Joao entity Caselas transactions patent held invalid

On October 17, 2022, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued a final written decision in Unified Patents, LLC v. Caselas, LLC holding all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 9,715,691 unpatentable. Owned by Caselas, LLC, a Raymond Anthony Joao entity, the '691 patent is generally directed to providing transaction history information including charge-back information.

Caselas has asserted the '691 patent against over 40 banks and merchant services companies, including First Citizens Bank, UBS Bank, First National Bank of Omaha, TruWest Credit Union, and Electronic Merchant Systems.

View district court litigations by Caselas. To read the petition and view the case record, see Unified’s Portal. Unified is represented by Larissa Bifano and Zach Conrad of DLA Piper and by in-house counsel, Jordan Rossen, Ellyar Barazesh, and Ashraf Fawzy, in this proceeding.