Apr 28, 2021
More than 50 years after licensee estoppel (Lear v. Adkins) was abolished, SCOTUS has decided to review assignor estoppel (Minerva Surgical v. Hologic) signaling a similar fate may be in store for the doctrine. Jack Russo asks Michael Risch to weigh in on the validity of assignor estoppel compared to licensee estoppel and react to the oral arguments SCOTUS heard last week. Has the opposition argued effectively enough to stop assignor estoppel from being overturned? Would some estoppel be a fairer conclusion over boundless estoppel?