High Court Declines to Link StrikeForce Appeal to Another Case

The U.S. Supreme Court Oct. 7 refused to pause a cybersecurity company’s bid to restore its patents until it rules on a pending petition that also involves when courts can invalidate a patent for covering ineligible subject matter.

StrikeForce Technologies Inc. lost three network security patents when a trial court dismissed its infringement lawsuit against Secureauth Corp., a decision that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld. StrikeForce said another petition before the Supreme Court, HP Inc. v. Berkheimer, could ultimately help resolve its appeal, so it asked the high court to halt its case until ...