Meta, X Ax Xerox Mobile Device Patent at the Federal Circuit

The Federal Circuit confirmed the invalidation of a patent describing methods for providing curated content to mobile device users that was among a handful asserted by Xerox Corp. against social media companies X Corp., Meta Platforms Inc., and Snap Inc.

The appeals court backed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s ruling that Xerox’s US Patent No. 8,489,599 is obvious, rejecting the company’s argument that the tribunal relied on a faulty interpretation of a key term involving a device’s analysis of an “expected response” from a user. In its appeal, Xerox argued the board “embraced hyperliteralism and engaged in ...