UBQS-IP file collaboration patent challenge granted

On October 21, 2026, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified’s request, finding substantial new questions of patentability on all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 7,313,580, owned and asserted by UBQS-IP LLC, an NPE and entity of Pueblo Nuevo LLC. The '580 patent is directed to sharing information between a user group and an associated document using decentralized storage. The patent has been involved in litigation.

View district court litigations by UBQS-IP. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, TJ Murphy and Vinu Raj, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90016558

Paypulz transactions patent prior art found

Unified is pleased to announce prior art has been found on U.S. Patent 8,732,085, owned by Paypulz LLC, an NPE. The '085 patent relates to a proxy payment card usable like a normal credit or debit card at ATMs and merchant point-of-sale terminals, including legacy systems.

We would also like to thank the dozens of other high-quality submissions that were made on this patent. The ongoing contests are open to anyone, and include tens of thousands of dollars in rewards available for helping the industry to challenge NPE patents of questionable validity by finding and submitting prior art in the contests. Visit PATROLL today to learn more about how to participate.

WINNING SUBMISSIONS

• US 20090164382

• US 20050097039

• US 7401731

Billions at Stake: Increasing IPR Denials Will Cost the U.S. Economy $1.9 Billion and Thousands of Jobs

The Perryman Group, in a recent economic study commissioned by Unified Patents through its efforts in Unified Edge, has found that the recent surge in discretionary denials of inter partes review (IPR) will wipe out an estimated $1.7 billion in litigation cost savings through 2030. This translates to roughly $1.9 billion in lost gross product, 6,810 lost job-years, and $328.1 million in lost federal tax revenue, with manufacturing hit hardest at nearly $912 million. By contrast, IPRs generated more than $5 billion in direct savings from 2014 to 2024, and the study warns that restricting it now, while third-party funding drives litigation costs up, will divert money from R&D into defending weak patents.

$2,000 for Indieriser creative content patent prior art

Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 7,921,028, owned by Indieriser LLC, an NPE. The '028 patent describes an online brokerage system for creative content that connects creators, reviewers, and potential commercial partners.

The contest will expire on November 30, 2026. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for the contest. PATROLL researchers are required to use Pearl to generate claim charts. Submitted invalidity charts must address every limitation of the challenged claim. This may require using more than one prior art reference. Each PATROLL researcher can generate up to 30 invalidity claim charts per month using Pearl. These charts can be downloaded then submitted to PATROLL.

$2,000 for Innovations In Memory patent prior art

Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 8,285,961, owned and asserted by owned by Innovations In Memory LLC, an NPE. The '961 patent describes a dynamic allocation of faster storage resources to meet performance targets. The patent has been asserted against IBM and others.

The contest will expire on November 30, 2026. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for the contest. PATROLL researchers are required to use Pearl to generate claim charts. Submitted invalidity charts must address every limitation of the challenged claim. This may require using more than one prior art reference. Each PATROLL researcher can generate up to 30 invalidity claim charts per month using Pearl. These charts can be downloaded then submitted to PATROLL.