Challenged claims of Athalonz LLC’s patent that relates to athletic positioning footwear are unpatentable as obvious over prior art, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board said, in an inter partes review by Under Armour Inc. The board determined that the challenged claims are obvious over various combinations of prior art, including prior art that relates to shoes suitable for golf, tennis, squash, field hockey, basketball, aerobic exercise or the like; and that discloses a golf shoe. And the board dismissed in part and denied in part Athalonz’s motion to exclude.
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