Ancora v. Roku (Fed. Cir., June 16, 2025) 2023-1674

This opinion from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit details an appeal involving Ancora Technologies, Inc. against Roku, Inc., VIZIO, Inc., and Nintendo Co., Ltd. The core of the dispute revolves around the patentability of Ancora's U.S. Patent No. 6,411,941, which concerns software for restricting unauthorized use of licensed programs. Specifically, the court reviews the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's decision that claims of the patent were unpatentable due to obviousness, particularly focusing on the interpretation of the term "agent" within the patent's claims and the nexus analysis of objective evidence of nonobviousness, such as licensing agreements. The Court of Appeals ultimately vacated and remanded the Board's decision, finding errors in how the Board applied precedent regarding the nexus of license evidence to nonobviousness.

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