US Supreme Court Rejects Google Challenge to Patent Review Policies

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The US Supreme Court rejected Google's challenge against the US patent agency's review policies. Reuters reported that the court declined to hear the appeal by the Alphabet Inc. unit regarding the discretionary power of the US Patent and Trademark Office to deny petitions for patent reviews, a process tech firms frequently use to invalidate patents cited against them in litigation.

GOOGL closed at $340.59 on October 16, 2026, prior to this legal setback which impacts the company's strategy for intellectual property disputes. In the broader tech sector, MSFT closed at $529.05 and META closed at $709.33 on October 16, 2026, while AAPL was trading at $344.55 on October 19, 2026.