Maxlinear, Inc. v. CF Crespe LLC

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Crespe’s 585 patent “relates to a broadband television signal receiver for receiving multi-standard analog television signals, digital television signals and data channels.” A television receiver takes incoming television broadcast signals and processes them into a viewable medium for eventual display. The Patent Trial and Appeal Board, in an inter partes review (IPR), upheld the patentability of claims 1-4, 6-9, and 16-21, based on an analysis of independent claims 1 and 17. However, in the separate 728 IPR, claims 1 and 17 were held to be unpatentable. The 728 decision was affirmed by the Federal Circuit during the pendency of the 585 appeal. The Federal Circuit vacated and remanded because the Board did not address arguments concerning patentability of the dependent claims separately from the now-unpatentable independent claims. View "Maxlinear, Inc. v. CF Crespe LLC" on Justia Law