MEDTRONIC, INC. v. MIROWSKI FAMILY VENTURES

No. 12-1128.

134 S.Ct. 843 (2014)

MEDTRONIC, INC., Petitioner v. MIROWSKI FAMILY VENTURES, LLC.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 22, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Seth P. Waxman , Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

Curtis E. Gannon for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the petitioner.

Arthur I. Neustadt , Alexandria, VA, for Respondent.

Richard F. Phillips , President, Kevin H. Rhodes , Chair, Amicus Brief Committee, Intellectual Property Owners Association, Washington, D.C., Gary M. Hoffman , Counsel of Record, McLean, VA, Dawn L. Rudenko , Dickstein Shapiro LLP, New York, NY, for Respondents.

Sidney J. Silver , Silver, Freedman & Taff, LLP, Washington, D.C., Arthur I. Neustadt , Counsel of Record, Thomas J. Fisher , John F. Presper , Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, LLP, Alexandria, VA, for Respondent.

Martin R. Lueck , Counsel of Record, Jan M. Conlin , Stacie E. Oberts , Robins, Kaplan, Miller, & Ciresi LLP, Minneapolis, MN, Seth P. Waxman , Paul R.Q. Wolfson , Brian H. Fletcher , Carolyn Jacobs Chachkin , Weili J. Shaw , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, DC, Mark C. Fleming , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Boston, MA, for Petitioner.


Justice BREYER delivered the opinion of the Court.

A patentee ordinarily bears the burden of proving infringement. Agawam Co. v. Jordan, 7 Wall. 583, 609, 19 S.Ct. 177 (1869). This case asks us to decide whether the burden of proof shifts when the patentee is a defendant in a declaratory judgment action, and the plaintiff (the potential infringer) seeks a judgment that he does not infringe the patent. We hold that, when a licensee seeks a declaratory...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases