IP at the Supreme Court Series: Minerva Surgical, Inc. v. Hologic, Inc.

American University Washington College of Law

IP at the Supreme Court Series: Minerva Surgical, Inc. v. Hologic, Inc.

April 21, 2021

5:00pm | Registration Required
A Zoom link will be provided upon registration.

American University Washington College of Law regularly invites counsel of record and counsel for selected amici to offer post-argument reflections in intellectual property (and related) cases heard by the Supreme Court. These events are held on the afternoon of oral argument before the Court. 

ISSUES

Whether a defendant in a patent infringement action who assigned the patent, or is in privity with an assignor of the patent, may have a defense of invalidity heard on the merits.

PANELISTS

• Vera Elson, Partner at Wilson Sonsini, Counsel for Petitioner Minerva Surgical Inc. v. Hologic Inc.
• Robert N. Hochman, Partner at Sidley Austin LLP, Counsel for Petitioner Minerva Surgical Inc. v. Hologic Inc.
• Jillian Sheridan Stonechipher, Associate at Sidley Austin LLP, Counsel for Petitioner Minerva Surgical Inc. v. Hologic Inc.
• William Perdue, Counsel at Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Counsel for Respondent Hologic, Inc., Cytyc Surgical Products, LLC
• Sean Mirski, Associate at Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Counsel for Respondent Hologic, Inc., Cytyc Surgical Products, LLC
• Richard Matthews, Partner at Williams Mullen, Brief Amicus Curiae Of American Intellectual Property Law Association In Support Of Neither Party