Supreme Court Denies Certiorari In 2+ Patent Disputes Over Estoppel

Mealey's (June 16, 2020, 11:05 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Supreme Court on June 15 announced that it will not weigh in on two related cases that challenge the ability of a patentee to recapture subject matter under the “tangential relation” exception to prosecution history estoppel (Hospira Inc. v. Eli Lilly and Company, No. 19-1058; Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd., et al. v. Eli Lilly and Company, No. 19-1061, U.S. Sup.)....