Optis footnote elevated to rule as US appeals court undoes $11.5m patent award
By Melissa Ritti ( June 8, 2026, 15:00 GMT | Insight) -- What was arguably advisory in a 2025 decision was made explicit last week by the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit: juries must be informed of an underlying abstract idea and instructed it cannot supply the inventive concept needed to satisfy step two of the Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International framework. That could help clear up at least one aspect of lingering uncertainty over patent eligibility in US district courts.The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit last week vacated a Texas federal jury’s 2023 infringement verdict and associated $11.5 million lump sum damage award against ecobee Technologies LLC, in a dispute over claimed improvements to building automation systems patented by Ollnova Technologies Ltd....
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