No. 21-757 | |
Title: | Amgen Inc., et al., Petitioners v. Sanofi, et al. |
Docketed: | November 22, 2021 |
Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit |
Case Numbers: | (2020-1074) |
Decision Date: | February 11, 2021 |
Rehearing Denied: | June 21, 2021 |
Questions Presented |
Date | Proceedings and Orders |
Nov 18 2021 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 22, 2021) |
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Dec 22 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Association of University Technology Managers, Inc., et al. |
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Dec 22 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of GlaxoSmithKline plc filed. |
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Dec 22 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Intellectual Property Professors filed. |
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Jan 05 2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/21/2022. |
Jan 11 2022 | Response Requested. (Due February 10, 2022) |
Jan 12 2022 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 10, 2022 to March 14, 2022, submitted to The Clerk. |
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Jan 14 2022 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 14, 2022. |
Mar 14 2022 | Brief of respondents Sanofi, et al. in opposition filed. |
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Mar 28 2022 | Reply of petitioners Amgen Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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Mar 29 2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/14/2022. |
Apr 18 2022 | The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States. |
Sep 21 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. |
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Oct 04 2022 | Supplemental brief of petitioners Amgen Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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Oct 05 2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/28/2022. |
Oct 31 2022 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/4/2022. |
Nov 04 2022 | Petition GRANTED limited to Question 2 presented by the petition. |
Nov 29 2022 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Sanofi, et al. |
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Dec 01 2022 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Amgen Inc., et al. |
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Dec 13 2022 | Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed. |
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Dec 15 2022 | Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including December 27, 2022. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including February 3, 2023. |
Dec 22 2022 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners Amgen Inc., et al. |
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Dec 27 2022 | Brief of petitioners Amgen Inc., et al. filed. |
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Jan 03 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of Chemistry and the Law Division of the American Chemical Society filed. |
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Jan 03 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Diversified Researchers and Innovators filed. |
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Jan 03 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Patent Practitioners, Inc. filed. |
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Jan 03 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Intellectual Property Professors filed. |
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Jan 03 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of New York Intellectual Property Law Association in support of neither party filed. |
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Jan 03 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago in support of neither party filed. |
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Jan 03 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of The Fynder Group, Inc. d/b/a Nature’s Fynd filed. |
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Jan 03 2023 | Brief amici curiae of REGENXBIO Inc., et al. in support of neither party filed. |
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Jan 03 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of Instil Bio, Inc. filed. |
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Jan 03 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of GlaxoSmithKline plc filed. |
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Jan 03 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of Intellectual Property Owners Association in support of neither party filed. |
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Jan 03 2023 | Brief amicus curiae of AbbVie Inc. filed. |
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Jan 03 2023 | Brief amici curiae of High Tech Inventors Alliance, et al. in support of neither party filed. |
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Jan 03 2023 | Motion of Chemistry and the Law Division of the American Chemical Society for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
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Jan 03 2023 | Brief amici curiae of Alliance of U.S. Startups and Inventors for Jobs (USIJ), et al. (1/5/2023) filed. |
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Jan 05 2023 | Response to motion from petitioners Amgen Inc., et al. filed. |
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Jan 17 2023 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED. |
Jan 31 2023 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, March 27, 2023. |
NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
Attorneys for Petitioners | ||
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: Amgen Inc., et al. | ||
Attorneys for Respondents | ||
Paul D. Clement Counsel of Record | Clement & Murphy, PLLC 706 Duke Street Alexandria, VA 22314 paul.clement@clementmurphy.com | (202) 742-8900 |
Party name: Sanofi, et al. | ||
George William Hicks Jr. | Kirkland & Ellis LLP 1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 george.hicks@kirkland.com | 2028795000 |
Party name: Sanofi, et al. | ||
Victoria Lynne Reines | Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP 601 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC 20001 VICTORIA.REINES@ARNOLDPORTER.COM | 2029426861 |
Party name: Sanofi, et al. | ||
Daniel Louis Reisner | Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP 250 West 55th Street New York, NY 10019 DANIEL.REISNER@ARNOLDPORTER.COM | 16463410237 |
Party name: Sanofi, et al. | ||
Matthew McManus Wolf | Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP 601 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC 20001 MATTHEW.WOLF@ARNOLDPORTER.COM | (202) 942-5462 |
Party name: Sanofi, et al. | ||
Other | ||
Elizabeth B. Prelogar Counsel of Record | Solicitor General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 | 202-514-2217 |
Party name: United States | ||
John M. Desmarais Counsel of Record | Desmarais LLP 230 Park Avenue New York, NY 10169 jdesmarais@desmaraisllp.com | 212-351-3400 |
Party name: GSK PLC | ||
Matthew James Dowd Counsel of Record | Dowd Scheffel PLLC 1717 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Suite 1025 Washington, DC 20006 mdowd@dowdscheffel.com | 202-559-9175 |
Party name: The Fynder Group, Inc. d/b/a Nature’s Fynd | ||
Melvin C. Garner Counsel of Record | Leason Ellis LLP One Barker Avenue Fifth Floor White Plains, NY 10601 Garner@Leasonellis.com | (914) 288-0022 |
Party name: New York Intellectual Property Law Association | ||
Justin James Hasford Counsel of Record | Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett and Dunner, LLP 901 New York Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20001 justin.hasford@finnegan.com | 202-408-4175 |
Party name: Chemistry and the Law Division of the American Chemical Society | ||
Louis James Hoffman Counsel of Record | Hoffman Patent Firm 7689 East Paradise Lane Suite 2 Scottsdale, AZ 85260-1691 louis@valuablepatents.com | 4809483295 |
Party name: National Association of Patent Practitioners, Inc. | ||
William G. Jenks Counsel of Record | Jenks IP Law 1610 Allen St Reno, NV 89509 wjenks@jenksiplaw.com | 2024127964 |
Party name: Regenxbio Inc., IGM Biosciences, Inc., Adaptive Phage Therapeutics, Inc. | ||
Jeffrey P. Kushan Counsel of Record | Sidley Austin LLP 1501 K Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20005 jkushan@sidley.com | (202) 736-8000 |
Party name: diversified researchers and innovators | ||
John Randolph Labbe Counsel of Record | Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP 233 S. Wacker Drive, 6300 Willis Tower Chicago, IL 60606-6357 jlabbe@marshallip.com | 312-474-9579 |
Party name: Instil Bio, Inc. | ||
Mark A. Lemley Counsel of Record | Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way Stanford, CA 94305 mlemley@law.stanford.edu | 650-723-4605 |
Party name: Intellectual Property Professors | ||
Jonathan S. Massey Counsel of Record | Massey & Gail LLP 1000 Maine Avenue SW Suite 450 Washington, DC 20024 jmassey@masseygail.com | 202-652-4511 |
Party name: AbbVie Inc. | ||
Charles W. Shifley Counsel of Record | Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. 71 S. Wacker Drive, 36th Floor Chicago, IL 60606 cshifley@bannerwitcoff.com | 312-463-5000 |
Party name: Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago | ||
Robert P. Taylor Counsel of Record | RPT Legal Strategies PC 2443 Fillmore Street, Suite 332 San Francisco, CA 94115 robert.taylor@rptstrategies.com | (650) 400-6995 |
Party name: Alliance of U.S. Startups and Inventors for Jobs and and Innovation Alliance | ||
John D. Vandenberg Counsel of Record | Klarquist Sparkman, LLP 121 S.W. Salmon Street Suite 1000 Portland, OR 97204 john.vandenberg@klarquist.com | 503-595-5300 |
Party name: High Tech Inventors Alliance and The Computer & Communications Industry Association | ||
Vanessa Y. Yen Counsel of Record | King & Spalding LLP 1185 Avenue of the Americas, 34th Floor New York, NY 10036 vyen@kslaw.com | 2122182212 |
Party name: Intellectual Property Owners Association |