May 26, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court received objections to three patent petitions on Tuesday, with Unified Patents fighting Dolby's appeal of its own Patent Trial and Appeal Board win; AT&T and Nokia protesting an attempt to revive a $181 million trial loss; and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office opposing inventor Gilbert Hyatt's challenge to prosecution laches.
May 22, 2026
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject Dolby Laboratories' appeal seeking to require Unified Patents to name the interested parties in a patent challenge, saying Dolby lacks standing and that revised USPTO policies now require such disclosures in future cases.
March 27, 2026
A group representing inventors and entrepreneurs is supporting Dolby's bid to have the U.S. Supreme Court review a Federal Circuit dismissal of the company's appeal of a Patent Trial and Appeal Board proceeding it won, citing the importance of knowing which parties are behind a patent challenge.
February 26, 2026
Dolby urged the U.S. Supreme Court to scrutinize a Federal Circuit decision denying its appeal of Patent Trial and Appeal Board proceedings decided in its favor, saying that Unified Patents' failure to disclose all the relevant parties is reviewable and defies the America Invents Act.