The Federal Circuit summarily rejected an app developer’s claims that a lower court wrongly invalidated a patent for secure messaging and sign-on features it asserted against
A three-judge panel upheld the lower court’s rejection of Blix Inc.’s US Patent No. 9,749,284 on the grounds that it covered material ineligible for patent protection. It also rejected Blix’s arguments that the tech giant’s single sign-on service promotes a monopoly choke-hold on mobile users.
Blix originally alleged in Delaware federal district court that “Sign in with Apple”—which allows a user to log into a variety of websites and applications across platforms …
