September 29, 2026
Google, Meta and other tech giants that challenged an Express Mobile website building patent have asked the Federal Circuit to reject the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's bid to remand the case to the patent office for further proceedings, after a panel of top Patent Trial and Appeal Board judges upheld the patent.
September 23, 2026
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office director again intervened in a case stemming from a Patent Trial and Appeal Board's invalidation of patent claims in a $253 million judgment against GoDaddy, asking the Federal Circuit to remand an appeal over a decision by top judges that revived the claims.
June 26, 2026
Top Patent Trial and Appeal Board judges have overturned a panel's decision invalidating claims in a website patent from a $253 million judgment against GoDaddy, saying that after a jury upheld the patent, there was no reason for the board to reach a different validity outcome.
May 04, 2026
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires told Patent Trial and Appeal Board officials Friday to review a decision invalidating a website patent from a $170 million verdict against GoDaddy, saying the board gave "no explanation" for why its decision differed from the jury's.
January 18, 2022
Facebook has convinced the Patent Trial and Appeal Board to hold hearings on the validity of claims in two website-building patents asserted against the social media giant and companies like Google and eBay by a small and litigious tech company.