Case: Patents/Anticipation & Obviousness (Fed. Cir.)

April 14, 2026, 3:33 PM UTC

The Federal Circuit affirmed decisions of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board that challenged claims of Walmart Apollo LLC’s patents that relate to methods, systems, and computer program products for purchasing an item using a movile device are unpatentable as anticipated by and obvious over prior art, in inter partes reviews by BJ’S Wholesale Club Holdings Inc.

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