Alphabet Inc.'s Google persuaded the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to review the validity of a presentation-time patent that the company was sued for infringing.
The agency’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board has decided to review Virentem Ventures LLC’s U.S. Patent No. 9,785,400, which involves the reflection of a position in media content. The board said Google LLC demonstrated a reasonable likelihood that it could invalidate claims in the patent as obvious, given previously filed patents and a publication.
The board’s Wednesday decision follows Virentem’s U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware lawsuit against Google and YouTube LLC ...
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