assignor-estoppel
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20-631 | Hologic, Inc., et al. v. Minerva Surgical, Inc. | Federal Circuit | 2020-11-10 | Denied | administrative-proceedings america-invents-act assignor-estoppel collateral-estoppel infringement-litigation patent-infringement patent-office patent-validity | The question presented is whether an assignor of a patent may circumvent the doctrine of assignor estoppel by challenging the validity of the assigned… | |
| 20-440 | Minerva Surgical, Inc. v. Hologic, Inc., et al. | Federal Circuit | 2020-10-06 | Judgment Issued | Amici (12)Relisted (2) | 35-usc-282 assignor-estoppel due-process judicial-doctrine patent patent-infringement patent-invalidity patent-law statutory-interpretation | In the Patent Act, Congress established that invalidity is a "defense[] in any action involving the validity or infringement of a patent." 35 U.S.C. §… |