Two decrease courts had been right in axing a Riggs Know-how Holdings Inc. patent that claimed a proper in summary ideas round distant coaching, the Federal Circuit dominated Tuesday.
In doing so, it dealt two defeats to Riggs, which sued greater than a dozen firms that present on-line programs, together with Boston-based Cengage Studying Inc. and California’s Vagaro Inc. over alleged infringement of US Patent No. 7,299,067.
Federal courts in Massachusetts and Northern California dominated final yr in instances in opposition to Cengage and Vagaro that Riggs’ patent was invalid as a result of it was directed to an summary concept. In a January 2022 order …