August 13, 2015
A Federal Circuit judge presiding over a Texas patent case against Safeway Inc. denied a large part of the grocer's request for more than $90,000 in costs even after having invalidated the patent for claiming an abstract idea, saying Thursday that Safeway didn't show the costs were all necessary.
June 01, 2015
A Federal Circuit judge presiding over a case in the Eastern District of Texas ruled Friday that a customer rewards patent asserted against supermarket chain Safeway Inc. and other retailers is invalid because it claims only an abstract idea, and is also obvious and anticipated.