The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from Alphabet Inc.’s Google, leaving in place a federal patent office policy that restricts administrative reviews for older patents. Core...

WASHINGTON, Oct 19 : The US Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a challenge by Alphabet's Google to a US Patent and Trademark Office rule that the company argued has insulated older patents from validity reviews and helped fuel a surge in patent litigation.The justices turned away Google's appeal of a lo

WASHINGTON, Oct 19 : The US Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a challenge by Alphabet's Google to a US Patent and Trademark Office rule that the company argued has insulated older patents from validity reviews and helped fuel a surge in patent litigation.The justices turned away Google's appeal of a lo