(July 28, 2016, 3:30 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A small-business group and a consulting firm filed an amicus curiae brief on July 15 in support of a petition filed by Commil USA LLC with the U.S. Supreme Court to review an appellate court’s reversal of a $74 million patent verdict it won against Cisco Systems Inc. because they are concerned with patent owners’ right to a jury trial (Commil USA LLC v. Cisco Systems Inc., No. 15-1446, U.S. Sup.).

(Amicus curiae brief available. Document #78-160801-001B.)

The Federal Circuit U.S. Court of...