PTAB Reverses Course, Upholds Teleconferencing Patent

By Natalie Olivo

Law360, New York (May 24, 2016, 8:55 PM ET) -- The Patent Trial and Appeal Board on Monday upheld claims in a Straight Path IP Group online communication patent, following a rare reversal by the Federal Circuit that found the PTAB used an incorrect claim construction when it previously invalidated the claims.

Upon remand from the Federal Circuit, the PTAB rejected Sipnet EU SRO’s challenges to many claims of Straight Path IP Group Inc.'s patent related to real-time video teleconferencing, U.S. Patent Number 6,108,704, finding Sipnet failed to show the challenged claims are unpatenable. The PTAB’s...