Cisco, Apple Rebuffed by Fed. Cir. in Battle Over Patent Reviews

Alphabet Inc.‘s Google, Cisco Systems Inc., and Apple Inc.‘s strategy of asking the Federal Circuit to curb the patent office’s use of a rule that makes it harder to invalidate patents fell short, after the court ruled it lacks jurisdiction to hear several appeals.

The companies had argued Patent Trial and Appeal Board precedent on instituting patent review trials when parallel litigation is pending oversteps both patent law and the Administrative Procedure Act. Similar challenges by GlaxoSmithKline LLC and Mylan Laboratories Ltd. and another case filed by Apple are still pending.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for ...