SCOTUS Rejects Patent Review Case

SCOTUS declined to hear Gesture Technology Partners LLC's appeal challenging PTAB's authority to review expired patents. Gesture sued Apple, Google, and LG for camera-sensing patent infringement before the patent expired in 2020. The defendants successfully petitioned PTAB to invalidate the patent. The Federal Circuit upheld the invalidation. By refusing certiorari, SCOTUS preserved PTAB's ability to conduct patent review even after patent expiration, strengthening administrative challenges over expired patents.