The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) on Monday, December 9, in a precedential decision affirmed a district court determination that Priceline.com and Booking.com did not infringe DDR Holdings’ U.S. Patent No. 7,818,399. The opinion was authored by Judge Chen. The ‘399 patent relates to “generating a composite web page that combines certain visual elements of a ‘host’ website with content from a third-party ‘merchant,’” according to the CAFC opinion. The patent was also at issue in the CAFC’s 2014 decision between DDR and Hotels.com, with the court ultimately upholding the ‘399 patent as eligible under Section 101.

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