Constellation Designs v. LG Electronics (Fed. Cir., April 28, 2026) 2024-1822
This episode concerns an opinion from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit detailing a patent dispute between Constellation Designs, LLC and LG Electronics regarding digital communication technology. The litigation involves patents for non-uniform constellations, which are used to improve data transmission capacity in television signals by optimizing point locations. While the court affirmed that specific constellations are patent-eligible, it vacated the eligibility of broader "optimization claims," ruling they were directed toward an abstract idea. Furthermore, the…
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