Samsung Gets PTAB Win in Photo Patent Fight After Jury Defeat

Samsung Electronics America Inc. convinced a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office tribunal to knock out part of a patent that a jury said its “Best Face” camera feature infringed, after the Federal Circuit gave new life to its challenge.

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board in 2018 found a claim in Prisua Engineering Corp.’s patent invalid, but said it couldn’t review other claims because they were indefinite. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit last year told the board to consider whether those other claims are anticipated or obvious.

The PTAB said Thursday the claims are obvious.

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