Patent that cost Microsoft millions gets invalidated
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/03/game-companies-knock-out-patent-that-slammed-microsoft-with-388m-verdict/
One of the oldest and most profitable patent trolls, Uniloc, has
been shot down. It's US Patent No. 5,490,216, which claims to
own the concept of "product activation" in software, had all
claims ruled invalid by the Patent Trademark and Appeals Board
(PTAB). The process through which PTAB eliminated the patent is
called an "inter partes review," or IPR. The IPR process,
created by the America Invents Act, is an increasingly popular
and effective way for defendants to challenge patents outside
federal courts. The PTAB case against Uniloc's patent was filed
by Sega of America, Ubisoft, Cambium Learning Group, and Perfect
World Entertainment. The board found that every claim in
Uniloc's patent was anticipated or rendered obvious by an
earlier patent.
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