This episode details an opinion from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit regarding an appeal in the case of Causam Enterprises, Inc. v. International Trade Commission (ITC). The core issue originated from Causam's complaint to the ITC alleging that various companies, including Resideo Smart Homes Technology and ecobee Technologies ULC, were violating a section of the Tariff Act by importing and selling "smart" thermostats that infringed upon Causam's '268 patent related to "demand response" functionality. Although the Federal Circuit affirmed that Causam owned the patent for the purposes of establishing Article III standing, it ultimately dismissed the appeal as moot because a companion case affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeals Board's finding that the sole asserted claim of the '268 patent was unpatentable.

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