Qualcomm S Legal Tussle With Apple Takes A New Turn
The Federal Circuit court held that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) may have reached a wrong conclusion in finding Qualcomm’s original patent invalid. Apple first challenged Qualcomm’s patent back in 2018. The company argued that the patent was invalid since it was covered under “prior art” innovations. In 2020, the PTAB ruled in favor of Apple, citing available information from older publications. Expectedly, Qualcomm appealed to the Federal Circuit following the board’s decision, stating that the patent itself cannot be deemed as prior art....