WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled last week that a device profile patent asserted by the subsidiary of one of the country’s leading licensing companies is invalid.

In Digitech Image Technologies LLC v. Electronics For Imaging Inc., the Federal Circuit — the court charged with handling all U.S. patent appeals — affirmed the decision of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

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