No. 20-1003

Christy, Inc. v. United States

Lower Court: Federal Circuit
Docketed: 2021-01-26
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (1)Response Waived
Tags: compensation government-fees inter-partes-review patent patent-exaction patent-invalidation post-grant-review private-property property-rights takings-clause
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Antitrust Takings FifthAmendment DueProcess Patent Trademark TradeSecret JusticiabilityDoctri Jurisdiction ClassAction
Latest Conference: 2021-02-19
Question Presented (from Petition)

1) When a duly-issued patent is invalidated through a post-grant review process (such as an IPR), must compensation be paid under the Takings Clause?

2) When a duly-issued patent is invalidated through a post-grant review process (such as an IPR), should the issuance and maintenance fees that were demanded by the government by mistake be returned?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

When a duly-issued patent is invalidated through a post-grant review process (such as an IPR), must compensation be paid under the Takings Clause?

Docket Entries

2021-02-22
Petition DENIED.
2021-02-17
Brief amicus curiae of Masimo Corporation filed. (Received Feb. 25, 2021)
2021-02-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021.
2021-02-02
Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Christy, Inc.
2021-01-29
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-01-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 25, 2021)

Attorneys

Christy, Inc.
James Francis McDonough IIIHeninger Garrison Davis, LLC, Petitioner
Fair Inventing Fund
Laurence Henry TribeHarvard Law School, Amicus
Masimo Corporation
Stephen Wayne LarsonKnobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP, Amicus
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent