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28 June 2023FeaturesPatentsSarah Speight

Supreme Court snub of Apple and Broadcom clarifies IPR estoppel tactics

Apple and tech supplier Broadcom have failed to convince the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) to reconsider a lower court’s decision that prevented them from raising patent invalidity challenges against the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).

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