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

Challenged claims of SitNet LLC’s patent directed to a method of creating a projection of a situational network are unpatentable as obvious over prior art, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board said, in an inter partes review by Meta Platforms Inc. The board determined that the challenged claims are obvious over prior art directed to systems and methods where members of social networks can define and participate in conferences, relates to the field of online networks, and provides group communication services in a communication system.
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