A federal judge on Tuesday denied a bid by Snapchat owner Snap Inc to escape a patent infringement case brought against it by a smaller Chicago-based technology company.
U.S. District Court Judge Marilyn Huff, sitting by designation in Los Angeles, declined to invalidate patents relating to secure messaging technology owned by Vaporstream Inc, saying Snap failed to show they describe an abstract idea ineligible for patent protection.
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