Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. v. Progressive Casualty
Insurance Co.
In the final written decisions of two related covered business
method (CBM) patent reviews of the same patent, the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office's (PTO) Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Board)
sided with the petitioner, canceling all claims under review.
Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. v. Progressive Casualty Insurance
Co., Case Nos. CBM2012-00003, CBM2013-00009 (PTAB, Feb. 11,
2014).
On the first day of eligibility under the America Invents Act
(AIA), petitioner Liberty Mutual filed for CBM review of a patent
that Progressive had previously asserted against Liberty Mutual.
The claimed invention related to a vehicle monitoring system that
included a data logging device and a communications device for
linking the data logging device to a network of computers for
determining a level of safety or cost of insurance related to the
vehicle.
