Mealey's (December 9, 2019, 2:14 PM EST) -- CHICAGO — In a Dec. 5 holding a federal judge in Illinois agreed with two defendants that two patents disclosing a device designed to secure portable electronic devices are invalid for the same reasons articulated by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) in its invalidation of two related patents owned by the plaintiff (Think Products Inc. v. ACCO Brands Corporation, et al., No. 18-7506, N.D. Ill., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 209426)....