Federal Circuit Agrees Location Data Patent Obvious Due To Prior Art

( March 19, 2025, 10:13 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel affirmed a finding from the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) that an appellant company’s patent on location-based services for mobile devices was unpatentable as obvious; Apple Inc. sought inter partes review (IPR) of the company’s patent....