MINERVA SURGICAL, INC. v. HOLOGIC, INC.

No. 20-440.

141 S.Ct. 2298 (2021)

MINERVA SURGICAL, INC., Petitioner v. HOLOGIC, INC., et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 29, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vera M. Elson , Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., Palo Alto, CA, Edward G. Poplawski Olivia M. Kim , Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., Los Angeles, CA, Robert N. Hochman , Caroline A. Wong , Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL, Jillian Sheridan Stonecipher , Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

Matthew M. Wolf , Counsel of Record, Jennifer A. Sklenar , Marc A. Cohn , R. Stanton Jones , William C. Perdue , Sean A. Mirski , Arnold & Porter, Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, DC, William M. Jay , Goodwin Procter LLP, Washington, DC, David J. Zimmer , Goodwin Procter LLP, Boston, MA, for Respondent.


In Westinghouse Elec. & Mfg. Co. v. Formica Insulation Co., 266 U.S. 342, 349, 45 S.Ct. 117, 69 L.Ed. 316 (1924), this Court approved the "well settled" patent-law doctrine of "assignor estoppel." That doctrine, rooted in an idea of fair dealing, limits...

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