No. 24-889
 
Title: Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc., et al., Petitioners
v.
Amarin Pharma, Inc., et al.
Docketed: February 19, 2025
Linked with: 24A652
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
   Case Numbers: (2023-1169)
   Decision Date: June 25, 2024
   Rehearing Denied: October 17, 2024
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Dec 27 2024 Application (24A652) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 15, 2025 to February 14, 2025, submitted to The Chief Justice.
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Jan 03 2025 Application (24A652) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until February 14, 2025.
Feb 14 2025 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 21, 2025)
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Mar 04 2025 Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 21, 2025 to April 21, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
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Mar 05 2025 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 21, 2025.
Mar 20 2025 Brief amici curiae of 30 Scholars of Law, Economics, and Medicine filed.
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Mar 21 2025 Brief amicus curiae of Association for Accessible Medicines filed.
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Apr 04 2025 Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 21, 2025 to May 15, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
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Apr 07 2025 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including May 15, 2025.
May 15 2025 Brief of respondents Amarin Pharma, Inc., et al. in opposition filed.
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Jun 02 2025 Reply of petitioners Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Jun 03 2025 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/18/2025.
Jun 23 2025 The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States.
Dec 05 2025 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
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Dec 23 2025 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
Dec 23 2025 Supplemental brief of respondents Amarin Pharma, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Dec 23 2025 Letter of Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. and Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC filed.
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Jan 12 2026 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/16/2026.
Jan 16 2026 Petition GRANTED.
Feb 11 2026 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, April 29, 2026.
Feb 18 2026 Brief of petitioners Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc., et al. filed.
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Feb 18 2026 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
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Feb 23 2026 Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Feb 23 2026 Brief amici curiae of 76 Scholars filed.
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Feb 23 2026 Record received from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The record is electronic and is available on PACER.
Feb 24 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Shashank Upadhye filed.
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Feb 25 2026 Sealed material received electronically from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware and available with the Clerk. The remainder of the record is electronic and is available on PACER.
Feb 25 2026 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
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Feb 25 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Public Citizen filed.
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Feb 25 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Association for Accessible Medicines filed.
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Feb 25 2026 Brief amicus curiae of Former Congressman Henry A. Waxman filed.
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Feb 26 2026 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
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Mar 05 2026 Amicus brief of New York Intellectual Property Law Association submitted.
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Mar 09 2026 Amicus brief of Intellectual Property Owners Association submitted.
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Mar 09 2026 Amicus brief of Licensing Executives Society (USA and Canada), Inc. submitted.
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Mar 09 2026 Amicus brief of Patent Law Professors Paul R. Gugliuzza and Jacob S. Sherkow submitted.
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Mar 09 2026 Amicus brief of The Public Interest Patent Law Institute submitted.
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Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Charles Bennett Klein
Counsel of Record
Winston & Strawn LLP
1901 L Street NW
Washington, DC 20036

cklein@winston.com
Ph: (202) 282-5000
Party name: Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. and Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC


Attorneys for Respondents
Michael Robert Huston
Counsel of Record
Perkins Coie LLP
2525 E. Camelback Road
Suite 500
Phoenix, AZ 85016

mhuston@perkinscoie.com
Ph: 202-434-1630
Party name: Amarin Pharma, Inc., et al.


Other Attorneys
D. John Sauer
Counsel of Record
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 of America


Christopher Theodore Bavitz
Counsel of Record
Cyberlaw Clinic, Harvard Law School
1557 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138

CBAVITZ@LAW.HARVARD.EDU
Ph: 6173849125
Party name: The Public Interest Patent Law Institute


Paul H. Berghoff
Counsel of Record
McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff, LLP
300 South Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606

berghoff@mbhb.com
Ph: 312-913-0001
Party name: Intellectual Property Owners Association


Paul Anthony Coletti
Counsel of Record
NYIPLA Amicus Brief Committee
21 Catskill Court
Belle Mead, NJ 08502

paul.coletti@outlook.com
Ph: 9082308324
Party name: New York Intellectual Property Law Association


Charles Duan
Counsel of Record
American University Washington College of Law
4300 Nebraska Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20016

supremecourt.gov@cduan.com
Ph: (202) 274-4124
Party name: 76 Scholars of Law, Business, Economics, and Medicine


Charles Duan
Counsel of Record
American University Washington College of Law
4300 Nebraska Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20016

supremecourt.gov@cduan.com
Ph: (202) 274-4124
Party name: 30 Scholars of Law, Economics, and Medicine


Matthew S. Hellman
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


William McGinley Jay
Counsel of Record
Goodwin Procter, LLP
1900 N Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036

WJAY@GOODWINLAW.COM
Ph: 2023464000
Party name: Association for Accessible Medicines


Phillip Robert Malone
Counsel of Record
Juelsgaard IP and Innovation Clinic
Mills Legal Clinic at Stanford Law School
559 Nathan Abbott Way
Stanford, CA 94305

PMALONE@STANFORD.EDU
Ph: 650-725-6369
Party name: Patent Law Professors Paul R. Gugliuzza and Jacob S. Sherkow


Scott Lawrence Nelson
Counsel of Record
Public Citizen Litigation Group
1600 20th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20009

SNELSON@CITIZEN.ORG
Ph: 202-588-1000
Party name: Public Citizen


Brian Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Counsel of Record
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
801 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20004

brian.oshaughnessy@dinsmore.com
Ph: 202 372 9115
Party name: Licensing Executives Society (USA and Canada), Inc.


William Barnett Schultz
Counsel of Record
Zuckerman Spaeder LLP
2100 L Street NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036

wschultz@zuckerman.com
Ph: (202) 778-1800
Party name: Former Congressman Henry A. Waxman


Nina Kosana Srejovic
Juelsgaard Intellectual Property and Innovation Cl
Mills Legal Clinic at Stanford Law School
559 Nathan Abbott Way
Stanford, CA 94305

NS1258@GEORGETOWN.EDU
Ph: 6507232237
Party name: Patent Law Professors Paul R. Gugliuzza and Jacob S. Sherkow


Shashank S. Upadhye
Counsel of Record
Upadhye Tang LLP
109 Symonds Dr. #174
Hinsdale, IL 60522

shashank@ipfdalaw.com
Ph: 3123273326
Party name: Shashank Upadhye