Federal Circuit Rules Against Right to Patent Pre-Roll Video Ads
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled against the right to patent pre-roll video advertisements on the Internet, in a 26-page decision Friday. The ruling upheld an earlier decision by the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles…
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that invalidated Ultramercial’s Patent No. 7,346,545 for such advertisements. Ultramercial sued Hulu and WildTangent for failing to pay royalties for the video ads.