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10 November 2026NewsPatentsSarah Speight

ByteDance dismisses NPE’s patent claims over reciprocal hyperlinks

The TikTok owner fends off DiStefano’s claims, citing a separate LinkedIn dispute, as a California judge dismisses the case and finds the patents invalid according to the Alice two-step eligibility test.

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