Federal Circuit Clarifies Nexus Standard For Secondary Consideration Licensing Evidence
06/24/2025
On June 16, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“CAFC”) vacated and remanded two final written decisions by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) that found several claims of Ancora Technologies, Inc.’s (“Ancora”) U.S. Patent No. 6,411,941 (the “’941 patent”) unpatentable as obvious. Ancora Techs., Inc. v. Roku, Inc., No. 2023-1647, 2025 WL 1679967 (Fed. Cir. Jun. 16, 2025).