Uber Challenge To Location Sharing Patent Wins at Tribunal

Uber Technologies Inc. convinced a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office tribunal that part of a location sharing patent is invalid, after the Federal Circuit adjusted the office’s interpretation of phrases in the patent.

Uber appealed after the Patent Trial and Appeal Board in 2018 upheld the challenged claims in X One Inc.’s patent. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit sent the case back to the PTAB, finding its interpretation of a particular phrases in the patent were “imprecise” and required some “refinement.”

Under the correct interpretation, the PTAB Feb. 19 said the disputed claims would have ...