No. 20-440
 
Title: Minerva Surgical, Inc., Petitioner
v.
Hologic, Inc., et al.
Docketed: October 6, 2020
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
   Case Numbers: (2019-2054, 2019-2081)
   Decision Date: April 22, 2020
   Rehearing Denied: July 22, 2020
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Sep 30 2020 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 5, 2020)
Oct 14 2020 Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Minerva Surgical, Inc.
Nov 05 2020 Brief of respondents Hologic, Inc., et al. in opposition filed.
Nov 05 2020 Brief amici curiae of Intellectual Property Professors filed.
Nov 05 2020 Brief amicus curiae of Engine Advocacy filed.
Nov 24 2020 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/11/2020.
Nov 24 2020 Rescheduled.
Nov 24 2020 Reply of petitioner Minerva Surgical, Inc. filed.
Dec 09 2020 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
Jan 08 2021 Petition GRANTED.
Feb 22 2021 Brief of petitioner Minerva Surgical, Inc. filed.
Feb 22 2021 Joint appendix volumes 1 and 2 with supplemental appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
Feb 22 2021 Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Minerva Surgical, Inc.
Feb 25 2021 Brief amicus curiae of New York Intellectual Property Law Association in support of neither party filed.
Feb 26 2021 Brief amicus curiae of Engine Advocacy filed.
Mar 01 2021 Brief amici curiae of Intellectual Property Law Professors filed.
Mar 01 2021 Brief amicus curiae of Intellectual Property Owners Association filed in support of neither party.
Mar 01 2021 Brief amicus curiae of American Intellectual Property Law Association filed in support of neither party.
Mar 01 2021 Brief amicus curiae of United States in support of neither party filed.
Mar 01 2021 Brief amicus curiae of New York City Bar Association in support of neither party filed.
Mar 12 2021 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, April 21, 2021.
Mar 15 2021 Record requested.
Mar 24 2021 Brief of respondents Hologic, Inc., et al. filed.
Mar 26 2021 Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Mar 30 2021 CIRCULATED
Mar 31 2021 Brief amicus curiae of United Therapeutics Corp. filed. (Distributed)
Mar 31 2021 Brief amicus curiae of Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America filed. (Distributed)
Mar 31 2021 Brief amici curiae of Leading Technology Composites, Inc. and Clarkwestern Dietrich Building Systems LLC filed. (Distributed)
Apr 05 2021 Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Apr 07 2021 Reply of petitioner Minerva Surgical, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
Apr 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.
Jun 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.
Aug 02 2021 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Robert N. Hochman
Counsel of Record
Sidley Austin, LLP
One South Dearborn Street
Chicago, IL 60603
RHOCHMAN@SIDLEY.COM
Ph: 312-853-2936
Party name: Minerva Surgical, Inc.


Attorneys for Respondents
Matthew McManus Wolf
Counsel of Record
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
601 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20001
MATTHEW.WOLF@ARNOLDPORTER.COM
Ph: (202) 942-5462
Party name: Hologic, Inc., et al.


Other Attorneys
Christopher Theodore Bavitz
Cyberlaw Clinic, Harvard Law School
1557 Massachusetts Ave 4th Floor
Cambridge, MA 02138
CBAVITZ@LAW.HARVARD.EDU
Ph: 6174965155
Party name: Engine Advocacy


Brian H. Fletcher
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


Robert M. Isackson
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


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


Phillip Robert Malone
Juelsgaard IP and Innovation Clinic
Mills Legal Clinic at Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way
Stanford, CA 94305
PMALONE@LAW.STANFORD.EDU
Ph: 650-725-6369
Party name: Intellectual Property Law Professors


Richard Thomas Matthews
Williams Mullen
301 Fayetteville Street, Suite 1700
Raleigh, NC 27601
rmatthews@williamsmullen.com
Ph: 919-981-4000
Party name: American Intellectual Property Law Association


Charles Luther McCloud
Williams & Connolly LLP
680 Maine Avenue, S.W.
Washington, DC 20024
lmccloud@wc.com
Ph: 202-434-5000
Party name: United Therapeutics Corp.


Daniel Roy Ortiz
580 Massie Road
Charlottesville, VA 22903
DRO@VIRGINIA.EDU
Ph: 4349243127
Party name: Leading Technology Composites, Inc. and Clarkwestern Dietrich Building Systems LLC


Aaron Ligoury Joseph Pereira
Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP
2001 Market Street Suite #2800
Philadelphia, NJ 19103
apereira@panitchlaw.com
Ph: 2159651348
Party name: New York City Bar Association


Irena Royzman
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
1177 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
iroyzman@kramerlevin.com
Ph: (212) 715-9152
Party name: New York Intellectual Property Law Association.


Thomas Glenn Saunders
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
2100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20037
THOMAS.SAUNDERS@WILMERHALE.COM
Ph: 202-663-6000
Party name: Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America