Federal Circuit Affirms: Data Compression Patent Claims Are Obvious

Mealey's (January 11, 2019, 10:59 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A final written decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board that declared obvious all claims challenged by a trio of inter partes review (IPR) petitioners was upheld in its entirety on Jan. 10 by the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals (Realtime Data LLC v. Andrei Iancu, Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, No. 18-1154, Fed. Cir.)....