VirnetX Asks SCOTUS to Review Proper Time Limits for Joined Parties in IPR Petitions, Director Review Authority

In a petition docketed Wednesday, September 27, VirnetX has asked the Supreme Court to review: 1) whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit properly upheld joinder of a party to an inter partes review (IPR) where the joined party did not properly file a petition for IPR within the one year statutory time limit; and 2) whether VirnetX’s petition for Director Review was properly denied since the Commissioner for Patents was exercising the Director’s review authority at the time, which VirnetX argues violated the Federal Vacancies Reform Act.

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