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Month: May 2025

Federal Circuit hands victories to Apple, PayPal in parallel payment-system patent infringement disputes with Fintiv

May 1, 2025

The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has thrown out an appeal against a Patent Trial and Appeal Board invalidation decision brought by Fintiv against Apple, after the same patent was already invalidated in a parallel case against PayPal.
Apple will appeal royalty-free compulsory IP license in Epic competition case: U.S. contempt ruling could lead even to criminal prosecution

May 1, 2025

Context: Apple is anathema to many in the intellectual property (IP) community, particularly to large parts of the standard-essential patent (SEP) ecosystem, because it has for a long time advocated the devaluation of SEPs (a strategy that its litigation with Qualcomm exposed) and generally favors policies that complicate patent enforcement against deep-pocketed defendants. ip fray…

Federal Circuit hands victories to Apple, PayPal in parallel payment-system patent infringement disputes with Fintiv