May 1, 2026·25-1514·Panel Decision·By Maria Santos
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit dismissed the appeal in this intellectual property dispute. The parties agreed to the dismissal, and each side will bear its own costs.
This appeal arose from proceedings before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. IPR2023-01023. Meta Platforms, Inc., along with Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC and Twisted Pixel Games, LLC, were the appellants, while Eight Khz, LLC was the cross-appellant.
The court’s reasoning
The court issued an order stating that the parties had agreed to the dismissal. The proceedings were dismissed under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure forty-two, subsection B.
What it means going forward
The appeal is terminated without a decision on the merits, and the parties must pay their own legal expenses.
