L.C. 1100 New York Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20005 mjoffre@sternekessler.com | 202-772-8856 |
| Party name: TiVo Corporation | ||
| Joshua Stephen Landau Counsel of Record | Computer and Communications Industry Association 25 Massachusetts Ave Suite 300C Washington, DC 20001 jlandau@ccianet.org | 202-783-0070 x116 |
| Party name: Computer & Communications Industry Association; U.S. Manufacturers Association for Development and Enterprise | ||
| Gregory Hayes Lantier Counsel of Record | Wilmer Cutler Pickering 1875 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, DC 20006 gregory.lantier@wilmerhale.com | 202-663-6000 |
| Party name: Askeladden L.L.C. | ||
| John R Linzer Counsel of Record | Quarles & Brady, LLP 300 N. LaSalle St, Suite 4000 Chicago, IL 60654 john.linzer@quarles.com | 312-715-5059 |
| Party name: The Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago | ||
| Charles Robert Macedo Counsel of Record | Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP 90 Park Avenue New York, NY 10016 cmacedo@arelaw.com | 2123368000 |
| Party name: eComp Consultants | ||
| Andrew Charles Michaels Counsel of Record | University of Houston Law Center 4604 Calhoun Road Houston, TX 77204 acmichaels@uh.edu | (713) 743-6919 |
| Party name: Professor Andrew Michaels | ||
| Jason V. Morgan Counsel of Record | 2630 Skidmore Cir Vienna, VA 22180 jvmorgan@gmail.com | 14435384338 |
| Party name: Jason V. Morgan | ||
| Alan B. Morrison Counsel of Record | George Washington Law School 2000 H Street NW Washington, DC 20052 abmorrison@law.gwu.edu | 2029947120 |
| Party name: Administrative, Constitutional & Intellectual Property Law Professors | ||
| Jeffrey Theodore Pearlman Counsel of Record | Intellectual Property & Technology Law Clinic, University of Southern California Gould School of Law 699 Exposition Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90089 jef@law.usc.edu | (213) 740-7088 |
| Party name: Engine Advocacy and Electronic Frontier Foundation | ||
| Michael David Pepson Counsel of Record | Americans for Prosperity Foundation 1310 N. Courthouse Rd., Ste. 700 Arlington, VA 22201 mpepson@afphq.org | 5713294529 |
| Party name: Americans for Prosperity Foundation and TechFreedom | ||
| Andrew John Pincus Counsel of Record | Mayer Brown LLP 1999 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 apincus@mayerbrown.com | 202-263-3220 |
| Party name: High Tech Inventors Alliance | ||
| Kevin K. Russell Counsel of Record | Goldstein and Russell, P.C. 7475 Wisconsin Avenue Suite 850 Bethesda, MD 20814 krussell@goldsteinrussell.com | 2023620636 |
| Party name: U.S. Lumber Coalition | ||
| Richard A. Samp Counsel of Record | New Civil Liberties Alliance 1225 19th Street NW, Suite 450 Washington, DC 20036 rasamp@verizon.net | 202-869-5210 |
| Party name: New Civil Liberties Alliance | ||
| Ilya Shapiro Counsel of Record | Cato Institute 1000 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC 20001 ishapiro@cato.org | 2028420200 |
| Party name: Cato Institute and Prof. Gregory Dolin | ||
| Mathew B. Tully Counsel of Record | Tully Rinckey PLLC 815 Connecticut Ave. NW Suite 720 Washington, DC 20006 mtully@tullylegal.com | 518-218-7100 |
| Party name: Fair Inventing Fund | ||
| Donald B. Verrilli Jr. Counsel of Record | Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP 601 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Suite 500E Washington, DC 20001-5369 donald.verrilli@mto.com | 202-220-1101 |
| Party name: Intel Corp. | ||
| Stephen I. Vladeck Counsel of Record | 727 East Dean Keeton Street Austin, TX 78705 svladeck@law.utexas.edu | 5124759198 |
| Party name: Cross-Industry Groups | ||
| Sophie Feifei Wang Counsel of Record | Choate Hall & Stewart LLP Two International Place Boston, MA 02110 swang@choate.com | 6172485000 |
| Party name: American Intellectual Property Law Association | ||
| Kenneth James Weatherwax Counsel of Record | Lowenstein & Weatherwax LLP 1880 Century Park East, Suite 815 Los Angeles, CA 90067 weatherwax@lowensteinweatherwax.com | 310-307-4500 |
| Party name: 39 AGGRIEVED INVENTORS | ||