( February 5, 2024, 12:18 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D. C. — The Federal Circuit U. S. Court of Appeals on Feb. 2 said it need not address a conditional cross-appeal by prevailing patent infringement defendant Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC (SIE) in which the video console maker sought a determination of patent ineligibility in view of the panel’s holding in the same ruling that a patent owner is not entitled to a new trial. . . .