Justices Reject Amazon Patent Dispute Over Technology Models

The US Supreme Court declined to consider an Amazon.com Inc. challenger’s argument that a “dangerous” precedent will give big tech defendants a license to build inaccurate models of technology that can be used to wipe out patents asserted against them.

The justices on Tuesday rejected Innovation Sciences LLC’s petition for review, which asked them to weigh whether patent claims can be “anticipated,” and thus invalid, without actual evidence that a relevant device existed before an invention’s “critical date"—the initial date that an invention is placed on sale, published, or publicly or commercially used. The justices declined to determine if an ...