In Win For Uber, Panel Reverses Board Finding Of Patent Nonobviousness

Mealey's (March 4, 2020, 3:05 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a March 3 ruling, the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals found that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board erred in confirming the patentability of three independent claims of a location sharing patent, in response to a petition for inter partes review (IPR) by Uber Technologies Inc. (Uber Technologies Inc. v. X One Inc., No. 19-1165, Fed. Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 6604)....