Background
WAG Acquisition, LLC appealed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s decisions in multiple inter partes review proceedings involving patents held by major technology and media companies including The Walt Disney Company, Netflix, Amazon, and Google. The appeals originated from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board in consolidated cases IPR2022-01227, IPR2022-01228, IPR2022-01412, IPR2022-01413, IPR2022-01430, and IPR2022-01433.
The court’s reasoning
The court issued a per curiam order affirming the lower tribunal’s decision pursuant to Federal Circuit Rule thirty-six. No detailed legal reasoning or analysis was provided in the written judgment.
What it means going forward
The affirmation maintains the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s determinations regarding patent validity, effectively ending the litigation on the merits for the appellant in these consolidated proceedings.
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