As of late April, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit had put IP litigator Matthew Wolf halfway toward winning both ends of a rare legal doubleheader. On January 11, Wolf–a Howery partner at the time who is now at Arnold & Porter–had to argue two cases before the Federal Circuit back-to-back. In one, he defended a federal district court win bu Boston Scientific Corporation over Johnson & Johnson in a stent patent suit. In the other, he argued for Hologic, Inc., to reverse a lower court loss to SenoRx Inc., in a patent suit over radiation therapy technology. On February 24, the coucourt ruled for Hologic. Here Wolf discusses the events surrounding his very busy day.
Each day in the Weeks beforehand, I set out a block of time for each case, increasing it as the days went on — from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., I’d focus on Case A; from 3 p.m. to 6 or 7 p.m., I’d focus on Case B. We set up a war room with one side entirely dedicated to one case and the other side dedicated to the other. One of my lieutenants, John Nilsson [also at Arnold & Porter now], was my right-hand man on both cases, with separate teams under him working on one or the other.
