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Patent-Ineligibility in Collateral Case Kills Damage Award
After a jury found infringement of claims of two patents, and awarded damages, the Federal Circuit held the patent claims invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 101 in another case, whereupon the court in Prism Technologies, LLC v. Sprint Spectrum, LP, No. 8-12-cv-00123 (D. Neb. Aug. 8, 2017), granted Sprint’s motion under FRCP 60 for relief from the judgment. The defendant...