The US Supreme Court’s ruling in Thryv v Click-to-Call Technologies is further indication that patents will not be afforded the robust article III protections given to other forms of property. Article III of the US Constitution refers to the federal judiciary, the branch of government responsible for reviewing the constitutionality of acts by the executive and legislative branches.
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10 December 2019 A long-running dispute over whether a US Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s decision to institute an inter partes review is appealable could undermine the proceeding’s bedrock policies, lawyers told WIPR.
21 April 2020 The US Supreme Court’s ruling in Thryv v Click-to-Call effectively leaves the Patent Trial and Appeal Board with “unchecked authority” over decisions to institute patent reviews.