Some Northern District of California judges may have to rethink their approach to patent eligibility, judging from a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decision Tuesday involving Fitbit Inc. and a handful of other tech companies.
The D.C.-based appellate court threw out an order from U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers that found claims from four patents ineligible—and that awarded about $560,000 in attorneys’ fees for the patent owner’s “exceptionally meritless” claims.
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