Seven Patent Petitions Queued Up for Supreme Court’s New Term

By Tony Dutra, Bloomberg BNA

The U.S. Supreme Court could kick off its new term by deciding to revisit its landmark 2014 ruling on patent eligibility that wiped out protection for many software-based inventions.

Synopsys Inc. filed the petition asking the court to clarify its ruling inAlice Corp. v. CLS Bank Int’land its interpretation by lower courts — one of seven patent-related petitions whose merits the court will discuss Sept. 25 at its first conference of the new term. It will grant or deny review by Oct. 2, when it convenes formally for the new session.

The high ...