High Court Could Make AIA Reviews Tougher For Challengers

By Ryan Davis

Law360, New York (April 21, 2016, 2:01 PM ET) -- A case set for argument Monday at the U.S. Supreme Court could reshape America Invents Act reviews by changing the claim construction standard for the proceedings to one in which patents may be more likely to survive and allowing more issues to be raised on appeal.

The justices will hear arguments in a case involving Cuozzo Speed Technologies LLC, the first company to have a patent invalidated under the AIA’s inter partes review system. Cuozzo argues that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board should be required...