原文标题：Apple, Google again lose court challenge to US patent review policy 原文连结：https://lurl.cc/bLIPTM 发布时间：February 14, 202612:56 AM GMT+8 记者署名：Blake Brittain 原文内容： WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Friday turned away a challenge from Apple (AAPL.O), Google (GOOGL.O), Intel (INTC.O), Cisco Systems (CSCO.O), and Edwards Lifesciences (EW.N) to a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office action that reduced the number of patent-validity reviews at the agency. 路透社华盛顿 2 月 13 日电 —— 美国一家上诉法院周五驳回了苹果（Apple）、Google、英特尔（Intel）、思科（Cisco Systems）及爱德华生命科学（Edwards Lifesciences）提出的挑战。这些公司此前针对美国专利商标局（USPTO）一项减少该机构「专利有效性审查」数量的做法提起诉讼。 The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit rejected the companies' request to block an internal rule that gave the agency's judges greater discretion to deny "inter partes review" petitions, which are often used by big tech companies to invalidate patents they are accused of infringing. 美国联邦巡回上诉法院拒绝了这些公司的请求，不予拦阻一项内部规则。该规则赋予专利局法官更大的裁量权，去拒绝「多方复审」（inter partes review）的申请。这类复审程序常被大型科技公司用来宣告那些指控其侵权的专利无效。 Spokespeople for the USPTO, Intel and Cisco declined to comment on the decision. Spokespeople for the other companies did not immediately respond to requests for comment. 美国专利商标局、英特尔与思科的发言人拒绝对此裁决发表评论。其他公司的发言人则未立即回应置评请求。 The inter partes review process at the USPTO's Patent Trial and Appeal Board is popular with companies that are frequently targeted with patent lawsuits. An internal rule that gave the agency's judges greater discretion to deny review petitions "dramatically reduced access" to the process, the companies told the appeals court. 美国专利商标局辖下「专利审判与上诉委员会」（PTAB）的多方复审程序，深受经常面临专利诉讼的公司欢迎。这些公司告诉上诉法院，这项赋予法官更大权限拒绝复审申请的内部规则，「大幅减少了使用」该程序的管道。 The companies sued the PTO in the California federal court in 2020 over the rule, arguing it violated federal law and undermined the role the inter partes review plays in "protecting a strong patent system." 这些公司於 2020 年在加州联邦法院起诉专利局，指控该规则违反联邦法律，并削弱了多方复审在「保护强健专利体系」中所扮演的角色。 The California court dismissed the case in 2021, citing U.S. Supreme Court rulings that Patent Trial and Appeal Board decisions on whether to review inter partes review petitions cannot be appealed. 加州法院於 2021 年驳回了此案，理由是援引美国最高法院的裁定，即专利审判与上诉委员会对於「是否对多方复审申请进行审查」的决定是不得上诉的。 The Federal Circuit revived the companies' lawsuit in 2023. The appeals court had found then that the agency may have failed to go through a required public notice-and-comment process before making the rule. 联邦巡回法院在 2023 年重启了这些公司的诉讼。上诉法院当时发现，该机构在制定该规则前，可能未按规定执行必要的「公众公告与评论」程序。 The California court rejected the companies' challenge again in 2024. A three-judge Federal Circuit panel on Friday affirmed the court's ruling that notice and comment were not necessary because the internal rule was only a "general statement of policy." 加州法院在 2024 年再次驳回了这些公司的挑战。联邦巡回法院的一个三人法官小组周五维持了该法院的裁定，认为公告与评论程序并非必要，因为该内部规则仅属於「一般性政策声明」。 The case is Apple Inc. v. Squires, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, No. 24-1864. 本案案号为：Apple Inc. v. Squires，美国联邦巡回上诉法院，编号 24-1864。 For the companies: Mark Fleming of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr For the USPTO: Weili Shaw of the U.S. Department of Justice 代表公司方：Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr 律师事务所的 Mark Fleming。 代表美国专利商标局：美国司法部的 Weili Shaw。 心得/评论：最近七巨头的股价真的不太优，今天更是明显，而且最近利空感觉有变多，99MAGS= = -- Sent from nPTT on my --

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