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
 
Proceedings and Orders
Jun 25 2020 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 29, 2020)
Petition Proof 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 Document Other Proof of Service
Jul 24 2020 Response to petition from respondent Arthrex, Inc. filed. VIDED.
Main Document Other Proof of Service
Jul 29 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Askeladden L.L.C. filed.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Jul 29 2020 Brief amicus curiae of The New York Intellectual Property Law Association filed. VIDED.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate 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 Service Main 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 Document Certificate of Word Count
Nov 25 2020 Opening brief of Smith & Nephew, Inc., et al. filed. VIDED.
Main Document Other Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Dec 01 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Professor John Harrison in support of neither party filed. VIDED.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Dec 01 2020 Brief amici curiae of Acushnet Company and Roger Cleveland Golf Inc. filed. VIDED.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Dec 01 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Professor Andrew Michaels in support of neither party filed. VIDED.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Dec 01 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Coalition Against Patent Abuse in support of neither party filed. VIDED.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Dec 02 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Association for Accessible Medicines filed. VIDED.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Dec 02 2020 Brief amici curiae of Cross-Industry Groups filed. VIDED.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Dec 02 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Unified Patents, LLC in support of neither party and of reversal filed. VIDED.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Dec 02 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Intel Corp. filed. VIDED.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Dec 02 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Askeladden L.L.C. filed. VIDED
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Dec 02 2020 Brief amici curiae of Engine Advocacy and Electronic Frontier Foundation filed. VIDED.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Dec 02 2020 Brief amici curiae of Administrative, Constitutional & Intellectual Property Law Professors filed. VIDED.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
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 Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Dec 02 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Apple Inc. in support of neither party filed. VIDED.
Main Document Other Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Dec 02 2020 Brief amicus curiae of High Tech Inventors Alliance filed. VIDED.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Dec 02 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Niskanen Center filed. VIDED.
Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Dec 02 2020 Brief amicus curiae of eComp Consultants filed. VIDED.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Dec 02 2020 Brief amici curiae of Computer & Communications Industry Association, et al. filed. VIDED.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Dec 02 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Jason V. Morgan filed (in 19-1434).
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Dec 02 2020 Brief amicus curiae of American Intellectual Property Law Association filed. VIDED.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Dec 23 2020 Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for divided argument filed. VIDED.
Proof of Service Main Document
Dec 23 2020 Brief of respondent Arthrex, Inc. filed. VIDED.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Dec 29 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed. VIDED.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Dec 29 2020 Brief amici curiae of 39 Aggrieved Inventors filed. VIDED.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Dec 29 2020 Brief amicus curiae of B.E. Technology, LLC filed. VIDED.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Dec 30 2020 Brief amicus curiae of TiVo Corporation filed. VIDED.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Dec 30 2020 Brief amicus curiae of U.S. Lumber Coalition filed. VIDED.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Dec 30 2020 Brief amici curiae of Americans for Prosperity Foundation and TechFreedom filed. VIDED
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
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.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Dec 30 2020 Brief amicus curiae of US Inventor, Inc. filed. VIDED.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Dec 30 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Jeremy C. Doerre filed. VIDED.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Dec 30 2020 Brief amici curiae of Cato Institute and Prof. Gregory Dolin filed. VIDED.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Dec 30 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Fair Inventing Fund filed. VIDED.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Dec 30 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Joshua J. Malone filed. VIDED.
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
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 Service Main Document
Jan 22 2021 Consolidated response and reply of Smith & Nephew, Inc., et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
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)
Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
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.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Brian H. Fletcher
Counsel of Record
Acting Solicitor General
United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001
SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 6508026000
Party name: Polaris Innovations Limited


Other Attorneys
David Gabriel Bookbinder
Counsel of Record
Niskanen Center
820 First Street, NE
Suite 675
Washington, DC 20002
dbookbinder@niskanencenter.org
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 7042484883
Party name: Jeremy C. Doerre


Charles Duan
Counsel of Record
1801 Columbia Rd Ste 101
Washington, DC 20009
supremecourt.gov@cduan.com
Ph: (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
Ph: 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
Ph: (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
Ph: 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
Ph: 630-336-4283
Party name: Joshua J. Malone


John Harrison
Counsel of Record
580 Massie Road
Charlottesville, VA 22903
jh8m@virginia.edu
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: (713) 743-6919
Party name: Professor Andrew Michaels


Jason V. Morgan
Counsel of Record
2630 Skidmore Cir
Vienna, VA 22180
jvmorgan@gmail.com
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: (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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 310-307-4500
Party name: 39 AGGRIEVED INVENTORS