March 17, 2022
Insurer Cigna, shopping mall owner Simon Property Group and gift card company Blackhawk Network didn't infringe a card payment patent, a Texas federal judge has held, finding that the companies' systems are not unmodified versions of a late '90s sale device.
November 16, 2021
A federal magistrate judge said Monday that a Texas federal court should find that gift card company Blackhawk Network and mall owner Simon Property Group didn't infringe a patent related to debit card technology.