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7 February 2020PatentsEdward Pearcey

AT&T beats Cheetah patent claim with the ‘grandparent’ principle

US telecoms giant AT&T has fought off a patent infringement claim from optical products developer Cheetah OMNI, after the Federal Circuit confirmed that a license covering a patent’s ‘grandparent’ also covers subsequent descending patents.

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