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2 February 2021Big PharmaJeffrey D Morton, Zachary Schroeder and Ryan D Ricks

The importance of Minerva Surgical v Hologic

On January 8, 2021, the US Supreme Court agreed to hear Minerva Surgical v Hologic to consider whether an inventor or those in privity with the inventor may assert patent invalidity as a defence against a patent infringement suit for the inventor’s patent.

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Breaking: SCOTUS says inventors can challenge their patents, but imposes limits
29 June 2021   The US Supreme Court has upheld the doctrine of assignor estoppel in a dispute between Minerva and Hologic but has narrowed its scope.
Big Pharma
Minerva: less risk for inventors, more work for the courts
1 July 2021   The US Supreme Court opinion in Minverva v Hologic means that inventors will now have a far narrower scope to be able to challenge the validity of their own patents in defence proceedings—a decision that was controversial among the judges.
Medtech
Fed Circuit rejects Minerva patent invalidation bid
12 August 2022   Hologic patent invented by Minerva’s founder cannot be invalidated | Patent in dispute concerns device used to treat uterine bleeding | US Court of Appeals.


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Americas
Breaking: SCOTUS says inventors can challenge their patents, but imposes limits
29 June 2021   The US Supreme Court has upheld the doctrine of assignor estoppel in a dispute between Minerva and Hologic but has narrowed its scope.
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Minerva: less risk for inventors, more work for the courts
1 July 2021   The US Supreme Court opinion in Minverva v Hologic means that inventors will now have a far narrower scope to be able to challenge the validity of their own patents in defence proceedings—a decision that was controversial among the judges.
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Fed Circuit rejects Minerva patent invalidation bid
12 August 2022   Hologic patent invented by Minerva’s founder cannot be invalidated | Patent in dispute concerns device used to treat uterine bleeding | US Court of Appeals.

More on this story

Americas
Breaking: SCOTUS says inventors can challenge their patents, but imposes limits
29 June 2021   The US Supreme Court has upheld the doctrine of assignor estoppel in a dispute between Minerva and Hologic but has narrowed its scope.
Big Pharma
Minerva: less risk for inventors, more work for the courts
1 July 2021   The US Supreme Court opinion in Minverva v Hologic means that inventors will now have a far narrower scope to be able to challenge the validity of their own patents in defence proceedings—a decision that was controversial among the judges.
Medtech
Fed Circuit rejects Minerva patent invalidation bid
12 August 2022   Hologic patent invented by Minerva’s founder cannot be invalidated | Patent in dispute concerns device used to treat uterine bleeding | US Court of Appeals.

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