Last spring in Hologic, Inc. v. Minerva Surgical, Inc., the Federal Circuit ruled that the doctrine of assignor estoppel does not prevent an assignor from lodging a validity challenge of either patent ...

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Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press ↵ to view all results. The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued its opinion in Minerva Surgical Inc. v. Hologic Inc. The case sought to abolish the ...

The Supreme Court clarified the doctrine of assignor estoppel in its June 29 th Minerva v. Hologic opinion.[1] In doing so, the Court vacated the Federal Circuit’s opinion estopping Minerva from ...

In his Patent and Trademark Law column, Rob Maier discusses the recent Supreme Court case 'Minerva Surgical v. Hologic,' and writes that "while the court rejuvenated the aging doctrine, it also ...

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The Federal Circuit recently found that assignor estoppel has “no place in IPR proceedings,” affirming a holding of the Patent Trials and Appeal Board (“Board”) that assignor estoppel did not bar ...

“A retrospective change would mean a windfall for assignors and radically undercutting the return on the deal for a quarter century’s worth of assignees.” – Matthew Wolf, arguing for Hologic The U.S.

In Minerva Surgical v. Hologic, the U.S. Supreme Court limited the scope of the patent law concept of assignor estoppel in several key respects. Despite those limitations, assignor estoppel may remain ...

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Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press ↵ to view all results. The Supreme Court on Tuesday narrowed the doctrine of patent assignor estoppel, which prohibits an inventor from assigning a ...