Board Institutes Review Of Mobile Phone, Credit Card Transaction Patent

Mealey's (May 14, 2020, 12:33 PM EDT) -- ALEXANDRIA, Va. — In a May 8 decision, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board found that a petitioner for inter partes review (IPR) demonstrated a reasonable likelihood that it will prevail in its challenge of a patent directed to providing the ability to make credit card payments via mobile phone (Square Inc. v. 4361423 Canada Inc., No. IPR2019-01652, PTAB)....