This morning the Federal Circuit released one precedential opinion and one nonprecedential opinion. The precedential opinion affirms a summary judgment of invalidity in a patent infringement suit. The nonprecedential opinion affirms the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board’s dismissal of an opposition. Here are the introductions to the opinions.
Broadband iTV, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc. (Precedential)
Broadband iTV sued Amazon in the Western District of Texas alleging patent infringement of five patents. Amazon moved for summary judgment, arguing that all asserted claims were patent ineligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101. The district court granted Amazon’s motion, finding the claims were directed to an abstract idea and the patents failed to provide an inventive step that transformed that abstract idea into a patent-eligible invention. Broadband iTV timely appeals. For the following reasons, we affirm.
Tribe of Two, LLC v. Vidal (Nonprecedential)
Tribe of Two, LLC (“Tribe of Two”) appeals from the United States Trademark Trial and Appeal Board’s (“TTAB”) dismissal of its opposition. The TTAB found that Tribe of Two had failed to show a likelihood of confusion between Eritaj Design Corporation’s (“Eritaj”) mark and Tribe of Two’s registered marks. Tribe of Two, LLC v. Eritaj Design Corp., No. 91254933, 2022 WL 4397523 (T.T.A.B. Sept. 19, 2022) (“TTAB Decision”). For the following reasons, we affirm.