Legal Opinion

Personal Web Technologies, LLC v. Apple, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Decided February 14, 2017No. 2016-1174PublishedCited by 40 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TARANTO, Circuit Judge.

Apple Inc. petitioned for inter partes review of various claims of PersonalWeb Technologies, LLC’s U.S. Patent No. 7,802,310, asserting unpatentability for obviousness based on two prior-art references. After instituting review, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board reviewed the claims and agreed with Apple. Personal-Web appeals the Board’s construction of certain claim terms and the ultimate obviousness determination. We affirm the Board’s claim construction. We vacate the Board’s obviousness determination as to the appealed claims, because the Board did not adequately…

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