Kroy IP Holdings, LLC v. Safeway, Inc.,

  1. August 13, 2015

    Safeway Only Gets Partial Costs After Rewards Patent Win

    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.

  2. June 01, 2015

    Safeway Gets Rewards Patent Nixed As Abstract Under Alice

    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.