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12 May 2021PatentsMuireann Bolger

Samba TV ad patent invalid under Alice, finds Fed Circ

A targeted TV ad patent owned by Samba TV is invalid according to the US Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in Alice v CLS Bank International (2014), the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has found.

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