No. 05-608
Title:
MedImmune, Inc., Petitioner
v.
Genentech, Inc., et al.
Docketed:November 15, 2005
Linked with 06A172
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  Case Nos.:(04-1300, 04-1384)
  Decision Date:October 18, 2005
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Nov 10 2005 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 15, 2005)
Dec 9 2005 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including December 27, 2005.
Dec 27 2005 Brief of respondents Genentech, Inc., et al. in opposition filed.
Jan 11 2006 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 17, 2006.
Jan 12 2006 Reply of petitioner MedImmune, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
Feb 21 2006 Petition GRANTED.
Mar 10 2006 Extension of time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits to and including May 8, 2006.
Apr 25 2006 Consent to the filing of amicus briefs in support of either party received from counsel for the respondent Genentech only.
May 1 2006 Further extension of time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits to and including May 15, 2006.
May 2 2006 Letter from counsel for respondent City of Hope indicating that amicus consent will be addressed on an individual request basis.
May 12 2006 Brief amici curiae of Three Intellectual Property Professors filed.
May 15 2006 Further extension of time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits to and including May 17, 2006.
May 15 2006 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
May 15 2006 Brief amicus curiae of Generic Pharmaceutical Association filed.
May 15 2006 Brief amicus curiae of Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. filed.
May 15 2006 Brief amicus curiae of Medtronic, Inc. filed.
May 15 2006 Brief amicus curiae of Licensing Executives Society (U.S.A. & Canada), Inc. filed.
May 15 2006 Brief of petitioner MedImmune, Inc. filed.
May 17 2006 Joint appendix filed. Joint appendix in two volumes.
May 31 2006 Extension of time within which to file respondents' briefs on the merits to and including July 26, 2006.
Jul 14 2006 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, October 4, 2006.
Jul 17 2006 CIRCULATED.
Jul 18 2006 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Jul 26 2006 Brief of respondent Genentech, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
Jul 26 2006 Brief amicus curiae of Boston Patent Law Association filed. (Distributed)
Jul 26 2006 Brief amicus curiae of Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America filed. (Distributed)
Jul 26 2006 Brief of respondent City of Hope National Medical Center filed. (Distributed)
Jul 26 2006 Brief amicus curiae of American Intellectual Property Law Association filed. (Distributed)
Jul 26 2006 Brief amici curiae of Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jul 26 2006 Brief amici curiae of Qualcomm Incorporated and Interdigital Communications Corporation filed. (Distributed)
Jul 26 2006 Brief amici curiae of Richard L. Donaldson, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jul 26 2006 Brief amici curiae of Professors John R. Allison, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jul 26 2006 Brief amicus curiae of New York Intellectual Property Law Association filed. (Distributed)
Jul 26 2006 Brief amici curiae of Group of Law of Professors, Andrew Beckerman-Rodau, et al filed. (Distributed)
Jul 26 2006 Brief amici curiae of 3M, General Electric, Proctor & Gamble, and E I.DuPont de Nemours filed. (Distributed)
Jul 26 2006 Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed. (Distributed).
Aug 3 2006 Record received from U.S.C.A. for Federal Circuit. (1 box)
Aug 14 2006 Application (06A172) to file petitioner's reply brief on the merits in excess of page limits, submitted to The Chief Justice.
Aug 16 2006 Application (06A172) denied by The Chief Justice.
Aug 30 2006 Reply of petitioner MedImmune, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
Sep 1 2006 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Sep 11 2006 Record received from U.S.D.C. for the Central District of California. (3 boxes)
Oct 4 2006 Argued. For petitioner: John G. Kester, Washington, D.C.; and Deanne E. Maynard, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: Maureen E. Mahoney, Washington, D.C.
Jan 9 2007 Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Scalia, J. delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Stevens, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer, and Alito, JJ., joined. Thomas J., filed a dissenting opinion.
Feb 9 2007 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Feb 21 2007 Acknowledgement of receipt (02/12/07) of judgment from Clerk, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit received.
Mar 15 2007 Record returned to U.S.C.A. for Federal Circuit.
Mar 15 2007 Record returned to U.S.D.C. for Central District of California.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
John G. Kester Williams & Connolly LLP(202) 434-5069
    Counsel of Record725 12th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20005
Party name: MedImmune, Inc.
 
Harvey Kurzweil Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP(212) 259-8000
1301 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY  10019-6092
hkurzweil@dl.com
Party name: MedImmune, Inc.
Attorneys for Respondents:
Maureen E. Mahoney Latham & Watkins LLP(202) 637-2200
    Counsel of Record555 11th Street, NW
Suite 1000
Washington, DC  20004
maureen.mahoney@lw.com
Party name: Genentech, Inc.
 
Paul M. Smith Jenner & Block LLP(202) 639-6000
    Counsel of Record1099 New York Avenue, N.W.
Suite 900
Washington, DC  20001
psmith@jenner.com
Party name: City of Hope National Medical Center
 
Daniel M. Wall Latham & Watkins LLP(415) 391-0600
505 Montgomery Street
Suite 2000
San Francisco, CA  94111
Party name: Genentech, Inc., et al.
Other:
Kenneth C. Bass III. Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox(202) 772-8825
1100 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC  20005
Party name: Medtronic, Inc.
 
Erik Paul Belt McCarter & English LLP(617) 449-6500
265 Franklin Street
Boston, MA  02110
ebelt@mccarter.com
Party name: Boston Patent Law Association
 
Paul D. Clement Solicitor General(202) 514-2217
United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC  20530-0001
SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov
Party name: United States
 
Thomas F. Cotter Professor of Law(612) 624-7527
University of Minnesota Law School
229 19th Avenue South
Minnesota, MN  55455
Party name: Professors John R. Allison, et al.
 
Jay Dratler Jr. Goodyear Professor of Intellectual Property(330) 972-7972
University of Akron School Law
873 Castle Blvd.
Akron, OH  44313-5774
Party name: Three Intellectual Property Professors
 
Jerrold J. Ganzfried Holland & Knight LLP(202) 469-5151
2099 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, DC  20006
jerry.ganzfried@hklaw.com
Party name: Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, et al.
 
Michael S. Greco American Bar Association(312) 988-5000
321 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL  60610
Party name: American Bar Association
 
Gary L. Griswold Staff Vice President(651) 733-8904
Chief Counsel Intellectual Property
3M Company
3M Center- P.O. Box 33427
St. Paul, MN  55144
Party name: 3M, General Electric, Proctor & Gamble, and E I.DuPont de Nemours
 
David Charles Hricik 113 Clearwater Plantation Dr.(478) 743-6722
Macon, GA  31210
david@hricik.com
Party name: Law of Professors Andrew Beckerman-Rodau, et al
 
Christine E. Lehman Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner LLP(202) 408-4000
901 New York Avenue NW
Washington, DC  20001-4413
Christine.lehman@finnegan.com
Party name: Licensing Executives Society (U.S.A. & Canada), Inc.
 
Deanne E. Maynard Morrison & Foerster LLP(202) 887-8740
2000 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20006
DMaynard@mofo.com
Party name: MedImmune, Inc. v. Genentech, Inc., et al.
 
Justin A. Nelson Susman Godfrey LLP(206) 516-3880
1201 Third Avenue, Suite 3800
Seattle, WA  98101
jnelson@susmangodfrey.com
Party name: Richard L. Donaldson, et al.
 
Scott L. Nelson Public Citizen Litigation Group(202) 588-1000
1600 20th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20009
snelson@citizen.org
Party name: Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
 
Marjorie E. Powell Senior Assistant General Counsel(202) 835-3517
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
950 F Street, NW
Washington, DC  20004
Party name: Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
 
Edward R. Reines Weil, Gotschal & Manges LLP(650) 802-3000
201 Redwood Shores Parkway
Fifth Floor
Redwood Shores, CA  94065
edward.reines@weil.com
Party name: American Intellectual Property Law Association
 
E. Joshua Rosenkranz Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP(212) 506-5380
51 West 52nd Street
New York, NY  10019-6142
jrosenkranz@orrick.com
Party name: Qualcomm Incorporated and Interdigital Communications Corporation
 
David F. Ryan Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto(212) 218-2100
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY  10112
Party name: New York Intellectual Property Law Association
 
Theodore Case Whitehouse Wilkie Farr & Gallagher LLP(202) 303-1000
1875 K Street, NW
Washington, DC  20006
Party name: Generic Pharmaceutical Association