The New England Patriots shook off an appeal Wednesday alleging the team’s use of wireless data communications systems in stadiums infringed patented technology from a patent monetatization firm.
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the NFL team’s win in a per curiam judgment.
- Arena IP LLC asked the appeals court to review the lower court’s decision that found its patent was too abstract to be eligible for protection
- Arena argued the Patriots’ data management server and mobile concession-ordering system was too similar to its patent
- But the lower court said the patent didn’t propose an improvement ...
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