Zentian Ltd. v. Apple Inc.

Zentian Ltd. v. Apple Inc. [Rule 36 Judgment] The Federal Circuit affirmed the PTAB without opinion under Federal Circuit Rule 36. The judgment provides no substantive reasoning or issue-specific holding. This is a nonprecedential Rule 36 affirmance, so it resolves the parties’ PTAB appeal without creating written guidance on the underlying patentability issues. Affirmed. The appeal came from two PTAB IPR proceedings: IPR2023-00033 and IPR2023-01192. The Federal Circuit issued a per curiam Rule 36 judgment after hearing the case. The judgment does not identify the challenged claims, patents, technology, invalidity grounds, or the PTAB’s reasoning. Because the court affirmed without opinion, the decision has no precedential analysis for future PTAB or appellate disputes. Rule 36 affirmance non-precedential § 103 Rule 36 affirmance non-precedential § 103 Rule 36 affirmance non-precedential