InComm Lottery-Ticket Patent Appeal Tossed for Lack of Standing

The Federal Circuit threw out Interactive Communications International Inc.'s appeal from an administrative tribunal’s refusal to invalidate a patent covering preprinted lottery tickets, citing a lack of redressable injury in the case.

InComm failed to establish any plans that could lead to future infringement of Blackhawk Network Inc.'s US Patent No. 9,865,135, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said in an unsigned opinion Friday.

The company stopped selling the preprinted lottery ticket system in March, the court noted. That, combined with Blackhawk’s promise not to sue over any sales before that date, leaves InComm without standing ...