Federal Circuit Distinguishes Patent Eligibility Among Different Communications Systems Claims

In Constellation Designs, LLC v. LG Electronics Inc., et al., No 2024-1822 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 31, 2026), the Federal Circuit affirmed in-part and vacated in-part a decision of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas that found LG infringed Constellation’s patents.

Constellation sued LG for infringement of four patents related to improved communication systems that rely on non-uniform satellite constellations (constellation is a term used to describe the possible symbols that can be transmitted by a typical digital communication system) to transmit digital information. The district court granted Constellation’s motion for summary judgment that all the asserted claims are patent eligible claims. After a jury found that LG infringed, the district court denied LG’s motion for judgment as a matter of law (JMOL) that Constellation improperly relied on industry standards to prove infringement.