Medtronic, Inc. v. Mirowski Family Ventures, LLC
| Medtronic, Inc. v. Mirowski Family Ventures, LLC | |
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| Argued November 5, 2013 Decided January 22, 2014 | |
| Full case name | Medtronic, Inc. v. Mirowski Family Ventures, LLC |
| Docket no. | 12-1128 |
| Citations | 571 U.S. 191 (more) |
| Argument | Oral argument |
| Opinion announcement | Opinion announcement |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Medtronic, Inc. v. Boston Scientific Corp., 777 F. Supp. 2d 750 (D. Del. 2011); vacated and remanded, 695 F.3d 1266 (Fed. Cir. 2012); cert.granted, 569 U.S. 993 (2013). |
| Subsequent | On remand, Medtronic Inc. v. Boston Scientific Corp., 558 F. App'x 998 (Fed. Cir. 2014); cert. denied, 135 S. Ct. 364 (2014). |
| Holding | |
| When a licensee seeks a declaratory judgment against a patentee that its products do not infringe the licensed patent, the patentee bears the burden of persuasion on the issue of infringement. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinion | |
| Majority | Breyer, joined by unanimous |
| Laws applied | |
| 28 U.S.C. § 1338 (district court jurisdiction over patents), 28 U.S.C. § 2201 (power to issue declaratory judgment) | |
Medtronic, Inc. v. Mirowski Family Ventures, LLC, 571 U.S. 191 (2014), is a case of the Supreme Court of the United States that deals with civil procedure, and specifically with the question of the burden of proof required in pursuing declaratory judgments.