Google’s Hot Link Patent Claim Challenge Revived At Fed. Circ.

By Editorial Team

Google has successfully revived its challenge to a “hot link” patent it was accused of infringing, as the Federal Circuit ruled on Friday that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) must reconsider whether the company could prove one of the claims was invalid.

The patent in question is numbered 10,869,169 and relates to methods and systems for generating and sending a hot link associated with a user interface to a device.

The case involves law firms Kramer Alberti, Perkins Coie, and Sterne Kessler representing Google LLC and YouTube Inc. The government agencies involved include the PTAB, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas.

This development signals a significant turn in the legal battle surrounding the hot link patent, with Google now having the opportunity to present evidence to challenge the validity of the claim in question.

For more detailed information, the attached opinion document provides further insights into the specifics of the case.