Comcast Wins Appeal Over Allegedly Infringed NexStep Patent

The Federal Circuit reinforced Comcast Cable Communications LLC’s victory in a patent case over alleged infringement through the company’s use of voice command technology and its XFinity My Account application.

Patent owner NexStep Inc. challenged in a May 2022 appeal a Delaware federal judge’s interpretation of one of the nine patents it asserted against Comcast and a related finding that the patent hadn’t been infringed. NexStep’s appeal also contested US District Court for the District of Delaware Judge Richard Andrews’ ruling setting aside a jury’s 2021 finding that Xfinity’s app infringed a different NexStep patent, not literally but under the ...