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Federal Circuit affirms Geoscope patent claims abstract in Google, Apple suit

By Nick Robertson ( May 2, 2025, 16:12 GMT | Insight) -- Patent claims reciting specific data does not preclude them from being abstract, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held today, affirming that patents for phone geolocation owned by Geoscope Technologies are invalid for abstractness. The decision upholds Eastern District of Virginia rulings after Geoscope sued Google and Apple for patent infringement in 2022.The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held today that patent claims reciting specific types of data does not preclude the claims from being abstract, affirming a pair of 2023 Eastern District of Virginia rulings that two Geoscope Technologies patents for phone geolocation are invalid for abstractness....

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