Federal Circuit upholds CBM decision for first time
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has affirmed a ruling by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) that a patent owned by software company Versata is invalid, in its first ever ruling on a covered business method (CBM) patent review.
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14 June 2013 The US Patent Trial and Appeal Board has delivered a final ruling in a covered business method review case for the first time, cancelling five claims in a patent owned by software company Versata.