A tribunal upheld the validity of four patents covering facial recognition authentication systems that a suite of Jumio Corp. products are accused of infringing.
Jumio failed to demonstrate FaceTec Inc.'s US Patent Nos. 10,776,471; 11,157,606; 11,693,938; and 11,874,910 are obvious in light of previous patent applications and one issued patent, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board said in decisions unsealed Wednesday.
Administrative Patent Judge Garth D. Baer dissented from all four decisions, saying prior art cited by Jumio renders parts of the patents invalid as obvious.
In 2024, FaceTec sued Jumio in the US District Court for ...