9th Circuit Says It Lacks Jurisdiction To Consider Patent Row Discovery Issue

( October 28, 2024, 2:25 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals dismissed Apple Inc.’s appeal of a California federal judge’s decision to grant an Australian patent holding company’s application for discovery for use in a yet-to-be-filed patent infringement suit in Germany; the panel held that it lacked appellate jurisdiction because the judge’s order was not final....