The Federal Circuit sided with Aldi Inc.'s claim that three patents asserted against the grocery store company are invalid under the US Supreme Court’s test for patent eligibility.
The court affirmed a federal judge’s April 2024 dismissal of Cascades Branding Innovation LLC’s suit against Aldi over a store-locator function on its mobile app. Cascades contended on appeal that its patents aren’t abstract because they allow users to select a “brand to be located via an icon or picture rather than requiring the user to write out the brand in text form,” said Senior Judge Richard Linn, describing the plaintiff’s appellate ...