Supreme Court Grants Petition In Dispute Over Inter Partes Patent Review

(January 19, 2016, 9:15 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In what has become a hotly contested issue before the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, the U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 15 granted a petition for certiorari in a dispute that poses the question of whether decisions to grant inter partes review (IPR) are themselves reviewable (Cuozzo Speed Technologies, LLC v. Michelle K. Lee, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, Patent and Trademark Office, No. 15-446, U.S. Sup.)....