The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Wednesday gave fitness wearable maker Fitbit Inc another chance to invalidate a patent on motion tracking technology it was accused of infringing in a 2016 lawsuit.
Clarifying the appellate rights of parties that are joined to Patent Trial and Appeal Board proceedings, the three-judge Federal Circuit panel said Fitbit had standing to appeal a PTAB ruling that partially upheld a Valencell Inc patent.
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