Thryv, Inc. v. Click-To-Call Technologies, LP

The Supreme Court resolved a fight over whether federal courts can review the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's decision to start an inter partes review after finding the patent challenge was not filed too late. The dispute arose after the Board reviewed Click-to-Call's patent and Click-to-Call said Thryv's challenge should have been blocked by the patent law's one-year deadline.

This matters to patent owners and companies accused of infringement because inter partes review can cancel patent claims. For example, if a petition is filed after the deadline, the ability to challenge the Board's timing call can decide whether the review goes forward at all.

This docket action is finished. The parties and future patent litigants must now follow the Supreme Court's answer when similar PTAB timing disputes arise.

The case asked whether courts may review the PTAB's decision to start an inter partes review after rejecting a one-year time-bar objection. Click-to-Call said the petition came too late.

It affects patent owners and accused infringers who use PTAB review to challenge patents. A timing decision can determine whether a major patent challenge goes forward.

The Supreme Court has finished this case. Lower courts, the PTAB, and future parties will apply the Court's answer in similar timing disputes.