Case: Patents/Obviousness (P.T.A.B.)

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board determined that challenged claims of Athalonz LLC’s patent directed to a pair of shoes that positions a big toe lower than an outer toe, both of which are lower than the heel, are unpatentable as obvious over prior art, in an inter partes review by Under Armour Inc. The board determined that the challenged claims are obvious over prior art directed to a pair of golf shoes having an outsole with the lower surface inclined between its outer and inner edges, and that discloses a golf shoe. And the board dismissed Athalonz’s motion to ...