IP at the Supreme Court Series: Helsinn Healthcare S.A. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc.
December 04, 2018
4:00pm | Room NT01
Reception to Follow
Join us for this semester's first SCOTUS series panel discussion and reception. AUWCL regularly invites counsel of record and counsel for selected amici to offer post-argument reflections in intellectual property (and related) cases heard by the Supreme Court. PIJIP hosts these events on the afternoon of oral argument before the Court.
Panel:
- Christine Farley, AUWCL, Welcome & Introductions
- Jonas Anderson, AUWCL, Moderator
- David M. Krinsky, Counsel for Helsinn
- David Zimmer, Counsel for Teva
- Robert Armitage, Amicus for Lamar Smith
- Charles Duan, Amicus for R Street Institute
- James Crowne, Amicus for American Intellectual Property Law Association
- Melissa Brand, Amicus for BIO
- Patricia Campbell, University of Maryland
- John Duffy, Amicus for SPCM (invited)
Issue:
Whether, under the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, an inventor's sale of an invention to a third party that is obligated to keep the invention confidential qualifies as prior art for the purpose of determining the patentability of the invention.
Update:
Decision: January 22, 2019
Argument: Transcript; Audio