Meta Must Defend Ad-Patent Suit Revived by the Federal Circuit

A federal judge in Texas erred in dismissing an advertising-technology patent suit against Meta Platforms Inc. while the parties were still disputing the meaning of two terms contained in the patent, the Federal Circuit ruled.

The district court judge incorrectly embraced Meta’s interpretation of the disputed terms at the motion to dismiss stage, where courts generally must accept the patent owner’s reading of disputed terms, according to a precedential opinion issued Friday by the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

The opinion vacates dismissal of Adnexus Inc.'s complaint against Meta and remands to the US District Court for ...