X Corp. Dodges Patent Appeal as Court Avoids Turn to History (1)

The Federal Circuit summarily rejected a patent owner’s appeal that sought to lower the bar for patent-licensing companies seeking injunctions in infringement suits.

VidStream LLC, a nonpracticing entity—it doesn’t make products based on its patents—sought a preliminary injunction in its suit against Twitter Inc., now known as X Corp., in the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas, based on Twitter’s alleged ongoing infringement of a VidStream patent related to the distribution of user-generated video content. VidStream appealed that court’s July 2024 ruling that it had failed “to demonstrate irreparable harm"—one of four factors the US Supreme ...