Aug. 5, 2026
Big tech presses Supreme Court on patent review rules
Tesla and Intel have joined Google in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review Patent and Trademark Office policies that now routinely block inter partes review of older patents and those tied to pending litigation, though experts say the statute's broad grant of discretion to the director may make the challenge an uphill fight.
More companies, including Tesla Inc. and Intel Corp., are challenging U.S. Patent and Trademark Office policies that have blocked inter partes review not only if patents are more than six years old but also if patent infringement litigation is pending.
The latest round of petitions for writs of certiorari, filed during the past few weeks seeking Supreme Court review of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decisions, reinforces an earlier challenge filed by Alphabet Inc.-o...
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