Goodwin represented MIT and the Children’s Medical Center Corporation in a dispute against Shire Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Shire Regenerative Medicine, Inc. (collectively, “Shire”) for infringement of two patents concerning the production of a three-dimensional scaffolding that would allow pre-grown cells to produce organ tissue in a patient. Goodwin prevailed in…
Google filed a petition for covered business method (CBM) review of a patent owned by Unwired Planet. Covered business method review is only available for patents claiming a covered business method. The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) ruled that Unwired Planet’s patent claimed a covered business method, and invalidated…
Goodwin attorneys successfully persuaded the Supreme Court to deny the petition for certiorari in a First Amendment challenge brought by the American Freedom Defense Initiative to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s application of its advertising guidelines. The case raised the question of when a public transit authority creates a designated…
Goodwin prepared an amicus brief in the Ninth Circuit in support of Teck Resources, Inc., a Canadian metals and mining company, relating to the types of environmental releases that trigger liability under CERCLA. This case involves the significant issue of whether cross-boundary movement of pollutants into the United States from…
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in FTC v. Actavis, Goodwin attorneys have been at the forefront of litigating antitrust challenges to settlement agreements between brand and generic pharmaceutical companies. In this case, Goodwin filed an amicus brief on behalf of the Association for Accessible Medicines (formerly…
Goodwin filed an amicus brief on behalf of its client, Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., in this precedent-setting personal jurisdiction case. Goodwin lawyers argued (and the Federal Circuit ultimately held) that specific personal jurisdiction exists in patent-litigation cases under the Hatch-Waxman Act in any jurisdiction in which an ANDA filer will…
Brian Hastings brought a qui tam action, alleging that multiple financial institutions violated the False Claims Act by improperly certifying compliance with FHA loan origination requirements. Goodwin was hired to represent one of the defendants. Working with firms representing the other defendants, Goodwin won a motion to dismiss at the…
The Ninth Circuit appointed Goodwin as pro bono counsel to represent an inmate who had filed a complaint alleging that prison officials were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs. The district court dismissed the plaintiff’s complaint sua sponte and denied his requests for appointed pro bono counsel. Goodwin successfully…
The Ninth Circuit appointed Goodwin as pro bono counsel to represent an inmate who had filed a complaint alleging that prison officials assaulted him in retaliation to his complaints about the prison’s provision of medical care. The district court dismissed the plaintiff’s complaint sua sponte on abstention grounds and denied…
In response to complaints about “panhandling,” the City of Portland passed a sweeping restriction prohibiting use of the City’s streets and traffic medians for First Amendment activities. Goodwin partnered with the ACLU of Maine to bring a successful First Amendment challenge to Portland’s ordinance. The First Circuit affirmed the permanent…