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Technology,
Intellectual Property,
Civil Litigation

Mar. 18, 2021

Judge dismisses claims on patents for content monitoring

Palo Alto Research Center, owned by Xerox Corp., accused the three companies of infringing on some of its inventions that made certain digital programs more easier to use, tracked and collected user data and stopped the spread of misinformation by determining the reliability of certain text.

Facebook, Snapchat and Twitter have secured dismissals of specific smartphone related patents that a federal judge said amounted to abstract ideas and didn't necessarily resolve problems.

Palo Alto Research Center, owned by Xerox Corp., accused the three companies of infringing on some of its inventions that made certain digital programs more easier to use, tracked and collected user data and stopped the spread of misinformation by...

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