SecureWave patent held unpatentable

On July 7, 2020, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued a final written decision in Unified Patents, LLC et al. v. SecureWave Storage Solutions Inc. et al., holding all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 7,036,020 unpatentable. The ‘020 patent is owned by SecureWave Storage Solutions, an affiliate of Quarterhill Inc. (f/k/a Wi-LAN Inc.), a well-known NPE. The ‘020 patent, directed to securing areas of a memory device to limit access to stored data, has been asserted against Kingston Technology and Micron.  

View SecureWave’s district court litigation here. To read the petition and view the entire case proceeding, see our Portal. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Jung Hahm and Ashraf Fawzy, in this proceeding.