Robert Isackson To Speak On Assignor Estoppel For NJIPLA

In Minerva Surgical, Inc. v. Hologic Inc., No. 20-440, the Supreme Court granted certiorari to address the question “whether a defendant in a patent infringement action who assigned the patent, or is in privity with an assignor of the patent, may have a defense of invalidity heard on the merits.” As part of the 2021 Annual Patent Litigation Series for the New Jersey Intellectual Property Law Association, in a webinar on whether assignor estoppel has outlived its usefulness, Rob Isackson will present the facts and issues in the case, including the arguments made by the parties and various amici and the competing policies underlying the establishment of assignor estoppel and challenging the presumptive validity of patents. He also will explore the potential impact of this case on employee mobility and the value of patents in transactions. The webinar will be held on June 16, 2021 from 1:00 p.m. to 2 p.m. To sign up, see link.