Law360, New York (December 1, 2016, 8:05 PM EST) -- A Massachusetts federal judge refused Thursday to reconsider his finding that two claims in a patent asserted against Facebook Inc. were invalid as indefinite, saying the claims were not tied to a specific algorithm that gives instructions for how to perform their software functions.
The decision from U.S. District Judge Douglas P. Woodlock leaves intact his holding in September that the claims in Tele-Publishing Inc.’s patent were invalid. They are "means plus function" claims, which the Federal Circuit has held must generally include an algorithm or...
Facebook's Patent Indefiniteness Win Stays Put
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