– Federal Circuit opinionThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Friday, August 7, affirmed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) decision invalidating certain claims of WAG Acquisition, LLC’s patent for a streaming media technology patent as anticipated. As the Federal Circuit explained, this type of ‘buffering’ is generally achieved by transmitting data from the media source faster than it is played to the user. WAG then appealed to the Federal Circuit after the Board denied WAG’s request for reconsideration in July 2024. Disagreeing, the Federal Circuit found substantial evidence that supported both of the Board’s independent grounds for finding the limitation disclosed by Hill. The Federal Circuit therefore affirmed the Board’s judgment, having found WAG’s remaining arguments unpersuasive.