Google Fails to Invalidate Digital Mirror Patent at Tribunal

A tribunal upheld the validity of a patent covering digital mirror technology that Google’s video-call application is accused of infringing.

Google fell short of demonstrating EyesMatch Ltd.'s US Patent No. 8,982,109 is obvious based on earlier US and Japanese inventions, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board said in an decision issued Tuesday.

EyesMatch sued Samsung in 2023, accusing its phones, tablets, and laptops of infringing the ‘109 patent and US Patent No. 8,982,110. Google wasn’t named as a defendant in the suit in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, but the complaint alleged that the ...