Patent Owner Seeks U.S. High Court Clarification On Inter Partes Review

(August 11, 2016, 12:57 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court should clarify the scope of judicial review in inter partes reviews (IPR), a patent owner argues in a July 21 petition for certiorari, also asking that the court determine whether, under the strong presumption of judicial reviewability of agency action, Congress precluded judicial review of claims that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patent Trial and Appeal Board has exceeded its statutory authority (Automated Creel Systems, Inc. v. Shaw Industries Group, Inc. and Michelle K. Lee, Under Secretary of Commerce For Intellectual Property and Director, No. 16-108, U.S. Sup.)....