The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has affirmed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision that invalidated certain claims of a WAG Acquisition, LLC patent covering streaming media technology. The court agreed with the PTAB that the claims were anticipated, meaning the technology was already known before the patent's effective filing date.
Judge Stark authored the opinion, according to the IPWatchdog report. The decision, issued Friday, August 7, rejects WAG's challenge to the board's invalidity finding and leaves the PTAB ruling intact.
The case centers on whether prior art rendered the patent's claims obvious or anticipated. The Federal Circuit's affirmance confirms that the board's factual findings and legal conclusions were sound, closing off this avenue for WAG to preserve the challenged claims.