| 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 | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Sep 30 2020 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 5, 2020) |
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| Oct 14 2020 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Minerva Surgical, Inc. |
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| Nov 05 2020 | Brief of respondents Hologic, Inc., et al. in opposition filed. |
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| Nov 05 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Intellectual Property Professors filed. |
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| Nov 05 2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Engine Advocacy filed. |
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| Nov 24 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/11/2020. |
| Nov 24 2020 | Rescheduled. |
| Nov 24 2020 | Reply of petitioner Minerva Surgical, Inc. filed. |
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| 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. |
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| Feb 22 2021 | Joint appendix volumes 1 and 2 with supplemental appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed) |
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| Feb 22 2021 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Minerva Surgical, Inc. |
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| Feb 25 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of New York Intellectual Property Law Association in support of neither party filed. |
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| Feb 26 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Engine Advocacy filed. |
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| Mar 01 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Intellectual Property Law Professors filed. |
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| Mar 01 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Intellectual Property Owners Association filed in support of neither party. |
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| Mar 01 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of American Intellectual Property Law Association filed in support of neither party. |
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| Mar 01 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of United States in support of neither party filed. |
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| Mar 01 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of New York City Bar Association in support of neither party filed. |
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| 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. |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Mar 26 2021 | Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
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| Mar 30 2021 | CIRCULATED |
| Mar 31 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of United Therapeutics Corp. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 31 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 31 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Leading Technology Composites, Inc. and Clarkwestern Dietrich Building Systems LLC filed. (Distributed) |
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| 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) |
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| 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. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| Robert N. Hochman Counsel of Record | Sidley Austin, LLP One South Dearborn Street Chicago, IL 60603 rhochman@sidley.com | (312) 853-2936 |
| Party name: Minerva Surgical, Inc. | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent | ||
| Matthew McManus Wolf Counsel of Record | Arnold & Porter LLP 601 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC 20001 matthew.wolf@arnoldporter.com | 2029425462 |
| Party name: Hologic, Inc., et al. | ||
| Other | ||
| Christopher Theodore Bavitz Counsel of Record | Cyberlaw Clinic, Harvard Law School 1585 Massachusetts, Ave, Suite WCC 5018 Cambridge, MA 02138 cbavitz@law.harvard.edu | 6174965155 |
| Party name: Engine Advocacy | ||
| Robert M. Isackson Counsel of Record | Leason Ellis LLP One Barker Avenue Fifth Floor White Plains, NY 10601 isackson@leasonellis.com | 914-821-1618 |
| Party name: Intellectual Property Owners Association | ||
| Mark A. Lemley Counsel of Record | 559 Nathan Abbott Way Stanford, CA 94305 mlemley@durietangri.com | 650-723-4605 |
| Party name: Intellectual Property Professors | ||
| Phillip Robert Malone Counsel of Record | Juelsgaard Intellectual Property and Innovation Clinic Mills Legal Clinic at Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way Stanford, CA 94305 pmalone@law.stanford.edu | 650-725-6369 |
| Party name: Intellectual Property Law Professors | ||
| Richard Thomas Matthews Counsel of Record | Williams Mullen 301 Fayetteville Street, Suite 1700 Raleigh, NC 27601 rmatthews@williamsmullen.com | 919-981-4000 |
| Party name: American Intellectual Property Law Association | ||
| Charles Luther McCloud Counsel of Record | Williams & Connolly LLP 725 12th Street NW Washington, DC 20005 lmccloud@wc.com | 202-434-5586 |
| Party name: United Therapeutics Corp. | ||
| Daniel Roy Ortiz Counsel of Record | 580 Massie Road Charlottesville, VA 22903 dortiz@law.virginia.edu | 4349243127 |
| Party name: Leading Technology Composites, Inc. and Clarkwestern Dietrich Building Systems LLC | ||
| Aaron Ligoury Joseph Pereira Counsel of Record | Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP 2001 Market Street Suite #2800 Philadelphia, NJ 19103 apereira@panitchlaw.com | 2159651348 |
| Party name: New York City Bar Association | ||
| Elizabeth B. Prelogar | 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 | ||
| Irena Royzman Counsel of Record | Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP 1177 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036 iroyzman@kramerlevin.com | (212) 715-9100 |
| Party name: New York Intellectual Property Law Association. | ||
| Thomas Glenn Saunders Counsel of Record | Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP 1875 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20006 thomas.saunders@wilmerhale.com | 202-663-6536 |
| Party name: Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America | ||