LG Electronics Inc. convinced the Federal Circuit to axe some but not all of the four patents behind a $1.68 million data-transmission-patent verdict that the company says prompted it to stop US sales of televisions compatible with a next-generation, over-the-air broadcast standard.
The appeals court ruled that claims for two of Constellation Designs LLC’s patents—US Patent Nos. 8,842,761 and 10,693,700— were abstract and, as a result, not eligible for patent protection under Section 101 of the Patent Act.
Judge Kara F. Stoll compared a representative claim from the two patents to one issued to telegraph pioneer Samuel Morse that ...
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