The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) has handed down two rulings effectively invalidating claims in a pair of patents asserted by Wildseed Mobile against Google. The litigation outfit had targeted functionalities related to advertisements on YouTube. Notably, the decisions were not unanimous; an administrative judge issued a rare dissent-in-part, objecting to the interpretation of a 2005 Sony patent application in the context of this dispute.
For further details, refer to the original article by Andrew Karpan on Law360.