Disney, Hulu Knock Out Two Streaming Patents at Tribunal

The Walt Disney Co. convinced an administrative tribunal to invalidate two WAG Acquisition LLC media streaming patents that it and a pair of other big tech companies, Google LLC and Amazon.com Inc., have been sued for allegedly infringing.

WAG’s US Patent Nos. 9,762,636 and 9,742,824 covering a “streaming media delivery system” are unpatentable and obvious in light of two prior patents, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board ruled in two decisions issued Wednesday.

WAG sued Amazon, Google LLC and YouTube, and Disney and Hulu LLC in 2021 for infringing three patents, including the ‘636 and ‘824 patents. Asserted ...