Pandora Streaming Playlist Patent Win Affirmed by Fed. Circuit

A California federal court correctly ruled that three music streaming patents Pandora Media LLC had been accused of infringing were invalid, the Federal Circuit affirmed.

The three patents owned by Bluebonnet Internet Media Services LLC fell under the precedent that certain types of digital media organizing are abstract ideas and are not eligible for patent protections, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled Friday in a nonprecedential opinion. The court also rejected Bluebonnet’s request to reconsider its previous order forcing the transfer of the case from Texas federal court to California.

“We find that the patents ...